CHRISTMAS ON THE BEACH (LIVE HITS Vol 1)

                                               

Side 1                                                              Side 2

1.    Christmas on the Beach                             1.    Rubbish

2.    Cool                                                          2.    The Goldfish Dance

3.     Mad Magic                                              3.    I’ve never made goldfish disappear 

4.     Snakebite                                                 4.    Switch off your TV #2

5.    Auntie Uncle                                              5.    That’s what being in a rock’n’roll

6.    He’s my hero                                                           band is all about

7.    Bilbo Baggins                                            6.    Xmas on the B-side

 

Christmas on the Beach is also on Cosmic Rock CD

Snakebite is on I smell a rat (and other favourite animal songs) CD

A studio version of Auntie Uncle is on We’re the Aunties cassette

A studio version of He’s my hero is on Sleeping Beauty cassette and The Pied Piper CD

A studio version of Bilbo Baggins is on Songs from the Hobbit cassette

A studio version of Rubbish is on Hey Bohemia (part I) cassette

A studio version of Switch off your TV # 2 is on Switch off your TV cassette

Studio versions of I’ve never made a goldfish disappear and The Goldfish dance are on

            The Goldfish Show CD

 

CREDITS FOR “Christmas on the Beach”

Auntie Stellar – vocals, percussion

Auntie Uncle, keyboards, vocals,

Auntie Coromandel – bass, vocals

Madame Salami – vocals, alto sax, flute

Mr Hooper – drums

Auntie Hazelnut – vocals, percussion

Only on Christmas on the Beach and Christmas on the B-side:

Stanley Knife * – violin

Auntie Anna – vocals

Phil Lyons – tenor sax

Auntie Clockwise – slide guitar

* Later known as Parson Tui

Christmas on the Beach and Christmas on the B-side recorded at Progressive.

Engineer: Steve Garden

The other tracks were recorded straight to DAT at Stebbings, Dec 2

Tracks selected by the Band

Original cover photo by Keith Hill

New cover by Lynn Usmani