The Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes
Recorded in 1978
1CD album released November 2007 (Warner Music/Rhino)
Miss Haps
Home Comforts
Animal Lover
Carried Away lyrics
Semi Detached
Holy Smoke lyrics
Message Boy
Hypnotised
Late In Rome lyrics
Straight Talk
Hollow Victory
Evelyn lyrics
Best Friend lyrics
Creature Comforts
Remember When
2CD Frenz of The Enz fanclub edition released November 2007:
CD 1:
Miss Haps
Home Comforts
Animal Lover
Carried Away lyrics
Semi Detached
Holy Smoke lyrics
Message Boy
Hypnotised
Late In Rome lyrics
Straight Talk
Hollow Victory
Evelyn lyrics
Best Friend lyrics
Creature Comforts
Remember When
CD2:
Hermit McDermitt
Betty
I See Red
Mind Over Matter lyrics
Next Exit
She Got Body She Got Soul
So This is Love
Abu Dhabi
Famous People
I’m So Up
Marooned
Livin’ It Up
Frenzy
Tim Finn - Vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
Eddie Rayner - Piano, keyboards, vocals
Noel Crombie - Percussion, vocals
Neil Finn - Guitar, vocals
Malcolm Green - Drums, vocals
Nigel Griggs - Bass, vocals
Original recordings produced by Split Enz and Dave Cook.
Recorded at Quest Studios, Luton, Bedfordshire, UK in June 1978.
Engineered by Dave Cook.
Remixed by Eddie Rayner and Adrian Stuckey at BigNote Studios, Australia, 2006/2007 except for Semi Detached, which is the original 1978 mix.
Photos by Raewyn Turner.
Art direction by Noel Crombie.
Design by Amy Burrows.
See the original CD booklet for more credits and info.
“The Luton tapes have always been my favourite Enz recordings… in 1978, Tim was coming into his stride as a songwriter, and we were all excited at the prospect of recording a new album [Frenzy]. The result was a fresh, energetic and inspiring bunch of demos that we all grew to love.
We recorded and mixed around 26 songs over 3 or 4 days, using an old 8-track tape machine at Quest Studios in Luton, Hertfordshire, UK. We were all playing in one small, square, acoustically-dead room. I drank Drambuie all day... go figure. Noel played his percussion in the toilet...”
Enzology is RNZ's ten-part series covering the history of Split Enz. From their beginnings in Auckland as an acoustic ensemble in 1972, to their final concerts as an internationally acclaimed pop band in 1984. Stream this episode in the player above or download from the Enzology website. This documentary was first broadcast two years before the release of The Rootin Tootin Luton Tapes.