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WEDNESDAY WRECKORDS!
2008-05-07 09:28:00
I’ve posted The Pack and Theatre Of Hate, so now here’s a bit of SPEAR OF DESTINY, with The Traveller, taken of their 1987 Outland album, the single was originally released in a box with lyric sheet, car window sticker and a patch; that’s 80’s marketing for yer. Another band who aint strangers here, it’s those THE SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS once again, with their hit single I Wanna Be A Flintstone, a fun knock about track, something for yer children’s birthday parties, it's “yaba, daba do time” the b-side on the other hand; Jerry’s Electric Church is yer usual scathing and screaming messiahs fare. Last but no means least we have JOHN MOORE AND THE EXPRESSWAY with Out Of My Mind. John Moore was one time part time drummer/guitarist with Jesus And The Mary Chain, and this was his first solo single, and surprisingly enough there’s some JAMC mixed in with a dose of Iggy Pop. Great stuff, the b-side a harmonica driven ditty Live From Death Row is equally as good. Enjoy/D...
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BLONK HOLIDAY
2008-05-05 13:27:00
A Blog Holiday . The sound of strimming and hedge cutting is everywhere, and that’s just in my garden. I’m making sure the hedge isn’t too high or protruding to far over the required height and distance. I don’t want to fall foul of Local Council regulations, then it’ll be a trip to the dump, must make sure the right waste is in the right bags, don’t want the recycling Gestapo on my case either. Fucking Bank Holidays!

Ch, Ch, Ch, Ch, Changes!!
2008-05-04 14:27:00
Finishing off the NPW Local Election rants, analysis, with another reason why it can be important to vote. TO KEEP THE FAR RIGHT FROM POWER! As we have seen voters are not just unhappy with the present government. They don’t feel that the are being listened to by New Labour, Conservatives or Liberal Democrats. They are desperate for change, and in desperate times people do desperate and often drastic things; like sticking an X in the box next to BNP on a ballot paper, because they feel the BNP listen. In the Mayoral Elections, Richard Barnbrook from the BNP won a seat on the Greater London Assembly, and nationally they have not only held on to seats, but gained more, leaving them with a total of around 100 representatives across Britain. The most worrying thing is that in Jarrow, South Tyneside, a Labour heartland, where Labour once said no BNP candidate would stand; on Thursday one did and they recorded 33% of the votes, beating the Conservatives into 3rd place. Never mind change...

THE DOCTORS CHILDREN - King Buffalo (Mini-Album)
2008-05-04 10:33:00
Here’s another band I know next to nothing about, and tinternet knows even less, what that says about either the band or the music biz I dunno, but here we go with today’s offering which comes from The Doctors Children , “The who?” I hear you cry, no not The Who! The Doctors Children, they were about for a couple of years during the 80’s. King Buffalo a 12” mini-album, was released in 1987 on Upright Records. 6 tracks of bliss, with a distinct Velvets/Lou Reed influence and sounding in places so much like The Only Ones that they could have been a tribute band if their own songs weren’t so damned good. So then, there you have it today’s Sunday Sounds, get ‘em here!
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Ch, Ch, Ch, Changes?!
2008-05-03 17:26:00
So Labour took a good kicking in Thursdays local elections. The country has spoken, well those that voted have, if you didn’t vote that’s your democratic choice. If that wasn’t bad enough to stick the boot into Brown and co even more, the people of London voted that ‘Thatcher loving, comedy show guest and bumbling buffoon’ Boris Johnson to be their Mayor. They’d had enough of Ken and his policies, true he may have done some good things for London, but what about the ers, those that live in the city? What did he do for them? Some felt his administration was full of cronies and corruption, that the congestion charge was just a tax and an attack on the motorist and there were unacceptable levels of crime on buses and tubes. A million odd Londoners felt it was a time for change. As in the Local Elections a vote for Boris and the Conservatives wasn’t necessarily a vote for their policies but a vote against New Labours policies and recent fiascos 10p Tax etc, etc Missing Dat...

ANOTHER PRETTY FACE
2008-05-02 07:41:00
I'm gonna let the music do the talking for todays post, something Mike Scott was very good at.Click here for Another Pretty Face s first single, All The Boys Love Carrie and here for the follow up Heaven Gets Closer Everyday, then sit back and drown in the sound.PROBLEMS WITH BOTH FILES BEING THE SAME HAS BEEN SORTED, NOW HEAVEN CAN GET CLOSER, SORRY 'BOUT THAT FOLKS.

