Creation Rebel – Hitrun Records – 1978

Dub From Creation / Basic Principles / Rebel Rouser / Creation Vibration / Creation In A Iration Dub Fusion / Mirage / Liberation / Rising Star / Vision Of Creation Massively fine first attempt at studio producing by the young Adrian Sherwood, helped along on these sessions by Dennis ‘Blackbeard’ Bovell and Sidney Bucknor, for […]

Gene Loves Jezebel – Situation Two Records – 1982 / 1983

Shaving My Neck / Sun And Insanity Machismo / Glad To Be Alive Screaming For Emmalene So Young / No Voodoo Dollies A decent couple of 12″ singles from Gene Loves Jezebel. When hearing these records I thought they were quite similar to the Virgin Prunes but without the ‘theatre’. This was no bad comparison as […]

Dead Man’s Shadow / Action Pact – Fresh Records 1981

Dead Man’s Shadow – Police Force / Danger UXB Action Pact – London Bouncers / All Purpose Action Footwear Two bands hailing from Stanwell, (very) west London, on a split single together. Not really sure why I stuck this up, just did really… Dead Man’s Shadow is the pick of the EP, although the 15 year old singer […]

Family Fodder – Parole / Fresh Records – 1979

Playing Golf With My Flesh Crawling My Baby Takes Valium Mad as a bag of frogs, Family Fodder’s debut 7″ single gives a nod to all things Zappa. Also noteworthy is that this release was the first product unleased by Fresh Records, who seemed to have swapped some acts with Small Wonder Records. The Wall and […]