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Released
  
1974

Artist
  
Vivian Stanshall

Label
  
Harkit Records

Length
  
41:49

Release date
  
1974

Genres
  
Rock music, Comedy music

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Producer
  
John Darnley, Vivian Stanshall

Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead (1974)
  
Sir Henry at Rawlinson End (1978)

Similar
  
Vivian Stanshall albums, Rock music albums

Yelp bellow rasp et cetera


Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead is the 1974 debut solo album by British musician, writer and comedian Vivian Stanshall.

Contents

The initial LP pressing was deleted by Warner Bros. Records soon after release, having sold only the initial vinyl pressing of 5,000 copies. The album remained out of print for over 35 years.

In 2010 an unauthorized CD reissue was made available by Harkit Records. The CD featured notes by Dutch dada-ist Freek Kinkelaar and featured two bonus tracks not on the original LP: "Baba Tunde" and "Lakonga". This edition is a sourced from a vinyl copy and is a "bootleg" not authorized by the Stanshall estate. The bonus tracks come from a rare 1974 single.

Poppydisc Records released a remastered edition, on LP and CD, on 21 May 2012. These are the first re-issues to be authorized by the artist's estate. The remastered CD contains the two bonus tracks, while the vinyl version is the same as the original vinyl LP.

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Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Vivian Stanshall, except where noted:

Side 1

  1. Afoju Ti Ole Riran (Dead Eyes) (Vivian Stanshall/Gaspar Lawal)
  2. Truck-Track
  3. Yelp, Bellow, Rasp Et Cetera
  4. Prong
  5. Redeye

Side 2

  1. How The Zebra Got His Spots
  2. Dwarf Succulents
  3. Bout Of Sobriety
  4. Prong & Toots Go Steady
  5. Strange Tongues

Bonus tracks on 2010 and 2012 CD reissues

  1. Lakonga (single A-side)
  2. Baba Tunde (single B-side)
(Both tracks written by Stanshall and Lawal)

Personnel

  • Vivian Stanshall - vocals, recorder, euphonium, ukulele, Chelonian pipes
  • Anthony "Bubs" White - electric guitar
  • Steve Winwood - bass guitar, organ
  • Gaspar Lawal - talking drums, congas, xylophone, drum kit ("How The Zebra Got His Spots")
  • Neil Innes - piano, slide guitar, organ ("How The Zebra Got His Spots")
  • Jim Capaldi - drum kit, lesser log
  • Deryk Quinn - cabassa, Nigerian coffee tables, greater log
  • Ric Grech - violin
  • Rebop Kwaku Baah - congas ("Prong & Toots")
  • Doris Troy, Madeline Bell, Barry St. John - backing vocals
  • Ayus Ape, Gani, Gaspar Lawal - male Yoruba chorus
  • unidentified West Indian taxi driver - bass guitar ("Lakonga" and "Baba Tunde")
  • unidentified West Indian taxi driver's friend - drum kit ("Lakonga" and "Baba Tunde")

    • Songs

    1Afoju Ti Ole Riran (Dead Eyes)7:53
    2Truck-Track4:00
    3Yelp - Bellow - Rasp Et Cetera4:46

    References

    Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead Wikipedia
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