Hatfield and the North (album)

Hatfield and the North
Studio album by Hatfield and the North
Released	February 1974
Recorded	October 1973 – January 1974
Genre	Progressive rock, Canterbury scene, jazz fusion, avant-rock, avant-garde jazz, comedy rock
Length	54:12
Label	Virgin
Producer	Hatfield and the North Tom Newman
Hatfield and the North chronology
Hatfield and the North (1974) The Rotters' Club (1975)The Rotters' Club1975

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Hatfield and the North is the first album by experimental Canterbury scene rock band Hatfield and the North.

In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock, the album came #34 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums".^[2]

Track listing

A-side

1. "The Stubbs Effect" (Pip Pyle) – 0:22
2. "Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)" (Richard Sinclair, Pyle) – 0:36
3. "Going Up To People and Tinkling" (Dave Stewart) – 2:25
4. "Calyx" (Phil Miller) – 2:45
5. "Son of 'There's No Place Like Homerton'" (Stewart) – 10:10
6. "Aigrette" (Miller) – 1:37
7. "Rifferama" (Sinclair; arranged by Hatfield and the North) – 2:56

B-side

1. "Fol de Rol" (Sinclair, Robert Wyatt) – 3:07
2. "Shaving Is Boring" (Pyle) – 8:45
3. "Licks for the Ladies" (Sinclair, Pyle) – 2:37
4. "Bossa Nochance" (Sinclair) – 0:40
5. "Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees)" (Sinclair, Pyle) – 2:14
6. "Lobster in Cleavage Probe" (Stewart) – 3:57
7. "Gigantic Land Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid" (Stewart) – 3:21
8. "The Other Stubbs Effect" (Pyle) – 0:38

A later CD rerelease of the album added two bonus tracks, also available on the compilation Afters:

1. "Let's Eat (Real Soon)" (Sinclair, Pyle) – 3:16
2. "Fitter Stoke Has a Bath" (Pyle) – 4:35

2009 Esoteric Recordings issue (ECLEC2139) also included the above with a further bonus track:

1. "Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut Incorporating Oh What A Lonely Lifetime" – 6:08

Taken from the Virgin Records Sampler (VD 2502) in January 1975

Personnel

• Phil Miller – guitar (tracks 2-14), acoustic guitars (track 6)
• Dave Stewart – Fender Rhodes electric piano (tracks 1-8, 10-15), Hammond Organ (tracks 3-5, 7-9, 12-14), Hohner Pianet (tracks 1, 5, 7, 9, 13-15), Piano (tracks 2-5, 8, 9), Tone Generator (tracks 5, 7-9, 12), Minimoog (track 9)
• Richard Sinclair – Bass Guitar (tracks 2-14), Vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10-12)
• Pip Pyle – Drums (tracks 2-9, 11-14), percussion (tracks 4, 7, 9), sound effects (tracks 7-9, 11)

Guests

• Robert Wyatt – vocals (4)
• Barbara Gaskin - vocals (5)
• Amanda Parsons - vocals (5)
• Ann Rosenthal - vocals (5)
• Geoff Leigh – Tenor Saxophone (5), Flute (5 & 13)
• Didier Malherbe – Tenor Saxophone (7) (uncredited)
• Jeremy Baines – Pixiephone (5), Flute (13)
• Cyrille Ayers – vocals (8)
• Sam Ellidge – voice (7)

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