Various Artists
Western Stars - The Bands That Built Bristol Vol. 1ARC001
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- GLAXOBABIES THIS IS YOUR LIFE
- GARDEZ DARKX BLISS
- THE SPICS YOU AND ME
- THE NUMBERS ALTERNATIVE SUICIDE
- ELECTRIC GUITARS CONTINENTAL SHELF
- APARTMENT THE CAR
- SHOES FOR INDUSTRY THE INVASION OF THE FRENCH BOYFRIENDS
- ESSENTIAL BOP RAIDERS BLUES
- FISHFOOD THE MODERN DANCE CRAZE
- ART OBJECTS HARD OBJECTS
- VARIOUS ARTISTS TIME OF MY LIFE
- TALISMAN DOLE AGE (EXTENDED VERSION)
EUROPEANS - Europeans (J Cole)
Originally released on Heartbeat Records, Pulse 2
7" Vinyl Single - copyright control - 1978
GLAXOBABIES - This Is Your Life (Glaxobabies) Originally released on Heartbeat Records, Pulse 3
12" Vinyl 4 Track EP - Heartbeat Music / Cherry Red Music - 1979
GARDEZ DARKX - Bliss (Gardez)
Originally released on Wavelength Records, Hurt 2
7" Vinyl Single - copyright control - 1979
THE SPICS - You & Me (Shennan / Dangerfield)
Originally released on Wavelength Records, Hurt 1
7" Vinyl Single - copyright control - 1979
THE NUMBERS - Alternative Suicide (McCawley)
Originally released on Heartbeat Records, The 4 Alternatives, Pulse 4
7" Vinyl EP- Heartbeat / Cherry Red Music - 1979
ELECTRIC GUITARS - Continental Shelf (Electric Guitars)
Originally released on Fried Egg Records, Egg 012
7" Vinyl Single - copyright control - 1980
APARTMENT - The Car (Griffiths / White / Emil)
Originally released on Heartbeat Records, Pulse 7
7" Vinyl Single - Heartbeat / Cherry Red Music - 1980
SHOES FOR INDUSTRY - Invasion Of The French Boyfriends (Davies / Porter / Chappells)
Originally released and taken from the album - "Talk Like A Whelk" on Fried Egg Records, Fry 1
12" Vinyl Album - Fried Egg Music / Heath Levy - 1980
ESSENTIAL BOP - Raiders Blues (Essential Bop)
Originally released on Monopause Records, Moan 1001
7" Vinyl Single - Speaking Dice Music - 1980
FISHFOOD - The Modern Dance Craze (Fishfood)
Originally released and taken from The Recorder 2, Bristol Recorder Records, BR 002
12" Vinyl Album - copyright control - 1980
ART OBJECTS - Hard Objects (Art Objects)
Originally released on Fried Egg Records, Egg 007
7" Vinyl Single - copyright control - 1980
THE X-CERTS - Queen And Country (Clive Arnold)
Originally released and taken from The Recorder 2,Bristol Recorder Records, BR 002
12" vinyl Album - Recreational Music - 1980
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Time Of My Life (J.J.Key)
Originally released and taken from 'The Solo Album', Various Artists Records, VA 1
12" Vinyl Album - Serious Pop Music - 1981
TALISMAN - Dole Age (Extended Version) (Joseph / Talisman)
Originally released on Recreational Records, Sport 12
12" Vinyl Single - Recreational Music - 1981
The back bar of The Lion, Cliftonwood, once I'd found it, was the place to hang. The glitterati met and talked in loud voices of big name supports and 'pie in the sky' record deals, but here too 'yet-to-be exploited' innovations were realised. Bands were formed, shuffled and renamed. No one had any money, signing on was fine if you said you were a poet, all our clothes were from second hand shops and DIY record production was the toast of the day. Heartbeat, Fried Egg, Wavelength recorded The Spics, Shoes for Industry, Various Artists, Gardez Darkx, The Europeans, The Untouchables, Wild Beasts, Essential Bop and more. Avon Calling became the first Bristol compilation album and in the absence of anyone spotting my potential as a lead vocalist, I became the first female DJ down the Dug Out.
