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New Releases:

 

HEAD  ‘….BOTTLED VINTAGE xxx’

 

ARC078  - Release date March 2009

 

Track 1 …….‘P.L.H. euro terra 11’

Track 2…… ‘ Dig A Hole’

Track 3……’ Johnny Pulled On His Motorcycle Boots’

Track 4……’ I Am The King’

Track 5……‘ O.K.Brutus Sta-pressed Power’

Track 6……’ Peggy Lee Sups Scarlets Wine’

Track 7……’ Faster Pussycat Blues’

Track 8……’ Spank Spank’

Track 9……’ Twitchin For What The Nighttime Brings’

Track10…..’ Can’t Stop’

Track 11….’ Young Man Afraid Of His Horses’

 

 

 

Y … Bristol was ripe for a plucking … but refused to listen until
now!
And only now  because  the Massive Attack road crew are willing to
sponsor
                       THE HEAD STORY ON ICEGareth Sager  nee (Hank Sinclair) was first seen pouncing about,
strumming,blowing … and plonking with Bristol’s …very own
’Out ­of ­bounders’ The Pop group and quickly put all that behind
him only to pop up again, half way down the M4 doing very much the same
thing with the free-forming Rip Rig and Panic.

 


Nicky (noodle) Shephard nee (Candy Horsebreath) was first sighted in
proto-punk vehicle The Cortinas,frightening the beards, beads and loon pants off of the piss poor bands that were “Making the scene” in 1976 …


Where as Rich Beale  nee (Clevedon Pier) washed up into the
harbour, to make his first stage appearance with the little known . little talked
about  but of no little interest  4P1V, they had a female bass player,
henceforth theV.


Mark Taylor nee SMT, was found wandering in a daisychain, deep in
darkest
Blaize Castle . hoping to catch sight of a young left winger Jamie Hill
(Plastic Bag) crossing deep balls into the box … for legendary downs league team, The Cotham Globetrotters …


Mr Sager amassed the troops at a public telephone box … in Stokes Croft
to rehearse … and with much ado about nothing HEAD (formally On Me
Head Jim) …Came out kicking against the shambling anorak pop and ‘The Face’ all
trousers and no talent stuff . that was poisoning the airwaves in 1986…


They walked a thin line of happy slap electrical guitar tunes with near
hysterical singing  about  as far ranging subjects as the barber in Clevedon, ‘Raymonde’,
to preparing sandwiches for their rock n roll picnics.


All anyone could say was “Are they serious?… ‘Is this cool?; ‘Should we be doing this sort of thing?²’…” Where¹s my mum ? I want to go home.


For their sins they released  three albums:


SNOG ON THE ROCKS
TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS
INTOXICATER


None of which are remotely available now …


For the second of these albums they were joined by Will Ng nee (6 Pack o
Chicken) … as Jamie went in search of help…and on Intoxicator they were joined by Cheese Jackson … to this day the only member who is still a professional musician playing cruise ships in the Caribbean.


This collection of tracks have been amassed from found demo tapes of previously unreleased material, hidden behind radiators  down the sides of sofas etc.

 

“We find the boys in fine form before they were  to quote Mr Pier,


A ‘underworked, and overpaid.”


DIG IT  !!

 

Line Up:

 

Clevedon Pier  aka       Rich Beale                    vocal

 

Hank Sinclair                aka       Gareth Sager                guitar and keyboards

 

Candy Horsebreath      aka       Nick Shephard            guitar and backing vocal

 

S.M.T                          aka       Mark Taylor                 bass

 

PLASTIC BAG           aka       Jamie Hill                      drums

 

Production by HEAD

 

thanks also to WILL NG…..JONATHAN SEAL….AND SOOTY

 

 

THE STINGRAYS

 

‘The Stingrays Live At The Dugout ’77: The Sound Of Two Hands Clapping’

 

ARC077 – Release date March 2009

 

Track 1…….’Can’t Stop’

Track 2…….’ Domination’

Track 3…….’ Lobotomy’

Track 4…….’ Empty Room’

Track 5…….’ Assassin Of Youth’

Track 6…….’ Unfair Distribution’

 

 

THE PIGS

 

‘1977’ – ARC079 – Release date to be confirmed

 

Track listing:

 

Track 1…….’Psycopath’

Track 2…….’ Youthanasia’

Track 3…….’ Ran Me In’

Track 4…….’ National Front’

Track 5…….’ They Say’

Track 6…….’ Exploitation’

Track 7…….’ General Election’

Track 8…….’ Nuclear Disarmament’

Track 9…….’ Personality Change’

Track 10……’ Give It Ball’

Track 11……’ They Shoot Horse Don’t They’

 

All songs written by Kit Gould except Track 11 by Racing Cars

 

Recorded at Sound Conception Studios, Bristol, August 12th 1977

 

Eamonn McAndrew               Vocals

Kit Gould                                Guitar, Vocals

Nigel Robinson                      Bass

Ricky Galli                             Drums

 

More news next time………..

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