The discography of the Claw Boys Claw, a rock and roll band from the Netherlands active since 1984, comprises a dozen albums and more than a dozen singles. After two independent releases, the band signed with Polydor. After three albums for EMI in the early nineties and one more in 1997, the band went into semi-retirement, from which it emerged in 2008, now under contract with Play It Again Sam (PIAS). As a result of the band's renewed activity, PIAS reissued the band's debut album, and EMI reissued a number of albums from the 1990s.
Reissued on LP by Polydor, 24 November 1986 (#831 439-1). Reissued on CD in June 2008 by PIAS (#900.0809.020), with five additional songs (from "So Mean" (single) and Indian Wallpaper (12")
Now!
1985
Hipcat
12" (#HIP 5678)
Recorded live at the Melkweg, Amsterdam, 29 November 1984.
Includes "Dracula" and "The Rose" plus bonus live concert by The Hipcats: "Down in the Boondocks", "Groupy Girl", "Angel Of The Morning", "Born To Wander", "Come Together", "Return Of The Phantom Shark", "Sunset 'B", "I'm Eighteen" and "Oh Pretty Woman". Bonus live concert by The Hipcats (= Claw Boys Claw), recorded opening for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds at Vredenburg, Utrecht, October 6, 1986 (incorrectly on sleeve as June 10, 1986).[1]
"Maniac"
1990
Solid
7" (#527.9002.40)
"Maniac" b/w "Clapping Song"
"Bite The Dice"
1990
Solid
CD single (#527.9003.22)
Includes acoustic set, recorded and mixed at SPN Studios, Amsterdam, October 1990: "Hungerlove", "Bite The Dice, Maniac", "Spoons On Fire" and "Locomotive Breath"
"Rosie"
1992
EMI
7" (#7243 8 72009 7 5), CD single (#7243 8 72009 2 0)
"Rosie" b/w "Rosie (Lambless)". The first top-40 hit for the band in the Netherlands.[2]
"Spread that Jam"
1993
EMI
7" (#872 017-7), CD single (#7243 8 72017 2 9)
"Spread that Jam (remix)" b/w "The Keeper"
"Jackal Is Back"
1993
EMI
CD single (#7243 8 72024 2 9)
"Jackal Is Back" and "Yoy (Lambless)"
"Call Me An Angel"
1994
EMI
CD single (#7243 8 72060 2 1)
"Call Me An Angel" and "Part One"
"Call Me An Angel"
1994
EMI
CD single (#7243 8 72064 2 7)
"Call Me An Angel", "Get You Off (brrr mix)", "Sound Isn't Real (previously unreleased)" and "Sugarlite Blonde (Pinkpop '93)"
"Walk Away"
1995
EMI
CD single (#7243 8 72077 2 1)
Promotional only single, includes "Walk Away", "Part One" and "Get You Off (brrr mix)"
"Sick In The Head"
1995
EMI
CD single (#7243 8 72077 2 1)
Includes acoustic set recorded for Veronica's Countdown Café: "Paris", "Walk Away" and "Call Me An Angel."
"Why Don't You Grow"
1997
EMI
CD single (#7243 8 844002 8)
"Why Don't You Grow" and "Will-O-The-Wisp (In My Garden)"
"Kiss Kiss"
1997
EMI
CD single (#7243 8 848952 2)
"Kiss Kiss" and "Horsefly (recorded in space) (droopy-tune version)"
"I Am Sea"
2008
PIAS
CDR single
One-track promotional single for radio stations only.