Groovy Decay was the second solo album

Album

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 by Robyn Hitchcock

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, released in 1982. His backing band for the record featured Sara Lee

Sara Lee (musician)

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 of Gang of Four

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 on bass and Anthony Thistlethwaite

Anthony Thistlethwaite

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 of the Waterboys

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 on sax.

Hitchcock was unhappy with the recordings, despite the presence of ex-Gong

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 member Steve Hillage

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 in the producer's seat, and he subsequently released a revised version of the album entitled Groovy Decoy; this had completely different cover art, substituted demo versions of five of the tracks, and changed the playing order. A Rhino CD reissue in the mid-1990s incorporated the two sets of tracks together under the title Gravy Deco.

In 2007, Yep Roc Records

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 remastered Groovy Decay and made it available exclusively as a digital download on its website. The download includes the bonus tracks, "How Do You Work this Thing?", "It Was the Night", and "Falling Leaves", as well as demo versions of four of the album's tracks as previously issued on Groovy Decoy. The demo of "Midnight Fish" is the only Groovy Decoy track not included on this re-issue.

Side one

1. "Night Ride to Trinidad"
2. "Fifty Two Stations"
3. "Young People Scream"
4. "The Rain"
5. "America"

Side two

1. "The Cars She Used to Drive"
2. "Grooving on an Inner Plane"
3. "St. Petersburg"
4. "When I Was a Kid"
5. "Midnight Fish" (Hitchcock, Discovert)

1st CD issue bonus tracks (Albion Records 1985)

1. "How Do You Work This Thing" - originally B-side to "America" single, 1982
2. "It Was The Night" - originally B-side to "America" single, 1982

Side one

1. "Fifty Two Stations"
2. "St. Petersburg"
3. "America"
4. "Night Ride to Trinidad"
5. "How Do You Work This Thing"
6. "The Cars She Used to Drive" (Demo)

Side two

1. "It Was The Night"
2. "Young People Scream" (Demo)
3. "The Rain" (Demo)
4. "When I Was a Kid" (Demo)
5. "Midnight Fish" (Demo)

2nd CD issue bonus tracks (Midnight Records 1986)

1. "Grooving On A Inner Plane" (Single version)

Gravy Deco (Rhino Records 1995)

1. "The Rain" (Demo)
2. "The Cars She Used to Drive" (Demo)
3. "It Was The Night"
4. "Young People Scream" (Demo)
5. "How Do You Work This Thing"
6. "When I Was a Kid" (Demo)
7. "Midnight Fish" (Demo)
8. "Night Ride to Trinidad"
9. "Fifty Two Stations"
10. "Young People Scream"
11. "The Rain"
12. "America"
13. "The Cars She Used to Drive"
14. "Grooving on an Inner Plane"
15. "St. Petersburg"
16. "When I Was a Kid"
17. "Midnight Fish"

CD issue bonus tracks (Rhino Records 1995)

1. "Night Ride to Trinidad" (Special disco Mix)
2. "Kingdom Of Love" (Previously Unissued Mix)

Notes: This release has all versions, except "Grooving On A Inner Plane" (Single version) which was moved to "Black Snake Diamond Role

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".

Download Only version (Yep Roc Records 2007)

1. "Night Ride to Trinidad"
2. "Fifty Two Stations"
3. "Young People Scream"
4. "The Rain"
5. "America"
6. "The Cars She Used to Drive"
7. "Grooving on an Inner Plane"
8. "St. Petersburg"
9. "When I Was a Kid"
10. "Midnight Fish"
11. "How Do You Work this Thing?"
12. "It Was the Night"
13. "Falling Leaves" - originally B-side to "The Bells of Rhymney
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    " single, 1984
14. "The Rain" (Demo)
15. "The Cars She Used to Drive" (Demo)
16. "Young People Scream" (Demo)
17. "When I Was a Kid" (Demo)

Notes:

"Midnight Fish" (Demo) dropped from Yep Roc Release.

"Falling Leaves" also appears on "Invisible Hitchcock

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" CD

Personnel

• Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Hitchcock
  Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....
  
   - guitars, vocals
• Sara Lee
  Sara Lee (musician)
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   - bass
• Matthew Seligman
  Matthew Seligman
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   - bass
• Anthony Thistlethwaite
  Anthony Thistlethwaite
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  - saxophone
• Rod Johnson - drums
• Chris Cox - trumpet on "America"