Thursday, September 3, 2020

I Know Where Geoff Travis Lives: RT Singles (chapter four, verses 6 & 7)

Liliput (formerly Kleenex) starts Vol. 6, which includes two singles by The Fall (RT 048 and RT 056). two by Essential Logic (RT 050 and RT 053), more TVP's, Robert Wyatt, and Spizzenergi (RTSO 5); plus The Red Crayola, Girls At Our Best and a repress of two early Pere Ubu songs.

 While Stiff Records was bringing international exposure to Akron artists, Rough Trade dug into Cleveland's proto-punk history with Ubu and The Electric Eels. Meanwhile, Mayo Thompson joined a new Pere Ubu lineup, and Mayo added Rough Trade musicians Epic Soundtracks, Lora Logic and Gina Burch to his Red Crayola collective.

 Vol. 7 begins with The Missing Scientists, who were Dan Treacy (from the TVP's), Daniel Miller (musician and Mute Records founder), and Joe Foster (another musician and record label founder). 

 Sadly, this is when Young Marble Giants split up. The Moxham brothers released an instrumental YMG EP (RT 059), and then formed The Gist. YMG singer Alison Statton would soon form a jazz combo, Weekend, and signed to Rough Trade. 

 In addition to The Gist's first single, we have the debut of Blue Orchids (the band formed by ex-Fall members Martin Bramah and Una Baines), plus more Cabaret Voltaire, Delta 5, Liliput, and the TVP's classic "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives".
Furious Pig


 Vol. 7 also includes the Furious Pig 12" EP, which I found at the Cun Cun Revival blog. This blog (also known as Surfing The Odyssey) also hosts the legendary NME/Rough Trade cassette compilation C81, so get thee hence and leave a word of thanks. Vol. 7 closes with a new Pere Ubu single (RT 066). If you are into REM's deep cuts, you may recognize a lyric from "Lonesome Cowboy Dave".

 An aside: the record label Tiny Global Productions is the current home of a number of former Rough Trade artists, including Blue Orchids, The Gist, Alison Statton, The Nightingales, and Band Of Holy Joy. Folks like Martin Bramah, Stuart Moxham, and Alison Statton are still making new music. Tiny Global Productions has released some excellent reissues, plus exciting collaborations like The Nightingales with Vic Godard and Martin Bramah with Jon Langford. Check out Tiny Global Productions -- it's Bandcamp Friday!
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  1. jonderSeptember 3, 2020 at 9:26 PM

    RT Singles Vol.6 (RT 047-056): https://tinyurl.com/y4j6hoxa

    RT Singles Vol.7 (RT 057-066): https://tinyurl.com/y64o8v43

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    1. jonderSeptember 10, 2020 at 10:15 AM

      I neglected to thank pukekos.org for the Missing Scientists single. I cleaned up a few of the vinyl pops.

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  2. antony jSeptember 4, 2020 at 6:51 AM

    brilliant, ta

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2020 at 10:10 AM

    To quote Freddie Prinze (Sr.) "Loooooking good!"- Stinky

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  4. jonderSeptember 5, 2020 at 8:12 PM

    It was new to me, but I found a lot of interesting stuff. It sounds like the blogger was responsible for recording and releasing a Television bootleg, which was a cool story!

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  5. MrDaveSeptember 6, 2020 at 9:51 AM

    Looks like another stellar lineup -- thanks Jonder!

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  6. Paolo MeccanoSeptember 26, 2020 at 7:02 AM

    Thanks for sharing.

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  7. jonderNovember 8, 2020 at 8:41 PM

    I just realized my mistake. The story about the Television bootleg was from an entirely different blog:

    http://luckypsychichut.blogspot.com/2009/11/television-arrow-bootleg.html

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