Tadpole's Illustrated
Paperback, 40 pages
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Tadpole and Co were active in the mid 1980s on the alternative comedy scene in Britain. They performed with such greats as Jo Brand and Henry Normal. This book is a reissue of Tadpole's Illustrated, first published in 1986 for sale at gigs. Illustrations are by Colin Mason (aka Oliver Tadpoles) and rhymes by Oliver and Laetitia Tadpole (Lisa Marie Gabriel). Tadpole and Co were never PC - they always refused to be sheeple - but not quite offensive enough to be taken seriously. Billed by Nick Toczek as the "Essence of English Eccentricity" their claim to fame was the sinking of the Titanic (and later the eruption of Vesuvius destroying Herculaneum) in music - guitar, saxophone and congas - it was heroic, amazing, unbelievably silly and great fun to be a part of. Here in this beautifully illustrated slim volume are some of the immortal rhymes and some of the immoral ones too...