Robyn celebrates his 56th birthday tomorrow, so I thought it appropriate to re-air the Soft Boys / Robyn special that I produced last fall for KBOO’s membership drive. I took the opportunity to re-tool the last half hour a bit so as to go out with a bang rather than a strum, AND so that I could fit in a track from Robyn’s brand new cd “Goodnight Oslo”.
HOUR ONE:
Soft Boys – Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole (demo) – Soft Boys 1976-1981 comp (Rykodisc, 1977)
Soft Boys – The Yodelling Hoovers – Raw Cuts (Radar, 1977)
Soft Boys – We Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones – Live At The Portland Arms (Glass Fish, 1978)
Soft Boys – Do The Chisel – Can Of Bees (Rykodisc, 1979)
Soft Boys – Rock And Roll Toilet – Invisible Hits (Glass Fish, 1979)
Soft Boys – Old Pervert (partial) – Underwater Moonlight rehearsals (Matador, 1980)
Soft Boys – Old Pervert – Underwater Moonlight (Matador, 1980)
Soft Boys – Astronomy Domine (live) (Pink Floyd cover) – Two Halves For The Price Of One (Glass Fish, 1980)
Robyn Hitchcock – The Man Who Invented Himself – Black Snake Diamond Role (Yep Roc, 1981)
Robyn Hitchcock – When I Was A Kid – Gravy Deco (Rhino, 1982)
Robyn Hitchcock – Trash – When Thatcher Mauled Britain (Yep Roc, 1981)
Robyn Hitchcock – Bones In The Ground – I Often Dream Of Trains (Yep Roc, 1984)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Some Body – Fegmania! (Yep Roc, 1985)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – My Wife And My Dead Wife (live) – Gotta Let This Hen Out (Yep Roc, 1986)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Somewhere Apart – Element Of Light (Yep Roc, 1986)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Globe Of Frogs (Electric Version) – Balloon Man CD Single (A&M, 1988)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Autumn Sea – Queen Elvis (A&M, 1989)
HOUR TWO:
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Madonna Of The Wasps (BBC Version) – The Kershaw Sessions (Strange Fruit, 1988)
Robyn Hitchcock – Queen Elvis II – Eye (Yep Roc, 1990)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – If You Go Away – Perspex Island (A&M, 1991)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – A Day In The Life (live) – Live Death Promo (A&M, 1992)
Robyn Hitchcock – Everyday Is Like Sunday (Morrissey cover) – Oscar Sessions (unreleased, 1993)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – The Wreck Of The Arthur Lee – Respect (A&M, 1993)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians – Surfer Ghost – A Bad Case Of History (Yep Roc, 1994)
Robyn Hitchcock – Filthy Bird – Moss Elixir (Warner Bros, 1996)
Robyn Hitchcock – Each Of Her Silver Wands – Mossy Liquor (Warner Bros, 1996)
Robyn Hitchcock – 1974 – Storefront Hitchcock LP (Warner Bros, 1997)
Robyn Hitchcock – Mr. Tongs – Jewels For Sophia (Warner Bros, 1999)
Robyn Hitchcock – Neitzsche’s Way – A Star For Bram (Editions PAF!, 2000)
Minus 5 – Your Day Will Come (featuring Robyn Hitchcock) (edit) – Young Fresh Fellows vs. Minus 5 Sampler (Mammoth, 2000)
HOME STRETCH:
Soft Boys – Sudden Town – Nextdoorland (Matador, 2002)
Robyn Hitchcock – Keep Finding Me – Luxor (Editions PAF!, 2003)
Robyn Hitchcock – Creeped Out – Spooked (Yep Roc, 2004)
Robyn Hitchcock – My Dreams Are Scars – Obliteration Pie (Oak Tree, 2005)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – ‘Cause It’s Love (Saint Parallelogram) – Ole Tarantula (Yep Roc, 2006)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Sickyboy – Split 7″ single with Nick Lowe (Yep Roc, 2008)
Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 – Saturday Groovers – Goodnight Oslo (Yep Roc, 2009)
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Thanks to Yep Roc for the two promotional copies of the NEW album Goodnight Oslo. I gave away one over the air; the other is still up for grabs and is for you internet listeners. To win, simply post a Robyn Hitchcock-esque bit of text in the comments of this post, or over at ANODYNE’s twitter account.
I will judge the entries and contact the winner for mailing address details. You have until the end of Robyn’s birthday (March 3rd) to submit your entries. You may submit more than one entry if you like.