Tracklist

1	Listening To The Higsons
2	Kingdom Of Love
3	America
4	The Fly
5	The Man With The Lightbulb Head
6	The Cars She Used To Drive
7	Leppo & The Jooves
8	Sounds Great When You're Dead
9	Only The Stones Remain
10	My Wife & My Dead Wife
11	I Often Dream Of Trains
12	Brenda's Iron Sledge
13	Heaven
14	Surgery

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Cherry Red Records Ltd.
• Published By – Two Crabs Music
• Published By – Complete Music Ltd.
• Published By – Watteau Music
• Published By – Tactik Music
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Midnight Music (Records) Ltd.

Credits

• Directed By – Andy Wilson (tracks: 1), Karen Benjamin (tracks: 2-4, 6-10, 12-14), Robyn Hitchcock (tracks: 1, 5, 11), Tony Moon (tracks: 1, 5, 11)

Notes

Live footage filmed April 7 1985 at the Marquee Club, London, as released on the live album of the same title.

Publisher's name for track 12 is wrongly spelled Taktic Music (instead of Tactik Music)

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 022891962120

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
JE 139	Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians*	Gotta Let This Hen Out! ‎(VHS, NTSC)	Jettisoundz	JE 139	UK	1985

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	Sometimes I Wish I Was A Pretty Girl	2:08
2	Kingdom Of Love	4:16
3	Acid Bird	4:39
4	The Cars She Used To Drive	3:01
5	My Wife And My Dead Wife	3:56
6	Brenda's Iron Sledge	3:08
7	The Fly	3:49
8	Only The Stones Remain	2:39
9	Egyptian Cream	3:32
10	Leppo And The Jooves	4:55
11	America	4:18
12	Heaven	3:52
13	Listening To The Higsons Bass – Robyn HitchcockDrums – Andy MetcalfeGuitar – Morris Windsor	2:58
14	The Face Of Death	3:35

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Robyn Hitchcock
• Copyright (c) – Rhino Records Inc.
• Published By – EMI Virgin Songs, Inc.
• Published By – Two Crabs Music
• Published By – Watteau Music
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
• Recorded At – Marquee Club

Credits

• A&R [A&R Assistance] – Rick Gershon
• Art Direction [Reissue] – Coco Shinomiya
• Bass, Backing Vocals – Andy Metcalfe (tracks: 1 to 12, 14)
• Design – Art Slave
• Drums, Other [Ice Cream] – Morris Windsor (tracks: 1 to 12, 14)
• Guitar – Robyn Hitchcock (tracks: 1 to 12, 14)
• Keyboards – Roger Jackson
• Legal [Legal Assistance] – Jonathan Earp
• Liner Notes – Grant Alden
• Mixed By – Andy Metcalfe, Pat Collier, Roger Jackson
• Painting [Cover] – Robyn Hitchcock
• Reissue Producer – Jim Neill
• Remastered By – Bill Inglot, Ken Perry
• Research – Gary Peterson , Patrick Milligan
• Vocals – Robyn Hitchcock
• Written-By – Robyn Hitchcock

Notes

Artist is rendered as "Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians" on the cover, but "Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians" on the spine.

Recorded live at The Marquee, April 27, 1985

Initial copies came with a coupon for a limited-edition lithograph drawn by Robyn Hitchcock.

This Reissue/Compilation ℗ 1985 & 1986 Robyn Hitchcock.
© 1995 Rhino Records, Inc., 10635 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90025-4900

All songs published by EMI Virgin Songs, Inc. (BMI) / Two Crabs Music (PRS) except "Only The Stones Remain" published by Watteau Music (PRS).

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 081227183820
• Matrix / Runout: [Specialty Records Corp. logo] 3 R2 71838-2 SRC##01 M1S1
• Rights Society: PRS
• Rights Society: BMI

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
CHIME 00.15 S	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	Gotta Let This Hen Out! ‎(LP, Album)	Midnight Music	CHIME 00.15 S	UK	1985
EMC 8056	Robyn Hitchcock And The Egyptians*	Gotta Let This Hen Out! ‎(LP, Album)	Relativity	EMC 8056	US	1985
CHIME 00.15 CD	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	Gotta Let This Hen Out! ‎(CD, Album)	Midnight Music	CHIME 00.15 CD	UK	1986
CHIME 00.15 CC	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	Gotta Let This Hen Out! ‎(Cass, Album)	Midnight Music	CHIME 00.15 CC	UK	1986
RSACD 823	Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians	Gotta Let This Hen Out! ‎(CD, Album, RE)	Sequel Records	RSACD 823	UK	1995