The Beginning of the Enz

The Beginning of the Enz is a 1979 release from New Zealand rock group Split Enz. The album is a collection of songs from the early days of the band. Several of these songs, such as "129", "Lovey Dovey" and "Spellbound" were later re-recorded and included on albums such as Mental Notes and Second Thoughts.

The Beginning Of The Enz
Compilation album by Split Enz
Released	November 1979
Recorded	1973–1974
Genre	folk rock, rock music
Length	29:27
Label	Mushroom Records
Split Enz chronology
Frenzy (1979) The Beginning Of The Enz (1979) True Colours (1980)

The album reached #35 in New Zealand, but did not chart in Australia.

An unrelated compilation album, Beginning of the Enz (dropping "The" from the title), was released in England in 1980 by Chrysalis Records and mainly included tracks from 1976's Second Thoughts and 1977's Dizrythmia. It also included the first album appearance of the 1977 non-album single "Another Great Divide".

Track listing

• All songs by Phil Judd and Tim Finn, except track 7 by Phil Judd.

1. "Split Ends" – For You Single, recorded 1973 – 1:49
2. "For You" – For You Single, recorded 1973 – 3:50
3. "129" – Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song Single, recorded 1973, re-recorded as 'Matinee Idyll (129)' on Second Thoughts (1976) – 2:49
4. "Home Sweet Home" – No Bother To Me Single (released 1975), recorded 1973 – 3:43
5. "Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song" – Sweet Talkin' Spoon Song Single, recorded 1973 – 3:24
6. "No Bother to Me" – No Bother To Me Single (released 1975), recorded 1974 – 3:11
7. "Malmsbury Villa" – recorded 1974 – 2:49
8. "Lovey Dovey" – recorded 1974, re-recorded on Second Thoughts (1976) – 3:23
9. "Spellbound" – recorded 1974 with Tim Finn on vocals, re-recorded on Mental Notes (1975) with Phil Judd singing lead – 4:35

English version (Chrysalis, 1980)

1. "My Mistake" (Finn, Rayner) 2:58
2. "Crosswords" (Finn) 3:23
3. "Bold as Brass" (Finn, Gillies) 3:27
4. "Another Great Divide" (Finn, Gillies, Judd, Rayner) 3:38
5. "Charley" (Finn) 5:28
6. "Late Last Night" (Judd) 4:02
7. "Stranger Than Fiction" (Finn, Judd) 7:06
8. "Time for a Change" (Judd) 4:02
9. "Walking Down a Road" (Finn, Judd) 5:24

Personnel

• Brian "Timothy" Finn : vocals, Piano, Tambourine
• Phil Judd : Vocals, Guitar, Mandolin, spoons
• Jonathan "Michael" Chunn : Bass
• Miles Golding : Violin (on 1&2)
• Mike Howard : Flute (on 1&2)
• Div Vercoe : Drums (on 2)
• Paul "Wally" Wilkinson : Guitar (on 3–9)
• Geoffrey Chunn : Drums (on 3–9)
• Rob Gillies : Saxophone, Trumpet (on 3–5 and 7–9 (1979 version), on 1–9 (1980 version))
• Tony "Eddie" Rayner : keyboards (on 6–9)
• Neil Finn – Vocals, Guitar (1980 version only)
• Nigel Griggs – Bass (1980 version only)
• Malcolm Green – Drums (1980 version only)
• Noel Crombie – Percussion (1980 version only)

Charts

Chart (1979/80)	Peak position
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[1]	35

References

1. "Charts.nz – Split Enz – The Beginning of the Enz". Hung Medien. Retrieved 15 November 2020.