Monday 9 December 2013

Vic Serf and the Villans - " Rock Y Roll " (Its War Boys, £6 ) 1980



The next classic from Its War Boys! is the hilariously strange, Vic Serf and the Villans cassette only release from 1980 (£6).
What happens when you put classic rock'n'roll into a blender, and strain the pure juice through a tea strainer, and flush the liquid down the bog, leaving only the crappy cruddy parts of rock N roll:
Elvis's pub singer vocals, laughable do-woppy harmonies, sub-moronic lyrics that are an insult to meaninglessness, twangy guitars, and skiffle-lite drumming......that'll give you most of the ingredients for Rock Y Roll, plus a barrell load of unhinged experimentalism.
But the most important ingredient is Jim 'Amos' Whelton and his nonband of squatters, to make this one of the best rock'n'roll parody/study's this side of the Residents 'Third Reich'n'Roll', or Zappa's 'Ruben and the Jets'.
You can just imagine Vic serf singing these tunes on Vic Reeves' Big Night Out in th 1990's.
A sense of humour is required,so if you don't have one then don't listen to it.

Track Listing:


A1
The Greks Bring Gifts

A2
Bone City

A3
Crumbo Crumbo Land

A4
The Environmental Secretary

A5
Another Cold Heaven

A6
Baby, I'm Turning Blue

A7
Export Figures For '97

A8
Terse Reply From Jodrell

A9
The New Faeces

A10
Onward To The Market, Lo

A11
Black Costumes

B1
What To Do Wiv' Burglars

B2
I'm No Pushover

B3
I'd Appreciate That That

B4
The Ranch Boys

B5
Shakey Space

B6
The Double Vision Of El Meas

B7
Yet More Tales Of The F.B.I.

B8
I.Q. Theory

B9
Yes, Psychoanalysis

B10
The Greks Sign Off

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3 comments:

everyoneislistening [i.e. Bob Dylarama] said...

This is incredible, however I notice 21 tracks on list, but 20 on file. What is mystery?

Jonny Zchivago said...

Don't ask me, the track list and the actual tracks on the tape were very unreliable on all Its War Boys Releases.

everyoneislistening [i.e. Bob Dylarama] said...

I think the last two tracks are just fused. The blips at the end being the 'sign off.'