ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS Luminous Groove 8LP Box * SEALED * + download

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ROBYN HITCHCOCK & THE EGYPTIANS
Luminous Groove
(Yep Roc, 2008)
8-LP BOX SET ~ 180 gram vinyl with poster (track listing below)

> Fegmania! > Gotta Let This Hen Out > Element of Light + 5 LPs of rareties and outakes

PLEASE NOTE: The box that is up for sale is brand-new and factory-sealed. Item pictured is my personal copy (for illustrative purposes only).

NEW/SEALED
INCLUDES DIGITAL DOWNLOAD CODE!
The second in a series of Robyn Hitchcock retrospective box sets from Yep Roc, the five-disc Luminous Groove box set shines a light on Robyn's rock & roll renaissance with the Egyptians. In 1985 Robyn's newest group, with ex-Soft Boys Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor plus keyboardist Roger Jackson, marked the next stage in the career of one of popular music's most unique creators. Fegmania! is a return to band format, showcasing the new outfit through sonic tapestries around Hitchcock's signature skittered melodies and private lyrics. On Element of Light, The Egyptians glide between regal pop and driving psychedelia, resulting in of the most deliberate and nuanced college rock records of the decade. Gotta Let This Hen Out! captures a blazing live set by the Egyptians from London's Marquee club in early 1985. The band blasts through new and old Hitchcock classics, effortlessly blending the show into what amounts to a live best-of collection and reminding fans that Robyn's legend is built as much on loud guitars as it is on eerie metaphors and jagged melodies. All three albums contain new bonus tracks exclusive to Luminous Groove.
In addition to these three seminal albums, the set also includes two exclusive bonus discs entitled Bad Case of History which features previously unreleased studio recordings, including the final 1994 sessions, and a CD of unheard live material. Just as with Yep Roc's first box set collection I Wanna Go Backwards, the curation of Fegmania!, Element of Light and Gotta Let This Hen Out! into one box set encapsulates a critical portion of the creative life of Britain's Mad Hatter of pop and further illuminates Hitchcock's gloriously mysterious Luminous Groove.
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TRACK LISTING:
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 Heaven End Bit Bells Of Rhymney Some Body Heaven (live) The Pit Of Souls The Drowning Church The Man With The Lightbulb Head (instrumental) Lady Obvious 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 I'm Only You Unsettled Freeze Egyptian Cream #2 If You Were A Priest Winchester Somewhere Apart Ted, Woody And Junior The President Raymond Chandler Evening Bass Airscape Never Stop Bleeding Lady Waters & 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 & The Hooded One (demo) Bad Case Of History In Agony Of Pleasure Poisonous Angel Live Man Die Furry Baby Evil Guy Hanging Out With Dad Wild Mountain Thyme Ivy Alone I Am Not Me Surfer Ghost Beautiful Queen Testosterone Blues Zipper In My Spine Lost Tribes 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 Moon Inside Globe of Frogs V & D Wafflehead Wreck of the Arthur Lee