Saturday, 5 July 2014

Cleaners From Venus ‎– "In The Golden Autumn" (Man At The Off Licence ‎– Frau 006) 1983

More psych tinged jangly pop genius from Wivenhoe's DIY legends, Cleaners from Venus. Doesn't reach the melodic highs of "Midnight Cleaners" or "On Any Normal Monday", but still a brave manifestation of 1967 vintage British pop for a 1983 audience. Politically astute 80's psychedelia that présaged the oncoming C86 garbage,with a total lack of feyness and/or fringes! All this produced with an apparent total lack of commercial ambition,an attitude that would save us all from oblivion,and starve the Illuminati of its power source. Don't pay your taxes,quit your job,picket your former place of slavery,close your bank account and share your stuff.The underlying philosophy behind DIY culture,as epitomised by Cleaners from Venus,is Individualism in a sustainable,non profit,non greed, environment.Mass Civil Disobedience is the true Democracy. The sound of freedom. 
Tracklist:

 Way Side:
A1 Renée (Who's Driving Your Car?) 
A2 A Holloway Person 
A3 Ghosts In Doorway 
A4 Don't Step On My Rainbow 
A5 Balloon Drop Shadow   
Sea Side:
B1 Krugerrand Gladiators 
B2 Golden Age Saturday 
B3 Marilyn On A Train 
B4 Sandstorm In Paradise 
B5 Victorian Society 
B6 A Fool Like You

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13 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 October 2017 at 14:46

    NO COMMENTS YET??
    SCANDAL!!
    Serge Zéni

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  2. Anonymous11 September 2025 at 01:46

    Hi, would you consider transferring in flac?

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  3. Jonny Zchivago11 September 2025 at 09:02

    Hi, yes i'll do a FLAC version for you......just give me a day or so, will post a link.

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    1. Jonny Zchivago11 September 2025 at 14:14

      Done the Flac version ,the link is at the end of the post.

      https://drive.google.com/file/d/1H0L5nf_eLQLj1mGF6DdqBXKPVZeLecnr/view?usp=sharing

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  4. Anonymous15 September 2025 at 08:47

    Fantastic, thank you so much. I forgot to ask in my first message if you would think about doing the other Cleaners From Venus cassettes that you uploaded in flac too? Kind regards

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    1. Jonny Zchivago15 September 2025 at 10:10

      Hi, yeah, i can do that.I suppose some things do need upgrading. Just keep checking.Will try and do one later on. It is a boring process,thats why i don't offer FLAC as a rule. CFV deserve it i guess?

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    2. Anonymous15 September 2025 at 10:49

      I understand and I really appreciate it. If there was a way to pay you for your services/donate, then I would gladly do so. Also, I agree, CFV unequivocally deserves it.

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  5. Jonny Zchivago15 September 2025 at 19:10

    Yeah, but it takes up loads of memory space does FLAC...don't understand its appeal myself. Used to have a donate button,but decided it would make me look like a money grasping hypocrite......CFV/Martin Newell are up there with Ray Davies and Macca for legendary melodic pop mastery. Not much of a Beatles fan myself,but i can see what they(the Public) mean. Lennon was a bit of a one noter songwise.....his "avant garde" stuff with his wife was the best stuff he did.
    I did run into Yoko in strawberry Fields central park,opposite the Dakota Building was too starstruck to not giggle with excitement....you couldn't make that up....tee he hee its Yoko look its Yoko. My gf was worse. I'm not as cool as you think.

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    1. Anonymous17 September 2025 at 07:50

      Yes it can take up a lot, I’ve got almost two terabytes of wav, flac and some mp3 where necessary. I don’t believe anyone would perceive you in such a way, for you provide a great service to those who are interested like me in the lost and forgotten treasures of audio cassettes. I don't blame you for your opinion of the “Fab Four”, I do get tired after a while myself of them, even if I dearly cherish the music. To contrast what you’ve said, I’m not a fan of Yoko, but I can’t deny that I wouldn’t be acting the same way in front of her. I would laugh though if she started wailing ahaha. So, in my assessment, you’re certainly very cool.

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  6. Jonny Zchivago16 September 2025 at 00:04

    Blow Away Your Troubles has now been FLAC-ed

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    1. Jonny Zchivago16 September 2025 at 00:06

      https://dieordiy2.blogspot.com/2014/07/cleaners-from-venus-blow-away-your.html

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  7. Jonny Zchivago16 September 2025 at 13:44

    living with victoria Grey now in FLAC .......well yeah you can buy me a pint

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  8. Anonymous17 September 2025 at 07:58

    Thank you for the recent additions. I may not be able to buy you a pint as I unfortunately live in Australia, but as a token of my appreciation, here is the Cleaners’ 2012 cd boxset of the first 3 cassettes: https://transfer.it/t/1EQfZigx0DBS

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