The Combine Harvester
by The Wurzels
- Type: Album
- Released: 1 January 1976
- Label: EMI One Up
- Country: United Kingdom
- Community rating: 2.94/5 from 1 rating
Artists on this release: Alex Glasgow, Melanie Safka, Henry Davis, Pete Budd, Adge Cutler, Sammy King, Bob Barratt, Adrian Beecham, Kevin Sheldon, Peter Vernon, Mike Palmer, Harry Moss, Tony Bayliss, Tommy Banner, John Miles
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The title track, Brendan O'Shaughnessy's parody lyric set to Melanie's 'Brand New Key', spent two weeks at No. 1 in Britain in the summer of 1976. Its B-side was 'The Blackbird', and the album around it includes 'My Somerset Crumpet Horn'.
Genres
Descriptors: witty, folk, acoustic, novelty, infectious
Tracklist
Credits
- The Wurzels - primary artist, adapted by [ new lyrics by]
- Tommy Banner - accordion, piano, vocals, adapted by [new lyric and music], written-by
- Larry - artwork [cartoons]
- Tony Bayliss - bass guitar, sousaphone, vocals, adapted by [new lyric and music], written-by
- Pete Budd - guitar, banjo, vocals, adapted by [new lyric and music], written-by
- John Miles - liner notes, management
- Feref - cover [design]
- Tony Clark - engineer
- Alan Rowse - engineer [assistant]
- Harry Moss - mastered by
- Peter Vernon - photography by
- Bob Barratt - producer
- Alex Glasgow - written-by
- Sammy King - written-by
- Adrian Beecham - written-by
- Kevin Sheldon - written-by
- Melanie Safka - written-by
- Adge Cutler - written-by
- Henry Davis - written-by