Name: Hatfield and the North
Brand: Plan 9 (Label)
SKU: 69042
Availability: OutOfStock

Hatfield and the North

Rating

Album: Hatfield and the North
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Stubbs Effect, The
2)	Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)
3)	Going up to People and Tinkling
4)	Calyx
5)	Son of There's No Place Like Homerton
6)	Aigrette
7)	Rifferama
8)	Fol de Rol
9)	Shaving Is Boring
10)	Licks for the Ladies
11)	Bossa Nochance
12)	Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees)
13)	Lobster in Cleavage Probe
14)	Gigantic Land Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid
15)	Other Stubbs Effect, The
16)	Let's Eat (Real Soon) - (bonus track)
17)	Fitter Stoke Has a Bath - (bonus track)

Album: Hatfield and the North
#	Song Title	Time
1)	Stubbs Effect, The
2)	Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)
3)	Going up to People and Tinkling
4)	Calyx
5)	Son of There's No Place Like Homerton
6)	Aigrette
7)	Rifferama
8)	Fol de Rol
9)	Shaving Is Boring
10)	Licks for the Ladies
11)	Bossa Nochance
12)	Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees)
13)	Lobster in Cleavage Probe
14)	Gigantic Land Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid
15)	Other Stubbs Effect, The
16)	Let's Eat (Real Soon) - (bonus track)
17)	Fitter Stoke Has a Bath - (bonus track)

Performer Notes

Hatfield & The North: Richard Sinclair (vocals, bass); Phil Miller (guitar); Dave Stewart (piano, organ, synthesizer); Pip Pyle (drums).
Additional personnel: Robert Wyatt, Amanda Parsons, Barbara Gaskin, Ann Rosenthal (vocals); Geoff Leigh (flute, saxophone); Jeremy Baines (pixiephone).
Personnel: Robert Wyatt (vocals, drums); Ann Rosenthal, Amanda Parsons, Richard Sinclair, Barbara Gaskin (vocals); Phil Miller (guitar); Geoff Leigh (flute, saxophone, wind); Dave Stewart (piano, organ, keyboards); Pip Pyle (drums); Jeremy Baines (wind).
Recording information: 10/1974-??/1975.
One of the Canterbury scene's most revered bands, Hatfield and the North made up for the brevity of their career with some fascinating music. Always adventurous, the quartet had the keen sense to realize that only the most hardened jazz fans respond to numerous key changes and exceedingly complex time signatures, and thus enlivened their live set with the odd gnome smashing, suggestive lyrics, and jokey song titles. It worked a charm, with the band quickly amassing a large, loyal following at home in Britain and across the continent. On their eponymous debut, Hatfield stunningly succeeded in translating both their sense of fun and their musical brilliance onto disc. After a bit of light humor, the band slide into "Going Up to People and Tinkling", which glides gloriously across the keys and rhythm shifts. Both "Calyx" and "Aigrette" experiment with vocals as an instrument, while the exuberant "Rifferama" is a master class on the use of riffs. However, it's the expansive "Son of `There's No Place like Homerton'" that is this side of the album's centerpiece, a propulsive, keyboard driven piece that still awaits a modern dance troop's attention.

Professional Reviews

Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ssential....[With] the extra thrill of Robert Wyatt's wordless, weightless guest vocal on 'Calyx'..."