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Hee Haw is the second release and
first EP by post-punk
band The Birthday Party, released
in 1979 under their earlier name 'The Boys Next Door'. The Hee
Haw EP (MLEP-3) was released by the independent Missing
Link Records.
Background
By 1978-9 The Boys Next Door were the most experienced and
musically-mature of Melbourne’s punk and post-punk bands. The core
members – Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Phill Calvert and Tracey Pew –
had been joined by Rowland S. Howard on guitar in 1978. The Boys
Next Door released an album (Door, Door) under the Mushroom
label in 1979 (recorded in separate sessions in mid-1978 and early
1979).
After the release of Door Door The Boys Next Door
transferred to the independent label, Missing Link Records, and
took on Keith Glass as their manager. The tracks for the Hee
Haw EP were recorded during July and August 1979 at Richmond
Recorders in Melbourne, engineered by Tony Cohen.[1]
The five-track EP was released in December 1979.
The music
The Hee Haw EP represents a musical departure from the
relatively conventional punk/pop songs on Door Door. The
EP introduces a more abrasive, rhythmic and exploratory sound that
was further developed when the band re-located to the UK (and
changed their name to The Birthday Party).
Track
listing
- "A Catholic Skin" (Nick
Cave)
- "The Red Clock" (Rowland S. Howard)
- "Faint Heart" (Nick Cave)
- "Death By Drowning" (Rowland S. Howard)
- "The Hair Shirt" (Nick Cave)
Re-release
The tracks from the original Hee Haw EP were
re-released in 1988-9 as part of a compilation of early recordings
under the name of The Birthday Party. This album was also called
Hee Haw.
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