''Tadpoles'' is the third album by the

Bonzo Dog Band The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (also known as The Bonzo Dog Band or The Bonzos) was created by a group of British art-school students in the 1960s. Combining elements of music hall, trad jazz and psychedelia with surreal humour and avant-garde art, ...

. It is largely a compilation of their work from the television show '' Do Not Adjust Your Set'', on which they were the house band. The US version of the album had a track list slightly different from that of the UK version: the US version removed " I'm the Urban Spaceman" and added "Readymades" the B-side of their follow-up single "Mr. Apollo". The UK version was reissued on vinyl by

Sunset Records Sunset Records was a record label started in 1965 as the budget album subsidiary of Liberty Records to reissue and issue material originally recorded for Liberty, Imperial, Minit and other Liberty subsidiaries as well as leased material from other ...

in the early 1970s, re-titled "I'm the Urban Spaceman". In 2007 the album was reissued on CD with its original title and artwork, by EMI with five bonus tracks.

Sleeve notes

The original LP sleeve had seven holes cut out of the front cover, and multiple images printed on an insert card (or inner sleeve of the US version) helped listeners to visualize what band members were thinking by moving the card back and forth.

Track listing

Bonus tracks on 2007 CD reissue

#"Boo!" tanshall, Innes#"Readymades" tanshall, Innes#"Look At Me I'm Wonderful"

tanshall Glenrothes (; , ; sco, Glenrothes; gd, Gleann Rathais) is a town situated in the heart of Fife, in east-central Scotland. It is about north of Edinburgh and south of Dundee. The town had a population of 39,277 in the 2011 census, making it ...

#"We Were Wrong"

#"The Craig Torso Christmas Show" (The Lady Is a Tramp/The Last Waltz/Calling All Workers) nnes, Stanshall, Spear

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tadpoles (Album) 1969 albums Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band albums Albums produced by Gus Dudgeon Liberty Records albums Imperial Records albums