Extravaganza

by Stackridge

Extravaganza cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 24 January 1975
  • Label: The Rocket Record Company
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 42:36
  • Community rating: 3.25/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Andy Davis, Roy Morgan, Keith Gemmell, Tony Ashton, Rod Bowkett, Mutter Slater, Paul Karas

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Signed to Elton John's Rocket Record Company, Stackridge delivered a highly quirky, theatrical blend of pop and progressive rock on 'Extravaganza'. The album balances humorous, music hall-inspired songwriting with complex, instrumental jazz-rock passages anchored in uncommon time signatures.

Genres

Descriptors: party, progressive, uncommon-time-signatures

Tracklist

  1. Spin Round The Room (2:45)
  2. Grease Paint Smiles (4:02)
  3. The Volunteer (5:05)
  4. Highbury Incident (Rainy July Morning) (4:01)
  5. Benjamin's Giant Onion (4:04)
  6. Happy In The Lord (3:51)
  7. Rufus T. Firefly (4:49)
  8. No One's More Important Than The Earthworm (5:12)
  9. Pocket Billiards (4:04)
  10. Who's That Up There With Bill Stokes (4:37)

Credits

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