The Man in the Bowler Hat


The Man In The Bowler Hat is the third album by the British rock group Stackridge. The album was produced by George Martin at AIR Studios, London and released in the UK by MCA Records. This was their highest charting album, peaking at number 23 in the UK Albums Chart.
A different version of the album was released by Sire Records in the US and Canada under the title Pinafore Days. The US album removed two songs and replaced them with two others from the UK version of the next Stackridge album Extravaganza. Although the front cover was the same, the jacket photos were changed to show the Extravaganza lineup. Pinafore Days was the only US chart entry for Stackridge, reaching number 191 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
"Dangerous Bacon" b/w "The Last Plimsoll" was released as a single in the UK.

Track listing

All songs credited to Andy Davis, Smegmakovitch except where noted.

Side one

  1. "Fundamentally Yours"
  2. "Pinafore Days"
  3. "The Last Plimsoll"
  4. "To the Sun and the Moon"
  5. "The Road to Venezuela"

Side two

  1. "The Galloping Gaucho"
  2. "Humiliation"
  3. "Dangerous Bacon"
  4. "The Indifferent Hedgehog"
  5. "God Speed the Plough"

Track listing: U.S. version "Pinafore Days", Sire Records SASD-7503

All songs credited to Andy Davis, Smegmakovitch except where noted.
  1. "Fundamentally Yours"
  2. "Pinafore Days"
  3. "The Last Plimsoll"
  4. "Spin 'Round The Room"
  5. "The Road To Venezuela"
  6. "The Galloping Gaucho"
  7. "Humiliation"
  8. "Dangerous Bacon"
  9. "One Rainy July Morning"
  10. "God Speed The Plough"
Bonus tracks on the 1996 CD re-issue on Demon Records
  1. "Do the Stanley"
  2. "C'est la Vie"
  3. "Let There Be Lids"

Deluxe version

The Man in the Bowler Hat was reissued in 2023 by Esoteric Recordings. The first CD includes the complete original album, the songs credited to Andy Davis, Smegmakovitch unless otherwise specified. The 2nd CD contains two BBC Radio One recordings made in 1973. Tracks are:
CD 1
  1. "Fundamentally Yours"
  2. "Pinafore Days"
  3. "The Last Plimsoll"
  4. "To the Sun and the Moon"
  5. "The Road to Venezuela"
  6. "The Galloping Gaucho"
  7. "Humiliation"
  8. "Dangerous Bacon"
  9. "The Indifferent Hedgehog"
  10. "God Speed the Plough"
CD 2
  1. "Anyone for Tennis"
  2. "Do the Stanley"
  3. "Syracuse the Elephant"
  4. "Purple Spaceships Over Yatton"
  5. "Twist and Shout"
  6. "Dora the Female Explorer"
  7. "The Lyder Loo"
  8. "God Speed the Plough"
  9. "The Road to Venezuela"
  10. "The Galloping Gaucho"

Personnel

;Additional personnel
;Production
  • George Martin - production, orchestration and piano on "Humiliation" and "The Indifferent Hedgehog"

Other credits

  • Bill Price - engineering
  • John Kosh - cover design
  • John Swannell - cover photography
  • AIR London - studios
  • Big Ben Music/Christchurch Music - publishing