Tall Dwarfs – Hello Cruel World

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Label:	Sheep Music (2) – FNE 15 CD, Flying Nun Records – FNE 15 CD, Flying Nun Europe – FNE 15 CD
Format:	CD, Compilation
Country:	Europe
Released:	1987
Genre:	Rock
Style:	Lo-Fi, Indie Rock

Tracklist

	Three Songs
1	Nothing's Going To Happen	3:52
2	Luck Or Loveliness	2:20
3	All My Hollowness To You	2:16
	Louis Likes His Daily Dip
4	Louis The First	1:48
5	Maybe	3:02
6	Pictures On The Floor	2:25
7	Paul's Place	2:50
8	Clover	2:03
9	Song Of The Silents	3:54
10	Louis The Second	3:02
	Canned Music
11	Canopener	3:27
12	Beauty	2:12
13	This Room Is Wrong	3:20
14	Walking Home	2:17
15	Turning Brown + Torn In Two	4:38
16	Woman	3:05
17	Shade For Today	1:48
	Slugbuckethairybreathmonster
18	The Brain That Wouldn't Die	3:18
19	I've Left Memories Behind	2:49
20	Phil's Disease (Day 1)	1:35
21	Phil's Disease (Day 4)	1:17
22	Crush!	5:58

Companies, etc.

Copyright © – Sheep Music (2)
Copyright © – Harlington-Straker
Mixed At – Mandrill Studios
Distributed By – Rough Trade
Distributed By – The Cartel
Distributed By – Rough Trade Records GmbH
Glass Mastered At – CDP Berlin

Credits

Artwork ['Canned Music' & 'Slugbuckethairybreathmonster' Cover By, 'Hello Cruel World' Back By] – Chris*
Artwork ['Louis' Front Cover By] – Barbara Ward
Artwork ['Three Songs' Cover By, 'Louis' Back Cover By, 'Hello Cruel World' Front By] – Alec Bathgate (tracks: Alec)
Artwork [Incidental Doodles By] – T. D.*
Music By [Songs] – Alec Bathgate, Chris Knox

Notes

A compilation: the first 4 e.p.s 1981-1984

From: Three Songs - 1981 / Louis Likes His Daily Dip - 1982 / Canned Music - 1983 / Slugbuckethairybreathmonster - 1984

tracks 1, 15, 18, 20, 21 - these songs are also on video

© Sheep Music and Harlington Straker

All recording: done on TEAC 33405 4 track ¼" tape deck and mixed through a nutty little TEAC AX-20 mix-down panel (no E.Q. + hard left, hard right or dead centre switchblade stereo positioning) onto a TEAC 32-28 ¼" half-track mastering deck.
(Except 1, 2 + 3 - mixed down at Auckland's Mandrill Studio) + everything was done in bedrooms + living rooms.

Made in W. Germany

Distributed in the U.K. by Rough Trade / Cartel, in Germany by Rough Trade Rec. GmbH

Jewel case packaging with 16-page booklet

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Label Code: LC 7992
Matrix / Runout: CDP-BERLIN FNE 15 CD 04
Rights Society: GEMA

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
Recently Edited	Hello Cruel World (LP, Compilation)	Flying Nun Europe	FNE 15	UK & Europe	1987
Recently Edited	Hello Cruel World (LP, Compilation)	Flying Nun Records	FN113	New Zealand	1988
New Submission	Hello Cruel World (LP, Compilation)	Homestead Records	HMS 113-1	US	1988
New Submission	Hello Cruel World (LP, Compilation)	Flying Nun UK	FNUK 8	New Zealand	1988
New Submission	Hello Cruel World (Cassette, Compilation)	Homestead Records	HMS113-4	US	1988