Ian Boddy ‎- Elements Of Chance [Cass] (1981)

Electronic artist from Newcastle whose role in the UK scene goes back as far as 1980. Throughout the 80's he released ambient and new-age works on various labels including his private label Something Else Records. In 1999 he founded the label DiN which has released music from Robert Rich, Centrozoon, Mark Shreeve and others. He also is an accomplished producer and sound designer. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Mirage ‎– M602, Agitasjon ‎– none 

Format: Cassette, Album, C60 

Country: UK 

Released: 1981 

Genre: Electronic 

Style: Dark Ambient, Synth-pop, Minimal, Ambient 

Tracklist:

A1 Iaja 4:50 

A2 Natural Motion 3:40 

A3 Four Views 18:00 

B1 Surface Touches 9:05 

B2 Elements Of Chance 12:25 

Notes: 

Recorded at Spectro Arts Workshop Sound Studio from August '80 - January '81. 

Instrumentation: VCS3 Synthi, AKS Synthi/Sequencer, Jen String Synthesizer, Roland SH-09 & SH2, Roland CSQ-100, Korg Lambda, Boss DR-Rhythm Electronic Percussion 

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Hanatarashi - 2 [LP] (1988, Alchemy Records)

The noise, you know (especially in its higher forms), is a scientific affair. If all of the more extreme forms of rock could coalesce into a frenzied and shiny madness, amplified by hundreds layers of pure sonic power, the only monstrosity that could come out is the second Lp of Hanatarash. By themselves the goal was prohibitive: overcome the devastation and the quality of a first album that can be rightly regarded as the "Jeffrey Dahmer of garbage". But as the sage teachs, there is just something else endless than universe and human stupidity, the folly of Yamatsuka Eye. And like all great composers of our century, he managed to give birth to the mountain, in my humble opinion the everest of japanoise, towering a swamp of chitterlings, trash, radioactive slags and mutilated corpses who floating on a river of amniotic fluid. On '2' there are no breaks or time-outs: you're immediately catapulted inside a prison riot, and your role is the guard. Eighteen fists on face that reduce to mush the idea that you had previously of "heavy". As often happens, the beautiful game is short and the standouts are the micro-tracks of few seconds, true sonic frostbites of unbelievable beauty (the triad "We Bite Bollocks - Frog Girl 90000 - Detroit Rock City") even if the two real "songs" (a word that loses all meaning in this album) with a seven minutes media ("My Dad Is Car - Gang Nuts Gum") are superb, although more muddy and crawling, but a pair of twins that will give you to sweat. In this trip you can't recognize nothing: guitars? tapes? screams? engines? industrial? no-wave? electronics?, my god, it's a vain hope: you can only see the word NO! stamped everywhere, and add the suffix you prefer to this type of "music" that i personally love over the top. There is only a thing to do before death will do us part: buy this beast on vinyl, put it underglass and hire a digger to destroy your home. And remember to eat 'n vomit this shit noize music, and especially DON'T LISTEN TO THIS RECORD!!. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Alchemy Records – ARLP-018 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: Japan 

Released: 1988 

Style: Noise, Harsh Noise, Sound Collage

Tracklist:

A1 We Eat 1:10 

A2 We Bite Bollocks 0:40 

A3 Mind Dig 1:08 

A4 Frog Girl 90000 0:15 

A5 We See 0:52 

A6 My Dad Is Car 6:54 

A7 Detroit Rock City 0:32 

A8 Vortex Shit 2:05 

B1 No Noise 2:05 

B2 Gag Nuts Gum 6:59 

B3 Boat People Hate Fuck 0:08 

B4 We Can Kill 0:11 

B5 Bad Sound For Bad Ear (Megatronix) 0:08 

B6 Apartheidfunclub 0:14 

B7 We Are Meat 0:07 

B8 California Sleep 0:08 

B9 We Hook 1:25 

B10 Pisshole Surfers 1:39 

Credits: 

Featuring [Car & Smog] – One 

Featuring [Hungin & Oil] – Eye 

Guitar – Jojo Hiroshige 

Notes: 

Linernotes: "Kill the all noise artists! We hate Whitehouse. Piss off N.W.W. Asshole C 93. Suck P.T.V. Fuck Coil. We love disco sound. Vomit eat shit noise music. Recordin' 1999 Aug 31 on Melt Drive Recording & Don't listen to this record!!" 

