Live Skull - Cloud One LP / Pusherman EP

Last post for 2011. Here are the two remaining records of Live Skull that I promised to post. 'Cloud One' was the band's second full-length. 'Pusherman' was the last record with the original line-up. 'Pusherman' Originally written by Curtis Mayfield.

Wish you all the best for 2012 although I'm somehow pessimistic about the state of the world. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer. Capitalism is pushing more people into poverty. Politics are captured by the free market, rating-bureaus and banks. And still no consensus on global warming, pushing the world further into ecological disaster. Luckily there's good music around to soften the pain.

Cloud One LP (Homestead Records-HMS056-1986)
1. Fort Belvedere
2. Cloud One
3. Bootcamp
4. Haircut For Pigs
5. Bell Shaped Heads
6. Sylvester James
7. I'll Break You
8. Great Slave Lake
9. Wallow In It
10. The Loved One

Cloud One

Pusherman 12" (Homestead Records-HMS080-1986)
1. Swingtime
2. Raise The Manifestation
3. Pusherman

Pusherman

Live Skull - Bringing Home The Bait LP

As the YoungMossTongue blog disappeared, I think it's fair to post some more Live Skull here. On YMT you could find their complete discography but I only own the pre-Thalia Zedek recordings.
'Bringing Home The Bait' is  the band's first full length album, now released on Homestead Records.
So if you missed  the early Live Skull albums, you can grab them here now. 'Cloud One' and the 'Pusherman' EP will follow soon. Still a wonder rhat these records arent officially re-released these days.

Bringing Home The Bait LP (Homestead Records-HMS022-1985)
1. Sparky
2. Brains Big Enough
3. Glee Product
4. Ha Ha Ditch
5. Four
6. Houseboy
7. Wisdom & Gravy
8. Common Cruelty
9. Skin Job
10. Jerking The Light
11. Goodbye To The Uninvited Guests
12. Flake Out

Bringing Home The Bait

Hedone - Sensible / Everything's Going To Be Nice 7"

Posted on Return To The East before but got the WAV's from bX59-cppw and made HQ MP3's of it.
A band I was curious about when a Canadian  ebay seller was offering it and it got sold for quite some money. Could never find a copy for a decent amount of money but was glad that RTTE posted it and I like it very much.
This 7" never came with a picture sleeve. Also not a lot of info on Hedone as well. They seemed to be from Bath as a commenter on Return To The East stated.
Decent, moody postpunk, unfortunately their only release.
Scan of label taken from RTTE.

Hedone 7" (Omgowa Power-HEAD 001-1984)
1. Sensible
2. Everything's Going To Be Nice

Hedone - 320

Hedone - FLAC

Luddites - Altered States 7"

2nd effort of postpunkers Luddites. Their first 7" 'Strength Of Your Cry' was released on Xcentric Noise and still has some punk influence. The 'Altered States' 7" is much gothier and a pretty great single it is.
Already posted before on blogs but got the WAV's from bX-59cppw and converted those to HQ MP3's. So everyone can enjoy a better rip of this one.
Their Peel Session can be found on Cliff Richard's Neck.

Altered States 7" (Self-Released-84 1-1984)
1. Altered States
2. Dance Your Last Dream

Luddites

V/A Torn In Two LP

Second comp. album released on Torment Records. Stand-outs are Party Day with a live recording, The Second Coming, This Colossal Youth and Masque. This Colossal Youth was another band with drummer Dean Ormston of The Second Coming and Silent Scream.

V/A Torn In Two LP (Torment Records-TOR 2-1986)
1. Party Day - Let Us Shine
2. Play The Joker - Last Laugh
3. The Second Coming - More More More
4. The Second Coming - Take Me Away
5. Central Reservation - I Won't Give You My Heart To Throw Away
6. Adrian Davidson - Straight From The Heart
7. This Colossal Youth - Scissors-Stone
8. Phillip Parr - Years And Years
9. Mark Jackson - Girl's Best Friend
10. Seventh Son - Stage Crazy
11. Masque - Seasons Changing

Torn In Two

V/A Bites & Stabs LP

 First comp. album released on Torment Records, the label of The Second Coming. A collection of bands from Surrey and the area around.
As with all compilations, this one has outstanding stuff and less interesting ones.
Party Day, The Second Coming and Silent Scream are the best ones here and you can find all their other releases in my archives. Monk De Wally De Honk and Fractured Echo (track taken from a 3-track 7") are OK too. Don't care too much for the other bands.
The second comp. "Torn In Two" will follow soon.

V/A Bites & Stabs LP (Torment Records-TOR 1-1985)
1. Party Day - Borderline
2. The Juvies - Breakin' It Up
3. Mr. Pye - Face And Hands
4. Silent Scream - Shimmering
5. Mark Jackson - I'm So Arty
6. The Second Coming - Scarecrows
7. No Picnic - Shipwrecked
8. Swing - I'm Unwilling
9. Fractured Echo - Tunnel
10. Monk De Wally De Honk - D-Day
11. The Second Coming - Thorns

Bites & Stabs

Metal Doughnut Band - s/t 12"

 Here's one for the Yeah Yeah Noh fans, although Metal Doughnut Band sounds completely different than YYN.
Released on Vuggum, the label that also released the Peel Session LP of Yeah Yeah Noh.
The Metal Doughnut Band has Andy Nicholls in the band and the cover for this 12" was done by Sue Dorey, drummer of YYN.
Two tracks only unfortunately. Quite experimental stuff, rhythmic, with sax and synths and voice samples.
Funny to read the runout groove stating 'Makes Yeh Yeh Noh Sound Like Barry Manilow'. Nice to see that bands/musicians don't take themselves too seriously.
Did find out that maybe they appear on the 'Let's Cut A Rug' comp. album as the Doughnut Metal Band. Maybe that's a typo on Discogs or on the sleeve of the record. Don't own it so I don't know.

Metal Doughnut Band 12" (Vuggum-BAAD 1-1985)
1. Out Damned Spot
2. Laura Norder

Metal Doughnut Band

Introducing Dragons - The Pooka 7"

Another gift from bX-59cppw.
Never heard of this band/record before but it's really interesting. Hard to describe too but it has that early UK postpunk sound we all love.
Released on the obscure Wycombe label Zebre/Zebra sometime in between 1987 and 1989.
The third release is a 7" by indie band Home And Abroad in 1989. The second release is still a mystery.

The Pooka 7" (Zebre/Zebra Records-Z001-198?)
1. Via Media
2. Time Hangs

Introducing Dragons