Battle Hymns For Children Singing The Best Of Haysi Fantayzee CRPOP3
Haysi Fantayzee were formed in 1981 by fashion photographer Kate Garner, former Animal Magnet member Paul Caplin and Jeremy Healy, a well-known face on London's club scene. Together they set about injecting a sense of fun and adventure into the music scene, wearing outlandish, selfdesigned costumes and dreadlocks, and writing songs that married sexual subversion with deliberately disposable and cocksure dayglo pop. Their 'Dickensian Rasta' look was an immediate hit and saw their debut single 'John Wayne Is Big Leggy' rise to number 11 in the national charts. In their brief career they would also enjoy chart success with 'Holy Joe' and 'Shiny Shiny'. All three hits are reprised on this CD, as is their sole album, Battle Hymns For Children Singing. The package also features a host of bonus tracks, remixes, and sleevenotes written with the co-operation of both Healy and Garner. The former went on to become one of the UK's most successful DJs, while the latter is an accomplished and in-demand photographer for artists including Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, David Bowie and others. Shiny Shiny / I Lost My Dodi / More Money / Jimmy Jive Jive / The Sabres Of Paradise / Shoofly Love / Chizoola / John Wayne Is Big Leggy / Here Comes The Beast Bonus tracks / Holy Joe (Non-Album Single A Side, Rgt 104) / Ok Big Daddy (B Side Of Holy Joe, Rgt 104) / Sister Friction (Non-Album Single A Side, Rgt 108) / John Wayne Is Big Leggy (Groovy Long Version, 12" A Side, Rgt 100) / Holy Joe (Extended Version, 12" A Side, Rgt 104) / Shiny Shiny (Dance Mix, 12" A Side, Rgt 106) / Sister Friction (Extended Remix, 12" A Side, Rgt 108) / Jimmy Jive (Instrumental Remix, B Side Of Sister Friction 12", Rgt 108) / Shiny Shiny (Bon Temps) (B Side Of Shiny Shiny 12", Rgt 106) |