Tadpoles (album)

Tadpoles
Studio album by
Released9 June 1969 (US)
1 August 1969 (UK)
StudioTrident Studios, London
GenreComedy rock, psychedelic pop, trad jazz
Length35:51
LabelImperial (US)
Liberty (UK)
ProducerGus Dudgeon
Bonzo Dog Band chronology
The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse
(1968)
Tadpoles
(1969)
Keynsham
(1969)
I'm The Urban Spaceman
Sunset SLS 50350 - British reissue

Tadpoles is the third album by the Bonzo Dog Band. It is largely a compilation of their work from the television show Do Not Adjust Your Set, on which they were the house band (although all the songs were specially re-recorded for the album). 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 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, only one of which ("BOO!") had actually been performed on 'Do Not Adjust Your Set' and was therefore the only genuine outtake from the album's original sessions.