Other Versions: 

2 ‎(Cass, Album, Unofficial, C60) Alchemy Record ARCT-018 Date Unknown 

2 ‎(CDr, Unofficial) Alchemy Records (2) ARLP-018 Japan Date Unknown 

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Gang Of Four ‎- At The Palace [Cass] (1984)

Recorded in Hollywood, At the Palace documents a live performance recorded during Gang of Four's 1984 farewell tour, with only Jon King and Andy Gill remaining from the group's original lineup. Among the tracks: "At Home He's a Tourist," "History Is Not Made by Great Men," "Paralysed" and "We Live as We Dream, Alone." [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Mercury ‎– MERLC 51 

Format: Cassette, Album, Expanded 

Country: UK 

Released: 1984 

Genre: Rock 

Style: New Wave 

Tracklist: 

A1 We Live As We Dream Alone 

A2 History's Not Made By Great Men 

A3 Silver Lining 

A4 The History Of The World 

A5 I Love A Man In A Uniform 

A6 I Will Be A Good Boy 

A7 Call Me Up 

B1 Paralysed 

B2 Is It Love 

B3 Damaged Goods 

B4 At Home He's A Tourist 

B5 To Hell With Poverty! 

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Alyson Williams, Paula West 

Bass, Vocals – Sara Lee 

Cover [Cover Niobium Colouring] – Clara Hoad 

Design – Da Gama 

Drums – Steve Goulding 

Engineer – Mike Beiringer

Engineer [Mix] – Murray Harris 

Guitar, Vocals – Andrew Gill 

Painting [Back Cover Painting] – Kenneth Prust 

Photography By [Cover Photographs] – Prudence Cuming Associates 

Photography By [Inner Photographs Courtesy Of] – Anton Corbijn, Daniel Barnes, Hank Guild, Martin Gill, Nancy Nadel, Steve Payne, Steven Wunrow 

Producer – Andrew Gill, Jon King 

Vocals – Jon King 

Written-By – Andrew Gill, Allen (tracks: A2, B3 to B5), Burnham (tracks: A2, B3 to B5), King (tracks: A1 to B1, B3 to B5) 

Notes:

Tracks A6 and A7 not available on vinyl edition. 

Two part fold out inlay, printed both sides. Black plastic cassette with dark green "Mercury" paper labels. 

Recorded at The Palace, Hollywood, in May 1984. 

Recorded by The Record Plant Mobile. 

Mixed at DJM, London. 

Other Versions: 

At The Palace ‎(LP, Album) Mercury MERL 51 UK 1984 

At The Palace ‎(Cass, Album, Exp) Mercury MCR4 1 4102 Canada 1984 

At The Palace ‎(LP, Album) Mercury SRM 1 4102 Canada 1984 

At The Palace ‎(LP, Album) Mercury 822 834-1 Germany 1984 

At The Palace ‎(LP, Album) Mercury, Mercury 822834-1, 822 834-1 Greece 1984 

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The Fast Set ‎- Junction 1 [7''] (1980, Axis)

‘Junction One’ by The Fast Set, namely avant-synth artist David Knight, was the first release on Axis, the label which became 4AD. The single was backed with a version of T.Rex's "Children Of The Revolution". The Fast Set's only other recorded moment was another T.Rex cover, "King Of The Rumbling Spires", which appeared on the Some Bizzare label's eponymous 1981 compilation, alongside tracks by Soft Cell and Depeche Mode. David went on to work with the Shock Headed Peters and Danielle Dax. [SOURCE: 4AD] 

Label: Axis – AXIS 1 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM 

Country: UK 

Released: Jan 1980 

Style: Synth-pop, Minimal Synth, Minimal Wave, Post-Punk

Tracklist:

A Junction 1 3:31 

B Children Of The Revolution 3:52 

Credits:

Sleeve – J Maybury

Notes:

The title of side A is "Junction 1" on the sleeve and "Junction One" on the label. 