Gill Loats
Ah, Bristol in the punk era! Guitars, cafes, speed and conspiracy theories. Originally one of the main punk centres (early attention for the Cortinas, Social Security and The Pop Group), by 1979 it had settled into the position it holds today - self-sufficient bohemianism with a hint of cross - over and the occasional defining moment to interest the outside world.
By the turn of the decade, the original punk-oriented labels were already looking beyond the city to fame and big bucks (yeah right) and not reflecting the uniquely pungent flavour of punk, pop, pilfering, piss-take and pretension that has always characterised this inland port.
Gerard Langley
This compilation is designed as a tribute to all the bands from the period 1978 - 1981. They should never be forgotten.
Mike Darby
CREDITS
This compilation could not have happened without the support and approval from Simon Edwards (Heartbeat), Andy Leighton (Fried Egg), Thos Brooman (Wavelength and The Recorder), Steve Bush, Dan Catsis, Mike Crawford, Jonjo Key, Alan Griffiths, Steve Street (The Main Man!), Des and Dennison and Latif Gardez.
Thankyou.
Fried Egg Records - E(gg)clecticARC006
- SHOES FOR INDUSTRY JERUSALEM
- PETE BRANDT'S METHOD POSITIVE THINKING
- ART OBJECTS HARD OBJECTS
- EXPLODING SEAGULLS
JOHNNY RUNS FOR PAREGORIC - THE WILD BEASTS MINIMUM MAXIMUM
- SHOES FOR INDUSTRY
INVASION OF THE FRENCH BOYFRIENDS - THE VARIOUS ARTISTS ORIGINAL MIXED UP KID
- THE FANS FOLLOWING YOU
- THE STINGRAYS EXCEPTIONS
- THE VARIOUS ARTISTS UNOFFICIAL SECRETS
- THE UNTOUCHABLES KEEP ON WALKING
- ELECTRIC GUITARS CONTIENTAL SHELF
This compilation was originally released on Fried Egg Records in 1980.
The Bristol Recorder - First EditionARC009
- ELECTRIC GUITARS CONTINENTAL SHELF
- ELECTRIC GUITARS DUMB WORDS
- ELECTRIC GUITARS LE CAMPING
- ELECTRIC GUITARS MAGIC SURFACES
- CIRCUS CIRCUS FRIENDS WILL
- CIRCUS CIRCUS SQUARES OF THE CITY
- CIRCUS CIRCUS LIVING LIES
- VARIOUS ARTISTS UNLUCKY IN LOVE
- VARIOUS ARTISTS UPMARKETTE
- VARIOUS ARTISTS QUESTIONIARRE?
- VARIOUS ARTISTS OTHER PEOPLE'S PARTIES
- JOE PUBLIC YELLOW RUNS FOREVER
- JOE PUBLIC TIME, PLEASE
- JOE PUBLIC PART-TIME BOY
Recorded live at Cawardines, Queens Road, Bristol 8 in 1980
Originally released on Wavelength Records BR001
The concept was unique - to release a record with a magazine in a gate fold sleeve.
Cast of thank yous: Bob Hooton, Stephen Pritchard, Dave Choen,Nick Fox, Debbie Cleverley,Rachel Morgan, Rachel Swan, and Vee Gee (the typing pool): Paul Graham, Jo Swan, John Michael, Frances Gapper, Val, Griff, Gerard Langley, Paul Davies, Danica and Steve (Devious Designers), Thos Brooman.