..It's time to meet the families.
2008-05-01 16:00:00
First there’s the McCann’s with the never ending publicity to find their daughter and free their guilt after leaving her alone aged 2 with her younger brothers while they went out to eat. Next up it’s the Mathews family, their daughter went missing only to be found under the bed at her Uncles flat. It then turns out her mother was involved in her disappearance. Finally we have the Fritzl’s from Austria, the father kept his daughter captive for 24 years in a cellar and fathered seven children with her, while the mum allegedly knew nothing. Well there you have it, a trio of families that make Charles Manson look like a respectable father figure; it was other peoples children he abused.!
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MUTINY ON THE BROWNTY
2008-04-30 15:35:00
There’s nothing like social justice and under New Labour there’s nothing like social justice! Gordon Brown needs to take his moral compass from out of his arse in order to find some direction, which should be out of the door. Never mind Blair’s Banker Lord Levy dishing the dirt on Brown, he wasn’t so much stabbing him in the back, as shovelling mud on him in the shallow grave that Brown has dug for himself, with his inability to handle anything more than his penis. Missing data, missing immigrants, prisons overflowing, credit crisis, rising crime (don’t let the figures fool you , cos the only reason reported crime has gone down is because no-one is reporting it because they have no faith in the police and the justice system) Then there’s the 10p Tax Rate fuck up, Brown decided on this cut when he was the ‘prudent chancellor’ now he’s got to deal with it as the ‘impotent Prime Minister’ and just how prudent was it to allow the banks to get themselves into such a...
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Have you heard the oilful news?
2008-04-29 17:01:00
So the news is that oil companies profits have risen to record levels; while the price of petrol to the consumer has also risen to record levels. That aint news, that’s capitalism; the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. No news is bad news!
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DEMO DAY
2008-04-29 15:07:00
What I know about both these bands could be written on the back of a postage stamp, but here goes. The year 1987, the place London. THE LOVELESS included a former guitarist from Lords Of The New Church (Al) a bassist from Diatribe (Tim) and a drummer who used to be in The Gunslingers(Neil), more about them in a later post. The three tracks on this demo are A+ Punk’n’Roll, similar to The Vibrators and Chelsea, catchy choruses and hooks guaranteed to get you singing along, don’t think record companies were impressed, because as far as I know, no records were released. ROMEO STREET GANG on the other hand released one 12” on Jungle records Heavy House / Money Talks, the three tracks on this tape sound similar to Big Audio Dynamite and Lightning Strike, a slab of “heavy bass and drums shattered by guitar and keyboards” so says the press blurgh that came with the tape, which doesn’t say much else except “The gang aint just four musicians!! We’re coming from all direction...
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THE DOGS D'AMOUR - The State We're In
2008-04-28 09:18:00
Right then, for all you rock’n’rollers out there, it’s The Dogs D’Amour’s debut album; The State We're In. Only released in Finland at the beginning of 1984, and featuring a certain Dave Kusworth on guitar. (No this blog isn’t turning into a DK appreciation site!) Vinyl copies are very collectable, this download is taken from a tape I recorded from a vinyl copy many, many, many moons ago, hence the dodgy homemade cover and reduced sound quality, but it’s still very, very listenable and a great long lost relic, so if you dig the dogs, it’s just a click away.
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WANKER !
2008-04-26 10:51:00
NOTE:The OGC logo above, was allegedly designed for the Office Of Government commerce. When viewed at the above angle it shows something completely different to what was intended.
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THE WATERBOYS - The Big Music (12" vinyl-rip)
2008-04-26 09:45:00
The Big Music , yes indeed this is a big stadium of a song, but not as big as one of the b-sides of this 12” Bury My Heart is a beautiful tale from the eyes of a Native American, of mans brutality to fellow man in the name of religion, capitalism and civilisation, musically it’s a cross between Bob Dylan and Johnny Thunders, brilliant stuff. The Native American theme continues with the final track The Earth Only Endures, which is a traditional Sioux death song, given the Mike Scott treatment. If you wanna hear this Big Music, you know what to do.
