Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance (demo tape)

Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance is the first demo tape by This Is Serious Mum, containing nine songs recorded by the newly-founded band on 30 December 1982 at the home of friend (and future member) Ron Hitler-Barassi.
For this session, This Is Serious Mum consisted of vocalist/percussionist Humphrey B. Flaubert, keyboardist Eugene de la Hot-Croix Bun and bassist/guitarist Jock Cheese. The name of the demo tape would later be re-used for the band's debut studio album, Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance, in 1988.
The demo has never been released in its entirety, however its first four songs have been issued on official releases: "The Ballad of the Semitic Nazi" was excerpted on the 1988 album, and later released in full on the limited edition of the 2002 compilation Best Off, along with three further tracks: "Eckermann is Very Silly", "Yassa Arathin-A-Go-Go" and "I Go to Werribee".
== Track listing ==
# Eckermann is Very Silly (2:58)
# The Ballad of the Semitic Nazi (3:31)
# Yassa Arathin-A-Go-Go (4:58)
# I Go to Werribee (3:02)
# Pus of the Dead
# United He Stands Divided He Is Not United Any More
# Stiff's Luck (or Will John Lennon Get Back Together Again?)
# Sweetbread Ain't No Honky Carcinogen
# Instant Party
== Personnel ==
* Humphrey B. Flaubert – vocals, percussion
* Eugene de la Hot-Croix Bun – keyboards
* Jock Cheese – guitar, bass
* L'Touzin – "barely audible giggling" on "Yassa Arathin A-Go-Go"
== See also ==
* L'Touzin
*Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance (studio album)
* This Is Serious Mum (demo)
* Best Off
== External links ==
* Great Truckin' Songs of the Renaissance demo at Rate Your Music
* Best Off limited edition at Discogs
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