Crass – Glasshouse – May 1984 / Alternative TV – Deptford Fun City Records – 1977 / Demob – Round Ear Records – 1981 – 1982 / The Astronauts – Bugle Records – 1979 / Exit Stance – E.S Records – 1984 / Screaming Dead – Dead Records – 1982

Crass – Glasshouse – May 1984 Indebted to Nick Comfylux for supplying me with this audio that he recorded at the back of the hall of Crass performing their last ever concert in London, and indeed one of the last performances. Below are snippets of memories for two gigs from Tristian ‘Stringy’ Carter. Crass at […]

Johnny Curious – Bugle Records 1979

Someone Else’s Home Backwards In The Night Straight out of Welwyn Garden City, the second ‘garden city’ after Letchworth to be created for the overspilling population of North London. Harlow and Stevenage new towns were to follow. Welwyn was home to Bugle Records, The Astronauts, the wonderful Ludwick Hall, and the Cherry Tree pub…also Johnny Curious […]

The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 – 1987 / Blood And Roses – Kamera Records – 1983 / Tribesman – Boa Records – 1979 / Peter Tosh – Intel HIM Diplo Records – 1973 / Crass – Aklam Hall – 1979

The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 1 The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1983 Side 2 ‘It’s All Done By Mirrors’ released on All The Madmen Records was the first album by The Astronauts that I bought. I retrospectively bought the debut album ‘Peter Pan Hits The Suburbs’ shortly […]

All The Madmen records re-launch gig next Friday – 30/11/12

The long awaited All The Madmen records launch gig promises performances by The Mob, Hagar The Womb, The Astronauts, Andy T and Kill Pretty at the Boston Arms, Tufnell Park, London on Friday 30th November starting at 7 pm. Entry free of charge to All The Madmen records co op members. Possibly a co op […]

Various Artists – Street Level EP – Fuck Off Records 1980

Entire Cosmos – Looking For You / Vince Pie And The Crumbs – Pontin Stomp The Voltones – Poisoned / Blue Midnight – Blues Exterminator Slightly scratchy (my copy!) release that contains several Street Level Studios superstars. The Entire Cosmos contained in there ranks Josef Porter moonlighting from Zounds, J.B. Genius / Bugle Records and […]

The Astronauts – All The Madmen Records – 1986

Friends / Books / Blues For A Sceptic / The Birds Following Orders / Survivors / All Night Party / Young Mans World / We Were Talking First side of this LP was new material recorded with the help of Lol Coxhill on saxophone, the second side included five out of the eight tracks possibly available from the first […]