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WHAT A NICE WAY TO TURN SEVENTEEN #2
2008-04-26 09:20:00
This is the second in the series of musical offerings from What a Nice Way to Turn Seventeen fanzine, this time expanded to 18 tracks of, off kilter pop, psychedelia and good old rock’n’roll. There’s some familiar names here NIKKI SUDDEN, SWELL MAPS and DAVE KUSWORTH, who’s a bit of a feature on this album, as TV EYE, THE SUBTERRANEAN HAWKS and THE RAG DOLLS all include him in their line ups. THE PSYCOHOLOGY VANDALS and THE LAST BANDITS both feature Jeremy Gluck from The Barracudas. Those are just some of what’s on offer, plus you get tracks by THE MEMBRANES, THE JASMINE MINKS, THE FURIOUS APPLES and THE GREAT OUTDOORS and a few others, all in all a great way to spend an hours grooving and moving. There is talk of a best of CD compilation release from the Nice Way To Turn 17 folk, but until that happens enjoy this by clicking here!

ALL MOUTH AND NO TROUSERS!
2008-04-24 13:05:00
There’s nothing worse than a politician, except a politician that hasn’t got the Bollocks or the Fanny to stand by a decision they’ve made. It just shows that they can’t even be trusted to tell their own truth. Now that Labour have backed down and turned around about the 10p Tax Rate, perhaps we’ll see the banks passing on the Governments recent financial investment in them on to the consumer, and we might even see major supermarkets reduce their profit margins in food stuffs. Yeah and a politician will tell the truth.
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THE BOLSHOI - Happy Boy (12" vinyl-rip)
2008-04-24 07:18:00
The Bolshoi, were a three piece, originally from Wiltshire but relocated to London to seek fame and fortune. I suppose they could be described as a post-punk goth outfit with traces of Bowie, cropped up at loads of gigs during 1984-85 as support to bands like The Cult, Lords Of The New Church, March Violets amongst others, before going on to headline their own shows by 1987. Happy Boy is the bands second single; a melodic, dark brooding bass driven beast of a tune that was released in August 1985, described as “The best band that nobody’s ever heard of”, not strictly true, cos that accolade goes to the late’n’great Mercenary Skank. I always found The Bolshoi’s output a bit patchy, but this is a stomping single and well worth clicking yer mouse here to have a listen, the b-sides aint too bad either.
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PETER PERRETT in THE ONE - Woke Up Sticky (album)
2008-04-22 16:49:00
Today’s musical offering is from Peter Perrett when he became The One. Woke Up Sticky, has been described as his “great lost album” I posted the EP of the same name a while back, all the tracks on that are included here as bonus cuts. It is a great album well worth finding and equal to his work with The Only Ones, who incidentally should have a new album out later this year. Anyway while yer waiting for that if you want a fix of Mr Perrett just hit it!
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Heads you lose, Tails you lose !
2008-04-21 15:25:00
Robert Mugabe and Hilary Clinton are just different sides of the same coin. Mugabe refuses to admit defeat in the Zimbabwean elections and Clinton refuses to give up her fight to become the Democratic Party candidate in the U.S primary elections. Mugabe has divided his country with terror. Clinton is dividing her party, who are becoming scared because the division may effect the result of the final ballot against the Republicans. Still at least the Americans have the opportunity for free and fair elections. Ooops, forgot the Florida Fiasco a few years back with the allegations of vote rigging. The same coin, and it’s global value keeps falling.
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A MONDAY MISH-MASH-MIX-UP!
2008-04-21 15:06:00
What happens when Gary Twin (ex 20 Flight Rockers) and Bernie Rhodes (ex Clash manager) get together in a recording studio? Not a lot really, Bike Boy a second rate Billy Idol sort of sounding sound, a shame really, should have been better. But hey don’t take my word for it, hear what ya think here!
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Totally Random Music Postings #5
2008-04-20 16:20:00
Something a bit different for you today. Welsh band Super Furry Animal's finest moment. It’s a psychedelic, prog rock, punk, techno trip of a track. Released in 1996, unsurprisingly The Man Don’t Give A Fuck a great political statement received no radio airplay, shame it would have made a great Number One. The chap flicking the V-Sign on the cover deserves a mention himself. Robin Friday was a talented 1970’s footballing bad boy with a penchant for mind expanding drugs and alcohol. He was once arrested at Cardiff railway station when he arrived from Reading (his previous club) for fare dodging, he also took a shit in another players kit bag after he’d been sent off for kicking the player in the face. Cardiff City had to let him go due to his volatility becoming a liability. He died in 1990 aged 38 from a suspected heart attack, they don't make 'em like Robin anymore. Super Furry Animals dedicated this single to his memory and his stand against the “man” check it out!
