1979 vinyl album
Two Crabs, CLAW 1001
Notes: known as the "white back" pressing, since the back of the sleeve is white.We believe tracks 9, 10 and 11 are from the Lady Mitchell Hall gig, although it doesn't say so.
Two Crabs, CLAW 1001
- Give It To The Soft Boys (version 2)
- The Pigworker (version 1)
- Human Music (version 1)
- Leppo And the Jooves (version 1)
- The Rat’s Prayer (version 1)
- Do The Chisel (version 1)
- Sandra’s Having Her Brain Out (version 1)
- The Return Of The Sacred Crab (version 1)
- Cold Turkey written by John Lennon
- School Dinner Blues (live) (version 1)
- Wading Through a Ventilator (live) (version 2)
Notes: known as the "white back" pressing, since the back of the sleeve is white.We believe tracks 9, 10 and 11 are from the Lady Mitchell Hall gig, although it doesn't say so.
1980 vinyl album
Aura, AUL 709
Notes: known as the "yellow back" pressing, since the back of the sleeve is yellow. Two of the live tracks have been replaced by two later studio recordings (tracks 10 and 11) which would subsequently also turn up on the CD re-issue of Invisible Hits, better suiting their vintage.
Aura, AUL 709
- Give It To The Soft Boys (version 2)
- The Pigworker (version 1)
- Human Music (version 1)
- Leppo And the Jooves (version 1)
- The Rat’s Prayer (version 1)
- Do The Chisel (version 1)
- Sandra’s Having Her Brain Out (version 1)
- The Return Of The Sacred Crab (version 1)
- Cold Turkey
- Have a Heart Betty (version 4)
- Rock 'n' Roll Toilet (version 2)
Notes: known as the "yellow back" pressing, since the back of the sleeve is yellow. Two of the live tracks have been replaced by two later studio recordings (tracks 10 and 11) which would subsequently also turn up on the CD re-issue of Invisible Hits, better suiting their vintage.
1984 vinyl album
Two Crabs, CLAW 1001
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Notes: known as the "pink back" pressing, since the back of the sleeve is pink. This edition drops the two tracks which Aura added for the second issue, and also "The Return of the Sacred Crab", replacing them with re-recordings of "Fatman's Son", "(I Want To Be An) Anglepoise Lamp" and "Ugly Nora" (the original of which was still unreleased, having been recorded for Radar). "Sandra's Having Her Brain Out" is different to the earlier version.
1990 CD album
Two Crabs, CLAW 1001 CD
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Notes: the running order is restored to the sequence on the first vinyl pressing (tracks 1-11), plus four tracks from the third (tracks 13, 15, 16 and 17). The disc is filled out with extra material sourced from contemporary singles and recording sessions (tracks 12 and 14), which the lack of sleeve notation leaves looking somewhat confusing. (Three titles appear twice, without explanation to the listener).
2010 CD album
Yep Roc
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Notes: A re-issue of the original 1979 album, on CD. Purchasers were able to download nine more tracks as bonus material, but these were not manufactured in tangible form. It is believed that these tracks have all been released on disc previously.
2011 vinyl album
Yep Roc, Yep 2627
Notes: A vinyl edition of the 2010 CD version.
Yep Roc, Yep 2627
- Give It To The Soft Boys (version 2)
- The Pigworker (version 1)
- Human Music (version 1)
- Leppo And the Jooves (version 1)
- The Rat’s Prayer (version 1)
- Do The Chisel (version 1)
- Sandra’s Having Her Brain Out (version 1)
- The Return Of The Sacred Crab (version 1)
- Cold Turkey
- Skool Dinner Blues (live) (version 1)
- Wading Through a Ventilator (live) (version 2)
Notes: A vinyl edition of the 2010 CD version.
...the original listing
Information has recently come to light, showing the orginally proposed track listing for the album, back in 1979. Three of the tracks, marked *, did not appear at all when the album was released.
Side 1
Do The Chisel Let Me Put It Next To You * Sandra's Having Her Brain Out The Pigworker Human Music The Return of the Sacred Crab |
Side 2
Give It To The Soft Boys Leppo and the Jooves Blues In The Dark * Fat Man's Son * Skool Dinner Blues The Rat's Prayer |