Saucy Haulage Ballads
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| EP by Half Man Half Biscuit | |||||
| Released | 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Rock/Indie | ||||
| Length | 17:54 | ||||
| Label | Probe Plus | ||||
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Saucy Haulage Ballads is an extended play recording released by Birkenhead group Half Man Half Biscuit. Released in August 2003, it contains 6 tracks with a total play time of 17 minutes 54 seconds.
[edit] Track listing
- "Jarg Armani"
- "Tending the Wrong Grave for 23 Years"
- "It Makes the Room Look Bigger"
- "On Finding the Studio Banjo"
- "Blood on the Quad"
- "I Went to a Wedding..."
Track 4 "On Finding the Studio Banjo" is a re-recording of Half Man Half Biscuit's well-known song Trumpton Riots. This time it is set to a folky bluegrass tune with banjo accompaniment.
[edit] Character references
As in many Half Man Half Biscuit songs, satirical and sometimes comic references are made to a range of celebrities. Some of the people mentioned in the tracks are:
- 2. Claire Rayner
- 3. Benny Goodman
- 5. Talvin Singh
- 6. Brad Friedel, William Pitt the Elder, William Pitt the Younger, Thomas Tallis, and John Dowland

