THEE HEADCOATEES – A Curious Case Of…
Track list:
CD1 - 1 Wild Man
CD1 - 2 When the Night Comes
CD1 - 3 Stolen Love
CD1 - 4 Round Every Corner
CD1 - 5 Run For Your Life
CD1 - 6 Give it to Me
CD1 - 7 Headcoat Girl
CD1 - 8 Dirty Old Man
CD1 - 9 Melvin
CD1 - 10 The First Plane Home
CD1 - 11 Meet Jacqueline
CD1 - 12 Boysville
CD1 - 13 Money
CD1 - 14 Davey Crockett
CD2 - 1 Have Love Will Travel
CD2 - 2 Baby Please
CD2 - 3 Don't Try and Tell Me
CD2 - 4 Gotta Get Inside That Boy's Mind
CD2 - 5 Mess of Pottage
CD2 - 6 You Know You Can't Resist
CD2 - 7 Louis Riel
CD2 - 8 Baby Come Closer
CD2 - 9 Come Into My Life
CD2 - 10 Tear it to Pieces
CD2 - 11 Something Went Wrong
CD2 - 12 Big Boss Man
CD2 - 13 My Boyfriend's Learning Karate
CD2 - 14 I'm Gonna Make You Mine
CD3 - 1 What Once Was
CD3 - 2 This Heart
CD3 - 3 Pretend
CD3 - 4 Ballad of the Insolent Pup
CD3 - 5 You'll Be Sorry Now
CD3 - 6 All My Feelings Denied
CD3 - 7 It's Bad
CD3 - 8 When You Stop Loving Me
CD3 - 9 Two Hearts Beating
CD3 - 10 No Respect
CD3 - 11 Again and Again
CD3 - 12 Now is Not the Best Time
CD3 - 13 I Was Led to Believe
CD3 - 14 You'll Never Do it Baby
CD4 - 1 Punk Girl
CD4 - 2 Don't Wanna Hold Your Hand
CD4 - 3 Billy B. Childish
CD4 - 4 Teenage Kicks
CD4 - 5 Your Right, I'm Wrong
CD4 - 6 Pinhead
CD4 - 7 Cara-Lin
CD4 - 8 Punk Boy
CD4 - 9 Zig-Zag
CD4 - 10 Sticks & Stones
CD4 - 11 Shadow
CD4 - 12 Ça Plane Pour Moi
A 4CD set of the first four THEE HEADCOATEES albums in one small box.
This features the ‘Girlsville’ ‘Have Love Will Travel’ ‘Ballad Of The Insolent Pup’ & ‘Punk Girls’ albums.
Brand new artwork by Bruce Brand and a booklet with a look back from Thee Headcoatees themselves.
GIRLSVILLE
There we were, sitting round a kitchen table coming up with ideas and tunes for Girlsville. ‘Wild Man’ – wow! ‘Round Every Corner’ (written for us by Billy), ‘First Plane Home’, a Kinks cover always played in the live set, as was ‘Meet Jacqueline’ (apparently penned by Albert Hammond, odd!) Every track was a winner, I think. Then we went to conquer the world with our albums Have Love Will Travel, Bozstik Haze (not purple!), and Punk Girls plus numerous 7-inch crackers. The fun we had until Here Comes Cessation. Well so we thought….
HAVE LOVE WILL TRAVEL
Standing on Rochester Bridge, very chilly holding onto our uniform deerstalkers. ‘Louis Riel’ of course, not ‘Louie Louie’ was a great idea. ‘My Boyfriend’s Learning Karate’ was an ode to Tetsuya in Japan. Then there is The Trogg’s beautiful song ‘Baby Come Closer’ and ‘Baby Please’ written by Billy which could well be a Troggs song! Beautiful harmonies. ‘You Can’t Resist’, always on the live set, is the “shag song” and the very psychedelic ‘Gotta Get Inside That Boy’s Mind’ – dreamy!
BALLAD OF THE INSOLENT PUP
In this case Stanley the Terrier (left me a present as I remember). Photo location in beautiful Biddenden. There are some smashers on this one – ‘It’s Bad’ (Bongo) is terrifying! ‘When You Stop Loving Me’ (Kyra), again a staple in the live show, God she meant it! ‘Again and Again’, one of my fave Childish compositions, and a not bad rendition (if I say so myself) of the Pretty Things’ ‘You’ll Never Do It Baby’. A great record, so off you go… walkies!
PUNK GIRLS
What are we wearing on the cover? That aside, wow! ‘Ca Plane Pour Moi’ – fantastic! (well Kyra is Belgian). The marvellous ‘Teenage Kicks’ – well done Bongo! ‘Cara-Lin’ is a little masterpiece too. ‘Don’t Wanna Hold Your Hand’ – well, why not?! I think you can say I’ve enjoyed revisiting these gems, hope you do. X
4CD box set
Thee Headcoatees - Girlsville (Damaged Goods)
THEE HEADCOATEES – Girlsville (2026 Expanded Edition)
Track list:
1 Wild Man
2 When The Night Comes
3 Stolen Love
4 Round Every Corner
5 Run For Your Life
6 Give It To Me
7 Headcoat Girl
8 Dirty Old Man
9 Melvin
10 The First Plane Home
11 Meet Jacqueline
12 Boysville
13 Money
14 Davey Crockett
First UK pressing since the Hangman Records 1991 vinyl edition!
Now updated to include two extra tracks, their first two singles – ‘Headcoat Girl’ and ‘Davey Crockett’!
“There we were, sitting round a kitchen table coming up with ideas and tunes for Girlsville. ‘Wild Man’ – wow! ‘Round Every Corner’ (written for us by Billy), ‘First Plane Home’, a Kinks cover always played in the live set, as was ‘Meet Jacqueline’ (apparently penned by Albert Hammond, odd!) Every track was a winner, I think. Then we went to conquer the world with our albums Have Love Will Travel, Bozstik Haze (not purple!), and Punk Girls plus numerous 7-inch crackers. The fun we had until Here Comes Cessation. Well so we thought….”
MISS LUDELLA BLACK – JAN 2026
Black LP