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"Imperfect List" by Big Hard Excellent Fish (1990) 12" - tour intro music, for sale on eBay

posted by davidt on Sunday May 30 2004, @11:00AM
George Overton writes:

I'm selling the music that plays immediately before Morrissey comes on stage during his new tour. It's hard to get hold of, so might be of interest to fans.

Click here to see the eBay page featuring the item, which is in 12" format and was released in 1990.

As has already been discussed several times on this site, the piece of music is by Big Hard Excellent Fish and is titled Imperfect List.

As the title suggests, the record lists all the things that drag you down and crush your spirit daily, read out over five minutes with venomous resignation. It goes from Hillsborough to Hiroshima, "red sock in a white wash" to miscarriage, Jimmy Tarbuck to Adolf Hitler, "disloyal lover" to lost keys, "AIDS inventor" to Clause 28, and so on.

Big Hard Excellent Fish was actually Pete Wylie of Wah! fame. Josie Jones from the band spoke the words (often incorrectly attributed to the actor Margie Clarke).

Hope it's of interest.
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  • I just wonder if the version Moz uses in concert is actually included on this 12", the seller never says...
    Anonymous -- Sunday May 30 2004, @11:50AM (#107428)
    • Re:Is It? by fut (Score:1) Sunday May 30 2004, @12:05PM
  • I apologise that I've not listened to the vinyl for a long time because I've not got an LP player any more (hence why I'm selling this).

    However I'm reasonably sure that there's a version on the 12" without beats (or with the beats turned down low in the mix), which would be identical, or at least extremely similar, to the version Morrissey plays on tour. And in any case it's worth buying for the fantastic words alone, which are here [troubleddiva.com].

    goverton -- Sunday May 30 2004, @12:44PM (#107447)
    (User #7073 Info | http://www.georgeoverton.com/)
  • And is available to download now at this blog - http://www.troubleddiva.com/ - scroll down a bit to Wednesday's entry.
    Anonymous -- Monday May 31 2004, @10:21AM (#107563)
  • Was i alone in particulaly taking offence to this shit before Moz came on? To any red blooded Manc, the scouse accent sounds akin to someone scraping their fingernails down a blackboard.
    Absolute garbage, I'd rather stick my head up vanessa Feltz's arse than listen to that again.
    Redchris -- Monday May 31 2004, @01:52PM (#107606)
    (User #10841 Info)
    • Re:garbage by Biscuit Buscemi (Score:1) Tuesday June 01 2004, @03:57AM
  • I had that cd (not aware of the Morrissey connection) and threw it away, along with some freebies & promo stuff that I never listened to anyway!! *LOL*

    Ah..life is cruel. Pity me ;)

    alex
    Millie Dillmount -- Monday May 31 2004, @03:44PM (#107632)
    (User #331 Info | http://www.thelibertines.de/)
    go visit http://www.rankdeluxe.com/
  • I painfully know this from paying a way too extreme price to get the single (to get it shared), but none of the three songs on this purple 12" are the right one.

    There is a CD single out there with a few more tracks...perhaps one of these is the right one? Or perhaps, Morrissey mixed (or had mixed) his own version? At any rate, you're not going to be satisfied if you go after this item looking for the exact song.

    Better to pick up one of the recent DAT recordings of the NYC shows and hear the version recorded there. www.sharingthegroove.org probably still has one or more of these DAT shows available for bittorrent download. I will be re-opening my seed of 5/8 tomorrow.
    alainsane -- Monday May 31 2004, @08:52PM (#107655)
    (User #460 Info)
  • Good thing Moz started using this as his intro music.

    Nice advertisement for your auction, and I can see you're going to get a pretty penny.
    dallow_bg <[email protected]> -- Monday May 31 2004, @10:44PM (#107664)
    (User #10559 Info | http://www.dolefulorange.com/)
    "All the people I like are those that are dead."
  • I've always thought that a certain Jake was involved in the BHEF record. Can anyone confirm or deny?
    blameless -- Tuesday June 01 2004, @09:22AM (#107762)
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