The Rotters' Club (album)

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The Rotters' Club
Studio album by Hatfield and the North
Released	1975
Recorded	January 1975 - February 1975
Genre	Progressive rock (Canterbury Scene)
Length	37:56
Label	Virgin Records
Producer(s)	Hatfield and the North
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Hatfield and the North chronology
Hatfield and the North (1974)	The Rotters' Club (1975)	Afters (1980)

[edit] Personnel

• Richard Sinclair: bass guitar, vocals, guitar (on track 7, "Didn't Matter Anyway")
• Phil Miller: guitar
• Pip Pyle: percussion
• Dave Stewart: electric piano, organ, tone generator
• Lindsay Cooper: bassoon
• Tim Hodgkinson: clarinet
• Mont Campbell: French horn
• Barbara Gaskin: backing vocals
• Amanda Parsons: backing vocals
• Ann Rosenthal: backing vocals
• Jimmy Hastings: saxophone, flute

[edit] Track listing

1. "Share It" – 3:03
2. "Lounging There Trying" – 3:15
3. "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" – 0:43
4. "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" – 0:30
5. "The Yes No Interlude" – 7:01
6. "Fitter Stoke Has a Bath" – 7:33
7. "Didn't Matter Anyway" – 3:33
8. "Underdub" – 4:02
9. "Mumps" – 20:31
   1. "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Quiet)
   2. "Lumps"
   3. "Prenut"
   4. "Your Majesty Is Like a Cream Donut" (Loud)

The 1987 rerelease of the album added five bonus tracks, also available on the compilation Afters:

1. "(Big) John Wayne Socks Psychology on the Jaw" – 0:43
2. "Chaos at the Greasy Spoon" – 0:20
3. "Halfway Between Heaven and Earth" – 6:07
4. "Oh, Len's Nature!" – 1:59
5. "Lying And Gracing" – 3:58