Hedgehoppers Anonymous [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Jonathan King

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 31, 2001)
• Original Release Date: July 24, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B00005NEZQ
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #362,385 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. It's Good News Week - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

2. Afraid of Love - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

3. Don't Push Me - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

4. Please Don't Hurt Your Heart for Me - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

5. Baby (You're My Everything) - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

6. Remember - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

7. Daytime - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

8. That's the Time - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

9. Stop Press - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

10. Little Memories - Hedgehoppers Anonymous

11. Everyone's Gone to the Moon - Jonathan King

12. Time and Motion - Jonathan King

13. Land of the Golden Tree - Jonathan King

14. Just Like a Woman - Jonathan King

15. Passions of Ancient Egypt - Jonathan King

16. Seagulls - Jonathan King

17. Round Round - Jonathan King

18. Green Is the Grass - Jonathan King

19. It's Good News Week - Jonathan King

20. Where the Sun Has Never Shone - Jonathan King

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

You will most likely remember Jonathan King from his top 40 hit Everyone's Gone To The Moon. He was also the leader of the group Hedgehoppers Anonymous which had a hit with 'It's Good News Week'. Digitally mastered from the original master tapes, this 24-track compilation marks the first time most of these tracks have appeared on CD. This disc contains all 10 tracks recorded by Hedgehoppers Anonymous, the entire debut album by Jonathan King plus a couple of bonus items. This release features 10 Hedgehopper Anonymous tracks and 14 Jonathan King tracks. 24 tracks. 2001 reissue.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lesser-known British invasion material unearthed, December 23, 2001

By	Zub "Zubenelgenubi" (North Plainfield, NJ) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

In addition to his one top-20 tune, the atmospheric and lyrically puzzling "Everyone's Gone To The Moon", Jonathan (Kenneth) King had his music in the charts by way of Hedgehoppers Anonymous' version of "It's Good News Week". This CD conveniently gathers up both King's album done around "Everyone..." along with 10 sides done by HA including their only charting tune, "It's Good News Week". King's follow-up to "Everyone...", "Where The Sun Has Never Shone" a sound-alike that barely scratched the lower reaches of the top-100 is included, making its debut on domestic CD. While not packed with hits, this niche collection fills a long-standing gap in the British invasion material available on domestic CD. Sound quality is good with all tracks having been taken from the original masters. The Hedgehoppers material (tracks 1-10) is in mono along with the two King bonus tracks (23,24). The other King tracks appear in stereo. The liner notes in the booklet are brief but informative. Heretofore ignored by the majors, this material now sees the light of day by way of the small Wounded Bird Records.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's Good News Week with Jonathan King, September 23, 2001

By	Fredric A. Cooper "ehfc2" (Torrance, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This is one clever compilation. It contains the entire Parrot LP by Jonathan King, "Or Then Again", plus 2 non-LP bonus tracks, coupled with all 5 of the singles by Hedgehoppers Anonymous, thus making their first appearance since the 1960s. King wrote their hit "It's Good News Week", which appears on his album as well, with different lyrics. "Daytime" and "Stop Press" are interesting tracks, but Hedgehoppers was a one-hit wonder band if there ever was one. Jonathan King's album contains some really excellent tracks such as "Seagulls", "Passions of Ancient Egypt" and "Time and Motion", as well as his hit singles "Everyone's Gone to the Moon" and "Round Round". The informative liner notes point out that "Where the Sun Has Never Shone" was the ill-chosen follow-up to "..Moon", being far too similar in sound. "Round Round" got airplay in my area (Los Angeles), so it was a hit as far as I'm concerned. I'm not sure how it did on the national charts, but it is an extremely catchy track, even with its rather strident anti-drug lyric. All in all, a fine CD with some excellent, neglected British Invasion material.

5.0 out of 5 stars everyones gone to the moon, February 8, 2004

By	terry erickson (eau claire, wisconsin United States) - See all my reviews

I love this cd everyones gone to the moon by jonathan king is my all time favorite. I've been looking for this particular song for years and never was successful unitl I visited amazon.com