Wreckless Eric - Wreckless Eric
Original Release Date
1978
Release Information
UK LP 1978 (Stiff -
SEEZ 6)
UK CD 1993 (Stiff -
STIFFCD 2)
1 Reconnez Cherie 3:10
2 Rags 'N' Tatters 1:28
3 Waxworks 2:47
4 Telephoning Home 4:00
5 Grown Ups 2:55
6 Whole Wide World 2:53
7 Rough Kids 2:02
8 Personal Hygiene 2:43
9 Brain Thieves 3:49
10 There Isn't Anything Else 2:36
CD Bonus Tracks
11 Semaphore Signals 2:52
12 Be Stiff 3:36
13 Be Stiff (Take 2) 3:35
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UK 10" LP 1978 (Stiff -
SEEZ B6)
1 Reconnez Cherie 3:10
2 Rags 'N' Tatters 1:28
3 Waxworks 2:47
4 Grown Ups 2:55
5 Rough Kids 2:02
6 Personal Hygiene 2:43
7 Brain Thieves 3:49
8 There Isn't Anything Else 2:36
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UK CD 2017 (Edsel - EDSA 5056). Remastered and speed corrected
1 Reconnez Cherie 3:18
2 Rags 'N' Tatters 1:31
3 Waxworks 3:01 [not 4:50 as stated in booklet]
4 Telephoning Home 4:06
5 Grown Ups 3:03
6 Whole Wide World 3:00
7 Rough Kids 2:06
8 Personal Hygiene 2:48
9 Brain Thieves 3:57
10 There Isn't Anything Else 2:38
Bonus Tracks
11 Semaphore Signals 2:58
12 Reconnez Cherie (Live) 3:47
13 Semaphore Signals (Live) 3:27
Chart Placings
UK Chart Hit: 46, 1 wkCredits
SEEZ 6 / SEEZ B6:
Wreckless Eric - guitar and vocals
Davey Payne - tenor and alto saxophones
David Lutton - Luttonesque drumming
Charlie Hart - Vox organ, piano on "Rough Kids", and piano accordion on "Reconnez Cherie"
Barry Payne - bass guitar
EXCEPT:
Telephoning Home:
Wreckless guitar and vocal
Luttonesque drums
Steve Currie - bass guitar
John Glyn - tenor sax
Charlie Hart - Farfisa organ
AND.
Whole Wide World:
Wreckless vocal
Steve Goulding - drums
Nick Lowe on the Rest
Produced by Nick Lowe for Ian Dury Productions.
Everything else produced by Larry Wallis who also played guitar on "There Isn't Anything Else"
In Remote control
Recorded by Chas Herington at Bar Snack Studios
Backing vocals [on Hygiene] - the Lillettes
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EDSA 5056:
Wreckless Eric - Rickenbacker guitar through a Fender Princeton amplifier
Davey Payne - tenor and alto saxophone
David Lutton - Gretch drums
Charlie Hart - Farfisa compact organ
Barry Payne - Woolworths Audition bass guitar
Larry Wallis played lead guitar on There Isn't Anything Else
Steve Currie played bass guitar on Telephoning Home
John Glyn played tenor sax on Telephoning Home
The band on the live tracks:
Wreckless Eric - Tesco Top Twenty guitar, Hohner Orgaphon 40 amplifier
Denise Roudette - Fender Musicmaster bass, Vampower bass amp
Ian Dury - fire damaged Olympic drum kit
Davey Payne - tenor and alto saxophones
Original album produced by Larry Wallis at Pathway Studio, London
Live tracks recorded at the Lyceum Ballroom, London, on the RAK mobile and mixed by Larry Wallis in spite of Mickie Most
Project manager - Phil Penman
CD mastering - Phil Kinrade at Alchemy
Additional Credits
1993 CD Bonus Tracks:
11: B-Side of Whole Wide World 7", released August 1977
12-13: From Live Stiffs Live compilation LP, released February 1978
2017 CD Bonus Tracks:
11: B-Side of Whole Wide World 7", released August 1977
12: From Be Stiff Tour 12", released 1979
12: Previously unreleased out-take from the above 12"
Reviews & Opinions
None yetAdditional Notes
'Personal Hygiene' and 'Brain Thieves' on back cover of LPs (and 1993 CD tray), 'Personal Hygene' and 'Brainthieves' on LP label. The Edsel CD reissue corrects the mastering speed used on the original LP (and the 1993 CD reissue). Dave Robinson decided to speed the tapes up for the original release, much to Eric's fury: the return to the correct speed accounts for the fact that most the songs on the Edsel reissue have longer running times.
Images
UK LP 1978 (Stiff - SEEZ 6). Click here for more (Note: The inner sleeve is the same as the 10" version's inner sleeve, except the corners are angled.)
UK 10" LP 1978 (Stiff -
SEEZ B6). Brown vinyl. Click here for more
UK CD 1993 (Stiff - STIFFCD 2). Click here for more
UK CD 2017 (Edsel - EDSA 5056). Digipak. Click here for more