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YOU FAT BASTARD!
2008-04-20 15:05:00
So former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott suffered from Bulimia. Without wanting to make fun of serious personality/psychological disorders, I don’t feel I can let this little story pass by the radar. John Prescott/eating disorder! You couldn’t make this shit up!! Let’s face it, he’s had his head in the trough for years, £4,000 of cash payers money a year for him to stuff his face. Never mind making himself sick, his antics over the years have made me sick, and this latest one, well….is it any coincidence he’s got a book coming out? This story isn’t in the public interest, just his private interest, I’m sure people would rather have known about it when he was second in command of the country, after all it couldn't have done him any damage; what with him punching members of the public, we all thought he was a bit unstable and unsuitable anyway. Perhaps I’m being a bit harsh, after all he hopes that he will be able to use his experience to raise awareness with ...
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Same Old, Same Old, Same Old Shit!
2008-04-19 10:56:00
What’s bin happening this week?, pretty much the same as last week and the week before, just different flavours of the same shit. Panic on the streets, people consolidating all their debts into one lump sum, that they’ll still have to pay back at a nice higher rate of interest. Bulk buying works out cheaper….Bollocks, it just encourages more waste and over indulgence, especially with food stuffs. Two for the price of one, we’re gonna either be sinking under a mountain of wastage or turn into a nation of fat bastards and as for alcohol, don’t think I need to say anything about the binge culture that has developed due to ‘bargain booze’ It’s all been about greed and not need. Lets hope that those who fell for the ‘capitalist con’ start to wake up and smell the roses, and realise that their castle has been built on shifting sands that could give way at anytime, sending their whole 42” plasma wi-fi connected world crashing down around them. There’s not even the f...
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GARY HOLTON - Ruby (7"vinyl-rip)
2008-04-18 09:03:00
Gary’s been mentioned in despatches on this blog before. Here’s his first solo single since he left/was asked to leave the Heavy Metal Kids. Ruby (Don’t Take Your Love To Town) was a song written in 1967 by Mel Tillis. It originally told the tale of a dying and disabled Korean War Veteran, who didn’t want his lover to leave him. By the time it had been made popular by Kenny Rodgers in 1970 it was about a Vietnam Vet, In Gary’s tale the line about “That old crazy Asian War” was changed to reflect the British Armies involvement in Northern Island. It’s a stonking slab of bar room boogie, dominated by Gary’s cockney barrer boy vocals. When he released it in 1982 with Casino Steel of The Boys fame It reached Number One in Norway, don’t think it dented the spittoon when it came out in Britain two years previously. Gary will probably be remembered more for his acting roles, especially his role in the popular Auf Wiedersein Pet, which he should really have sung the them...
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THE SCREAMING BLUE MESSIAHS - The Last Scream of The Blue Messiah (Live @ T
2008-04-16 13:24:00
Here’s a live recording of The Scream ing Blue Messiah s, not just any old recording, but their last ever gig, and what a stonker it is, a professionally recorded audience recording that captures the sheer power of the Messiahs. This is pedal to the metal, full throttle, high octane rock’n’roll, the drive of yer life. But hey don’t just take my word for it, lets see what Cathy Unsworth from Sounds magazine thought of ‘em that night in 1990“The eyes are bulging, but Bill Carter's expression is one of wonder rather than his usual BSE simulation. Before him is probably the politest audience he's ever witnessed.'Mega City One' and 'Sweet Water Pools' have just ravaged the atmosphere with delicious brutality, and the response resembles a Saturday Night Fever workout. Snorting like an indignant bull, Carter slams his fingers against the frets as sparks of ravaged, thunderous blues course out. Heads down into 'Watusi Wedding' and the adreno-therapy is beginning to work.Ye...
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(Don't Fear) The Gap Year
2008-04-15 16:29:00
My condolences go out to the families of the 5 young Brits killed in Ecuador, but……do we really need to see them grieving on News At 10, or read about the gory heartbreak details in the newspapers. There’s the private and the public, but in our spectacular society there are no distinctions, everything is up for sale, except cotton wool sleeping bags, because with the story in the media, the fear factor will start to take over. Parents of children who are fortunate enough to have the opportunity to take time out and travel to ‘broaden their horizons’, may start to question whether these trips are gonna be safe; when the reality is that we are living in a risk society where accidents happen, and in other countries the risks are often higher. That’s life! but it’s there for living!
