Hatfield and the North was an experimental British rock band from Canterbur… Read Full Bio ↴Hatfield and the North was an experimental British rock band from Canterbury, England, that lasted from October 1972 to June 1975, with some reunions thereafter. Part of the "Canterbury scene" the band grew out of Delivery, Matching Mole, and Caravan. Members were Phil Miller (guitar, from Matching Mole), Dave Stewart (keyboards, Egg, National Health, Bruford, and his own albums with Barbara Gaskin), Pip Pyle (drums, from Gong) and Richard Sinclair (bass and vocals, from Caravan).

Hatfield released five albums, the first three on Virgin. The five albums are: 1973's eponymous effort, 1975's The Rotters' Club, 1980's now-deleted compilation Afters (of which the new bits have been tagged onto the end of The Rotters' Club CD), 2005's radio sessions/live compilation Hatwise Choice, and 2006's radio sessions/live compilation Hattitude,. The latter two are available only from Burning Shed. The group split in 1975 because of overwhelming indifference. It re-formed briefly in 1990, and again in 2005, with the possibility of new material being issued.

The name of the band was inspired by the road signage on the main A1 road heading north from London, where the a succession of signs referred to the first major town, and the overall direction, as 'A1 Hatfield & the North'. This style of sign from the 1970s has now been replaced by a slightly different variant.

In 2005/2006, the band released two archival collections, "Hatwise Choice" and "Hattitude", both featuring the classic Miller/Pyle/Sinclair/Stewart line-up.

Pip Pyle passed away 28th August 2006, Phil Miller passed away 18th October 2017.

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Hatfield and the North Lyrics

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Big Jobs Here's a song to begin the beginning A few notes which…
Big Jobs No. 2 Took a trip through the night just to get here, Tried…
Bossa Nochance A bed in the sky would make me Higher up than…
Calyx Poetry in motion is what you've become From the front and…
Didn It didn't matter anyway We'll meet again some other day Ti…
Didn't Matter Anyway It didn't matter anyway We'll meet again some other day Till…
Extract Here's a song to begin the beginning A few notes which…
Fitter Stoke Has A Bath You don't suspect my life's a mess, You prob'ly think it's…
Fol de Rol (Nonsense syllables)…

Going for a Song If you were still around Would it freak you out…
Halfway Between Heaven And Earth We're needing your love to guide us If you just could,…
Let's Eat I'm vitamin-enriched What's more, I'm absolutely wholesome! …
Licks for the Ladies Now it's time to finish your wine - Try to sing…
Lobster in Cleavage Probe And in the end, all our troubles vanish, melt away (Play…
Mumps The Alphabet Song I have minded my P's and Q's Tr…
Share It Tadpoles keep screaming in my ear "Hey there! Rotter's Club!…
Son of "There's No Place Like Homerton" Snowing – in a little while when the cold is…

Son Of 'There's No Place Like Homerton' Snowing – in a little while when the cold is…

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