The Ordinary – Conventional Sound [Cass] (1981, Not On Label)

The Ordinary was a British band formed by luminaries of the indie and post-punk such Anthony Clough (bassist, keyboards, flute) member of A.D.H., Andy Boot Quartet, Casual Labourers, New 7th Music, Spiral Sky, Sun Dial, The Door And The Window and WeR7), Ashleigh Marsh (keyboards and percussion), member of Casual Labourers, New 7th Music and WITS), Dave Morgan (drums), member of Alternative TV, Casual Labourers, Kandide, Primal Scream, Schuman The Human, Spacemen 3, Sun Dial, Take It, The Jazz Butcher, The Loft, The Physics House Band, The Weather Prophets, Twelve Cubic Feet and Western Electric) and Gary Ramon (guitarist and vocals), most famous for his Sun Dial project. Besides this 'Conventional Sound' cassette, The Ordinary released the 'Ad Ordinary' cassette, with archival studio recordings from 1981-1983.

 

 

Label: Not On Label (The Ordinary Self-released) – ORD 1 

Format: Cassette, Album, C60 

Country: UK 

Released: 1981 

Style: Experimental, Krautrock 

 

Tracklist: 

A1 Airwaves 9:36 

A2 Silent Night (In Africa) 4:46 

A3 Rules 5:01 

A4 One Step Behind 1:20 

A5 Hello/Goodbye 7:40 

B1 I'm Warning You 2:37 

B2 Health And Disturbance 5:30 

B3 Arrived 5:52 

B4 Shaking All Over (Dub) 4:37 

B5 War On What? 9:53 

 

Notes:  

"Rock radicals" are busy preaching liberation through unliberated music and the un-pretentious are the most pretentious of all. What makes them think that they have found "the answer"? Such is the world in which we work. 

 

"But all this comes as an after-thought. Please accept this in the spirit in which it was intended - a selection from the past (coincidences noted) to bring us to the present. We now wish to play live and record in private considering release afterwards. We are also interested in playing with other people. If you are interested in any way please write to..." 

 

"Sorry about the distortion." 

 

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