''Luminous Groove'' is a 2008 compilation
box set
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Music
Artists ...
of the albums ''
Fegmania!'' (March 1985), ''
Gotta Let This Hen Out
''Gotta Let This Hen Out!'' is a live recording of Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians recorded in April 1985, shortly after the group had come together for '' Fegmania!''.
The set was recorded at the Marquee and the tapes cleaned up for relea ...
'' (October 1985) and ''
Element of Light
''Element of Light'' is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock and his second with his backing band, the Egyptians. It was released in 1986.
Most of the album was recorded at Alaska Studios and Berry Street, but two tracks ...
'' (1986) by
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...
. The box set was issued on
CD and
vinyl
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. The versions included in the CD box set are the extended reissues from
YepRoc
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. The set also includes 2 discs of B-sides and rarities called ''Bad Case of History''. (The vinyl set had all the extra tracks from the extended CDs removed. These were re-assembled onto three LPs, with another two LPs of B-sides and rarities, as per the CD set.)
Track list
Disc One: ''Fegmania!''
* Recorded at Alaska Studios
#"Egyptian Cream"
#"Another Bubble"
#"I'm Only You"
#"My Wife and My Dead Wife"
#"Goodnight I Say"
#"The Man With the Lightbulb Head"
#"Insect Mother"
#"Strawberry Mind"
#"Glass"
#"The Fly"
#"Heaven"
#"(untitled)"
#"Bells of Rhymney"
#"Some Body"
#"Heaven"
#"The Pit of Souls"
#"The Drowning Church"
#"The Man With the Lightbulb Head (instrumental)"
#"Lady Obvious"
Disc Two: ''Gotta Let This Hen Out''
* Recorded live April 27, 1985,
The Marquee
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It was the location of the first live performance b ...
,
London
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#"Sometimes I Wish I Was a Pretty Girl"
#"Kingdom of Love"
#"Acid Bird"
#"The Cars She Used to Drive"
#"My Wife and My Dead Wife"
#"Brenda's Iron Sledge"
#"The Fly"
#"Only the Stones Remain"
#"Egyptian Cream"
#"Leppo and the Jooves"
#"America"
#"Heaven"
#"Listening to the Higsons"
#"The Face of Death"
#"If You Were a Priest"
#"Freeze"
#"I'm Only You"
#"Unsettled"
#Egyptian Cream #2
Disc Three: ''Element of Light''
#"If You Were a Priest"
#"Winchester"
#"Somewhere Apart"
#"Ted, Woody and Junior"
#"The President"
#"Raymond Chandler Evening"
#"Bass"
#"Airscape"
#"Never Stop Bleeding"
#"Lady Waters and the Hooded One"
#"The Black Crow Knows"
#"The Crawling"
#"The Leopard"
#"Tell Me About Your Drugs"
#"Sprinkling Dots"
#"Upside-Down Church Blues"
#"Into It"
#"Neck"
#"Bass" (Demo)
#"Lady Waters and the Hooded One" (remix)
Disc Four: ''Bad Case of History'' Disc 1
#"Bad Case of History"
#"In Agony of Pleasure"
#"Poisonous Angel"
#"Live Man Die"
#"Furry Baby"
#"Evil Guy"
#"Hangin' Out With Dad"
#"Wild Mountain Thyme"
#"Ivy Alone"
#"I Am Not Me"
#"Surfer Ghost"
#"Beautiful Queen"
#"Testosterone Blues"
#"Zipper In My Spine"
#"Lost Tribes"
Disc Five: ''Bad Case of History'' Disc 2
#"Child of the Universe"
#"Freeze"
#"Veins of the Queen"
#"The Ruling Class"
#"So You Think You're In Love"
#"Driving Aloud"
#"Wax Doll"
#"The Living Years"
#"Eight Miles High"
#"Chimes of Freedom"
#"Railway Shoes"
#"Arms of Love"
#"The Moon Inside"
#"Globe of Frogs"
#"Vegetation and Dimes"
#"Wafflehead"
#"The Wreck of the Arthur Lee"
References
Robyn Hitchcock albums
2008 compilation albums
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