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The Soft Boys

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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Robyn Hitchcock
Singer/Songwriter
3-Mar-1953   The Soft Boys
Kimberley Rew
Guitarist
c. 1952   Soft Boys and Waves guitarist

DISCOGRAPHY

A Can Of Bees (1979, Two Crabs Music (UK))
1Give It To The Soft Boys
2The Pigworker
3Human Music
4Leppo And The Jooves
5The Rat's Prayer
6Do The Chisel
7Sandra's Having Her Brain Out
8The Return of the Sacred Crab
9Cold Turkey (John Lennon cover)
10Skool Dinner Blues
11Wading Through A Ventilator

Reissued in 1980 by Aura Records with Skool Dinner Blues and Wading Through A Ventilator replaced by Rock 'N' Roll Toilet and Have A Heart Betty. Reissued again by Two Crabs in 1984, this time with The Return of the Sacred Crab, Skool Dinner Blues, and Wading Through A Ventilator replaced by Fatman's Son, (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp and Ugly Nora. The 1990 CD version released by Two Crabs contained all the original tracks plus Skool Dinner Blues (live), Wading Through A Ventilator (live), Leppo And The Jooves (alternate), Sandra's Having Her Brain Out (alternate), Fatman's Son, (I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp (live), and Ugly Nora (live). An identical version was released by Rykodisc in 1991.

Underwater Moonlight (1980, Roof Records (UK))
1Kingdom Of Love
2I Wanna Destroy You
3Positive Vibrations
4I Got The Hots
5Insanely Jealous
6Strange
7Tonight
8You'll Have To Go Sideways
9Old Pervert
10The Queen Of Eyes
11Underwater Moonlight

A version released by Attic Records (also in 1980) replaced Strange with Vegetable Man (a cover of an obscure song by Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd). Another 1980 issue on Armageddon lacked both of these tracks. This 10-track version was later reissued by Living Cream Records in 1986 and then by Base Records in 1987. The 1990 Glass Fish CD issue included all of these tracks, as well as Only The Stones Remain, Where Are The Prawns?, Dreams, Black Snake Diamond Rock, There's Nobody Like You, and Song No. 4. An identical version was released by Rykodisc in 1992.

Two Halves For The Price Of One (Only The Stones Remain / Lope At The Hive) (1981, Armageddon (UK))
1Only The Stones Remain
2Where Are The Prawns?
3The Bells Of Rhymney (Pete Seeger cover)
4There's Nobody Like You
5Innocent Boy
6Black Snake Diamond Rock
7Underwater Moonlight
8Astronomy Domine (Pink Floyd cover)
9Outlaw Blues (Bob Dylan cover)
10Mystery Train (Junior Parker cover)

Invisible Hits (1983, Midnight Music (UK))
1Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole
2Have A Heart, Betty (I'm Not Fireproof)
3The Asking Tree
4Muriel's Hoof / The Rout Of The Clones
5Let Me Put It Next To You
6When I Was A Kid
7Rock 'N' Roll Toilet
8Love Poisoning
9Empty Girl
10Blues In The Dark
11He's A Reptile

The 1990 Glass Fish CD issue also included the tracks Have A Heart, Betty (I'm Not Fireproof) (version), Rock 'N' Roll Toilet (version), When I Was A Kid (original mix), Love Poisoning (original mix), and Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole (live). An identical version was released by Rykodisc in 1991.

Live At The Portland Arms (1987, Glass Fish Records (UK))
1Give It To The Soft Boys
2Sandra's Having Her Brain Out
3Give Me A Spanner, Ralph
4My Evaline (traditional song)
5Human Music
6I Like Bananas (Because They Have No Bones) (The Hoosier Hot Shots cover)
7Horns Large Horns (traditional song)
8Book Of Love (The Monotones cover)
9Wish I Had My Baby (The Five Satins cover)
10White Shoe Blues (barbershop standard)
11In The Mood (The Glenn Miller Orchestra cover)
12That's When Your Heartaches Begin (The Ink Spots cover)
13Have A Heart, Betty (I'm Not Fireproof)
14The Duke Of Squeeze
15All Shook Up (Elvis Presley cover)

Raw Cuts (1998, Overground (UK))
1The Yodelling Hoover
2Give It To The Soft Boys
3Vyrna Knowl Is A Headbanger
4Hear My Brane
5The Face Of Death
6Wading Through A Ventilator

The Soft Boys 1976-81 (1993, Rykodisc)
1Wey Wey Hep Uh Hole
2It's Not Just The Size Of A Walnut
3Ugly Nora
4The Yodelling Hoover
5Hear My Brane
6The Face Of Death
7Wading Through A Ventilator
8Give It To The Soft Boys
9I Want To Be An Anglepoise Lamp
10Fatman's Son
11Where Are The Prawns?
12Salamander
13Heartbreak Hotel (Elvis Presley cover)
14Caroline Says (Lou Reed cover)
15We Like Bananas (The Hoosier Hot Shots cover)
16The Pigworker
17Do The Chisel
18Return Of The Sacred Crab
19That's When Your Heartaches Begin (The Ink Spots cover)
20Book Of Love (The Monotones cover)
21Sandra's Having Her Brain Out
22Leppo And The Jooves
23The Rat's Prayer
24Have A Heart Betty (I'm Not Fireproof) #1
25Mystery Train (Junior Parker cover)
26He's A Reptile
27Rock 'N Roll Toilet
28Have A Heart Betty (I'm Not Fireproof) #2
29Insanely Jealous
30Underwater Moonlight
31I Wanna Destroy You
32Queen Of Eyes
33Kingdom Of Love
34Positive Vibrations
35Gigolo Aunt (Syd Barrett cover)
36Train 'Round The Bend (The Velvet Underground cover)
37Kingdom Of Love
38Only The Stones Remain

Underwater Moonlight...And How It Got There (2001, Matador)
1I Wanna Destroy You
2Kingdom Of Love
3Positive Vibrations
4I Got The Hots
5Insanely Jealous
6Tonight
7You'll Have To Go Sideways
8Old Pervert
9The Queen Of Eyes
10Underwater Moonlight
11He's a Reptile
12Vegetable Man (Pink Floyd cover)
13Strange
14Only The Stones Remain
15Where Are The Prawns?
16Dreams
17Black Snake Diamond Rock
18There's Nobody Like You
19Song No. 4
20Old Pervert - section 1
21Like a Real Smoothie
22Alien
23Bloat (extract)
24Underwater Moonlight
25She Wears My Hair
26Wang Dang Pig
27Old Pervert - section 2
28Insanely Jealous
29Leave Me Alone
30Goodbye Maurice or Steve
31Old Pervert - section 3
32Cherries
33Amputated
34Over You
35I Wanna, Er… (extract)
36Old Pervert - section 4

A 3 disc + 7" vinyl edition was also released, which added the tracks Innocent Boy (studio outtake), Zip-Zip, and Astronomy Domine (Live At Maxwell's, NJ, 1980) (a cover of a song by Pink Floyd).

Nexdoorland (2002, Matador)
1I Love Lucy
2Pulse Of My Heart
3Mr. Kennedy
4Unprotected Love
5My Mind Is Connected To Your Dreams
6Sudden Town
7Strings
8Japanese Captain
9La Cherité
10Lions and Tigers

A LP + 7" vinyl edition was also released, which added the tracks Underwater Moonlight and Only the Stones Remain (both live in Hollywood, April, 2001).



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