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


The initial pressing was withdrawn and [[Deletion (music industry)|deleted]] by record label [[Warner Bros.]] soon after release, having sold only 5,000 copies. The record remained unavailable in any commercial form for a little over 35 years, until its 2010 reissue on CD and vinyl LP by Harkit Records. The CD featured notes by [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[dada]]-ist Freek Kinkelaar and featured two bonus tracks not on the original LP - "Baba Tunde" and "Lakonga".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harkitrecords.com/stanshall.html |title=Vivian Stanshall - Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead |publisher=Harkit Records |year=2013 |accessdate=3 April 2013}}</ref>
The initial pressing was withdrawn and [[Deletion (music industry)|deleted]] by record label [[Warner Bros.]] soon after release, having sold only 5,000 copies. The record remained unavailable in any commercial form for a little over 35 years, until its 2010 reissue on CD and vinyl LP by Harkit Records. The CD featured notes by [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[dada]]-ist Freek Kinkelaar and featured two bonus tracks not on the original LP: "Baba Tunde" and "Lakonga".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.harkitrecords.com/stanshall.html |title=Vivian Stanshall Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead |publisher=Harkit Records |year=2013 |accessdate=3 April 2013}}</ref>


A second re-release by Poppydisc Records, again on CD and vinyl LP, followed on 21 May 2012, in a remastered edition sanctioned by Stanshall's estate and family.<ref>[http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/VivianStanshall-MenOpeningUmbrellasAhead-Poppydisc-82374.html "Vivian Stanshall: Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead" at piccadillyrecords.com]</ref>
A second re-release by Poppydisc Records, again on CD and vinyl LP, followed on 21 May 2012, in a remastered edition sanctioned by Stanshall's estate and family.<ref>[http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/products/VivianStanshall-MenOpeningUmbrellasAhead-Poppydisc-82374.html "Vivian Stanshall: Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead" at piccadillyrecords.com]</ref>

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

The initial pressing was withdrawn and deleted by record label Warner Bros. soon after release, having sold only 5,000 copies. The record remained unavailable in any commercial form for a little over 35 years, until its 2010 reissue on CD and vinyl LP 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".[3]

A second re-release by Poppydisc Records, again on CD and vinyl LP, followed on 21 May 2012, in a remastered edition sanctioned by Stanshall's estate and family.[4]

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)[5][6][7]

Personnel

References

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Irvin, Jim (November 2010). "Unsettle down now: Vivian Stanshall Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead". Mojo. p. 120.
  3. ^ "Vivian Stanshall – Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead". Harkit Records. 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2013.
  4. ^ "Vivian Stanshall: Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead" at piccadillyrecords.com
  5. ^ "Vivian Stanshall: Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead (Harkit Records)"
  6. ^ "Vivian Stanshall: Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead (Poppydisc)"
  7. ^ "Vivian Stanshall: Lakonga"