Here we have, in a limited edition of 5
Million, catalogue number Fuck Off 1 (yes, the first Fuck Off Records release!); “Back Again To Sing For Free
Again Soon.The fabled compilation from the beyond great Fuck Off
records from UK DIY's year zero.Now re-edited and remastered in 320kbps.
Side one (Slightly Sanesville), kicks off with a 21st century Glastonbury act from 1979? It's the
unbelievably
awful Dick Heley; who was an unwelcome
manifestation of the kind of earnest young man with acoustic guitar
that still plagues modern pop deep into the teenies of century 21!
Its the kind of crap that makes one want to punch some fucker and
beat them to death with one of Mumford and son's fucking banjo's!
(Growl!)
It gets worse, because he seems to have
three tracks rather than the two listed on the insert....Ouch!
It make it slightly better, three
tracks from free festival stalwarts “The Astronauts” repair the
damage somewhat with some lyrically aware nu folk with a punk rock
slant. Never really my cup of tea,but after the first three tracks
they almost sound like the first time I heard Joy Division.
Then, “Fuck Me!”, its that Dick
Heley AGAIN!....this time backed up by the half-decent Prog of
Blankspace, so its not so shit this time!
Moving swiftly on, this compilation
really starts cooking with the proto-indie anti-pop classic from the
Anal Surgeons, “Where's That Fag”; referring more to the personal
servant tradition in English public schools* called a “Fag”
rather than a cigarette or a Homosexual.(Although homosexual could
apply to public schools also, as being arse raped is a rite of
passage, or back passage, in these despicable factories for the
Illuminatti; burn the fucking places down!....ps, its funny how the
word illuminatti is never in any spell-check programme?).
The Dog Ends remind me of the more
annoying moments from the Missing persons cassettes.They probably are
missing persons....mentally I mean.
After the extra track not listed on the
insert, of a sing-a-long version of “Jungle bells by persons
unknown, we get an exclusive track from the fantastic “Vibing Up
the Senile Man “ era Alternative TV. A brilliant audience losing,
noise improvisation on piano, radio, guitar, and drum machine, called
“Terrified of Dogs”. Its hard to describe how great ATV were in
1979,but this piece sums it all up very concisely indeed.
Side two (Crazytown), starts with the
wilful stupidity of uber-dumb manc punk band, Wilful Damage. Famed
for the singer being thrown offstage at the legendary Deeply Dale
Free Festival 1978, by the king of “TeePee People”, who said that
he would personally stop any of these “Punk” from playing. Mr
Wilful Damage consequently broke his arm in the fall, but returned to
finish the set. The crowd were suitably Impressed, and probably
turned quite a few 'Hippies' over to the cause; probably including
certain members of Here and Now,who, as we know, started Fuck Off
records.
The band itself is classic thoughtless
Punk mimicry,and the introductions between the tunes, in a moronic
Lancastrian accent, are hilarious.
OMG, its Danny and theDressmakers!(giggle)
They turn me into a silly teenager
again everytime I hear them!
DATD are worth a small essay describing
how fucking perfect they are. I do have ambitions one day to create a
Vinyl on Demand style Box Set containing all this wonderful groups
major works.I may give that crowd-funding thing a go,is anyone
interested in contributing a tenner?
Dream the dream!
To finish off, we are hit by the
revelation that there were musicians in 1979! Seventh Angel's
jazz-prog opus is superb,as is Blankspace's floyd style prog closer.
Is the ZeePee Silence Orchestra those
TeePee chaps who attacked our mate from Wilful Damage? And were they
called the ZeePee people after all??
Anyway, their track is, predictably, an
Amon Duul 1 / Hawkwind hybrid,but nevertheless pretty entertaining.
Planet Gong......mmmmm.......I hate to
say it,but I like their track rather too much!
I'll leave you with the parting words
of Danny and the Dressmakers from the Deeply Dale Festival 1979:
“We were Planet Gon-g, goodbye!”
Tracklist:
| A1 | –Dick Heley | Void Burstin | |
| A2 | –Dick Heley | Photograph Of Feeling | |
| A3 | –Astronoughts, The | Secret File | |
| A4 | –Astronoughts, The | All Night Party | |
| A5 | –Astronoughts, The | Back To Sing For Free Again Soon | |
| A6 | –Dick Heley & Blankspace | Fantasy | |
| A7 | –Anal Surgeons | Wheres That Fag | |
| A8 | –Dog Ends, The | Aint No Free Unless Its Free | |
| A9 | –Alternative T.V. | Terrified Of Dogs | |
| B1 | –Wilful Damage | You Hang At Midnight | |
| B2 | –Wilful Damage | No-one Cares | |
| B3 | –Wilful Damage | Fictitious | |
| B4 | –Wilful Damage | Farewell To Innocence | |
| B5 | –Danny + The Dressmakers | Ernie Bishops Dead Body | |
| B6 | –Danny + The Dressmakers | How Hot Is A Match | |
| B7 | –Danny + The Dressmakers | John E. Begood | |
| B8 | –Danny + The Dressmakers | What The World Needs Now | |
| B9 | –Danny + The Dressmakers | Whole Lotta Pinball | |
| B10 | –Danny + The Dressmakers | Dont Make Another Bass Guitar Mr. Rickenbaker | |
| B11 | –Danny + The Dressmakers | Manchester United | |
| B12 | –Sell-Outs, The | Rock + Roll Concert | |
| B13 | –Seventh Angel | From A Sly Fox To A Pack Of Wolves | |
| B14 | –Amazing Zeepee Silent Orch. | No Kung Future | |
| B15 | –Planet Gong | Psychedelic Man | |
| B16 | –Blankspace | Take It Or Leave It / Nowhere |
6 comments:
I would contribute to a vinyl reish of the Dressmakers stuff.
Nathan.G
The Anal Surgeons = Funboy Five
Not heard this since my old PC's hard drive took a fit or something. Ta much.
You know what Nathan G, I think we're onto something here. If I could get enough pledges we could finance this, and the contributors will get their copy,and the excess could be sold (in theory), to help finance further release.....mmmm....my brain is working.
Nice one.
Yep, at least one Anal Surgeon was Funboy 1,2,3,4 or 5. So much talent.
And I hope you're backing this up?
What we really need is a Fuck Off Records box set!
Mmmm,well, as i worked out one would need twelve vinyl discs to house the complete Dressmakers back catalogue, maybe your idea of a best of box set for Fuck Off records is more feasible?
Would also be very good.
"The Fuck Off Box Set"
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