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For the next year or two, British pop was awash with records that married quasi-classical arrangements with newly-minted fairy tales and character vignettes based around the grey everyday lives of ordinary small-town folk. Many years later, this burst of English eccentricity came to be known in collector circles as toytown pop - a pseudo-genre that took in everything from Jeff Lynne's early band The Idle Race and Deram-era David Bowie to backroom auteurs like Mark Wirtz, who provided similarly over-the-top arrangements for CBS hopefuls Cardboard Orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Skeleton and the Roundabout (Mono Single Mix) - the Idle Race\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Jenny Artichoke - Kaleidoscope\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cuddly Toy - Fruit Machine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Phenomenal Cat - the Kinks\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Little Lesley - the Alan Bown!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Emily Small (The Huge World Thereof) - the Picadilly Line\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Man in the Teapot - Fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mr. Light - John Carter and Mickey Keen\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Dubious Circus Company - Clifford T. Ward\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ice Cream Man (Alternative Version) - Kidrock\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lollipop Minds - Wimple Winch\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Peter's Birthday (Black and White Rainbows) - World of Oz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ha! Ha! Said the Clown - Tony Hazzard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sad Simon Lives Again - Tim Andrews\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Uncle Joe the Ice Cream Man - the Mindbenders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Phoebe's Flower Shop - the Cortinas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Coplington - Persimmon's Peculiar Shades\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Colour Sergeant Lillywhite - West Coast Consortium\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Our Fairy Tale - the Herd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Teenage Love Song - Hetherington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Ebaneezer Beaver (Demo Version) - the Mirage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Fairy Tale (Demo Version) - the Next Collection\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Brother Jack - Barry Wigley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Trafalgar Square - the Good Time Losers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sadie and Her Magic Mr. Galahad - the New Generation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Marjory Daw - Morning Glory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Last Performance of the Royal Regimental Very Victorious and Valiant Band - the Syn\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Rainbow Rocking Chair - Majority One\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Excerpt from \"A Teenage Opera\" - Keith West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Lavender Popcorn - Scrugg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Knocking Nails Into My House - Ambrose Slade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mr. Job - Jigsaw\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Uncle Arthur - David Bowie\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Bitter Thoughts of Little Jane - Timon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cellophane Mary Jane - Astronaut Alan and the Planets\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Mr. Kipling - Tuesday's Children\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e It's the Best Seaside in the World - Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e And Now for a Little Train Number - Kenny Everett\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Glorious House of Arthur - Fairfield Parlour\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Laughing Boy from Nowhere - Simon Dupree and the Big Sound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Auntie Mary's Dress Shop - 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