![]() Club's "Permanent Records" feature, "an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most", Christopher Bahn wrote: In 2009 a live recording titled I Often Dream of Trains in New York was released by Yep Roc, recorded at a 2008 concert at which Hitchcock performed almost every song from I Often Dream of Trains, as well as other songs from the era and one contemporary song. A third CD edition dropped the previous demo bonus tracks, along with "Mellow Together", but added more unreleased songs. A later CD edition saw yet more extras thrown in, all of which were demos of tracks originally included, bringing the listing to a total of twenty-four tracks. In 1986, the album was reissued on CD with tracks taken from Hitchcock's recent B-sides. The vinyl album was fourteen tracks, bookended by the piano-based instrumental "Nocturne". Hitchcock contributes vocals, acoustic and electric guitar and piano. The album was recorded in the space of a few days under the working title Crystal Branches (taken from a line in the song "Winter Love", not originally included in the track listing). He wanted to make a fully solo album that, he would later comment, "only I could be blamed for". Hitchcock felt compelled to return to music after listening to Wading Through a Ventilator, a 1984 EP that compiles The Soft Boys' early singles. Hitchcock worked odd jobs, including a stint as a gardener and a journalist. Īfter the break-up of The Soft Boys, Hitchcock recorded two solo albums - 1981's Black Snake Diamond Role and 1982's poorly received Groovy Decay - before hitting an artistic slump mitigated only by some collaborations with Captain Sensible. It is Hitchcock's first acoustic-based album. I Often Dream of Trains is the third album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1984. ![]() Smithsound Recording, Ledbury, Herefordshire
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