{"product_id":"thee-headcoats-heavens-to-murgatroyd-even-it-s-thee-headcoats-already-2023-reissue-w-2-bonus-tracks-new-artwork","title":"THEE HEADCOATS - Heavens To Murgatroyd, Even! It’s Thee Headcoats (Already) [2023 Reissue w\/ 2 Bonus Tracks \u0026 New Artwork]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Black Vinyl. Reissue of classic album originally released by Sub Pop Records in 1990! Now with new artwork + two extra tracks.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat’s the story behind the album title? “\u003cem\u003eHeavens to Murgatroyd, even\u003c\/em\u003e!” is a term of surprise by \u003cstrong\u003eSnagglepuss\u003c\/strong\u003e, a bright pink lion, who starred in his very own \u003cstrong\u003eHanna-Barbera\u003c\/strong\u003e cartoon. The term was famously employed by \u003cstrong\u003eThe Downliners Sect\u003c\/strong\u003e on the intro to their top tune ‘\u003cem\u003eLeader of The Sect\u003c\/em\u003e’. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis album originally came out on \u003cstrong\u003eSub Pop Records\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1990. The label was known for US grunge at the time, how come they ended up working with a Medway garage ‘n’ racket group? We prefer the term “\u003cem\u003eMaximum Drums and Racket\u003c\/em\u003e”. It all came about because a young \u003cstrong\u003eSteve Turner\u003c\/strong\u003e, of \u003cstrong\u003eMudhoney\u003c\/strong\u003e fame, when a young lad visiting England with his father, happened across \u003cstrong\u003eThee Mighty Caesars\u003c\/strong\u003e playing at The Cricketers Public House at the Oval. Fast forward five years and he is telling the Seattle Grunge mob all about how great we are. We were then invited to play with Mudhoney on their first Sub Pop jaunt in the UK. \u003cstrong\u003eBruce Pavitt\u003c\/strong\u003e, the Sub Pop visionary, saw our mass appeal and asked if we'd knock out an LP for Sub Pop. He also asked me to sign a contract. I replied - “what’s a contract, can you eat it?” By this good chance we still owned the LP. You recorded the album at \u003cstrong\u003eRed Studios\u003c\/strong\u003e in Wouldham, near Rochester in Kent. What are your memories of recording there? It was all fine and dandy, I won’t go into details as I don’t want to embarrass Red Rodders, the engineer. Let’s just say there was a lot of marsh gas down Wouldham way. Some of the tracks were recorded with \u003cstrong\u003eOllie Dolot\u003c\/strong\u003e (The Squares) on bass and backing vocals. How long was he in the band and why did he end up leaving? Ollie was in for a good few months. Ron (Bruce) roped him in. Then whilst helping out The Cramps with their show at the Town and Country Club (formerly the home of British Fascism) we ran into Tub and knowing him from when he was guitarist with Mike Spenser and The Cannibals we asked if he'd like to twang the onion twine. Ron then told Ollie he was out the band sunshine and that it was me who had thrown him out. Which was not the case, it was Ron. I also think Ollie may have been absent due to being nicked for house breaking, or something. Strange but true. This new edition is expanded with two non-album tracks and has brand new artwork. What made you want to release it with a different cover? Sub Pop did the cover without asking - a bit of a shocker! This cover is near to what we would have done ourselves. The two extra tracks would have been on the original LP, but they got swiped as 45s by small labels desperate to get a bit of gold. Are there any songs on the album that you’re particularly proud of? They are all pretty top notch but ‘\u003cem\u003eWe're Gone\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eRusty Hook\u003c\/em\u003e’ sit nicely with ‘\u003cem\u003eTroubled Mind\u003c\/em\u003e’ and ‘\u003cem\u003eGirl From ‘62\u003c\/em\u003e’. Along with the 13 \u003cstrong\u003eChildish\u003c\/strong\u003e-penned tracks is a cover of ‘\u003cem\u003eStewball\u003c\/em\u003e’, a song made famous by \u003cstrong\u003eLeadbelly\u003c\/strong\u003e and later covered by several artists in the 1960s. What made you want to record your own version? I just love Leadbelly. I believe we even brought him to the mind of that young fellow-me-lad \u003cstrong\u003eKurt Cobain\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damaged Goods","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl","offer_id":47228379693401,"sku":"SDZ-38547","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Thee_Headcoats_-_Heavens_To_Murgatroyd__even_-_LP_Vinyl_-_2023_Reissue.jpg?v=1697114316","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/thee-headcoats-heavens-to-murgatroyd-even-it-s-thee-headcoats-already-2023-reissue-w-2-bonus-tracks-new-artwork","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}