Bonzo Dog Band - Collaborations and Compilations

Credits

Availability

Collaboration Singles

Witchi Tai To/Jam by Topo D. Bill

1969 Charisma CB 116

Labio-Dental Fricative/Paper-Round by Vivian Stanshall's Sean Head Showband

1970 Liberty LBF 15309

Suspicion/Blind Date by Vivian Stanshall & His Gargantuan Chums/biG Grunt

1970 Fly BUG 4

Angelina/Come Out Into The Open by The World

c1970 Liberty LBS 15402

Punkutation/Never Swat A Fly by Tatty Ollity

c1971 Tatty Rec 101

The Young Ones/Are You Havin' Any Fun/The Question by Vivian Stanshall and Kilgaron

1976 Harvest HAR 5114

I must Be In Love by The Rutles

1978 Warner K 17125

UK charts: entered 15-Apr-78 for 4 weeks reaching number 39

Collaboration Albums

Gutbucket: An Underworld Eruption by The Bonzo Dog Band, Captain Beefheart and others

1968? Liberty LBX/3 (LP)

Progressive Heavies by various artists

1970 United Artists UAS 5503

1. Feelin' Alright: Traffic
2. Words: The Bee Gees
3. Rollin And Tumblin': Johnny Winter
4. Boogie Music: Canned Heat
5. I'm A Man: Spencer Davis
6. Dear Mr. Fantasy: Traffic
7. White Room: Cream
8. Catfish Blues: Canned Heat
9. Bad Luck And Trouble: Johnny Winter
10. Gimme Some Lovin': Spencer Davis
11. Urban Spaceman: The Bonzo Dog Band
12. Forty Thousand Headman: Traffic

Lucky Planet by The World

Nov 1970 Liberty LBG 83419 (UK)

1. Not the First Time
2. Sail Away
3. 9-5 Pollution Blues
4. Lead Us
5. Things I Could Have Said
6. Come Into The Open
7. Godzilla's Return

The Alberts / The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band / The Temperance Seven

1971? EMI Starline SRS 5151

Compiled from EMI archives by Chris Ellis

1. You're Driving Me Crazy: The Temperance Seven
2. Charley My Boy: The Temperance Seven
3. Thanks For the Melody: The Temperance Seven
4. P.C.Q. (Please Charleston Quietly): The Temperance Seven
5. Button Up Your Overcoat: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (De Sylva/Brown/Henderson) 1966
6. My Brother Makes the Noises For the Talkies: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Amberg/Raymond/Bernauer) 1966
7. Morse Code Melody: The Alberts
8. Pasadena: The Temperance Seven
9. Sugar: The Temperance Seven
10. Easy Money: The Temperance Seven
11. The Shake: The Temperance Seven
12. I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Conrad) 1966
13. Alley Oop: The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band (Fozier) 1966
14. Sleepy Valley: The Alberts

McGuinness Flint by McGuinness Flint (featuring Neil Innes)

Jan-1971 Capitol EA-ST 22625

Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield

1973 Virgin V2001

Vivian was the Master of Ceremonies

Grimms discography

1973-4

Peter and The Wolf by various artists

1975 RSO RS-1-30011 (LP)

(featuring Vivian as narrator, Manfred Mann, Gary Brooker, Chris Spedding, Gary Moore, Stephane Grappelli, Brian Eno, Keith Tippett, Jack Lancaster, Jon Heisman, Cozy Powell, Phil Collins, Alvin Lee, Robin Lumley)

Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters by Robert Calvert

1974

(featuring Vivian, Brian Eno, Arthur Brown & Jim Capaldi)

1. Franz Joseph Strauss
2. The Aerospaceage Inferno
3. Aircraft Salesman
4. The Widow Maker
5. Two Test Pilots Discuss The Starfighter's Performance
6. The Right Stuff
7. Board Meeting
8. The Song Of The Gremlin (part 1)
9. Ground Crew
10. Hero With A Wing
11. Ground Control To Pilot
12. Ejection
13. Interview
14. I Resign
15. The Song Of The Gremin (part 2)
16. Bier Garten
17. Catch A Falling Starfighter

A Poke In The Eye With a Sharp Stick by various artists

1976 Transatlantic TRA 331 (LP)

(featuring Neil)

