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Gotta Let This Hen Out!

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The cover features a painting by Hitchcock depicting airborne fish, jellyfish and an array of ducks and chickens. As with a number of his albums, Hitchcock handwrote the liner notes. The album title is taken from the lyric of the song "Listening to
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and the tapes cleaned up for release at Alaska Studios with minor drop-in overdubs. The gig was also videotaped and appeared on VHS with a few additional numbers, interspersed with several studio recordings available through their promo videos.
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songs ("Kingdom Of Love", "The Face Of Death") through his first solo album ("Acid Bird", "Brenda's Iron Sledge") and up to the recently released
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Sleeve erroneously omits last track "Egyptian Cream 2", and as such, lists the 'new' bonus tracks as 14-18 not 15-19.
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The material selected for this album includes titles ranging through Hitchcock's back catalogue, from
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The Midnight CD issue adds "Egyptian Cream", "The Fly", and a staple of his live sets, the
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1st and 2nd CD issue bonus tracks (Midnight Records 1986/Rhino Records 1995)
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recorded in April 1985, shortly after the group had come together for
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1985 live album by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians
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Index


Live album
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
The Marquee
London
The Ritz
New York City
Genre
Rock
Label
Relativity Records
Rhino
WEA
Producer
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Fegmania!
Element of Light
AllMusic
Chicago Tribune
The Rolling Stone Album Guide
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Fegmania!
Marquee
Soft Boys
Fegmania!
the Higsons
Soft Boys
Robyn Hitchcock
the Higsons
Andy Metcalfe

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