The Rotters' Club (album)
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The Rotters' Club is the second album by Hatfield and the North
. It was also in part an inspiration for novel of the same name by Jonathan Coe
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The 1987 rerelease of the album added five bonus tracks, also available on the compilation Afters
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Hatfield and the North
Hatfield and the North were an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, with some reunions thereafter.-Career:...
. It was also in part an inspiration for novel of the same name by Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe
Jonathan Coe is an English novelist and writer. His work has an underlying preoccupation with political issues, although this serious engagement is often expressed comically in the form of satire. For example, What a Carve Up! reworks the plot of an old 1960s spoof horror film of the same name...
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Track listing
- "Share It" (Sinclair) – 3:03
- "Lounging There Trying" (Miller) – 3:15
- "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" (Stewart) – 0:43
- "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" (Sinclair/Pyle) – 0:30
- "The Yes No Interlude" (Pyle) – 7:01
- "Fitter Stoke Has a Bath" (Pyle) – 7:33
- "Didn't Matter Anyway" (Sinclair) – 3:33
- "Underdub" (Miller) – 4:02
- "Mumps" (Stewart) – 20:31
- "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Quiet) 1:59
- "Lumps" 12:35
- "Prenut" 3:55
- "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Loud) 1:37
The 1987 rerelease of the album added five bonus tracks, also available on the compilation Afters
Afters
Afters is a 1980 compilation album released by Canterbury scene band Hatfield and the North. Of the sixteen tracks, eleven are taken from the band's two studio albums Hatfield and the North and The Rotters' Club, three are live recordings, and the two remaining songs are those from their 1974...
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- "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" (edit of album version) – 0:43
- "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" (edit of album version) – 0:20
- "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" (from "Over The Rainbow" compilation) (Sinclair) – 6:07
- "Oh, Len's Nature!" (aka "Nan True's Hole") (live 1975) (Miller) – 1:59
- "Lything and Gracing" (live 1974) (Miller) – 3:58
Personnel
- Phil MillerPhil MillerPhil Miller is an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury scene.He was a member of the bands Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave and has since worked in solo projects and in his band In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982...
: Guitar - Dave Stewart: Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond organ, Minimoog, Piano, Tone generator
- Richard SinclairRichard SinclairRichard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
: Bass guitar, Lead vocals, Guitar (7) - Pip PylePip PylePhillip "Pip" Pyle was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France...
: Drums - Jimmy HastingsJimmy HastingsJames Brian Gordon 'Jimmy' Hastings , is a British professional musician associated with the Canterbury scene....
: Saxophone (5 & 9), Flute (6, 8 & 9) - Barbara GaskinBarbara GaskinBarbara Gaskin is a British singer who, with her musical partner, the keyboardist Dave Stewart, formed a duo in 1981. In September of that year they had a number one single in the UK with a cover version of the song "It's My Party"...
, Amanda Parsons & Ann Rosenthal: Backing vocals (6 & 9) - Lindsay CooperLindsay CooperLindsay Cooper is an English bassoon and oboe player, composer and political activist. Best known for her work with the band Henry Cow, she was also a member of Comus, National Health, News from Babel and David Thomas and the Pedestrians...
: Bassoon (3 & 5) - Tim HodgkinsonTim HodgkinsonTim Hodgkinson is an English experimental music composer and performer, principally on reeds and keyboards. He is best known as one of the core members of the British avant-rock group Henry Cow, which he formed with Fred Frith in 1968...
: Clarinet (3 & 5) - Mont CampbellMont CampbellHugo Martin Montgomery Campbell , formerly known as Mont Campbell, now Dirk Campbell is a British progressive rock musician, best known as a member of progressive rock band Egg.-Biography:...
: French horn (3 & 4)