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"This was a real hard one to record, and I didn't get round to recording the chorus vocal 'til the mixing session on the day we finished the track. This was the most complicated track on the album to record, especially getting the real drums to run into the electronic house drums at the end". It was like a big jigsaw puzzle. As usual, I mapped out the song on paper and layered bass guitars and keyboards on top, [[Dominic Chad|Dom Chad]] added a lead line and bv's, and the whole thing came together, eventually. Lyrically this was a dig at money being thrown at band after band at the time, but with a twisted version of the old Jimmy Osmond lyric 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool'. So in summary, an Osmonds house cut."
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| Name          = Taxloss
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| Album          = {{drop
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|[[Attack of the Grey Lantern (Album)|Attack of the Grey Lantern]] <small>(11)</small>
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|[[Mansun: The Demo Tapes]] <small>(11)</small>
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| EP = [[Six EP (EP)| Six EP - Taxloss]] <small>(11)</small>
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| Demo = [[Mansun: The Demo Tapes]] <small>(33)</small>
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| Length        = {{drop
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|4:27 <small>(EP version)</small>, 7:02 <small>(Album version)</small>
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}}
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| B-side =
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| Recorded      = {{drop
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|[[Mike Hunter]], [[Ian Caple]]
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|[[Ronnie Stone]] in 1997
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}}
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| Writer        = [[Paul Draper]]
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| Producer      = [[Paul Draper]]
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| Mixed          = [[Clif Norrell]]
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| Released      = {{drop
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|[[Attack of the Grey Lantern (Album)|Attack of the Grey Lantern]]
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|26{{supo|th}} March 1997 <small>(Japan)</small>
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|28{{supo|th}} April 1997 <small>(UK)</small>
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|[[Six EP (EP)|Six EP - Taxloss]]
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|6{{supo|th}} October 1997 <small>(UK)</small>
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|10{{supo|th}} December 1997 <small>(Japan)</small>
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}}
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| Chart position = 73
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| Publisher      = [[Universal Publishing Ltd.]]
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}}
  
''[[Paul Draper]], [[Attack of the Grey Lantern]] 3CD Collectors Edition''
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| Previous = [[Mansun's Only Love Song (Song)|Mansun's Only Love Song]]
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| Next = [[You, Who Do You Hate? (Song)|You, Who Do You Hate?]]
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[[Category:Songs]]
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=Release information=
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=Song Credits=
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{{QuotesC|This was a real hard one to record, and I didn't get round to recording the chorus vocal 'til the mixing session on the day we finished the track. This was the most complicated track on the album to record, especially getting the real drums to run into the electronic house drums at the end". It was like a big jigsaw puzzle. As usual, I mapped out the song on paper and layered bass guitars and keyboards on top, [[Dominic Chad|Dom Chad]] added a lead line and bv's, and the whole thing came together, eventually. Lyrically this was a dig at money being thrown at band after band at the time, but with a twisted version of the old Jimmy Osmond lyric 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool'. So in summary, an Osmonds house cut.
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|author=[[Paul Draper]]
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|source=''[[Attack of the Grey Lantern]] 3CD Collectors Edition''
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Revision as of 22:46, 23 September 2015


Mansun Song
Name Taxloss
Album
EP Six EP - Taxloss (11)
Demo Mansun: The Demo Tapes (33)
Track length
  • 4:27 (EP version), 7:02 (Album version) »
Writer/composer Paul Draper
Recorded
Producer Paul Draper
Mixed by Clif Norrell
Released
Published by Universal Publishing Ltd.



Release information

Song Credits

Liner Notes

Lquote.png This was a real hard one to record, and I didn't get round to recording the chorus vocal 'til the mixing session on the day we finished the track. This was the most complicated track on the album to record, especially getting the real drums to run into the electronic house drums at the end". It was like a big jigsaw puzzle. As usual, I mapped out the song on paper and layered bass guitars and keyboards on top, Dom Chad added a lead line and bv's, and the whole thing came together, eventually. Lyrically this was a dig at money being thrown at band after band at the time, but with a twisted version of the old Jimmy Osmond lyric 'Long Haired Lover From Liverpool'. So in summary, an Osmonds house cut. Rquote.png
Paul Draper Attack of the Grey Lantern 3CD Collectors Edition