℗ Beggars Banquet/Andrew Heath Music 1980 

(c) Axis Records 1980 

Recorded at Electrophon. 

Made in France 

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The Effigies ‎- Fly On A Wire [LP] (1985, Fever Records, Enigma Records)

  

"They sound like Joy Division now," you say. And you'd probably be on a more accurate track if you compared them to Joy Division's original incarnation as Warsaw, with equal touches of The Ruts, Gang of Four, Stranglers, Killing Joke, and other English bands who employed guitar effects to make a harsh, gnashing sound instead of tickling and teasing in the U2 mode. Nevermind, this is one of the year's most important LPs, and it's surprising to note it, given that this Chicago foursome has been one of the toughest sounding, harshest, best punk rock bands in the U.S. for half a decade. This might be The Effigies highest moment so far, highlighted by "Machine Brennt" and "Forever I Know." [SOURCE: ALLMUSIC] 

Label: Fever Records – EN 72051, Enigma Records – EN 72051 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: US 

Released: 1985 

Style: Post-Punk, Post-Hardcore, Hardcore Punk

Tracklist:

A1 Forever, I Know 3:46 

A2 Fly On A Wire 3:11 

A3 West 3:28 

A4 Machine Brennt 3:42 

A5 Pushin' Pullin' 2:50 

A6 No Love Lost 3:19 

B1 Blue Funk 4:48 

B2 Bright Ice 3:11 

B3 All Told 2:56 

B4 The Eights 3:47 

B5 Here's To It 3:15 

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Cynthia O'Connor (tracks: A4, B4) 

Bass Guitar – Paul Zamost 

Drums – Steve Economou 

Engineer – Iain Burgess 

Graphics [Album] – Brian Shanley

Guitar, Keyboards – Robert O'Connor 

Photography By [Band Photo] – Jim Vaughan 

Producer – Iain Burgess, John Kezdy 

Vocals, Lyrics By – John Kezdy 

Written-By – The Effigies (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B5) 

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Dangerous Birds ‎- Alpha Romeo / Smile On Your Face [7''] (1982)

Dangerous Birds was a band coming from Boston, Massachussets. The line-up featured Thalia Zedek on vocals and guitar, Lori Green on keyboards, guitar and vocals, Margery Meadow on bass and Karen Grickas on drums. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Propeller Product ‎– PROP-1007 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single 

Country: US 

Released: 1982 

Genre: Rock 

Style: Alternative Rock, Punk 

Tracklist:

A Alpha Romeo 2:51 

B Smile On Your Face 2:52 

Credits:

Bass, Vocals – Margery Meadow 

Design [Cover Design] – Dan Zedek 

Drums, Vocals – Karen Gickas 

Engineer – Joe Cuneo 

Guitar, Vocals – Thalia Zedek 

Keyboards, Guitar, Alto Vocals – Lori Green 

Photography By [Back Photo] – Amy Meadow 

Photography By [Front Photo] – W.L. Marcus 

Producer – Martin Swope 

Other Versions:

Alpha Romeo / Smile On Your Face ‎(7", Single, TP) Propeller Product PROP-1007 US 1982

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C.C.C.C. ‎- Reflexive Universe [Cass] (1991, Vanilla)

Japanese noise act formed in 1989 by adult actress Mayuko Hino and her ex-husband Hiroshi Hasegawa. The group became inactive in the late 90s. In November, 1998, end to activity for approximately nine years. 

