The
Wurzels Greatest Hits
The Wurzels
EMI
Note NTS 190 (vinyl)
EMI TC-NTS 190 (cassette)
Release
Date: November 1979
The
'long-awaited' Greatest Hits compilation album is notable
for the inclusion of the previously unreleased version
of Drink Up Thy Zider - the famous "disco"
version, much sought after by collectors. It also included
for the first time on an album The Wurzels' tribute
to Bristol City FC - One For The Bristol City,
as well as the original version of the song Morning
Glory. Naturally, the album also included all
the band's chart hits!
Band
line-up: Tommy
Banner
(piano, organ, accordion, vocals),
Tony
Baylis (bass, bass guitar, sousaphone
and vocals) and Pete Budd (banjo,
guitar and vocals).
Produced
by Bob Barrett
Strings & horns arranged and conducted by Ed Welch
Drums: Dougie Wright, Alan White and Tony Fennell
Mastered by Harry Moss at EMI's Abbey Road (London)
Studios
Side
1
- I Am A Cider Drinker (Paloma Blanca) [c]
- Morning Glory [c]
- Rock Around The A38 [c]
- School Days, Young Days [c]
- Speedy Gonzales [d]
- Give Me England! [d]
- One For The Bristol City [f]
- Farmer Bill's Cowman (I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman) [d]
Side
2
- Drink Up Thy Zider (disco version) [g]
- Don't Tell I, Tell 'Ee [a]
- Funky Farmyard [e]
- The Tractor Song (The Pushbike Song) [e]
- Our Village Band [e]
- I Got My Beady Little Eye On Thee [e]
- The Blackbird [b]
- I'll Never Get A Scrumpy Here [e]
- Combine Harvester (Brand New Key) [b]
| Key:
|
| a. originally
issued on the album The Wurzels Are Scrumptious!
|
| b. originally
issued on the album The Combine Harvester |
| c. originally
issued on the album Golden Delicious |
| d. originally
issued on the album Give Me England! |
| e. originally
issued on the album I'll Never Get A Scrumpy Here
|
| f. originally
issued on 7-inch 45 rpm singles |
| g. previously
unreleased |
|
scan
of LP front cover
scan
of LP reverse cover
Side 1 of the album
Side
1 of the album
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