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Luminous Groove
(2008)
Hitchcock, Robyn
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Label: Yep Roc Records
Duration: 5:36:07
Genre: Songwriter, Singer

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 one of the most deliberate and nuanced 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.'' ''Luminous Groove'' is also available as an eight-LP vinyl set.


TrackDuration
Egyptian Cream3:32
Another Bubble2:45
I'm Only You4:28
My Wife And My Dead Wife4:01
Goodnight I Say3:13
The Man With The Lightbulb Head3:04
Insect Mother1:53
Strawberry Mind2:49
Glass3:04
The Fly3:49
Heaven4:03
Heaven End Bit0:45
Bells of Rhymney
Some Body3:19
The Pit of Souls
The Drowning Church3:12
Lady Obvious3:21
Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl2:09
Kingdom of Love
Acid Bird4:46
The Cars She Used To Drive2:53
Brenda's Iron Sledge3:06
Only the Stones Remain
Leppo and the Jooves
America4:18
Listening To the Higsons
The Face of Death
If You Were A Priest2:37
Unsettled6:25
Freeze3:50
Winchester5:00
Somewhere Apart2:49
Ted, Woody And Junior2:52
The President4:17
Raymond Chandler Evening2:14
Bass3:01
Airscape5:10
Never Stop Bleeding2:47
Lady Waters & The Hooded One5:44
The Black Crow Knows3:34
The Crawling3:20
The Leopard4:20
Tell Me About Your Drugs2:42
Sprinkling Dots1:08
Upside-Down Church Blues2:52
Into It2:12
Neck2:07
Egyptian Cream #34:26
Bad Case of History
In Agony of Pleasure
Poisonous Angel3:30
Live Man Die3:43
Furry Baby3:39
Evil Guy2:52
Hanging Out With Dad
Wild Mountain Thyme3:18
Ivy Alone3:52
I Am Not Me3:08
Surfer Ghost4:46
Beautiful Queen5:23
Testosterone Blues3:56
Zipper In My Spine1:47
Lost Tribes6:31
Bass (demo)4:02
Lady Waters & The Hooded One (Mix One)5:31
Child Of The Universe4:36
Veins of the Queen
The Ruling Class2:59
So You Think You're In Love2:28
Driving Aloud3:58
Wax Doll5:08
Living Years
Eight Miles High4:36
Chimes Of Freedom3:46
Railway Shoes3:28
Arms of Love
Moon Inside
Globe of Frogs
V & D
Wafflehead4:16
Wreck of the Arthur Lee
The Live-In Years3:19
The Moon Inside4:40
Vegetation & Dimes4:26
Original Release: 2008-01-01
UPC: 634457261426