The Rutland Times by Eric Idle and Neil Innes

c1976 Passport Records PPSD-98018 (USA) (featuring Andy Roberts, Dave Richards, Roger Swallow, Roger Rettig, Billy Bremner, Brian Hodgson, John Halsey, David Battley, Zoot Money)

1. L'Amour Perdu
2. Gibberish
3. Front Loader
4. Say Sorry Again
5. I Must Be In Love
6. 24 Hours In Tunbridge Wells
7. The Fabulous Bingo Brothers
8. Concrete Jungle Boy
9. The Children of Rock and Roll
10. Stoop Solo
11. Song o' the Insurance Men
12. Testing
13. I Give Myself To You
14. Communist Cooking
15. Johnny Cash
16. Protest Song
17. Accountancy Shanty
18. Football
19. Boring
20. L'Amour Perdu Cha Cha Cha
21. The Hard To Get
22. The Song o' the Continuity Announcers

The Rutland Weekend Television Song Book by Neil Innes and Eric Idle

1976 BBC REB 233

The Rutles by Neil Innes & Eric Idle

1978

UK charts: entered 15-Apr-78 for 11 weeks reaching number 12

Rhino 75760 (USA) CD cover EP cover

Skite by Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias

1978 Logo Records 1009

Contributed by Bert van der Leije:

Features Roger Ruskin Spear playing tenor sax. The last track God is mad starts with the text: Are we not man? We are Bonzos

Arc Of A Diver

1980 (Vivian Stanshall writing for Steve Winwood)

The Secret Policeman's Ball - The Music by various artists

1980 Island 12WIP 6598 (UK)

(featuring Neil)

Recorded at The Secret Policeman's Ball, the 1979 Amnesty International Comedy Gala, at Her Majesty's Theatre, London on 27th-30th June 1979.

1. Pinball Wizard: Pete Townshend
2. Drowned: Pete Townshend
3. 1967 (So Long Ago): Tom Robinson
4. Glad To Be Gay: Tom Robinson
5. Spontaneous: Neil Innes
6. Cavatina: John Williams
7. Bach-Bourree: John Williams
8. Won't Get Fooled Again: Pete Townshend & John Williams

The Secret Policeman's Other Ball by various artists

1981 Springtime Records HAHA 6003

(featuring Neil preforming Song in a French Accent)

Rutles Highway Revisited (a tribute to the Rutles)

1990? New York : Shimmy-Disc

All songs written by Neil Innes.

Recorded principally at Noise, New York City, 1990.

1. Cheese And Onions: Galaxie 500
2. Hold My Hand: The Pussywillows
3. Number One: Bongos, Bass, & Bob
4. Good Times Roll: Lida Husik
5. Another Day: Dogbowl
6. Piggy In The Middle: Das Damen
7. I Must be in Love: Syd Straw & Marc Ribot
8. Nevertheless: Joey Arias
9. Let's Be Natural: When the People Were Shorter & Lived Near the Water
10. Between Us: Unrest
11. Ouch!: Peter Stampfel & the Bottlecaps
12. Blue Suede Schubert: The Tinklers
13. Living In Hope: Tuli Kupferberg
14. Baby Let Me Be: Daniel Johnston
15. It's Looking Good: Uncle Wiggly
16. Goose Step Mama: Shonen Knife
17. Get Up And Go: Jellyfish Kiss
18. Doubleback Alley: King Missile
19. With A Girl Like You: Paleface
20. Love Life: Bongwater

The Last Temptation Of Elvis
CD & LP

1. Viva Las Vegas - Bruce Springsteen
2. (Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear - Sydney Youngblood
3. Loving You - Tanita Tikaram
4. Let's Have a Party - Robert Plant
5. Got a Lot o'Lovin' To Do - The Pogues
6. Love Me Tender - Holly Johnson
7. It's Now or Never - Paul McCartney
8. Mean Woman Blues - Dion DiMucci
9. Guitar Man - The Jesus and Mary Chain
10. King Creole - Cath Carroll & Steve Albini
11. Young and Beautiful - Aaron Neville
12. (There's) No Room To Rhumba in a Sports Car - Vivian Stanshall & The Big Boys
13. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care - The Primitives
14. Can't Help Falling in Love - Hall & Oates
15. Crawfish - The Reggae Philharmonic Orchestra
16. Return to Sender - Ian McCulloch
17. Trouble - Fuzzbox
18. Thanks to the Rolling Sea - The Hollow Men
19. Follow That Dream - The Blow Monkeys
20. Blue Suede Shoes - Lemmy & The Upsetters with Mick Green
21. Wooden Heart - Nanci Griffith & The Blue Moon Orchestra
22. Down in the Alley - The Jeff Healey Band
23. Jailhouse Rock - The Cramps
24. Marguerita - Les Negresses Vertes
25. Rock-a-Hula-Baby - Pop Will Eat Itself
26. King of the Whole Wide World - Elvis Presley (previously unissued takes 1-3)