This intense early work by C.C.C.C. pluges you right into a relentless screeching wash of white noise. At about the halfway point in the set, the terrifying screams of what sounds to be a male voice (Hasegawa) begin to attack the listener. C.C.C.C. is a terrific example of Japanese harsh noise in the 90's. There seemed to be no working-up to this level of brutality for them, no flirtation with harshness -they just threw themselves (and the listener) right into the malestrom. Uncompromising stuff. [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Vanilla Records ‎– Vanilla-17 

Format: Cassette, Single Sided, Numbered, C60 

Country: Japan 

Released: 1991 

Genre: Electronic 

Style: Noise 

Tracklist:

A Reflexive Universe 

Credits:

Electronics – Mayuko Hino 

Synthesizer, Voice – Hiroshi Hasegawa 

Notes:

Date; Live Recording at MAYA in Kobe 15/09/91. 

Numbered edition. 

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Bag People - Lark's Vomit / Instrumental [7''] (1985, Joey Records, Inc.)

Very obscure noise-rock / post-no wave group from Chicago. Moved to New York around 1982 or 1983, underwent some lineup changes, and busted apart. Three of them got back together as Of Cabbages and Kings circa 1986. 

The main players were: Algis Kizys (pre-Swans; pre-Of Cabbages and Kings; pre-Foetus; pre-Glenn Branca; post-Problem Dogs); Carolyn Master (pre-Of Cabbages and Kings; pre-Glenn Branca); Diane Wlezien (pre-Of Cabbages and Kings); Gaylene Goudreau (post-Da!); a drummer named Peter. 

There's this fantastic 7", 'Lark's Vomit b/w Instrumental', and a song on a tape compilation. Angry female vocals, corrosive guitars, and a very solid, almost prog-influenced rhythm section. Lo-fi recording, no picture sleeve on the single. Supposedly a rather formidable live act after they came to New York. [SOURCE: ELECTRICAL AUDIO] 

Label: Joey Records, Inc. ‎– JRI-647 

Format: Vinyl, 7", 45 RPM, Single, Stereo 

Country: US 

Released: 1985 

Style: No Wave, Noise, Noise Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Lark's Vomit 

B1 Instrumental 

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A Popular History Of Signs ‎- Taste [LP] (1988)

Ministry's Al Jourgensen remixed "Ladder Jack" and "House" for the eponymous American 12-inch, a four-song sampling of the band's pre-'Comrades' 45s. Both of those remixes also appear on 'Taste', a 1980-'87 singles compilation that presents an absurdly bloodless trashing of Lou Reed's "Rock & Roll" and adds two previously unreleased items, including an awfully strange cover of John Fogerty's "Run Through the Jungle." [SOURCE: TROUSER PRESS] 

Label: Jungle Records ‎– freud 17 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation 

Country: UK 

Released: 1988 

Genre: Electronic, Rock 

Style: New Wave, Synth-pop 

Tracklist: 

A1 Crowds 4:06 

A2 Justice Not Vengeance 3:55 

A3 Dancing With Ideas 3:35 

A4 Stigma 3:15 

A5 Art Of Persuasion 3:47 

A6 If She Was A Car 4:50 

B1 Ladder Jack 3:40 

B2 Trapped 3:50 

B3 Body And Soul 3:50 

B4 House 3:35 

B5 Rock & Roll 4:05 

B6 Run Through The Jungle 3:35 

Notes:

"Rock & Roll" is a cover version of a Velvet Underground song. 

"Run Through The Jungle" is a cover version of a John Fogerty song. 

"Ladder Jack" and "House" are WaxTrax remixes 1984. 

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39 Clocks ‎- 13 More Protest Songs [LP] (1987, What's So Funny About.., Psychotic Promotion)

Based in Hannover, a river city in the north of Germany and a gateway to several of the country's river valleys, post-punkers 39 Clocks, AKA the duo of JG39 (AKA Jurgen Gleue) and CH39 (AKA Christian Henjes), existed under the critical radar for much of their time together. Far removed from any potential peers, 39 Clocks harbored a philosophical position just shy of absolute misanthropy, often purposefully alienating themselves from all that surrounded. 

