Extravaganza (album)

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Extravaganza
Studio album by Stackridge
Released	January 1975 (UK)
Recorded	1974
Genre	Progressive rock jazz-rock[1] music hall
Length	42:34
Label	The Rocket Record Company Sire Records Stallion Records (CD re-issue) Angel Air (CD re-issue)
Producer	Tony Ashton
Stackridge chronology
The Man In The Bowler Hat (1974) Extravaganza (1975) Mr. Mick (1976)
UK. Single label
label (The Rocket Record Company)

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Extravaganza is the fourth album by the British rock group Stackridge. The album was produced by Tony Ashton at AIR Studios, London. The band experienced a significant lineup change after its previous album, with James Warren, James "Crun" Walter and Billy Sparkle all leaving.

The album was originally released in the UK on Elton John's label, The Rocket Record Company. Stackridge was the first group signed to the new label.

A different version of the album was released by Sire Records in the U.S and Canada. This version removed two songs already released on Pinafore Days and added "Do The Stanley" from a UK single and "The Indifferent Hedgehog" from the UK album The Man In The Bowler Hat.

Singer and songwriter Gordon Haskell rehearsed with Stackridge for a short time during 1974. Though Haskell decided not to join Stackridge the group recorded one of his songs. Originally called "Worms", the version on Extravaganza was re-titled "No One's More Important Than the Earthworm".

The song "Happy In The Lord", written by Phil Welton, was a cover of a song originally performed by the band Fat Grapple, and released by them as a single in 1975.^[2]