Back Again in the DHSS
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Back Again in the DHSS is the second vinyl album by UK rock band Half Man Half Biscuit
, released in 1987.
The album was actually released after the band had split up, and comprised Peel
Sessions along with some new songs.
Some of the tracks were subsequently re-released on the compact disc ACD
in 1989.
Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit, often "HMHB", are an English rock band from Birkenhead, Merseyside, active since the mid-1980s, known for satirical, sardonic, and sometimes surreal songs. The group comprises Nigel Blackwell , Neil Crossley , Ken Hancock , and Carl Henry...
, released in 1987.
The album was actually released after the band had split up, and comprised Peel
John Peel
John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...
Sessions along with some new songs.
Some of the tracks were subsequently re-released on the compact disc ACD
ACD (album)
ACD was the first CD from Half Man Half Biscuit. If featured some of the tracks from the previous vinyl album, Back Again in the DHSS.#"The Best Things In Life"#"D'Ye Ken Ted Moult?"#"Reasons To Be Miserable "...
in 1989.
Track listing
Back Again in the DHSS- "The Best Things In Life"
- "D'Ye Ken Ted MoultTed MoultEdward Walker "Ted" Moult was a British farmer at Scaddows Farm near Ticknall, Derbyshire, who became a radio and television personality.- Early life :...
?" - "Reasons To Be Miserable (Part 10)"
- "Rod HullRod HullRodney Stephen Hull , better known as Rod Hull, was a popular entertainer on British television in the 1970s and 1980s. He rarely appeared without Emu, a mute, highly aggressive arm-length puppet of the flightless emu bird...
Is Alive - Why?" - "Dickie DaviesDickie DaviesRichard "Dickie" Davies is a British television presenter, best known for presenting World of Sport from 1968 until 1985....
Eyes" - "The Bastard Son Of Dean FriedmanDean FriedmanDean Friedman is an American singer-songwriter who plays piano, keyboard, guitar and other instruments, including the harmonica.-Music:...
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Fan" - "Arthur's Farm"
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Riots" (7" remix) - "I Hate Nerys HughesNerys HughesNerys Hughes , is a Welsh actress, known primarily for her television roles.Nerys Hughes was born in Rhyl, . She studied drama at Rose Bruford College. She is best known for the role of Sandra Hutchinson in the enormously successful BBC TV series The Liver Birds which ran from 1969 to 1978 with a...
(From The Heart)" (live) (cassette only)
List of references
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