Behind the masks, though, were two songwriters of unique voice, who somehow managed to lift the best lessons from The Velvet Underground, ’60s freakbeat music, psychotic garage moves and outsider rock mythology, creating an entirely idiosyncratic, cracked vision of what popular song could communicate. They sometimes called this aesthetic, with perfect brevity and wit, “Psycho Beat.” [SOURCE: RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY] 

Label: What's So Funny About.. ‎– SF 93, Psychotic Promotion ‎– PSI-H 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: Germany, Greece

Released: 1987 

Style: Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock

Tracklist:

A1 Eternal Yesterdays 2:40 

A2 What Never Happened 4:10 

A3 Eve Of Destruction 2:50 

A4 You Can't Count The Bombs (It's Zero) 3:41 

A5 But You Know 7:08 

B1 Mr. Diamond 3:06 

B2 My Tears Will Drown The World 2:42 

B3 Il Ne Porte Pas Ses Nylons Négligés 4:28 

B4 Shake Ghaddafi's Blues 4:30 

B5 I'm Not Alone Without You (Ce N'est Pas Pervers) 1:50 

B6 (They Don't Dance Much) The Violent Ones 4:51 

Credits:

Lacquer Cut By – Hi

Liner Notes – A.J. Webermann 

Photography By – Job Crogier 

Producer – 39 Clocks 

Recorded By – Dr. Schneeberger 

Vocals [Subnarcotic], Guitar [Transcendental], Harmonica [Siren Harp] – JG 

Vocals [Weird Opera], Guitar [Hypnotic], Organ [Genuine], Harmonica [Siren Harp] – CH

Written-By – Henjes (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6), Gleue (tracks: A1, A2, A4 to B6) 

Notes:

Recorded in Ilten, 1987. 

Made in Germany 

This record is dedicated to: Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, Reg Presley, Chet Baker, Jack Grunsky, Ilona Staller. 

Other Versions: 

13 More Protest Songs ‎(LP, Album) Penguin 30048 Greece 1987 

13 More Protest Songs ‎(LP, Album) What's So Funny About.., Psychotic Promotion SF 93, PSI-H Germany 1987 

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Various - Devastate To Liberate [LP] (1985, Yangki)

Here is a host of songs that, for reasons perhaps not fully intentional, fits together deliciously and more or less sums up the whole sort of England's Hidden Reverse œuvre that manages to adapt that '80s cassette-released synth-pop, martial industrial, tape loops / collages, anarcho punk, BBC Radiophonic Workshop bleeps and a few other things into a cogent, inspiring and gorgeous whole. The title quickly makes sense when considering this compilation was released in support of the Animal Liberation Front which here turns out to be a gratifyingly well-represented cause, only slightly hinted at (if even that) within the music itself. The beast beckons me fairly often with this album, generally late-night listening as it is, affecting me to the point that I wonder why I ever listen to anything different. Perhaps the bigger names on the album having made slightly atypical contributions helps stir up the atmosphere a bit. 

I'd say records like this should be the next port of call for anyone really thrown off-balance by more "successful" releases such as NWW's 'Homotopy to Marie', C93's 'Dogs Blood Rising' and perhaps even EN's 'Zeichnungen des Patienten O.T'. 'Devastate to Liberate' is like apéritifs for that sort of thing. Current 93 do the Current 93 thing of looping children's choruses, Crass, NWW and Little Annie play mazy old collages, P16.D4 provide two metal-on-metal treats, while Coil and The Legendary Pink Dots give us pop. Few things are better at convincing you you've spent a day in the doldrums by listening to shiny pop music or doing practically anything else. It's daft finding how hard it is to seek out music even vaguely like this from the past couple of decades. [SOURCE: RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

Label: Yangki ‎– YANGKI 1 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation 

Country: UK 

Released: Dec 1985 

Genre: Electronic, Rock 

Style: Industrial, Experimental, Punk 

Tracklist: 

A1 – Nurse With Wound Elderly Man River 3:46 

A2 – Sema The Pleasure Of The Text 4:56 

A3 – Shock Headed Peters Blue Rosebuds 4:50 

A4 – P16 D4 'Okay' She Said With Her Customary Total Lack Of Consideration 0:38 
A5 – P16 D4 Aus Angst Davor, Zu Ersticken, Sprach Er Beim Essen Nie 1:34 
A6 – Coil Restless Day 4:24 
A7 – 93 Current 93 Jesus Wants Me For A Moonbeam 3:05 

