ROBYN HITCHCOCK 1967: Vacations In The Past (2024 UK/EU limited
edition 12-track LP pressed on Blue
Vinyl, a selection of the mostly hit songs of the year
1967, re-recorded acoustically by Robyn with the help of some friends
in Cambridge, San Francisco, and Sydney. Featuring A Whiter Shade
Of Pale [Procol Harem], Itchycoo Park [Small Faces], Waterloo Sunset
[The Kinks], See Emily Play [Pink Floyd], A Day In The Life [The
Beatles], and many more.Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory
sealed).
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Robyn Hitchcock 1967: Vacations In The Past - Blue Vinyl - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record)
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| Tracklisting / Additional Info: |
Robyn Hitchcock is a rock'n'roll surrealist. Born in London on March 3rd, 1953 he describes his songs as "pictures you can listen to". As much a child of Dali, De Chirico, and JG Ballard as of his 1960s musical heroes, he is a master of the absurd, reveling in the beauty of the unexpected.
His first publicly visible band The Soft Boys (1976 - 81) has remained an influential art-rock touchstone for generations of musicians. "I just want to be an obscure cult fringe," he told the NME in 1978; the NME didn't believe him, but he's been true to his ambition. Without ever breaking the surface of pop culture Hitchcock has floated at a tangent to the mainstream for nearly 5 decades. His songs have been performed by REM, The Replacements, Neko Case, Gillian Welch & David Rawlings, Lou Barlow, Grant Lee Phillips, Sparklehorse, and Suzanne Vega with the Grateful Dead among others.
A confirmed outsider, he nonetheless has devoted listeners around the world who attend his concerts, and also tune into the online streaming shows Robyn seasonally does with his wife, the singer Emma Swift. In 1996 he was the subject of Jonathan Demme's in-concert film, 'Storefront Hitchcock'. Robyn Hitchcock came of age in the 1960s when he attended Winchester College, an eccentric hothouse boarding school in the south of England. This is the subject of "1967", which is both a memoir and an album, due for release this year. The memoir is a book "1967 - How I Got There And Why I Never Left", describing how the music of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and others drastically transformed the direction of his life when he left home for this strange new world.
The companion record album "1967 - Vacations In The Past" is a selection of the (mostly) hit songs of that year, re-recorded acoustically by Robyn with the help of some friends in Cambridge, San Francisco, and Sydney. He is currently preparing new material to release in 2025. "I like to keep busy", he says: "We have all eternity to not exist".
Side 1
1. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
2. Itchycoo Park
3. Burning Of The Midnight Lamp
4. I Can Hear The Grass Grow
5. San Francisco
6. Waterloo Sunset
Side 2
1. See Emily Play
2. My White Bicycle
3. No Face, No Name, No Number
4. Way Back In The 1960s
5. Vacations In The Past
6. A Day In The Life
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| Condition : |
Factory sealed from new. This item is unplayed. Click here for more info. |
| Availability: |
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| Year of Release: |
2024 |
| Artist: |
Robyn Hitchcock (click here for complete listing) |
| Title: |
1967: Vacations In The Past (click here for more of the same title) |
| Postage/Shipping: |
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| Format: |
vinyl LP album (LP record) |
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| Record Label: |
Tiny Ghost Records |
| Catalogue No: |
TG-09 |
| Country of Origin: |
UK
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| Language: |
Regardless of country of origin all tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description. |
| Date of Release: |
01 November 2024
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| EIL.COM Ref No |
RHILPVA849483 (quote this reference in any e-mails, letters, faxes or phone calls to help identify this item) |
| Barcode : |
198391154164 |
| Genres: |
70s Artists, 80's Pop, Indie, NME Indie/Alternative Artists, Male Solo, POP, Progressive, Psychedelic, Rock, Singer/Songwriter
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| Related Artists: |
Paul Roland, The Popticians, The Soft Boys |
| Complete Stock List: |
Robyn Hitchcock |
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| Alternative Names: |
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edition 12-track LP pressed on <B><FONT COLOR ="#0000FF">Blue
Vinyl</B></FONT>, a selection of the mostly hit songs of the year
1967, re-recorded acoustically by Robyn with the help of some friends
in Cambridge, San Francisco, and Sydney. Featuring A Whiter Shade
Of Pale [Procol Harem], Itchycoo Park [Small Faces], Waterloo Sunset
[The Kinks], See Emily Play [Pink Floyd], A Day In The Life [The
Beatles], and many more.Picture sleeve with hype sticker, factory
sealed) )
