Hatfield and the North (album)
Encyclopedia
Hatfield and the North is the first album by experimental
Canterbury scene
rock band
Hatfield and the North
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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".
B-siivu
A later CD rerelease of the album added two bonus tracks, also available on the compilation Afters
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Experimental music
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Canterbury scene
Canterbury Scene
The Canterbury scene is a term used to loosely describe the group of progressive rock, avant-garde and jazz musicians, many of whom were based around the city of Canterbury, Kent, England during the late 1960s and early 1970s...
rock band
Rock Band
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Hatfield and the North
Hatfield and the North
Hatfield and the North were an experimental Canterbury scene rock band that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, with some reunions thereafter.-Career:...
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In the Q
Q (magazine)
Q is a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom.Founders Mark Ellen and David Hepworth were dismayed by the music press of the time, which they felt was ignoring a generation of older music buyers who were buying CDs — then still a new technology...
& Mojo
Mojo (magazine)
MOJO is a popular music magazine published initially by Emap, and since January 2008 by Bauer, monthly in the United Kingdom. Following the success of the magazine Q, publishers Emap were looking for a title which would cater for the burgeoning interest in classic rock music...
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-siivu- "The Stubbs Effect" (PylePip PylePhillip "Pip" Pyle was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France...
) – 0:22 - "Big Jobs (Poo Poo Extract)" (SinclairRichard SinclairRichard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
/Pyle) – 0:36 - "Going Up To People and Tinkling" (Stewart) – 2:25
- "Calyx" (MillerPhil MillerPhil Miller is an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury scene.He was a member of the bands Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave and has since worked in solo projects and in his band In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982...
) – 2:45 - "Son of 'There's No Place Like Homerton'" (Stewart) – 10:10
- "Aigrette" (Miller) – 1:37
- "Rifferama" (Sinclair arr. Hatfield and the North) – 2:56
B-siivu
- "Fol de Rol" (Sinclair/WyattRobert WyattRobert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
) – 3:07 - "Shaving Is Boring" (Pyle) – 8:45
- "Licks for the Ladies" (Sinclair/Pyle) – 2:37
- "Bossa Nochance" (Sinclair) – 0:40
- "Big Jobs No. 2 (By Poo and the Wee Wees)" (Sinclair/Pyle) – 2:14
- "Lobster in Cleavage Probe" (Stewart) – 3:57
- "Gigantic Land Crabs in Earth Takeover Bid" (Stewart) – 3:21
- "The Other Stubbs Effect" (Pyle) – 0:38
A later CD rerelease of the album added two bonus tracks, also available on the compilation Afters
Afters
Afters is a 1980 compilation album released by Canterbury scene band Hatfield and the North. Of the sixteen tracks, eleven are taken from the band's two studio albums Hatfield and the North and The Rotters' Club, three are live recordings, and the two remaining songs are those from their 1974...
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- "Let's Eat (Real Soon)" (Sinclair/Pyle) – 3:16
- "Fitter Stoke Has a Bath" (Pyle) – 4:35
Personnel
- Phil MillerPhil MillerPhil Miller is an English progressive rock/jazz guitarist who was part of the Canterbury scene.He was a member of the bands Delivery, Matching Mole, Hatfield and the North, National Health, Short Wave and has since worked in solo projects and in his band In Cahoots, which he founded in 1982...
– guitar - Dave Stewart – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Hammond Organ, Minimoog, Hohner Pianet, piano, tone generator
- Richard SinclairRichard SinclairRichard S. Sinclair is a progressive rock bassist, guitarist and vocalist who has been a member of several bands of the Canterbury scene.-Biography:...
– bass guitar, vocals - Pip PylePip PylePhillip "Pip" Pyle was an English-born drummer from Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, who later resided in France...
– drums
Guests
- Robert WyattRobert WyattRobert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
– vocals (4) - Barbara GaskinBarbara GaskinBarbara Gaskin is a British singer who, with her musical partner, the keyboardist Dave Stewart, formed a duo in 1981. In September of that year they had a number one single in the UK with a cover version of the song "It's My Party"...
- vocals (5) - Geoff LeighGeoff LeighGeoff Leigh is an English jazz and progressive rock musician, playing primarily soprano sax and flute. He was a member of the English avant-rock group Henry Cow and founded several bands himself, including Red Balune, Random Bob, Black Sheep, Mirage, and Ex-Wise Heads.-Biography:Geoff Leigh's...
– tenor saxophone (5), flute (5 & 13) - Didier MalherbeDidier MalherbeDidier Antonin Malherbe is a saxophonist and flautist. He was one of the founders of the Canterbury sound band Gong....
– tenor saxophone (7) (uncredited) - Jeremy Baines – pixiephone (5), flute (13)
- Cyrille Ayers – vocals (8)
- Sam Ellidge – voice (7)