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| Released = 1982
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'''''Groovy Decay''''' was the second solo [[album]] by [[Robyn Hitchcock]], released in 1982. His backing band for the record featured Sara Lee of the [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] on bass, Anthony Thistlethwaite of [[the Waterboys]] on sax and Rod Johnson on drums.
'''''Groovy Decay''''' was the second solo [[album]] by [[Robyn Hitchcock]], released in 1982. His backing band for the record featured [[Sara Lee (musician)|Sara Lee]] of the [[Gang of Four (band)|Gang of Four]] on bass, [[Anthony Thistlethwaite]] of [[the Waterboys]] on sax.


Searching for artistic identity in his post-[[Soft Boys]] existence, Hitchcock dabbled on this album in various styles, often relying on repetitive keyboard riffs and edging at times towards 'psychobilly', and in this respect it is the least typical of his albums. Interspersed with these are stark acoustic titles such as "St Petersberg" and a celebration of the London Tube's Northern Line in "Fifty Two Stations", unbalancing the set and failing to define a style for Hitchcock.
Searching for artistic identity in his post-[[Soft Boys]] existence, Hitchcock dabbled in various musical styles, and in this respect it is the least typical of Hitchcock's solo albums.


Robyn was ultimately unhappy with the recordings despite the presence of Steve Hillage in the producer's seat, and subsequently released a second version of the album with alternative mixes of a number of the tracks and different playing order. This first release is entitled ''Groovy Decay'', later releases appearing on a different label with completely different artwork and an amended tile ''Groovy Decoy''. (A re-issue in the mid 1990s brought the two sets of tracks together under the album title ''Gravy Deco''.)
Hitchcock was unhappy with the recordings, despite the presence of ex-[[Gong (band)|Gong]] member [[Steve Hillage]] in the producer's seat, and he subsequently released a second version of the album with alternative mixes of a number of the tracks and different playing order. While the original release is titled ''Groovy Decay'', a later release appearing on a different label with completely different artwork was titled ''Groovy Decoy''. A reissue in the mid-1990s brought the two sets of tracks together under the title ''Gravy Deco''.


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In 2007, [[Yep Roc Records]] remastered <i>Groovy Decay</i> and made it available exclusively as a digital download on its website. The download includes the bonus tracks, "How Do You Work this Thing?", "It Was the Night", and "Falling Leaves", as well as demo versions of some of the album's tracks.
Live versions of some of these recordings, such as "America" and "The Cars She Used To Drive" (both included on ''Gotta Let This Hen Out'') are much stronger than the original studio recordings.

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In 2007, [[Yep Roc]] remastered <i>Groovy Decay</i> and are selling it exclusively as a digital download on their website. The download includes the bonus tracks "How Do You Work This Thing?", "It Was The Night", and "Falling Leaves", as well as demo versions of "The Rain", "The Cars She Used To Drive", "Young People Scream", and "When I Was A Kid".


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All songs by [[Robyn Hitchcock]] except as indicated.
All songs written by [[Robyn Hitchcock]], except as indicated.
===Side one===
===Side one===
# "Night Ride To Trinidad"
# "Night Ride to Trinidad"
# "Fifty Two Stations"
# "Fifty Two Stations"
# "Young People Scream"
# "Young People Scream"
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# "America"
# "America"
===Side two===
===Side two===
# "The Cars She Used To Drive"
# "The Cars She Used to Drive"
# "Grooving On An Inner Plane"
# "Grooving on an Inner Plane"
# "St. Petersburg"
# "St. Petersburg"
# "When I Was A Kid"
# "When I Was a Kid"
# "Midnight Fish" (Hitchcock, Discovert)
# "Midnight Fish" (Hitchcock, Discovert)

===Reissue bonus tracks===
===Reissue bonus tracks===
# "How Do You Work This Thing?"
# "How Do You Work this Thing?"
# "It Was The Night"
# "It Was the Night"
# "Falling Leaves"
# "The Rain" (demo version)
# "The Cars She Used to Drive" (demo version)
# "Young People Scream" (demo version)
# "When I Was a Kid" (demo version)
==Personnel==
*[[Robyn Hitchcock]] - Guitars, vocals
*[[Sara Lee (musician)|Sara Lee]] - Bass
*[[Anthony Thistlethwaite]] - Saxophone
*Rod Johnson - Drums
*Chris Cox - Trumpet (on "America")


[[Category:1982 albums]]
[[Category:1982 albums]]

Revision as of 18:31, 27 January 2008

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Groovy Decay was the second solo album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1982. His backing band for the record featured Sara Lee of the Gang of Four on bass, Anthony Thistlethwaite of the Waterboys on sax.

Searching for artistic identity in his post-Soft Boys existence, Hitchcock dabbled in various musical styles, and in this respect it is the least typical of Hitchcock's solo albums.

Hitchcock was unhappy with the recordings, despite the presence of ex-Gong member Steve Hillage in the producer's seat, and he subsequently released a second version of the album with alternative mixes of a number of the tracks and different playing order. While the original release is titled Groovy Decay, a later release appearing on a different label with completely different artwork was titled Groovy Decoy. A reissue in the mid-1990s brought the two sets of tracks together under the title Gravy Deco.

In 2007, Yep Roc Records remastered Groovy Decay and made it available exclusively as a digital download on its website. The download includes the bonus tracks, "How Do You Work this Thing?", "It Was the Night", and "Falling Leaves", as well as demo versions of some of the album's tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock, except as indicated.

Side one

  1. "Night Ride to Trinidad"
  2. "Fifty Two Stations"
  3. "Young People Scream"
  4. "The Rain"
  5. "America"

Side two

  1. "The Cars She Used to Drive"
  2. "Grooving on an Inner Plane"
  3. "St. Petersburg"
  4. "When I Was a Kid"
  5. "Midnight Fish" (Hitchcock, Discovert)

Reissue bonus tracks

  1. "How Do You Work this Thing?"
  2. "It Was the Night"
  3. "Falling Leaves"
  4. "The Rain" (demo version)
  5. "The Cars She Used to Drive" (demo version)
  6. "Young People Scream" (demo version)
  7. "When I Was a Kid" (demo version)

Personnel

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