A Curious Case Of... (4CD Box)
Released 12th June
A 4CD set of the first four THEE HEADCOATEES albums in one small box.
This features the ‘Girlsville’ ‘Have Love Will Travel’ ‘Ballad Of The Insolent Pup’ & ‘Punk Girls’ albums.
Brand new artwork by Bruce Brand and a booklet with a look back from Thee Headcoatees themselves.
GIRLSVILLE
There we were, sitting round a kitchen table coming up with ideas and tunes for Girlsville. ‘Wild Man’ - wow! ‘Round Every Corner’ (written for us by Billy), ‘First Plane Home’, a Kinks cover always played in the live set, as was ‘Meet Jacqueline’ (apparently penned by Albert Hammond, odd!) Every track was a winner, I think. Then we went to conquer the world with our albums Have Love Will Travel, Bozstik Haze (not purple!), and Punk Girls plus numerous 7-inch crackers. The fun we had until Here Comes Cessation. Well so we thought….
HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL
Standing on Rochester Bridge, very chilly holding onto our uniform deerstalkers. ‘Louis Riel’ of course, not ‘Louie Louie’ was a great idea. ‘My Boyfriend’s Learning Karate’ was an ode to Tetsuya in Japan. Then there is The Trogg’s beautiful song ‘Baby Come Closer’ and ‘Baby Please’ written by Billy which could well be a Troggs song! Beautiful harmonies. ‘You Can’t Resist’, always on the live set, is the “shag song” and the very psychedelic ‘Gotta Get Inside That Boy’s Mind’ – dreamy!
BALLAD OF THE INSOLENT PUP
In this case Stanley the Terrier (left me a present as I remember). Photo location in beautiful Biddenden. There are some smashers on this one – ‘It’s Bad’ (Bongo) is terrifying! ‘When You Stop Loving Me’ (Kyra), again a staple in the live show, God she meant it! ‘Again and Again’, one of my fave Childish compositions, and a not bad rendition (if I say so myself) of the Pretty Things’ ‘You’ll Never Do It Baby’. A great record, so off you go… walkies!
PUNK GIRLS
What are we wearing on the cover? That aside, wow! ‘Ca Plane Pour Moi’ - fantastic! (well Kyra is Belgian). The marvelous ‘Teenage Kicks’ - well done Bongo! ‘Cara-Lin’ is a little masterpiece too. ‘Don’t Wanna Hold Your Hand’ - well, why not?! I think you can say I’ve enjoyed revisiting these gems, hope you do. X
GIRLSVILLE
1 Wild Man
2 When the Night Comes
3 Stolen Love
4 Round Every Corner
5 Run For Your Life
6 Give it to Me
7. Headcoat Girl
8 Dirty Old Man
9 Melvin
10 The First Plane Home
11 Meet Jacqueline
12 Boysville
13 Money
14 Davey Crockett
HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL
1 Have Love Will Travel
2 Baby Please
3 Don't Try and Tell Me
4 Gotta Get Inside That Boy's Mind
5 Mess of Pottage
6. You Know You Can't Resist
7 Louis Riel
8 Baby Come Closer
9 Come Into My Life
10 Tear it to Pieces
11. Something Went Wrong
12. Big Boss Man
13 My Boyfriend's Learning Karate
14 I'm Gonna Make You Mine
BALLAD OF THE INSOLENT PUP
1 What Once Was
2 This Heart
3 Pretend
4 Ballad of the Insolent Pup
5 You'll Be Sorry Now
6 All My Feelings Denied
7 It's Bad
8 When You Stop Loving Me
9 Two Hearts Beating
10 No Respect
11 Again and Again
12 Now is Not the Best Time
13 I Was Led to Believe
14 You'll Never Do it Baby
PUNK GIRLS
1 Punk Girl
2 Don't Wanna Hold Your Hand
3 Billy B. Childish
4 Teenage Kicks
5 Your Right, I'm Wrong
6. Pinhead
7 Cara-Lin
8 Punk Boy
9 Zig-Zag
10 Sticks & Stones
11 Shadow
12 Ça Plane Pour Moi