''Case History'' is the debut solo album by artist British

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Kevin Coyne Kevin Coyne (27 January 1944 – 2 December 2004) was an English musician, singer, composer, film-maker, and a writer of lyrics, stories and poems. The "anti-star" was born in Derby, Derbyshire, England, and died in his adopted home of Nurember ...

, released in 1972 on

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. It was in part inspired by his work at

Whittingham Hospital Whittingham Hospital was a psychiatric hospital in the parish of Whittingham, near Preston, Lancashire, England. The hospital opened in 1873 as the Fourth Lancashire County Asylum and grew to be the largest mental hospital in Britain, and pionee ...

, in

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. In January 2013 the album was re-released by

Cherry Red Records Cherry Red Records is a British independent record label founded in Malvern, Worcestershire by Iain McNay in 1978. The label has released recordings by Dead Kennedys, Everything But the Girl, The Monochrome Set, and Felt, among others, as well ...

. The track "Sand All Yellow" also appears on the 1972 Dandelion compilation album '' There Is Some Fun Going Forward''.

Reception

In 2012 Toby Manning in ''

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'' magazine praised Coyne's reflection on his experiences with the mentally ill within the album and on his songwriting.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Kevin Coyne :

Personnel

Musicians

* Kevin Coyne – guitar, vocals * Ron Brown – trombone * John Chichester – guitar * Dave Clague – bass, guitar * Nick Cudworth – guitar, piano * Tat Meager – drums * Mick Sweeney – guitar

Production

* Kevin Coyne – drawing, producer * Dave Clague – producer * Nick Cudworth – paintings * Andy Morten – design, layout * Simon Murphy – remastering * Clive Selwood – technician * John Reed – coordination, interviewer * Clive Selwood – production supervisor * Ray Stevenson – photography

References

External links

Case History
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