Tanks For The Mammaries by various artists

(featuring The Rutles)

1. Nowhere Man: The Beatles
2. If You Wanna Be Me Be Me: Cat Stevens
3. Purple Danger: Fleetwood Mac
4. Dallas: Steely Dan
5. Toujours L'Amour: Procol Harum, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Roger Wagner Chorale
6. Rest In Peace: Mott The Hoople
7. Rebel Rebel: David Bowie
8. Baby Don't Do It: The Band
9. You Know Where Your Interest Lies: Simon & Garfunkel
10. Summer Day Sand: Jethro Tull
11. Red Light Roll On: Spirit
12. Grow Pins: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
13. Diddy Wah Diddy: Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
14. So You Want To Be A Rock'n'Roll Star: The Move
15. The Fever: Bruce Springsteen
16. Long May You Run: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
17. Little Drummer Boy/Silent Night/Auld Lang Syne: Jimi Hendrix & The Band of Gypsies
18. Deadly Jaws: Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention
19. Get Up and Go: The Rutles
20. No Pakistanis: The Beatles
21. The Lion Sleeps Tonight: Brian Eno
22. The Runaway: Gentle Giant
23. Lay Down: The Strawbs
24. The Twelve Drugs of Christmas: The Mushroom Tabernacle Choir
25. You Just Want Meat (You Don't Want Me): Jackson Browne
26. All That You Dream: Little Feat
27. Hooray For Captain Spaulding: Groucho Marx

Dead Parrot Society by various artists

1993 Rhino R2 71049 (CD)

(featuring Neil's Protest Song)

The Famous Charisma Box by various artists

1993 CASBOX 1 4-CD box set

Compilation by Glen Colson.

(Cover is the same as The Charisma Poser)

Starts with an eulogy for Tony Stratton-Smith by Vivian Stanshall and features linking tracks by Vivian, Terry Keeps His Clips On, the first 9 minutes of Sir Henry At Rawlinson End, Witchi Tai To, a memorabilia spread on Vivian and a tribute to Tony Stratton-Smith by `Legs' Larry Smith.

Volume 1 - Charisma's Purple Patch
1. Hoopoe's Tales: Vivian Stanshall
2. Sympathy: Rare Bird
3. Refugees: Van Der Graaf Generator
4. Lady Eleanor: Lindisfarne
5. The Knife: Genesis
6. Indian Summer: Audience
7. Witchi Tai To: Topo D. Bil
8. Terry Keeps His Clips On: Vivian Stanshall
9. Hungarian Peasant Girl: Trevor Billmuss
10. Regent Street: Steam Driven Thing
11. Gaye: Clifford T. Ward
12. Imperial Zeppelin: Peter Hammill
13. Painted Ladies: G. T. Moore
14. Money Game: Alan Hull
15. Ooh Mother: Unicorn
16. Liar: Capability Brown
17. Intermezzo Karelia Suite: The Nice

Volume 2 - Carry On Charisma
1. Quark, Strangeness and Charm: Hawkwind
2. Solsbury Hill: Peter Gabriel
3. Lucinda: Howard Werth
4. Why Can't I Be Satisfied: Jack The Lad
5. Doubting Thomas: Jackson Heights
6. Fog On The Tyne: Lindisfarne
7. I Get A Kick Out Of You: Gary Shearson
8. Ritt Mickley: Refugee
9. Disco Suicide: Brand X
10. Working In Line: Mike Rutherford
11. Go Placidly: Every Which Way
12. Robot Man: Rick Wakeman
13. And The Wheels Keep Turning: Tony Banks
14. Out In The Sun: Patrick Moraz
15. How Can I: Steve Hackett
16. Too Many People: Graham Bell
17. Happy The Man: Genesis
18. She Belongs To Me: Bell and Arc

