Rico – Fab Records – 1967

Silent Night Jingle Bells Not Rico’s best moment by far, but still a nice slice of christmas spirit 1967 reggae style. Text from geocities.com. Rico attended the Alpha Boys Cottage School in Kingston where he learned to play trombone. His tutor was another pupil of that school, two years older than Rico, the now legendary Don […]

Mission Of Burma – Ace Of Hearts Records – 1980

Academy Fight Song Max Ernst Punchy debut 7″ single by the godfathers of ‘Grunge’ Mission Of Burma, bands like Dinosaur Jnr, Volcano Suns and Buffalo Tom would follow in the demise of this band in 1983. Text below, a christmas gift to KYPP from allmusic.com. Of all the punk-inspired bands that came out of Boston in […]

Joe Strummer 21/08/52 – 22/12/02

Bankrobber / Rockers Galore Tribute to Joe Strummer who passed on way way too early, six years ago on this day. Presenting his finest moment (in my opinion) on record and the orbituary from The Times newspaper.  Joe Strummer, rock singer and lyricist, was born in Ankara, Turkey, on August 21, 1952. He died of a suspected heart […]

Happy Winter Solstice 2008 – Inner City Unit – Riddle Records – 1980

At the Winter Solstice, we celebrate Children’s Day to honour our children and to bring warmth, light and cheerfulness into the dark time of the year. Holidays such as this have their origin as “holy days”. They are the way human beings mark the sacred times in the yearly cycle of life. In the northern […]

English Subtitles – 10 Seconds Too Late / Glass Records – 1981

Tannoy Cars On Fire A decent 7″ single by English Subtitles, a West London band sounding a little like North London’s Lack Of Knowledge., which is no bad thing… The text below is from downwithtractors.blogspot.com English Subtitles released one single on Small Wonder Records “Time Tunnel”, then this single, a flexidisc which came out on […]

The Shapes – Sofa Records – 1979

Wots For Lunch Mum? / College Girls I Saw Batman (In The Laundrette) / Chatterboks Debut 7″ single from The Shapes, slight Rezillos vibe on these tracks. The detailed biography below courtesy of hyped2death.com. Like many of their contemporaries, The Shapes were amongst the first wave of bands that formed in the wake of the […]

The Congos – Upsetter Disco Cork – 1977

Neckodeemus Solid Foundation Uploaded for you the debut release by the Jamaican vocal harmony duo The Congos, released on a Lee Perry Upsetter Disco Cork 12″ and one of the best from the Black Ark Studio in Washington Gardens, Kingston. This 12″ single is also worth a whole wad of cash which makes me want […]

Psychic TV – Some Bizarre Records – 1982

Just Drifting Breakthrough Debut 7″ single by Psychic TV, with the Holophonic 3D effect featured on the B Side track ‘Breakthrough’. Great Velvet Underground inspired stuff. The A Side ‘Drifting’ is all about Genesis love for his, then, new born daughter Caresse which sounds as far away from Throbbing Gristle as you could ever imagine. […]

Monte Cazazza – Industrial Records – 1979

To Mom On Mothers Day Candy Man A little light relief from Oakland’s premier murder enthusiast, performance artist and general oddball Monte Cazazza. These debut recordings backed up by Throbbing Gristle for this session and released on Industrial Records are not pleasant listening. ‘Candy Man’ is a track that lists all the teenage victims and how they died at the hand of […]