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Guess What They're Selling at the Happiness Counter
15 Sep 1992, Fuse Records
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This second career compilation follows Rosselsongs of
two years previous, and is assembled along the same lines. The contents are
pulled from almost every LP Leon released from the start of the 1970s onwards. Leon
described it as a “collection of recycled songs”.
There are eight re-recordings here, including a studio version of “Boys Will Be Boys”, previously only available as a live recording on For The Good Of The Nation. Some of the other re-makes are notable too: “Battle Hymn” has updated lyrics, and “Invisible Married Breakfast Blues” a very different lead vocal, from Liz Mansfield. “Do You Remember”, meantime, is recorded in a different time signature to the earlier versions.
This CD was provisionally called Unsaleable Products, but apparently Leon “wasn’t allowed” to use the title, employing instead a line from the song, “Hugga Mugga Chugga Lugga Humbugga Boom Chit”.
Also released in the UK on cassette.
There are eight re-recordings here, including a studio version of “Boys Will Be Boys”, previously only available as a live recording on For The Good Of The Nation. Some of the other re-makes are notable too: “Battle Hymn” has updated lyrics, and “Invisible Married Breakfast Blues” a very different lead vocal, from Liz Mansfield. “Do You Remember”, meantime, is recorded in a different time signature to the earlier versions.
This CD was provisionally called Unsaleable Products, but apparently Leon “wasn’t allowed” to use the title, employing instead a line from the song, “Hugga Mugga Chugga Lugga Humbugga Boom Chit”.
Also released in the UK on cassette.
"Another collection of recycled songs from the department of fading vinyl." - LR (sleevenotes)
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Song list
1. Hugga Mugga Chugga Lugga Humbugga Boom Chit Second version
2. Story Line 1983
3. Barney's Epic Homer 1979
4. Boys Will Be Boys Third version
5. My Daughter, My Son 1983
6. Do You Remember? Fifth version
7. Abiezer Coppe 1977
8. On Her Silver Jubilee 1979
9. The Ugly Ones Fifth version
10. Susie 1988
11. Invisible Married Breakfast Blues Second version
12. The Years Grow Tall 1988
13. The Invisible Man Second version
14. Pills 1981
15. Across the Hills Third version
16. Battle Hymn of the New Socialist Party Fourth version
17. The World's Police 1979
18. Voices 1986
19. The Voice That Lives Inside You 1988
2. Story Line 1983
3. Barney's Epic Homer 1979
4. Boys Will Be Boys Third version
5. My Daughter, My Son 1983
6. Do You Remember? Fifth version
7. Abiezer Coppe 1977
8. On Her Silver Jubilee 1979
9. The Ugly Ones Fifth version
10. Susie 1988
11. Invisible Married Breakfast Blues Second version
12. The Years Grow Tall 1988
13. The Invisible Man Second version
14. Pills 1981
15. Across the Hills Third version
16. Battle Hymn of the New Socialist Party Fourth version
17. The World's Police 1979
18. Voices 1986
19. The Voice That Lives Inside You 1988