Animal Magic
Standard ManARC167
Standard Man- Standard Man
- Trash That Blad!
Line Up
Gill Baker - Trumpet
Rob Boswell - Drums
Mark Hollis - Saxophone
Mark Taylor - Bass
James Hill - Percussion
Howard Purse - Guitar, Vocals
Originally released on Recreational Records in 1982
Recorded at Crescent Studios, Bath 11/12 April 1982
Engineered by Steve Street
Remastered by Steve Street April 2010
GripARC161
- Grip
- Go Funky-Doo-Lally
Howard, Mark, Mark, Gill, Rob with Jamie on percussion
All tracks written by Animal Magic 1982
Published by Recreational Music / A.T.V Music Ltd
Originally released on Recreational Records
This was originally a 4 Track 12” two tracks have been excluded due to problems with the transfer. They will appear as a seperate release in the future.
Remastered by Steve Street April 2010
Animal MagicARC206
- Get It Right
- Crow Black
Howard, Mark, Mark, Gill, Rob with Jamie on percussion All tracks written by Animal Magic 1982.
Published by Recreational Music / A.T.V Music Ltd Originally released on Recreational Records.
This was originally a 4 Track 12" two tracks have been split into two seperate releases.
Remastered by Steve Street April 2010.
ANIMAL MAGIC John Peel Session 20th January 1982
I saw ANIMAL MAGIC play a number of times around the end of 1981 start of 1982. They were much of the post POP GROUP put the funk back into punk variety. I liked the singer’s desperate squeal, which was very much a la POP GROUP. They had a girl trumpet player that looked everything like the librarian lost when wandering on to the stage but her cheeks would puff up dizzily-gillepsie like when the band started bouncing around the stage. I had a friend at Bristol University. I went to visit him as THE FALL were playing at the Uni. I remember nearly breaking my neck hacking down 3 flights of stairs to go from ANIMAL MAGIC to THE FALL.. Only to repeat the exercise 35 minutes later hacking up the stairs to catch BLACK ROOTS & THE THOMPSON TWINS (No don’t … Don’t mock poor Fruity)
Anyway here’s ANIMAL MAGIC’s Peel Session which I believe was released as an EP (I have it .. It’s in the loft but it would require me to go up there & check). They also had a single “Standard Man” which I was always (still am) very fond of.
Taken from: http://fruitierthanthou.blogspot.com/2008/07/animal-magic-john-peel-session-20th.html
