Happy Mondays – Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)
Genre: | Rock |
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Style: | Indie Rock |
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Tracklist
Kuff Dam | |||
Tart Tart | |||
'Enery | |||
Russell | |||
Olive Oil | |||
Weekend S | |||
Little Matchstick Owen | |||
Oasis | |||
Desmond | |||
Cob 20 |
Credits (12)
- Central Station DesignArtwork
- Paul RyderBass
- Gary WhelanDrums
- Dave Young*Engineer
- Andy KellyEngineer [Assistant]
- Zuni (2)Engineer [Assistant]
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The first album, produced by John Cale, and recorded at Fire House Studios, London in December 1986. Released in May 1987.
Initially released with track "Desmond", which borrowed heavily from "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles. The usage was not cleared though and in 1988 Northern Songs, then-owner of The Beatles' back catalogue, forced the removal of the track, with "24 Hour Party People" taking its place from 1989 onwards.
Even though "Little Matchstick Owen's Rap" is listed on the compact disc, plastic cassette edition and boxed cassette reissue, it does not appear. This missing track is only available as the B-side of the "Tart Tart" single and the initial boxed cassette edition.
The first 1000 LP copies were issued in a transparent PVC liner, with the album titles printed on. Subsequent editions were without PVC liner.
Initially released with track "Desmond", which borrowed heavily from "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles. The usage was not cleared though and in 1988 Northern Songs, then-owner of The Beatles' back catalogue, forced the removal of the track, with "24 Hour Party People" taking its place from 1989 onwards.
Even though "Little Matchstick Owen's Rap" is listed on the compact disc, plastic cassette edition and boxed cassette reissue, it does not appear. This missing track is only available as the B-side of the "Tart Tart" single and the initial boxed cassette edition.
The first 1000 LP copies were issued in a transparent PVC liner, with the album titles printed on. Subsequent editions were without PVC liner.
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- Happy Mondays sampled "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" for the Song "Desmond" which was produced by John Cale. Somebody has more Informationen about this? This Version remove it and give us the great 24 Hour Party People! Love it!
- Pretty sure Desmond being removed for copyright reasons is another one of Tony Wilson's "print the myth" things. Yes they may not have cleared it, but they didn't have any issues clearing Lazyitis and the Beatles publishing on the 2nd LP. The truth is that Desmond is the weakest song and 24 Hour Party People is a single, so they just swapped it out and made up a back story
- It's killer stuff, for me then, and now, they had the real rebel feel. A vastly underrated album , and band
- Firstly I think the release year for this is wrong, I'm sure this version with 24hr PP was released the same year as the original, 1987 and certainly not 2 years later. Anyway, despite having a producer (John Cale) who seemingly didn't 'get' them or what they were trying to achieve they managed to produce the Madchester sound pretty much fully formed which isn't damaged at all by the rawness of the album. And it's a great pressing, Paul's bass sounds amazing and deep and drives the album from beginning to end. I actually prefer this version to the original simply because I think 24hr Party People is a better song than Desmond.
referencing Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out) (LP, Album) FACT 170
UK 1st press pvc outer was limited to 5,000 copies according to Record Collector article, does anybody know how many were pressed of this Canadian issue?- Edited 4 years agoWith a title as jumbled as it's contained music this debut by Manchester collective Happy Mondays became a turning point in the post punk genre. Originally released in 1987 to a slightly different tracklist (one song 'Desmond' having to be replaced due to a copyright issue with a sample from The Beatles) this 92 repressing of 'Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)' came out at the apex of the band's career, offering up a more stripped back feel to their later hit record 'Thrills Pills & Bellyaches'. With all the trademarks of the post punk era, but with a slight Grebo edge, the album marks the birth of the Madchester sound and for the most part comes across as an extended jam session, with Shaun Ryder's warbling vocals coming across as a drunken serenade and the infectious bass lines from Paul Ryder becoming a staple of their work. Another noticeable difference to their later works is the short runtime of every track, none even hitting the 5 minute mark, so as an introduction to the Mondays you could do worse.
Two singles were released from the debut, the electrifying 'Tart Tart' and the trailblazing masterpiece that is '24 Hour Party People', a track that would be featured heavily in a movie of the same name a few years later. From beginning to end 'Squirrel And G-Man Twenty Four Hour Party People Plastic Face Carnt Smile (White Out)' is a drug fuelled hop-fest that was sure to attract all the attention from students and upon release took the country by storm. Perhaps an acquired taste to new listeners, it will either inspire you to hunt down more of the band's work or perhaps give it a miss, but it's certainly worth a try none the less. - Great to see that the reissue of this (their best album in my opinion cos it is so rough and scuzzy and raw and perfectly in keeping with their 'yob funk rock' credentials) now replicates the original Factory issue with the plastic outer and title printed on it. HOWEVER, surely they could have sorted out the legal issue with the long-excised track Desmond by now (given that Jacko is long dead as it was he who owned the copyright to all Beatles recordings back then) and included it on this pressing as well. The fact it has never featured even on the CD reissues or any deluxe editions is such a travesty really.
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