Alberto Y Lost Trios Paranoias - Italians From Outer Space

Original Release Date

1977

Release Information

UK LP 1977 (Transatlantic - TRA 349)

A1 Old Trust
A2 Brrr!
A3 I'll Come If You Let Me
A4 Invocation Of The Fundamental Orifice Of St. Agnes
A5 No Change
A6 Peon In The Neck
A7 Happy To Be On (An Island Away From) Demis Roussos
A8 Teenager In Schtuck
A9 Italians From Outer Space: (A) The Ballad Of Colonel Callan
A10 Italians From Outer Space: (B) A Fistful Of Spaghetti
B1 Mandrax Sunset Variations Part VI
B2 Neville
B3 Breakfast
B4 Wholefood Love
B5 Holiday Frog
B6 Teenage Paradise
B7 Willie Baxter's Blues
B8 It Never Rains In El Paso
B9 Whispering Grass
B10 Death Of Rock And Roll

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Germany CD 1989 (Transatlantic/Line - TACD 9.00776)

1 Old Trust 3:28
2 Brrrr! 0:42
3 I'll Come If You Let Me 2:08
4 Invocation Of The Fundamental Orifice Of St. Agnes 2:43
5 No Change 0:41
6 Peon In The Neck 0:33
7 Happy To Be On (An Island Away From Demis Roussos) 2:12
8 Teenager In Schtuck 2:51
9 Italians From Outer Space (a) The Ballad Of Colonel Callan (b) A Fistful Of Spaghetti 5:46
10 Mandrax Sunset Variations Part VI 1:42
11 Neville 2:29
12 Breakfast 1:19
13 Wholefood Love 2:23
14 Holiday Frog 2:47
15 Teenage Paradise 2:40
16 Willie Baxter's Blues 1:07
17 It Never Rains In El Paso 2:45
18 Whispering Grass 2:18
19 Death Of Rock And Roll 3:02

Chart Placings

None

Credits

Tony Bowers - guitar and bass
Bob Harding - vocals, guitar and bass
Jimmy Hibbert - vocals, guitar and tubular bells
C.P. Lee - vocals, guitar and flute
Bruce Mitchell - percussion
Simon White - guitar and pedal steel

Recorded at Rockfield Studios, Monmouthshire.
Engineered and additional percussion by Dave Charles
Produced by Peter Jenner
A Harami League Production by arrangement with Sammy Sphincter.

Reviews & Opinions

PUNKY GIBBON: An extremely fickle affair, with almost all of side one being silly spoken word nonsense and pointlessly bitty sketches, although it kicks off with the irresistable 'Old Trust', a C&W send-up based on the icky likes of 'Old Yeller', finds room for the band's first punk pisstake ('Teenager In Schtuck'), and boasts the greatest lyric ever, "Take me for a ride on your massive swirling shit". Elsewhere there are pastiches of 60's surf pop, funk, southern rock and other likely targets. Judicious skipping and searching is needed to prune away the dross, but when it works it's well worth the effort.

Additional Notes

Issued in remastered form on CD as part of Mandrax Sunset Variations.

Images

UK LP 1977 (Transatlantic - TRA 349). Click here for more

Germany CD 1989 (Transatlantic/Line - TACD 9.00776)