Robyn Hitchcock was the first official collection of pre-released Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Hitchcock

Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....

 material, issued in 1995 by Sequel Records.

This little-noted compilation was worthy of particular attention, being the only Hitchcock album to include the studio recording "Statue With a Walkman", a humorous depiction of a haemoglobin-counting figure found resting at the bottom of a garden. (Hitchcock would re-write the song with new sections, for the Storefront Hitchcock project a few years later.). This recording ended up on Shadow Cat

Shadow Cat (album)

Shadow Cat is the title of an album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in England in 2008.This was released in the UK by Sartorial Records, distributed by Cargo, and is available in America thru Red Eye distribution...

in slightly edited form in 2008 (shortened by 63 seconds), making this compilation much less desirable.

The rest of the CD includes titles from his 1980s albums, nine of which had recently undergone repackaging and re-release. There is one title pulled from each, and the insert to this CD advertises and illustrates them all.

Track listing

1. "City of Shame"
2. "Night Ride to Trinidad"
3. "Heartful of Leaves"
4. "I'm Only You"
5. "Listening to the Higsons"
6. "Airscape"
7. "I Got a Message for You"
8. "Queen Elvis III"
9. "Surgery"
10. "Statue with a Walkman"

Notes: "Queen Elvis III" is actually "Queen Elvis II".

"Heartful Of Leaves" is listed as coming from "Fegmania!" instead of "I Often Dream Of Trains".