Volume 3 - The Silver Tongued Years
1. The Talkie's Window: Vivian Stanshall
2. The Arrest of Oscar Wilde At The Cadogan Hotel: Sir John Betjeman
3. Window City: Vivian Stanshall
4. Travel Agent Sketch: Monty Python
5. Cultural Attaché: Barry Humphries
6. Window City: Vivian Stanshall
7. Talks Turf: Peter O'Sullevan
8. Three-Fold Attunement: Gordon Turner
9. Talks Cricket: John Arlott
10. Window City: Vivian Stanshall
11. One & Two: R.D. Laing
12. Window City: Vivian Stanshall
13. Sir Henry At Rawlinson End: Vivian Stanshall
14. Finland: Monty Python
15. The Varsity Students Rag: Sir John Betjeman
16. I Bet You They Won't Play This Song On The Radio: Monty Python
17. Theme One: Van Der Graaf Generator
18. Window City: Vivian Stanshall

Volume 4 - The Terminal Years
1. Chasing Sheep Is Best Left To Shepherds: Michael Nyman
2. Front Door: Gregory Isaacs
3. Cloudy Day: Congo Ashanti Roy
4. Put It Out: Prince Far
5. Don't Leave Me This Way: Desperadoes
6. Move It On Up: G.T. Moore
7. (Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew: The Rock Steady Crew
8. Hey DJ: World's Famous Supreme Team
9. Paper Heart: Robert King
10. Anticipation: Delta
11. All About You: Scars
12. Ten Don'ts For Honeymooners: The Monochrome Set
13. Making Time '85: The Creation
14. Freedom Jazz Dance: Keith Emerson
15. It's All Over Now Baby Blue: Link Wray
16. The Embezzler: Howard Werth & The Moonbeams
17. Kittiwake: Bert Jansch
18. Too Late For Goodbyes: Julian Lennon
19. God Rock: Nik Turner

The Charisma Poser by various artists

1993 Virgin

From the booklet: The tracks featured here are not included in the Box Set, but serve as an introduction and companion to it. Highly collectable and highly listenable.

1. Eulogy: Vivian Stanshall
2. Happy Anniversary: Gregory Isaacs
3. Belladonna Moonshine: Audience
4. Invasion Exercise on the Poultry Farm: Sir John Betjeman
5. C'est La Vie: G.T. Moore
6. Meet Me On The Corner: Lindisfarne
7. Wherewithal: Clifford T. Ward
8. Blues Run The Game: Bert Jansch
9. Country Gentlman's Wife: Alan Hull
10. Jack of Shadows: Hawkwind
11. Killer: Van Der Graaf Generator
12. America: The Nice
13. Nuclear Burn: Brand X
14. My Experience: Peter Hammill
15. So Long Marianne: Bell & Arc
16. It's A Game: String Driven Thing
17. Afterglow: Genesis
18. Eric the Half A Bee: Monty Python

A Whole Lotta Lava by various artists

1993 Risky Business AT 53922 (USA)

Make-out music from the psychedelic era

1. Hush: Billy Joe Royal
2. Running Around: The Lamp of Childhood
3. You Are She: Chad & Jeremy
4. Say Those Magic Words: The McCoys
5. It's Now Winter's Day: Tommy Roe
6. You Know I've Found A Way: Saggitarius
7. Some Sunny Day: The Millenium
8. This Is What I Was Made For: The Wild Life
9. Tighter: Paul Revere & the Raiders
10. My Girlfriend's A Witch: October Country
11. Tapeworm of Love: Brute Force
12. Piggy Bank Love: Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band

Archaeology by The Rutles

Virgin VJCP-25277 (Japan) 1996 - same cover as U.S. release but with extra tracks, marked [Jap] below.

1. Major Happy's Up and Coming Once Upon a Good Time Band
2. Rendezvous
3. Questionnaire
4. We've Arrived! (and to Prove It We're Here)
5. Lonely-Phobia
6. Unfinished Words
7. Hey Mister!
8. Easy Listening
9. Now She's Left You
10. The Knicker Elastic King
11. I Love You
12. Eine Kleine Middle Klasse Musik
13. Joe Public
14. Shangri-La
15. Don't Know Why
16. Back in '64
17. [Jap] Lullaby
18. [Jap] Baby S'il Vous Plait
19. [Jap] It's Looking Good
20. [Jap] My Little Ukele.