B1 – Legendary Pink Dots Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm 4:14 
B2 – Hafler Trio In The Cradle 1:15 
B3 – Annie Anxiety Soweto Suntan 4:58 
B4 – Crass Powerless With A Guitar 7:13 
B5 – D&V Today's Conclusion 1:33 
B6 – D&V Wake Up 1:36 
B7 – Who Will Carry My Arms Carnival Of Souls 1:21 

Notes:
A TIBETan production 
Benefit album for the Animal Liberation Front. 
Thanks to Steven Stapleton, Debby Sazer, Simon Edwards. 
Came with two paper inserts: one from the Animal Liberation Front, the other documenting October LP releases from United Dairies. Copies may have a sticker on front: 'All profits from this record will go to the Animal Liberation Front'. 
The duration for A7 is listed as ∞ on the label. 
Tracks A4 and A5 were accidently mastered at double speed.
All tracks Copyright Control except A3, Pale Pachyderm Publishing. 

Other Versions: 
Devastate To Liberate ‎(LP, Comp, TP, W/Lbl) Yangki YANGKI 1 UK 1985  
Devastate To Liberate ‎(Cass, Comp) United Dairies, RRRecords UDT25 US 1987 
Devastate To Liberate ‎(Cass, Comp, RE, C60) United Dairies UDT 025 UK 1987 

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Emil Richards And The Microtonal Blues Band - Spirit Of 1976 / Live At Donte's [LP] (1969, ABC Impulse!)

Emil Richards (born Emilio Joseph Radocchia; September 2, 1932) is an American vibraphonist and percussionist. Richards started playing the xylophone at age six. In high school he performed with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. He studied with Al Lepak at the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, graduating in 1952. After being drafted, he belonged to an Army band in Japan and played with Toshiko Akiyoshi. He cites Lionel Hampton as his first and biggest influence on vibraphone.

In 1954 Richards moved to New York City, where he played with Charles Mingus, Ed Shaughnessy, and Ed Thigpen while doing studio recordings for Perry Como, The Ray Charles Singers, and Mitchell Ayres. For about three years he was a member of a group led by George Shearing, then moved to Los Angeles and worked with Don Ellis and Paul Horn. He led his own band, The Microtonal Blues Band, and spent time with composer and inventor Harry Partch. As a sideman, he accompanied George Harrison on tour and recorded with Frank Sinatra, Frank Zappa, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Nelson Riddle, and Sarah Vaughan.

Richards worked often as a studio musician for movies and television. His credits include playing bongos on the theme song for the television program "Mission Impossible". He has led a band with Joe Porcaro, and he released a solo album, 'The Wonderful World of Percussion'. [SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA] 

Label: ABC Impulse! ‎– AS-9182 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 

Country: US, Canada

Released: 1969 

Style: Avant-garde Jazz, Fusion, Modal 

Tracklist: 

A1 Spirit Of 1976 6:42 

A2 Peek-A-Boo 4:52 

A3 All Blue 8:01 

B1 One Tooth Grin 5:15 

B2 Like Me 6:42 

B3 10 To 5 7:04 

B4 Jordu 2:48 

Credits: 

Bass, Bass [Fender] – Ray Neapolitan 

Design – George S. Whiteman 

Drums – Joe Porcaro 

Liner Notes [Cover Notes] – Judith Chalkin 

Percussion – Mark Stevens 

Photography By – Philip Melnick 

Piano, Percussion – Dave Mackay 

Producer – Ed Michel 

Recorded By [Location Recording By] – Wally Heider 

Vibraphone [Vibes, Electric Vibes], Marimba [Octave], Percussion – Emil Richards 

Notes:

Recorded in performance at Donte's, North Hollywood, March 18 and 19, 1969. 

Comes in gatefold cover. 

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