Hatfield and the North - Afters - Rare mint original LP

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Nov 20, 2005 Sold Date

Nov 10, 2005 Start Date

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Description

Released on Virgin VR5 in 1980

Disc in mint condition - never played

Sleeve has signs of wear to edges - otherwise excellent. Complete with Lyrics sheet

Line-up:

Richard Sinclair (Bass, vocals)

Phil Miller (Guitar)

Dave Stewart (Keyboards)

Pip Pyle (Drums and noise)

assisted by:

THE NORTHETTES:

Barbara Gaskin
Amanda Parsons
Ann Rosenthal
(Backing vocals on Fitter Stoke Has A Bath, Mumps, Prenut and Your Majesty is like a Cream Donut (Loud))

Robert Wyatt

(Voice on Calyx)

Jimmy Hastings

(Flutes on Fitter Stoke Has A Bath and Prenut
Saxes on Your Majesty is like a Cream Donut (Loud))

Mont Campbell

(French Horn on (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw and Chaos at the Greasy Spoon)

Lindsay Cooper

(Oboe and bassoon on (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw

Tim Hodgkinson

(Clarinet on (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw

Tracks:

1 Let's Eat (Real Soon) (3:14)

2 Fitter Stoke Has a Bath (4:33)

3 Mumps. Edited (8:14)

4 Share It. Which Segues Wonderfully into... (3:02)

5 Lounging There Trying (3:15)

6 Stubbs Effect (0:23)

7 Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract) (0:45)

8 Going Up to People and Tinkling (2:17)

9 Calyx (2:46)

10 (Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw (0:43)

11 Chaos at the Greasy Spoon. Edited Cunningly Cross Faded into... (0:23)

12 Halfway Between Heaven and Earth (6:08)

13 Oh, Len's Nature! (2:00)

14 Lything and Gracing (3:48)

15 Prenut (3:55)

16 Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut (Loud)

Emerging from the Canterbury musical community which also launched Gong and Kevin Ayers' the Whole World, the whimsical progressive rock unit Hatfield and the North formed in 1972. Named in honour of a motorway sign outside of London, the group's founding membership brought together a who's-who of the Canterbury art-rock scene -- vocalist/bassist Richard Sinclair was a former member of Caravan, guitarist Phil Miller had tenured with Robert Wyatt in Matching Mole, and drummer Pip Pyle had served with both Gong and Delivery. After a series of line-up shuffles, keyboardist Dave Stewart (an alumnus of Egg) was brought in to complete the roster, and in tandem with the Northettes -- a trio of backing vocalists consisting of Barbara Gaskin, Amanda Parsons and Ann Rosenthal -- the group began gigging regularly.

Upon signing to Virgin, Hatfield and the North recorded their 1974 self-titled debut LP, a jazzy, largely improvisational work halfway between melodic pop and more avant-garde stylings. A single, "Let's Eat (Real Soon)," appeared at the end of the year, and in 1975 the group resurfaced with The Rotters Club; although the record briefly landed in the U.K. charts, their commercial future looked dim, and so Hatfield and the North disbanded within months of the album's release. Sinclair soon joined Camel, while Stewart recorded with Bill Bruford before finding pop success in 1981 with ex-Zombie Colin Blunstone on a cover of the Jimmy Ruffin chestnut "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted?" In 1989, Hatfield and the North reunited, minus Stewart, for a series of live dates; a document of the performances, Live 1990, followed in 1993.

~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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