Virgin Prunes – Various French TV Sessions – 1983

Walls Of Jericho / Caucasion Walk / Yesterday Is Tommorrow / Untitled / Theme For Thought A cassette I have lying around of various French TV performances from Virgin Prunes, I have no info on the actual programmes they were on, but I do know the sessions were broadcast at various times during 1983. Sounds like the […]

TV Personalities – Whaam! Records – 1982

Adventure Playground / A Day In Heaven / Scream Quietly / Mummy Your Not Watching Me / Brians Magic Car / Where The Rainbow Ends David Hockneys Dairies / Painting By Numbers / Lichtenstein Painting / Magnificent Dreams / If I Could Write Poetry Brilliant second LP from the TV Personalities, originally released on Whaam […]

Crass – Toxic Grafity Fanzine – 1979

First pressing of flexi Second pressing of flexi Crass – ‘Tribal Rival Rebel Revel’ flexi disc This particular issue of Toxic Grafity is probably the most well known of the handful that were produced. It was also one of the best selling (of all fanzines, not just Toxic Grafity!) due to the free flexi disc of a (then) unreleased […]

Xmal Deutschland – Hammersmith Clarendon, London W10 – 07/07/83

Hand In Hand / Kaempfen / Geheimnis / Qual / Young Men / Incubus Succubus / Sehnsucht (part) A good Friday night out this one, Dead Can Dance, Gene Loves Jezebel and the headliners Xmal Deutschland upstairs at The Clarendon in Hammersmith. Most of the recording survives, but alas not all…unless it is on another […]

We Are Going To Eat You – All The Madmen / Big Cat Records – 1987 / 1988

I Wish I Knew / Let’s Fly Fine Day / Let’s Fly Greedy Mix Heart In Hand / Just Another One What Have Flowers Got To Do With It? / Cut Pure pop lives in the luscious textures of this north London quartet. Despite the silly name which is ripped off from a 1980 kung fu […]

KUKL – V.I.S.A / Rebel Flux Recordings 1984

Seagull / Moonbath / He Hapes / Carlos / The Men Of The Cross / The Spire Anna / Dismembered / Vials Of Wrath / Latin / Pokn For Begginers Very rare tape by KUKL featuring future Sugarcube and now respected solo artist Bjork. KUKL’s performance was recorded in September 1984 somewhere in Paris and was released on Rebel […]

Magazine – Virgin Records – 1978

Shot By Both Sides My Mind Ain’t So Open Gloriously fine debut 7″ single from Magazine. Dedicated to all the folk that travelled down to London to see the reformed band (less John McGeoch of course) perform these last two nights, and for those travelling up to Manchester today. Photograph is of Howard Devoto hanging down the […]

Sham 69 – Step Forward Records – 1977

I Don’t Wanna / Red London Ulster Crash, bang, wallop…The return of a punk post on this site. Debut 12″ single from Sham 69 released on the excellent Step Forward record label, not as good as later material from the band in my opinion, but still worthy of inclusion on this site because…you’re worth it. […]