At long last - the first ever compilation of some of the band's best songs on vinyl!

Highly anticipated by fans, The Worst of The Tiger Lillies is a celebration of the band's more than thirty-year career…

The first 500 copies only are pressed on exclusive, limited-edition, Galaxy vinyl; the remainder are black.

We expect keen interest for this much-desired title and are inviting pre-orders now.

Copies are due to arrive in the third week of May and will be shipped out following. Please note that the Galaxy version will not be available in shops or anywhere else, and is exclusively for sale here.

TRACKLIST:

SIDE 1:

1. Thousand Violins

2. Roll Up

3. Terrible

4. Pretty Lisa

5. Mummy

6. Palace of St. James

7. Boatman

8. Banging in the Nails

SIDE 2:

1. Crack of Doom

2. Hell

3. Sleep with the Fishes

4. Bully Boys

5. Heroin

6. Gin

7. Start a Fire

8. Alone with the Moon

CREDITS:

Credits for individual songs:

Thousand Violins, Palace of St. James

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Accordion

Phil Butcher: Bass

Adrian Huge: Drums

Steve Bentley: Violin

Engineered by Gerald Prior and Jim Custance

Published by Gee St Music

Album: Bouquet of Vegetables, the Early Years (1999)

Roll Up, Terrible, Banging in the Nails, Alone with the Moon

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Accordion, Hammond Organ, Guitar, Banjo

Adrian Stout: Double Bass

Adrian Huge: Drums

Phil Butcher: Double Bass

Paul: Trombone

Stan: Guitar

Gabriel Keen: Piano, Clarinet

Mary Morrison: Cello

Corin: Piano

Mixed and produced by Don Schneider

Album: The Brothel to the Cemetery (1996)

Pretty Lisa, Sleep with the Fishes

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Accordion, Ukulele, Piano

Adrian Stout: Double Bass

Adrian Huge: Percussion

Steven Severin: Keyboards

Recorded in summer and autumn of 1999 in London at Pathway [RIP] and Wolf, and VPRO in Amsterdam

Co-produced by Steven Severin

Published by Rough Trade

Album: Circus Songs (1999)

Mummy

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Piano, Accordion, Dobro

Adrian Stout: Double Bass

Adrian Huge: Percussion

Hennig and Frank Wulff: Extra Guitars

Recorded at O Ton Studio, Hamburg, May 2004

Engineered and mixed by Stephan Wulff

Mastered at Master and Servant Studio, Hamburg

Album: Punch and Judy (2004)

Boatman, Hell

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Accordion, Guitar

Phil Butcher: Bass, Piano

Adrian Huge: Drums, Percussion

Steve Bentley: Violin, Trumpet

Kevin Armstrong: Guitar

Album: Births Marriages and Deaths (1994)

Crack of Doom, Start a Fire

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Accordion

Adrian Stout: Contra Bass, Vocals

Adrian Huge: Drums, Vocals

Özkan Akkilic: Ney

Mehmet Sayar: Derbouka, Daf, Req

Abdulraiiman Özyay: Violin

Aykut Sensoy: Saz

Martin Gordon: Baglama

Mesut Lekesiz: Girnata

Wu Wei: Sheng

Recorded at Pathway, London, and Kalkscheune, Berlin

Engineered by Jim Custance and Martin Gordon, co-produced by Martin Gordon

Album: Bad Blood and Blasphemy (1999)

Bully Boys

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Accordion

Adrian Stout: Double Bass

Adrian Huge: Percussion

Tamzin Griffin: Cello

Julian Bleach: Violin

Graeme Gilmour: Banjo, Clarinet

Jo Pocock: Trombone

Engineered by Jim Custance and H.P. Lovecraft & The Doc

Co-produced by Olimax

Album: Shockheaded Peter (1999)

Heroin

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Accordion, Piano, Organ, Guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Harmonium, Darbuka

Adrian Stout: Upright Bass, Saw, Euphonium, Guitar, Backing Vocals

Timothy Remfrey: Drums

Recorded in September and October 2016 by Timm Brockmann at Red Light Studio, Berlin (Jacques, Remfrey), and Blunt Studios, London (Stout)

Mixed and mastered by Timm Brockmann, Red Light Studio, Berlin

Produced by Martyn Jacques

Album: Cold Night in Soho (2016)

Gin

Martyn Jacques: Vocals, Piano, Organ, Accordion, Ukulele

Adrian Stout: Double Bass, Saw, Horns

Adrian Hughes: Drums, Toys

Recorded by Myles Boisen at Guerrilla Recording and Studio 880, Oakland, CA, assisted by Marco Martin and Ian Swanke at Studio 880

Mastered by Myles Boisen at the Headless Buddha Mastering Lab., Oakland, CA

Album: The Gorey End (2003)

All music and lyics by Martyn Jacques apart from Bully Boys, words adapted after text by Heinrich Hoffmann, and Gin, freely adapted after Edward Gorey (adapted lyric published with the kind permission of the Gorey Estate)

Album design and artwork: Kuki Iwański

Mastered by Timm Brockmann

Executive producer Martyna Lach

Produced by the Tiger Lillies

Copyright and publishing Misery Guts Music Ltd., 2023

www.tigerlillies.com