Hee Haw is the second release and first EP by the Australian post-punk band the Boys Next Door (later renamed the Birthday Party). The Hee Haw EP was released in 1979 by the independent label, Missing Link Records. This release has the tracks from the original Hee Haw EP were re-released on CD by 4AD on 7 August 1989 as part of a compilation of early recordings under the name of the Birthday Party; this album was also called Hee Haw. It includes all the tracks from the original Hee Haw EP by the Boys Next Door and from their second album entitled The Birthday Party (before they changed the band name to the album title). By 1978-9, the Boys Next Door were making efforts to distinguish themselves from Melbourne's punk and post-punk bands. The core members – Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Phill Calvert and Tracy Pew – had been joined by Rowland S. Howard on guitar in 1978. The Boys Next Door released an album (Door, Door) on the Mushroom label in 1979 (recorded in separate sessions in mid-1978 and early 1979). After the release of Door Door, the Boys Next Door transferred to the independent label, Missing Link Records, and took on label owner Keith Glass as their manager. Cave said, "We played *Hee Haw* to Michael Gudinski of Mushroom Records and he wasn't really interested." The tracks for the Hee Haw EP were recorded during July and August 1979 at Richmond Recorders in Melbourne, engineered by Tony Cohen. The five-track EP was released in December 1979. The artwork on the cover an