Stackridge‘s critically acclaimed first two albums – from 1971 and 1972 respectively – were beautifully quirky fusions of melody, eccentricity and invention.
These 2023 Esoteric Recordings CD editions have been expanded to include bonus tracks (including the band’s previously unreleased “BBC Radio One In Concert” performance from June 1972 on Friendliness).
Both contain illustrated booklets with exclusive band interviews and essays by Mike Barnes.
Pre-order the self-titled 1971 album for June 30 release here: https://burningshed.com/stackridge_stackridge_cd
Stackridge‘s critically acclaimed debut album from 1971 was beautifully quirky fusion of melody, eccentricity and invention.
This 2023 Esoteric Recordings CD edition has been expanded to include four bonus tracks, two of which are from the band’s first “BBC radio session for John Peel’s Top Gear.”
Featuring an illustrated booklet with exclusive band interviews and an essay by Mike Barnes.
Tracklist:
1 Grande Piano
2 Percy the Penguin
3 The Three Legged Table
4 Dora the Female Explorer
5 Essence of Porphyry
6 Marigold Conjunction
7 32 West Mall
8 Marzo Plod
9 Slark
Bonus Tracks
10 Everyman (B-side of single)
11 Let There Be Lids
12 The Three-Legged Table Part Three (BBC Radio John Peel Top Gear session 1971)
13 Slark (BBC Radio John Peel Top Gear session 1971)
Pre-order 2xCD version of “Friendliness” 1972 album for June 30 release here: https://burningshed.com/stackridge_friendliness_2cd
Stackridge‘s second album “Friendliness” from 1972 is arguably the band’s crowning achievement.
This 2023 Esoteric Recordings double CD edition has been expanded to include four bonus tracks issued as singles and the band’s previously unreleased “BBC Radio One In Concert” performance from June 1972.
Featuring an illustrated booklet with exclusive band interviews and an essay by Mike Barnes.
Tracklist:
CD1 Friendliness
1 Lummy Days
2 Friendliness (Part One)
3 Anyone for Tennis
4 There is No Refuge
5 Syracuse the Eephant
6 Amazingly Agnes
7 Father Frankenstein is Behind Your Pillow
8 Keep On Clucking
9 Story of My Heart
10 Friendliness (Part Two)
11 Teatime
CD2 Additional Tracks
1 Slark (single version)
2 Purple Spaceships Over Yatton (B-side of single)
3 Introduction – Hit and Miss (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
4 Grande Piano (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
5 Teatime (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
6 Lummy Days (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
7 Amazingly Agnes (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
8 32 West Mall (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
9 She Taught Me How to Yodel (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
10 Four Poster Bed (Let There Be Lids) (BBC Radio In Concert June 1972)
11 C’est La Vie (B-side of single)
12 Do the Stanley (A-side of single)