''A Can of Bees'' is the debut

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Track listing

1984 reissue track listing

1992 CD reissue track listing

Personnel

Robyn Hitchcock Robyn Rowan Hitchcock (born 3 March 1953) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano, and bass guitar. After leading the Soft Boys in the late 1970s and releasing the ...

– guitar, vocals *

Kimberley Rew Kimberley Charles Rew (born 3 December 1951) is an English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known as a member of Katrina and the Waves from 1981 to 1999 and of Robyn Hitchcock's Soft Boys from 1978 to 1981. Two of his better-kno ...

– guitar *Jim Melton – harmonica, percussion *

Gerry Hale Gerald Richard "Gerry" Hale (born 1959, Newmarket, Suffolk) is an English-born, Australian-based multi-instrumentalist and vocalist. He has worked as a session musician for the Soft Boys (1978–80) and was a band member of Bouncing Czecks (fl. ...

– violin *Andy Metcalfe – bass *Morris Windsor – drums ;Technical *Mike Kemp – engineer

References

The Soft Boys album 'A Can of Bees' was released in 1980 by Aura Records (AUL 709). {{DEFAULTSORT:Can of Bees The Soft Boys albums 1979 debut albums