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AN ADVERT OF SORTS #1
2008-04-14 15:08:00
I don’t really do adverts here, but something’s are worth mentioning. CAPTAIN OI have been keeping the 80’s Punk Rock spirit alive for many years now. Recently did business with them to get a copy of The Best Of The Dark, by surprise, surprise a band called the THE DARK, it includes all their singles and their only album The Chemical Warfare, a great band, with a rather short career, think The Damned. Shame The Living End Live 12”; a recording of the bands final gig isn't included, by now they had Razzle on drums, who went on to join Hanoi Rocks and shared a house with Dave from those non anarcho-scensters The Apostles (trivia fans) I digress, as the point of this post is to big up Captain Oi for their on the ball despatch team. I placed the order in the morning, and the CD arrived the next day. Result! It still sounds as great as it did 20+ years ago. In an ironic twist, since my purchase John over at Punks On Postcards has posted a vinyl rip of the album, on his excellen...
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THE LORDS OF THE NEW CHURCH - Live in 82
2008-04-13 15:22:00
Here’s a couple of live shows from those leather clad lovelies; The Lords Of The New Church . Both were recorded in the Autumn of 1982 in the good old U.S of A, I’m not sure if the venues/dates are 100% accurate, but I’m gonna go with what my supplier told me (a big thanx to rcs) The first one’s an audience recording from Boston 23/8/82 the second’s a Radio Broadcast from Hitsville, NJ 17/9/82 Same set at both gigs, so take yer pick if you fancy some top quality sleazy and sexy rock‘n’roll.
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LETS HEAR IT FOR THE FEAR FACTOR !
2008-04-11 19:43:00
What the Fuck is going on? What sort of a society are we becoming, and how are we getting there? Some parents who don’t feel that their children are safe outside are considering getting a tracking device planted under their child’s skin, so through the wonders of technology they will know were their child is. I shit you not! Mass media coverage of the Madeline McCann case has brainwashed some people and as a result they seem to be suffering from Kidnaperphobia were by they believe that their children may be snatched from the street at any time by a stranger, when the reality is that it is more likely to be someone a child knows that abducts them as we are seeing in the Shannon Mathews case. Like I’ve said before, people who are scared are easier to control and some stupid bastards will do anything if they are made to feel scared enough, but it won’t stop there. These idiots are sending out a signal to our leaders that helps to reinforce and justify our ever increasing survei...
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WHAT A NICE WAY TO TURN SEVENTEEN #1
2008-04-10 14:07:00
Here’s a little gem of an oddity/obscurity. A 4 Track 7” compilation EP that came with issue # 2 of What A Nice Way To Turn 17 a fanzine from 1984. THE RAG DOLLS kick off the proceedings with Sparrows, a beautiful little number written by Dave Kusworth , he was in Rag Dolls before he teamed up with Nikki Sudden as The Jacobites., talking of which NIKKI SUDDEN’s next up with the rockin’ Missionary Boy. Next you’ve got THE JAZZ BUTCHER with a haunting version of John Cale’s Chinese Envoy before the THE SAD-GO-ROUND wrap things up with a bit of Swell Maps style weirdness with a track called Elephant Flowers. If I remember rightly and rather vaguely I think Sad Go Round could be various Swell Maps in disguise. There you have it! Well not exactly…here’s where you can have it….Where?….There?.…No!….Here!
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DRUGS OF YOUTH
2008-04-09 10:01:00
While the press vilify Amy Winehouse and Pete Doherty for being ‘junkie rockstars’ and Gordon Brown changes his mind about the re-classification of cannabis Doctors are prescribing anti-psychotic and anti depressants to children as young as six! These aren’t kids who’ve smoked too much skunk and are suffering cannabis psychosis, these are children who’ve been labelled with ’behavioural problems’ there’s a whole debate there about whether they’re just naughty kids who’ve been brought up on a diet of food additives and the only way to control them is through a ‘chemical cosh’ rather than a clip round the ear and no more Big Macs. I digress from the point that there is a hypocritical view of drugs depending on their definition; Legal or illegal, i.e. whether they are administered by The State or The Individual. It’s fine for the state to control the mood and mind of the individual, but wrong for the individual to make that choice themselves. Either way the end...
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