Hatfield and the North (album)



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".

Track listing
A-side B-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
 * 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:

Taken from the Virgin Records Sampler (VD 2502) in January 1975
 * 1) "Your Majesty Is Like A Cream Donut Incorporating Oh What A Lonely Lifetime" – 6:08

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)