RELEASED 26.5.2014
NEWLY REMASTERED & EXPANDED RELEASE FOR THE LEGENDARY HIT SPOOF ALBUM BY NEIL • WITH FOUR BONUS TRACKS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ON CD • BOOKLET WITH FULLY RESTORED ARTWORK & LINER NOTES • REVIEWS IN NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS, "UNCUT”, "MOJO”, "RECORD COLLECTOR” & "CLASSIC ROCK PROG” MAGAZINES • COVERAGE ON RELEVANT WEBSITES & FANZINES
Esoteric Recordings are pleased to announce the release of the legendary "Neil’s Heavy Concept Album” by NEIL, alias Nigel Planer. Neil, the long suffering Hippy character from the hit TV series "The Young Ones” enjoyed a huge hit with a comic cover version of Traffic’s ‘Hole in My Shoe’ and with this "heavy” album. "Neil’s Heavy Concept Album” was a splendid parody that saw him cover songs such as ‘My White Bicycle’, ‘The Gnome’ and ‘Golf Girl’ and featured contributions from such respected musicians as Dave Stewart (from Progressive band Egg, who also produced the album), Barbara Gaskin, Gavin Harrison, Pip Pyle, Jakko Jakszyk and Jimmy Hastings. Comedians Stephen Fry, Roland Rivron and Dawn French also made appearances.
1. HELLO VEGETABLES 2. HOLE IN MY SHOE 3. HEAVY POTATO ENCOUNTER 4. MY WHITE BICYCLE 5. NEIL THE BARBARIAN 6. LENTIL NIGHTMARE 7. COMPUTER ALARM 8. WAYNE 9. THE GNOME 10. COSMIC JAM 11. CASSETTE JAM (BONUS TRACK)
TAKEN FROM THE CASSETTE RELEASE OF "NEIL’S HEAVY CONCEPT ALBUM” 12. GOLF GIRL 13. BAD KARMA IN THE UK 14. OUR TUNE 15. KEN 16. THE END OF THE WORLD CABARET 17. NO FUTURE (GOD SAVE THE QUEEN) 18. FLOATING 19. HURDY GURDY MAN 20. PARANOIA REMIX 21. THE AMOEBA SONG (FROM "A VERY CELLULAR SONG”)
BONUS TRACKS 22. GO AWAY 23. BROWN SUGAR
TAKEN FROM THE CASSETTE RELEASE OF "NEIL’S HEAVY CONCEPT ALBUM” 24. HURDY GURDY MUSHROOM MAN B-SIDE OF ‘HOLE IN MY SHOE’