V.A. - Bouquet Of Steel , 1980 Shefield compilation
Another clssic DIY compilation this time from Shefield area. Realised through AARDVARK label in 1980,in virgin blue wax. Came with 24page mgazine about the Shieffield area scene(Def Leppard are mentioned there!). One of the top compilations of this period!Tracklisting:
A1 Artery - The Slide
A2 B Troop - Peroxide Romance
A3 Comsat Angels- The Ju Ju Money
A4 Disease - Psychobin
A4 Disease - Psychobin
A5 Flying Alphonso Brothers - Video Date
A6 I'm So Hollow - Touch
A6 I'm So Hollow - Touch
A7 Musical Janeens (And Other Party Games) - Glen Miller And His Contemporary Intimacies Meets The Musical Janeens Uptown With A Packet Of Jellies And A Caribbean Monolith
B1 Negatives - Was It The Night?
B1 Negatives - Was It The Night?
B2 Repulsive Alien - Say And Do
B3 Scarborough Antelopes - Here We Go In Indigo
B3 Scarborough Antelopes - Here We Go In Indigo
B4 Shy Tots - Robot Maid
B5 Veiled Threat - Torch
B5 Veiled Threat - Torch
B6 Vendino Pact - Secret Thinking
B7 De Tian - Chorale
B7 De Tian - Chorale
B8 Y? - End Of Act One
6 comments:
Man, one of my favourite compilations!! Not all the tracks are great, but some are just awful: The version of Comsat Angels' Juju Money, Secret Thinking, Torch, Touch and some more. Thanks!!!!!!
This was a superb era in Sheffield. Most of the tracks weren;t by the better bands though. As far as I remember, Marcus put this together, probably favouring bands in hs stable.
Cramped Legs, one of the bands mentioned in the booklet, was my cousin's band. John went on to another band after CL, Barretta... I think. My spelling could be crap though!
Several blogspots have EPs from varous bands who were around when this album came out. Worth searching for Geddes Axe, Overdrive and see what else you can find.
I was commenting to friends/fiends the other day or 't'uther day as we are talking about Sheffield, that it is our destiny to eventually have everyone we ever knew contacting us through Facebook. Likewise, it also seems that every album we loved but forgotten will eventually surface on a music blog. Not that I am complaining, this period in Sheffield was my musical awakening, getting the train when I was 12/13 from Chesterfield to see bands at the Leadmill, those were the days my friend....thanks for this, I am trawling through your back postings and I think I have died and gone to obscure vinyl heaven..everything is so bright...the colours...
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Many thanks!!!!
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