YEP ROC RECORDS BEGINS ROBYN HITCHCOCK REISSUE SERIES
BOX SET OF THREE CLASSICS ALONG WITH NEVER-BEFORE-RELEASED B-SIDES TO BE RELEASED OCTOBER 30, 2007
Yep Roc Records is proud to announce the release of Robyn Hitchcock’s “I WANNA GO BACKWARDS” box set on October 30, 2007. “I WANNA GO BACKWARDS” encompasses expanded editions of three of Hitchcock's best-loved 80s albums, “Black Snake Diamond Role,” “I Often Dream of Trains” and “Eye,” along with “While Thatcher Mauled Britain Part 1 & 2,” a newly compiled two-disc collection of b-sides, outtakes and home demo recordings, many of them previously unreleased. All of the individual albums feature bonus tracks and enhanced liner notes, including Hitchcock's personal reminiscences on “Black Snake” and “While Thatcher,” an extract from a novel in progress on “Trains” and several pieces of original poetry on “Eye,” along with previously unpublished photos and Hitchcock cartoons.
In addition to the exclusive CD box set packaging, Yep Roc will also release all three records individually in their expanded, enhanced new editions. “I Wanna Go Backwards” will also be released as an eight-record vinyl box set version complete with original LP artwork. Additionally, Yep Roc is making another long-out-of-print early Hitchcock album, 1982's “Groovy Decay,” available exclusively as a digital download.
About working on the reissue series, Hitchcock states: “Your younger self is always faster and less subtle. I would sing some of the songs differently now, but on the whole they sound fine. As I've said before, age 50 isn't better or worse than age 30 for an artist: you're just leaning in from a different angle.”
Over the past three decades, Hitchcock has built a large and distinctive body of work that's established him as one of rock's most respected and beloved iconoclasts. The prolific English singer/songwriter/guitarist's vivid surrealist songcraft has won him an uncommonly devoted international fan base, and created an ongoing demand for rare and unreleased Hitchcock material. Meanwhile, many of the artist's most popular and influential albums have fallen out of print and become difficult for fans to obtain, changing hands for hefty sums on the collectors' market.
The release of “I Wanna Go Backwards” coincides with a recent career resurgence during which Hitchcock has released the acclaimed albums Spooked and Ole! Tarantula, and become the subject of the recent Sundance Channel documentary Sex, Food, Death…& Insects.
The release of “I Wanna Go Backwards” offers the definitive retrospective of Robyn Hitchcock's '80s solo output, documenting a crucial period of this one-of-a-kind creative force. The second box, tentatively titled “Bad Case of History,” is due early 2008. It will feature all Robyn Hitchcock and The Egyptians records: “Fegmania,” “Gotta Let This Hen Out,” “Element of Light” and an alternate/outtake collection called “Dynasty.”
Been a fan since the late 80's. Yep. Got into his music quite late as his music didn't recieve much airplay in North America until the late 80's. Usually CBC late at night. I've got a nice little Robyn Hitchcock segment all ready for the radio show thisThursday. I also include the odd act that isn't local on the show ,but, I'm taking it further this time. hee. hee.
A long-awaited add, thank you kind sir. Look forward to seeing you in Glasgow - we met there the last time, you were out watching the support band, somethingth day of May. Cheers Robyn
Hi Robyn, thanks for accepting our friend request. I saw you supporting Big Star earlier this year in London. I'd never heard any of your music before and thought you were brilliant, it was a great solo show.
Hello Mr. Hitchcock and thank you for adding my analogue recording studio to your friends circle. Hope we can be part of your art one of these days ... All the best analogue wishes from Italy. Mike 3rd owner of Prosdocimi Recording
Robyn, Good to hear from you. Stay in touch, please, you need a bluegrass band for Feb 12 let us know. I played my first rock gig in four years and three days on Friday night and I forgot what a racket all that equipment creates. best always, Sid Griffin in poshest Hampstead (where wine flows from the fountains, etc. )
Hello (Thanks for the Add) Jeez, It was the Late 80's (Ish) I was living Way up in The Poconos, Finally Got Cable, and There you were on 120 minutes...Maybe it was Balloon Man, I dunno, but Been a Fan Ever Since! I still have not seen you live though, other then You Tube, it is on my list of things to do before I die =), So Fingers crossed=) All My Best!
Forget anything if it..s now. No news no answers ... Not a present. what you imagine Dies, Perhaps it also cries. Maybe It's better this way, forget the burning away.
