The Unnecessary Mitch Benn - 25th anniversary reissue

by Mitch Benn

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1.	Crap Shag 02:53	buy track
2.	Flowers 06:47	buy track
3.	The French Are Coming To Get Us 02:18	buy track
4.	Famous People's Cars 01:36	buy track
5.	I Stole Your Heart 02:13	buy track
6.	Multiple Personality 02:07	buy track
7.	End Of Part One 02:14	buy track
8.	Rubber Woman 03:12	buy track
9.	Beggars 00:39	buy track
10.	Scary Weirdos 02:03	buy track
11.	Titanic Party 00:45	buy track
12.	You Smell But I Love You 00:39	buy track
13.	Getting Older 02:51	buy track
14.	S******** C******* (Country Song) 02:44	buy track
15.	Mancunians 01:39	buy track
16.	Global Warming Song 06:10	buy track

about

This was the first album I ever released, entirely independently and off my own bat in the summer of 1998.
I'd established myself as a UK club circuit comic after moving down to London in 1996... It soon because apparent that there would be a demand for a live album, because audience members were literally coming up to me after gigs and demanding one.
In early 1998 I got myself a mini-disc recorder (remember those?) and a stereo tie-pin mic; I discovered that this gave me a pretty decent recording of my voice, guitar AND the audience reactions. I recorded more or less every gig I did for the first few months of 1998 until I had a decent take of all the songs and "bits" in my set, then I edited the best takes together into a master recording.
I found a company in Richmond to master and produce the CDs and soon I had a box of 1000 ready to go; I sold the CD at all my gigs for the next few years.
I thought I'd long since run out of copies but I found one last box while having a clearout a few months ago, and so I'm marking the album's 25th anniversary by making it available once again.

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released June 1, 2023

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