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LAUGHING CLOWNS - CRUEL, BUT FAIR
(The Complete Clowns Recordings)


Hot Records

Released in Australia: September 2005

Disc 1

01. Eternally Yours 05:11
02. As Your Bridges Burn Behind You 04:12
03. Law Of Nature 04:47
04. The Flypaper 03:41
05. Everything That Flies 04:19
06. No Words Of Honour 03:33
07. New Bully In Town 03:53
08. Year Of The Bloated Goat 05:26
09. Diabolic Creature 03:56
10. Monkey See Monkey Do 05:01
11. Obsessions 02:59
12. Written In Exile 03:55
13. Winter's Day 02:44
14. Crystal Clear 04:42
15. Eternally Yours (original album version) 05:08


Disc 2

01. Holy Joe 03:57
02. Theme from 'Mad Flies, Mad Flies' 03:53
03. Every Dog Has Its Day 03:54
04. That's the Way it Goes 04:45
05. Come One, Come All 04:09
06. Ghost Beat 03:21
07. Knife in the Head 03:03
08. Laughing Clowns 04:25
09. Eulogy? 04:10
10. I Want to Scream 05:19
11. Lucky Days 02:39
12. Sometimes 04:03
13. Nothing that Harms 05:04
14. Clown Town 03:24
15. Fire Might Fall 02:03
16. The Crying Dance 03:30
17. When What You See 10:59


Disc 3

01. Mr Uddich-Schmuddich Goes to Town 05:01
02. Ghost of an Ideal Wife 04:15
03. The Only One that Knows 07:26
04. Collapse Board 05:59
05. Stinking to High Heaven 03:55
06. Don't Know What I Want 08:08
07. Eating Off the Floor 03:16
08. Laughter Around the Table 08:26
09. Bride of Jesus 03:39
10. In Front of Your Eyes 05:01
11. It Gets So Sentimental 03:14
12. Mr Ridiculous 03:21
13. The Year is More Important 04:20
14. Just Because I Like 03:40
15. Song of Joy 02:58
16. Times Not Hit but Missed 05:40


All the studio recordings, lovingly remastered and with excellent liner notes and pictures. 3 cds really can take some getting through but there are lots of great moments amongst it all. However, I just can't get used to Ed Keupper's moan - my reaction to it has always been less than kind and it will probably always remain so. On the other hand, the performances are often scintillating. And, despite all the guff that EK has paraded over the years the jazz influence is obvious.

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