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group

Goodbye Mr Mackenzie Goodbye Mr Mackenzie is a Scottish rock band formed in Bathgate near Edinburgh. At the band's commercial peak, the line-up consisted of Martin Metcalfe on vocals, John Duncan on guitar, Fin Wilson on bass guitar, Shirley Manson and Rona Scobi ...

. It was recorded in Germany in 1989, at

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's Hansa Ton Studios just as the Fall of the Berlin Wall occurred. The album sat on the shelf for almost 18 months, in which time the band were transferred across

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record labels, from Capitol to Parlophone, who released two

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from the album in 1990. Parlophone sold the band's

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to Radioactive Records and

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, who released ''Hammer and Tongs'' in the

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in early 1991 and encouraged the band to record a new song " Now We Are Married" to promote the release.''

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'' magazine, issue #209, interview with Martin Metcalfe, and Mackenzie discography Later that year, Radioactive, and their partners

, repackaged the album for international release by including several stand-out tracks from the band's debut album ''

Good Deeds and Dirty Rags ''Good Deeds and Dirty Rags'' is the first album from the Scottish group Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. It was released in the UK in 1989. The original LP was released with an accompanying 12" single. ''Good Deeds and Dirty Rags'' was remastered in 199 ...

'' and eponymously re-titling the album as ''Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie''. Paul Davies of Q Magazine called the album a "more than adequate follow up."

Track listing

All songs written by Metcalfe and Kelly, except where noted. #"Blacker Than Black" #"Bold John Barleycorn" #"Diamonds" #"The Burning" #"Now We Are Married" #"Sick Baby" (Metcalfe, Kelly, Scobie, Wilson, Duncan) #"Down to the Minimum" (Metcalfe, Kelly, Scobie, Wilson, Duncan) #"She's Strong" #"Love Child" #"Tongue-Tied" Unreleased Parlophone version #

"Working on a Shoe-fly" 2006 Cherry Red re-issue bonus tracks #

"Friday's Child" ( Lee Hazlewood) #"Candelstick Park II #"Candy Says" (

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) #"Now We Are Married" (Extended version)

Personnel

;Goodbye Mr Mackenzie *Martin Metcalfe - lead vocals * John Duncan - guitar *Fin Wilson - bass guitar *

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- keyboards, backing vocals *Rona Scobie - keyboards, backing vocals *Derek Kelly - drums

References

External links

Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie website''Hammer and Tongs'' discography''Goodbye Mr. Mackenzie'' discography
{{Authority control 1991 albums Goodbye Mr Mackenzie albums Capitol Records albums