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''The Innes Book of Records'' is the third solo album by
Neil Innes
Neil James Innes (; 9 December 1944 – 29 December 2019) was an English writer, comedian and musician. He first came to prominence in the pioneering comedy rock group Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later became a frequent collaborator with the M ...
and was released in 1979 to accompany the
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series of the same name. The audio recordings on the album are not the same as those used as the audio track for the television series, some of the arrangements being markedly different.
Each episode in the series was an anthology of short music videos featuring Innes and other performers. At the beginning of each episode is a short introductory video; one showed a man in a spacesuit exploring a deserted house, finding a record player covered in cobwebs, sitting down and listening to a record, so beginning the first song and its accompanying video.
Reviewer
Richie Unterberger
Richie Unterberger (born January 19, 1962) is an American author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.
Life and writing
Unterberger attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he wrote for the university newspaper '' ...
, of ''Allmusic'', described it as "imbued with the characteristic droll, wry wit and knack for pastiche of all manners of pop music that typify Innes' work", and noted that it veered "more to
Ray Davies
Sir Raymond Douglas Davies ( ; born 21 June 1944) is an English musician. He was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the rock band the Kinks, which he led with his younger brother Dave on lead guitar and backing voc ...
territory than comedy rock, though Innes isn't at all imitative of the
Kinks
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in Muswell Hill, north London, in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm ...
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Track listing
All tracks written by Neil Innes.
Side one
# "Here We Go Again" - 3:20
# "Montana Cafe" - 3:31
# "All In the Name of Love" - 3:43
# "Kenny and Liza" - 3:48
# "Amoeba Boogie" - 4:27
Side two
# "Theme" (instrumental) - 2:51
# "Human Race" - 4:30
# "Spontaneous" - 3:41
# "Love Is Getting Deeper" - 3:34
# "Etcetera" - 3:49
Musicians
*Drums:
Stuart Elliot,
Peter Van Hooke
Peter Van Hooke (born 6 April 1950) is an English rock drummer and producer with over 350 credits to his name. He was the drummer for the English band Mike + The Mechanics (from 1984 to 1995) and also drummed for Van Morrison's band, Headstone ...
*Bass:
Bruce Lynch, Harvey Weston
*Keyboards:
Billy Livsey
Billy Livsey is an American songwriter, keyboardist, and producer originally from St. Louis, Missouri and now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He has worked with many musicians including Tina Turner, Kevin Ayers, Phil Manzanera, 801, Gerry Raff ...
*Guitars: Brian Holloway, Richard Brunton, Mitch Dalton
*Piano:
Brian Lemon
Brian Lemon (11 February 1937 – 11 October 2014) was a British jazz pianist and arranger.
Biography
Lemon was born in Nottingham, England. After leaving school in the 1950s, he began playing professionally at Nottingham's Palais de Danse and ...
*Vocals: Sharon Campbell,
Yvonne Keeley
Yvonne Keeley (born Yvonne Paaij, 6 September 1952) is a Dutch pop music singer. She is the sister of Patricia Paay.
She began her career as a session singer in the music industry in London. She was the girlfriend of Steve Harley of Steve ...
, Anne Kavanagh, Paul Travis, Kenny Dukayne, Gary Travers
*Trumpets:
Henry Lowther,
Digby Fairweather
Richard John Charles "Digby" Fairweather (born 25 April 1946) is a British jazz cornetist, author and broadcaster.
Biography
Before becoming a professional musician, Fairweather was a librarian and has retained an interest in jazz bibliograph ...
, Martin Drover, Dave Spence
*Trombones: John Mumford, Paul Nieman,
Pete Strange
Peter Charles Strange (19 December 1938 – 14 August 2004) was an English jazz trombonist, arranger and composer.
Biography
Born in Plaistow, Newham, London, England, Strange played violin as a child before switching to trombone as a teenager ...
*Saxophone: Bill Skeat, Randy Colville,
Tommy Whittle
Tommy Whittle (13 October 1926 – 13 October 2013) was a British jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Tommy Whittle was born in Grangemouth, Scotland. He started playing clarinet at the age of 12 before taking up tenor saxophone at 13, guided by A ...
,
Keith Gemmell
Keith Gemmell (15 February 1948 – 24 July 2016) was a British musician. He played saxophone, clarinet, and flute, and was best known for being a member of art rock band Audience from 1969 to 1972 and from 2004 to 2016. He was also a musica ...
, Pat Kyle
*Strings: Leader: Richard Studt (special thanks to Nigel Warren-Green)
*Arrangements:
John Altman
References
External links
Neil Innes solo issuesNew "Book of Records" website
1979 albums
Polydor Records albums
Neil Innes albums
Albums produced by Neil Innes
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