''The Beginning of the Enz'' is the fifth studio album from
New Zealand rock group
Split Enz. The album is a collection of non-album singles and demos that pre-date the band's first album, 1975's ''
Mental Notes''. Three of these songs, "129", "Lovey Dovey" and "Spellbound", were later re-recorded and included on ''Mental Notes'' and ''
Second Thoughts''.
The album reached #35 in New Zealand, but did not chart in Australia.
An unrelated compilation album, ''
Beginning of the Enz
''Beginning of the Enz'' is a compilation album by New Zealand rock group Split Enz. Released in the UK by Chrysalis Records, it compiles tracks from the albums '' Second Thoughts'' (1976) and ''Dizrythmia'' (1977), as well as the non-album sin ...
'' (dropping "The" from the title), was released in the UK in 1980 by
Chrysalis Records
Chrysalis Records () is a British record label that was founded in 1968. The name is both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders' names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis. It started as the Ellis-Wright Ag ...
.
Track listing
*All songs by
Phil Judd and
Tim Finn, except track 7 by
Phil Judd.
# "Split Ends" – Single B-side ("For You"), recorded and released 1973 – 1:49
# "For You" – Single, recorded and released 1973 – 3:50
# "129" – Single B-side ("Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song"), recorded and released 1973 (re-recorded as 'Matinee Idyll (129)' on ''
Second Thoughts'' in 1976) – 2:49
# "Home Sweet Home" – Single B-side ("No Bother To Me"), recorded 1973 and released 1975 – 3:43
# "Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song" – Single, recorded and released 1973 – 3:24
# "No Bother to Me" – Single, recorded 1974 and released 1975 – 3:11
# "Malmsbury Villa" – Previously unreleased demo, recorded 1974 – 2:49
# "Lovey Dovey" – Previously unreleased demo, recorded 1974 (re-recorded on ''Second Thoughts'' in 1976) – 3:23
# "Spellbound" – Previously unreleased demo with Tim Finn on lead vocal, recorded 1974 (re-recorded on ''
Mental Notes'' in 1975 with Phil Judd on lead vocal) – 4:35
Personnel
Split Enz
"Split Ends" and "For You"
*
Tim Finn - Vocals, Piano
*
Phil Judd - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
*
Mike Chunn - Bass
*
Miles Golding
Miles Golding (born in Sydney in 1951) is a classical violinist, and an original member of Split Enz. Golding played on the band's first single "For You" in 1973, leaving them shortly after to pursue further training in London.
Golding has pla ...
- Violin
*Mike Howard - Flute
*Div Vercoe - Drums
"129", "Home Sweet Home" and "Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song"
*Tim Finn - Vocals, Piano
*Phil Judd - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, Spoons
*Mike Chunn - Bass
*Paul "Wally" Wilkinson - Guitar
*
Geoff Chunn
Geoff Chunn is a New Zealand musician, best known as an early member of Split Enz.
Chunn was a teenage friend of Tim Finn. Together the two of them and Chunn's elder brother, Mike Chunn, founded the band Stillwater while at high school in the late ...
- Drums
"No Bother to Me", "Malmsbury Villa", "Lovey Dovey" and "Spellbound"
*Tim Finn - Vocals, Piano
*Phil Judd - Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin
*Mike Chunn - Bass
*Paul "Wally" Wilkinson - Guitar
*Geoffrey Chunn - Drums
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Eddie Rayner - Keyboards
*Rob Gillies - Saxophone, Trumpet
Additional musician
Rob Gillies played saxophone on "129", recorded before he joined the band as a full member
Charts
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beginning of the Enz, The
1979 albums
Split Enz albums