Fish Heads and Tails
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Fish Heads and Tails is a 1989 compilation album
from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie
collecting together a selection of live tracks, out-takes and cover versions.
1Recorded live at the Town and Country Club, London
on 20 June 1989.
Compilation album
A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...
from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie
Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie
Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie were a Scottish 1980s and 1990s rock group formed in Bathgate, near Edinburgh, Scotland...
collecting together a selection of live tracks, out-takes and cover versions.
LP & Cassette
- "Amsterdam" (Jacques BrelJacques BrelJacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
, Mort ShumanMort ShumanMort Shuman was an American singer, pianist and songwriter, best known as co-writer of many 1960s rock and roll hits, including "Viva Las Vegas"...
) - "Somewhere in China" (The Shop AssistantsThe Shop AssistantsShop Assistants were an indie pop band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in 1984, initially as Buba & The Shop Assistants. After achieving success with independent releases they signed to Chrysalis Records sublabel Blue Guitar, releasing their only album in 1986...
) - "Calton Hill" (Kelly/Metcalfe)
- "Secrets" (Kelly/Metcalfe)
- "Face to Face" (Metcalfe)
- "Sick of You" (James Osterberg, James Williamson)
- "Green Turn Red" (Kelly/Metcalfe)
- "Pleasure Search" (Kelly/Metcalfe)
- "Mystery TrainMystery Train"Mystery Train" is a song written by Junior Parker and Sam Phillips. It was first recorded in Phillip's Memphis Recording Service and Sun Records at 706 Union Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee in 1953. Raymond Hill plays tenor sax and Matt Murphy plays lead guitar with Bill Johnson on piano, Pat Hare on...
" (Junior ParkerJunior ParkerJunior Parker was an American Memphis blues singer and musician. He is best remembered for his unique voice which has been described as "honeyed," and "velvet-smooth"...
, Sam PhillipsSam PhillipsSamuel Cornelius Phillips , better known as Sam Phillips, was an American businessman, record executive, record producer and DJ who played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll as the major form of popular music in the 1950s...
) - "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick CaveNick CaveNicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
)1
CD
- "Amsterdam" (Jacques Brel, Mort Shuman)
- "Somewhere in China" (The Shop Assistants)
- "Face to Face" (Metcalfe)
- "Knockin' on Joe" (Nick Cave)1
- "Sick of You" (James Osterberg, James Williamson)
- "Green Turn Red" (Kelly/Metcalfe)
- "Pleasure Search" (Kelly/Metcalfe)
- "Strangle Your Animal" (Metcalfe)
- "Mystery Train" (Junior Parker, Sam Phillips)
- "Here Comes Deacon Brodie" (Kelly/Metcalfe)1
1Recorded live at the Town and Country Club, London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
on 20 June 1989.