Fegmania!

Fegmania!
Studio album by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
Released	March 1985
Recorded	Alaska Studios
Genre	Rock
Length	73:54
Label	Midnight Music Slash Rhino YepRoc
Producer	Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians
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I Often Dream of Trains (1984) Fegmania! (1985) Gotta Let This Hen Out! (1985)

Fegmania! is a 1985 album by Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians.

Fegmania! was Robyn Hitchcock's first album with his new backing group, the Egyptians, which included former Soft Boys Andy Metcalfe and Morris Windsor.

"The Man with the Lightbulb Head" was conceived on London's Archway Road and provided a springboard for Hitchcock's first attempt at film making for a promo video. Stills from the video were reproduced as cover art for the front and back of the LP sleeve.

The album was quickly followed by the live album, Gotta Let This Hen Out!, much of which was recorded on the Egyptians' tour in support of Fegmania!

Eight bonus tracks are added to the subsequent Rhino CD reissue of the album, including an acoustic demo of "Insect Mother", which had been recorded for possible inclusion in the earlier I Often Dream of Trains, and "The Pit of Souls", a lengthy psychedelic instrumental in several 'movements'. Two alternate versions of "Egyptian Cream" also appear as bonus tracks.

The 2008 YepRoc reissue added seven bonus track to the original album. Unlike the Rhino reissue, "The Pit of Souls" is the full "I-IV" version. The outro which previously appeared as hidden track after "Heaven" is now included as separate, twelfth untitled song. This reissue was also included in the retrospective Robyn Hitchcock & the Egyptians boxset Luminous Groove.

Track listing

All songs written by Robyn Hitchcock except as indicated.

Side one

1. "Egyptian Cream" – 3:33
2. "Another Bubble" – 2:46
3. "I'm Only You" – 4:28
4. "My Wife & My Dead Wife" – 4:19
5. "Goodnight I Say" – 3:14

Side two

1. "The Man with the Lightbulb Head" – 3:05
2. "Insect Mother" – 1:54
3. "Strawberry Mind" – 2:50
4. "Glass" – 3:12
5. "The Fly" – 3:50
6. "Heaven" – 4:41

Midnight CD Bonus Tracks

1. "Bells of Rhymney" (Davies / Seeger) – 3:30 (single)
2. "Dwarfbeat" – 3:00 (b-side from "Heaven" single)
3. "Some Body" – 3:24 (b-side from "Heaven" single)

Rhino CD Reissue Bonus Tracks

1. "Bells of Rhymney" (Davies / Seeger) – 3:30
2. "Dwarfbeat" – 3:00
3. "Some Body" – 3:24
4. "Egyptian Cream" [Demo] – 4:35
5. "Heaven" [Live]
6. "Insect Mother" [Demo] – 4:53
7. "Egyptian Cream" [Live]
8. "The Pit of Souls [Parts I-IV]" – 1:41

YepRoc CD Reissue Bonus Tracks

1. "Bells of Rhymney" (Davies / Seeger) – 3:30
2. "Some Body" – 3:20
3. "Heaven [Live]" – 4:55
4. "The Pit of Souls [I-IV]" – 9:59
5. "The Drowning Church" – 3:12
6. "The Man with the Lightbulb Head [Instrumental]" – 2:52
7. "Lady Obvious" – 3:21

Note: "Dwarfbeat" dropped from this release.

Personnel

• Robyn Hitchcock - Vocals, guitars, bass on "The Man with the Lightbulb Head"
• Morris Windsor - Drums
• Andy Metcalfe - Bass, keyboards on "I'm Only You", "My Wife & My Dead Wife", "Goodnight I Say", "Insect Mother" & "Heaven"
• Roger Jackson - Keyboards on "Strawberry Mind", "Glass", "The Fly" & "Heaven"
• John Kingham - Drums on "The Man with the Lightbulb Head"