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Mummified Hedgehog and Cat Skeleton [EP]

by Gypsys

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Cloud 8 02:02
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Doctor Who (free) 02:27
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Kardesh 02:55
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Green 06:30
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Nothing Like a Jam 03:18
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Shortest Straw [Bonus Track] (free) 02:35
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Arriere-Pensee [Bonus Track] 02:41
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The Gypsys are an improvisational band which began in 1993, hamming out Metallica, Nirvana and awful blues numbers. They grew into a more cohesive unit slowly but their journey was recorded and kept for all eternity. Characterised by riffs, thrashing out the same chord sequences, an early inability to finish a song together and often a heavy dose of their own peculiar brand of humour, these 50 or so musicians (once you play with the Gypsys, you're a Gypsy forever) have made music their life. And what a sad life it is...!

This collection is taken from the 22nd of December 2012 and the 4th of January 2014, both events where Mark had come back from England. Both sessions were held in Bob's garages (he has two of them!) and, on both occassions, the band took Mark's visit as an opportunity to rock out and create what would ultimately become their 12th non-gig album, Zodiac. This material, however, was omitted from the final cut of that album and these left overs were later compiled into the Gypsys' first ever EP. The four new originals tracks were, by themselves, not worthy of a final spot on the album, but were overdubbed with improvisational bass in November 2014 to finish the EP.

The name was taken from a conversation with Kezza's neighbour, Ian, about things found under houses and how they could make a good band/album name.

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released November 9, 2014

Guitars and bass by Kerry Logan, keyboards by Mark Weir and drums by Bobby Logan, except for Shortest Straw - guitars by Richard Allen - and Arriere-Pensee - guitars by Richard Allen and Kerry Logan.

All songs written and produced by the musicians (except Doctor Who by Ron Grainer, Shortest Straw by Metallica, and Arriere-Pensee by Bazil McLoughlin).
Recorded at Bob's Shed in Hawera, December 22nd 2012 and January 4th 2014

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