Friday 25 July 2014

The Entire Cosmos with Here & Now -"The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Entire Cosmos" (CND Benefit Cassette) 1980 + "Live at Acklam Hall 18/10/1980"


An Extremely rare, but pretty appalling quality, cassette that was found in a readers attic after hiding away for thirty years.Hence the poor quality, but important document from one of the Fuck Off records stable.
To make up for the underwater lo-fi of this cassette, we have managed to find a high quality live recording from Acklam Hall,London 18/10/1980;'a legend to those who saw them live',it says on the insert.
Sharing members with communal improv space rockers Here and Now,(who contribute two tracks to "The Hitch-Hikers guide...."),
The Entire Cosmos played a blend of skilfully played punky space rock, with a splash of hippie improv chucked in. Kind of a cross between ATV, Here and Now and Planet Gong.  

 Track Listing:

Side 1:
1) Vampire Feast (3:30)
2) Looking For You (7:45)
3) Created Order (13:00)
4) Willy The Pimp (4:00)

Side 2:

1) Acid Arcadia (3:45)
2) Russian Roulette (2:31)
3) You Said You Loved Me (2:20)
4) Moving On (6:38)
5) Festival Of Light (8:25)
6) Juliette (2:37)
7) Oh I Cried (3:33)

Live at Acklam Hall 18/10/1980:

1) Intro
2) Forever
3) Vampire Feast 
4) Looking For You
5) The way you love makes me nervous
 
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 September 2014 at 20:34

    a Very nice record indeed, peculiar but not for 'the wicked mind'.. Thank you very much dude for this meaningful Piracy, share.. x)

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  2. Jonny Zchivago4 September 2014 at 09:56

    Indeed.
    I like the word "share".
    Cheers.

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  3. Jonny Zchivago8 May 2017 at 16:22

    I know the above comment is spam, but it is probably the most entertaining comment in the whole blog!

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  4. Kozmik.A22 February 2021 at 01:26

    Wow,this is unbelieveable. Still got an original tape which I've not fared play for yrs! Was given this and "Stolen Moments" by Here and Now by Squiddly,their roady when we shared a squat in the ealy 80s...

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  5. Jonny Zchivago22 February 2021 at 12:41

    @ Kozmik.A...your tape may well be of a superior quality than this rip. Maybe for posterity you could risk playing your copy,and maybe ripping it if its of a higher form?

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