Bristol Recorder 2ARC028
Featured Track
The Radicals
Night Of Passion
- Fish Food - Dry Ice Hot
- Fish Food - Seventeen Eels
- Fish Food - Modern Dance Craze
- The Radicals - Nights of Passion
- The Radicals - Time Out
- The Radicals - Soul Eternal
- The X-Certs - Queen and Country
- The X-Certs - Visions of Fate
- The Welders - Voices
Tracks 4, 5 and 6 from the original vinyl release have been excluded form this re-release as they were three live tracks by Peter Gabriel as follows:
- Not One Of Us
- Humdrum
- Ain't That Peculiar
All tracks copyright control except:
Tracks 7 and 8 Recreational Music
Track 9 Doublejay Entertainments
Fish Food are:
Andy - Voice
Howard Purse - Guitar
Doug White - Bass
Danny Duck (alias Daniel Swan) - Drums
The origins of this band are unknown. They live in a disused church hall near Bristol's Docks. This is where they practice. Fish Food have played four times in the last year (1980). They took three and a half hours to record the music for this album.
The X-Certs are:
Clive Arnold - Guitar and Vocals
Chris Bostock - Bass and Vocal
Neil Mackie - Drums
Kev Mills - Guitar
Of all the bands that started up in Bristol during the 77-78 period, the X-Certs are one of only a handful remaining. Originally the local heroes of every spikey-haired person ( and honour now bestowed to Vice Squad ), the X-Certs have grown older. wiser and they can now play their instruments. Their first recordings were for Heartbeat Records, 'Blue Movies' can be heard on the Four Alternatives ep and 'Anthem' was featured on the Avon Calling compilation LP.
Their improvement during the intervening eighteen months has been substantial and the introduction of Chris and Kev to the line up has added maturity and power to the bands set. The X-Certs remain one of Bristols best and most popular live bands and a reggae influence now features in about fifty per cent of their material.
The Radicals are:
John - Singing, Guitar and Percussion
King - Bass
Donald - Drums
Martin - Trumpet
Rob - Keyboards
Wendy - Backing Vocals
The Radicals is one of those terrible names that gets thought up when a group of musicians have to find a name for themselves. This is a way of saying that The Radicals do not really exist as such. The songs are written by John and King. John used to play percussion with The Spics, King is a well known musician form the St Pauls area of Bristol.
The Welders are:
Phil Harrison - Keyboards, drums
Stuart Gordon - Guitars, vocals, percussion
James Warren -Tesco Bass, Backing Vocals
This group of musicians from Bath are better known as The Korgis and recorded this one track for The Bristol Recorder using a different name
The Studio tracks on this album were recorded and mixed 16 to 20 October, 1980 at Crescent Studios Bath. They were engineered by David Lord and assisted by the wonderful Steve Street.
This version of the Recorder was conceived and produced by Martin Elbourne, Jonathan Arthur and Thos Brooman with the invaluable help of the following:
Bob Charles
Steve Bryne
Danica Gacesa
Jo Swan
David Cohen
Stephen Pritchard
Dave, Niki and Angi
Henry and Eric
John Michael
Mr Gotts
Out West
Graham Carey
David Gentle
Bristol Beat 1980 - The Stonehouse TapesARC036
- Creature Beat - Sister of Troy
- Creature Beat - Cambodia
- Sound To Light - Army
- Sound To Light - Part of The System
- Stingrays - Dancing
- Stingrays - Darling
- Stingrays - Happy
- Color Tapes - Sound of Silence
- Color Tapes - Guns To The Disco
- Traiters - Mexico
- Mayfair - Attitudes
- Mayfair - Redland Park
- Siren - Almost In love
- Siren - Mr C.O
Recorded live at The Famous Stonehouse, Bristol between 8/3/1980 and 15/3/1980.
Steve Street engineered and Produced on the Dougy Mobile with editing completed by Martin Elliott.
Fried Alive 1980 World Tour EPARC056
- The Stingrays - Countdown
- Exploding Seagulls - Johnny Runs for Paregoric
- The Various Artists - Original Mixed Up Kid
- The Viceroys - Angels In the Rain
- Shoes For Industry - Sheepdog Trial Inna Babylon
Originally released in 1980 but only ever sold at Fried Egg Records Gigs never distributed officially
The Viceroys
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