Rockin' Duck
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Grimms
' Rockin' Duck combines pop music and poetry, recorded at Island Studios, London, England.
Side Two
Grimms
GRIMMS was an English pop rock, skit and poetry group, originally formed as a merger of The Scaffold, the Bonzo Dog Band, and the Liverpool Scene for two concerts in 1971 at the suggestion of John Gorman...
' Rockin' Duck combines pop music and poetry, recorded at Island Studios, London, England.
Track listing
Side One- Rockin' Duck (Innes)
- Songs of the Stars (Roberts)
- The Right Mask (Patten)
- Policeman's Lot (Gorman)
- Question of Habit (McGough)
- Take It While You Can (McGear, McGough)
- Poetic Licence (Patten, McGough)
- The Masked Poet (Gorman)
Side Two
- Hiss and Boo (Gorman)
- Gruesome (Roberts, McGough)
- FX (McGough)
- Blab Blab Blab/EC (Innes, McGough)
- Backwards Thro' Space (Patten, McGough)
- The Prophet (Patten)
- OO-Chuck-A-Mao-Mao (Innes)
- End Of The Record (McGough)
Credits
- Neil InnesNeil InnesNeil James Innes is an English writer and performer of comic songs, best known for his collaborative work with Monty Python, and for playing in the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and later The Rutles.-Personal life:...
– piano, electric piano, vocals - Mike McGear – vocals
- Roger McGoughRoger McGoughRoger Joseph McGough CBE is a well-known English performance poet. He presents the BBC Radio 4 programme Poetry Please and records voice-overs for commercials, as well as performing his own poetry regularly...
– words - Brian PattenBrian Patten-Background:Born near Liverpool's docks, he attended Sefton Park School in the Smithdown Road area of Liverpool, where he was noted for his essays and greatly encouraged in his work by Harry Sutcliffe his form teacher. He left school at fifteen and began work for The Bootle Times writing a column...
– words - John Gorman – vocals
- Andy Roberts – acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, lead guitar, vocals
- David Richards – bass, vocals
- John Megginson – piano, organ, vocals
- Ollie HalsallOllie HalsallPeter John 'Ollie' Halsall was a left-handed guitarist and is best known for his role in The Rutles, the bands Patto, Timebox and Boxer, and for his contribution to the music of Kevin Ayers. He is also notable as one of the few players of the vibraphone in rock music...
– lead guitar, vocals - Gerry ConwayGerry Conway (musician)Gerald Conway is an English folk and rock drummer/percussionist, best known for having performed with the backing band for Cat Stevens in the 1970s, Jethro Tull during the 1980s, and currently a member of Fairport Convention as well as his side projects...
– drums