Rehearsal by The Rutles

1997(?) Goldtone GT-013

Tracks 1-17 Studio Rehearsals, London 1978; Tracks 18-21 from the film All You Need Is Cash

Hand numbered edition of 1000 copies

Many songs introduced by excerpts of dialogue from the film All You Need Is Cash

1. We've Arrived
2. Now She's Left You
3. Number One
4. Love Life
5. Goose Step Mama
6. It's Lookin' Good
7. I Must Be In Love
8. Baby Let Me Be
9. Good Times Roll
10. Let's Be Natural
11. Get Up And Go
12. Blue Suede Schubert
13. Between Us
14. Piggy In The Middle
15. Living In Hope
16. Double Back Alley
17. Plenty Of Time
18. Goose Step Mama
19. Between Us
20. It's Looking Good
21. Get Up And Go

By Jingo, It's British Rubbish by The Alberts, The Bonzos, The Temperance Seven, Spike Milligan and Peter Sellers.

1999 Hux Records, England, HUX015

Compiled by Danny Barbour, liner notes by Neil Innes dated January 1999.

26 tracks, 74 minutes, including a new Bonzo release On Her Doorstep Last Night

1. Morse Code Melody : The Alberts
2. Sahara : The Temperance Seven
3. Ali Baba's Camel : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
4. Everybody Loves My Baby : The Temperance Seven
5. On Her Doorstep Last Night : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
6. Hard Hearted Hannah : The Temperance Seven
7. Sleepy Valley : The Alberts
8. Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
9. Vo-Do-Do-Do-De-O-Blues : The Temperance Seven
10. I'm Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
11. You Gotta Go Oow : Spike Milligan & The Massed Alberts
12. You're Driving Me Crazy : The Temperance Seven
13. Dr. Jazz : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
14. Pasadena : The Temperance Seven
15. By A Waterfall : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
16. Kaiser Drag : The Temperance Seven
17. My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
18. Ukelele Lady : Peter Sellers & The Temperance Seven
19. Blaze Away : The Alberts
20. Runnin' Wild : The Temperance Seven
21. Jollity Farm : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
22. Thanks For The Melody : The Temperance Seven
23. Laughing Blues : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
24. TCP (That Certain Party) : The Temperance Seven
25. Hunting Tigers Out In Indiah : The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band
26. Goodbye Dolly Gray : The Alberts

Noises For The Limb by various artists.

2003 Wood Records WD69

"Hot dog! It's Noises For The Limb, a new limited edition tribute disc benefiting Amnesty International and featuring these 17 amazing avante-garde, experimental, and outsider artists performing 17 amazing tributes to the music of the Bonzo Dog Band!"

Web site

"Only $17.95 ea! All discs are hand-numbered and exist in a limited edition of 499 collector copies only! Get your copy today - because once they are gone...they are real gone!!"

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1. Readymades: R. Stevie Moore (Bloomfield, USA)
2. I Want To Be With You: Zoogz Rift (San Fernando Valley, USA)
3. Noises For The Leg: Attack Wave Pest Repeller (London, UK)
4. My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe: Lolwolf (Memphis, USA)
5. Waiting For The Wardrobe: Silt Fish (Sheffield, UK)
6. Death Cab For Cutie: NitwiT feat. OrimaR2 (Chicago, USA)
7. Sport (The Odd Boy): Casper Fandango And The Cookies (Athens, USA)
8. Slush: Maryjane (Daytona, USA)
9. Piggy Bank Love: Sport Murphy (Ronkonkoma, USA)
10. Look Out There's A Monster Coming: Spaceheaters (Cheyenne, USA)
11. 11 Mustachioed Daughters: Ernesto Diaz-Infante (San Francisco, USA)
12. Hello Mabel: Peter Dizozza (New York City, USA)
13. Rockalizer Baby: David Spero Peligro (Los Angeles, USA)
14. Mix From Dog: Knyaz Mishkin (Minsk, Belarussia)
15. Shirt: MwF (Dodge City, USA)
16. Rhinocratic Oaths: Ellenm (Ellendale, USA)
17. Urban Spaceman: Johnny J (Knivsta, Sweden)