Annotation
An obscure track hard to find details on. Here is a quote from an interview explaining the source of "Bozos"
'"...as well as the odd and divisive ‘Bozos’, which reached number 44 on its release in 1998. Clearly not at feeling at their most productive, the Levs opted to cover an obscure 1988 track by Flik Spatula, another band who were signed to Hag! Records around the same period. I can recall seeing adverts in the music press for the single, and bought it from HMV in Bath without even hearing the song once in advance due a complete lack of radio support. A hectic blast of punk rock peppered with drum n bass beats, the band’s new change in direction didn’t please hardcore fans, and ‘Bozos’ went unheard by the mainstream public. Although I love it, it does stick out like a sore thumb on the Greatest Hits."
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| Official | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Bozos | 3:18 | Levellers | Bozos (CD1) | Levellers | Single |
| China Records (UK label founded by Derek Green) | WOKCD2096 |
| 1.1 | Bozos | ?:?? | Levellers | Bozos (picture disc) | Levellers | Single |
| China Records (UK label founded by Derek Green) | WOK2096 |
| 1.1 | Bozos | 3:19 | Levellers | Bozos (CD2) | Levellers | Single |
| China Records (UK label founded by Derek Green) | WOKCDR2096 |
| 1.9 | Bozos | 3:19 | Levellers | One Way of Life: Best Of | Levellers | Album + Compilation |
| China Records (UK label founded by Derek Green) | 0522152 |
| 1.9 | Bozos | 3:19 | Levellers | One Way of Life: Best Of | Levellers | Album + Compilation |
| China Records (UK label founded by Derek Green) | 0521732 |
| 1.9 | Bozos | 3:19 | Levellers | One Way of Life: Best Of | Levellers | Album + Compilation |
| China Records (UK label founded by Derek Green) | 3984 25099 2 |
| 2.12 | Bozos | 3:17 | Levellers | Mouth to Mouth (Deluxe 3 CD Edition) | Levellers | Album |
| Edsel Records | EDSX3015 |
| 1.14 | Bozos | 3:17 | Levellers | Greatest Hits | Levellers | Album + Compilation |
| On the Fiddle Recordings | |
| 1.14 | Bozos | 3:19 | Levellers | Greatest Hits | Levellers | Album + Compilation |
| On the Fiddle Recordings | OTFCD019X |
| 1.14 | Bozos | 3:17 | Levellers | Greatest Hits (Digital Box Set) | Levellers | Album + Compilation |
| On the Fiddle Recordings | OTF019DI |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Andrew Scarth (in 1998) |
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| programming: | Al Scott (Oysterband, engineer, song writer) (in 1998) |
| additional producer: | Andrew Scarth Jon Sevink |
| producer: | Al Scott (Oysterband, engineer, song writer) (in 1998) Levellers (in 1998) Andrew Scarth (in 1998) |
| mixer: | Andrew Scarth Al Scott (Oysterband, engineer, song writer) (in 1998) |
| bass guitar: | Jeremy Cunningham (UK bassist for the Levellers) (in 1998) |
| drums (drum set): | Charlie Heather (in 1998) |
| guitar: | Mark Chadwick (singer/songwriter/guitarist for the Levellers) Simon Friend (in 1998) |
| violin: | Jon Sevink (in 1998) |
| vocals: | Mark Chadwick (singer/songwriter/guitarist for the Levellers) (in 1998) |
| recorded at: | Metway Studios in Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England, United Kingdom (in 1998) |
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| mixed at: | Parkgate Studios in Battle, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom (in 1998) |
| has remixes: | Bozos (Supercharger Heavy Mental mix) |
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| music video for: | Bozos |
| stream for free: | https://open.spotify.com/track/4aX9EyMvyoRdIeit6XSeNh [info] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzDWUhGqyO4 [info] |
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| recording of: | We’re All Bozos on This Bus (in 1998: cover) |
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Related works
We’re All Bozos on This Bus
| writer: | Moorshead Travis |
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