Friday 17 July 2015

The Best of Brought To Life - 216

1. THE BOOKS - 'Spillane' - Logo LP - UK - 1980
After the classic Books track on #214 there's been a clammering for more more more! Well, I'm here to please so here's the lead track from their sole album 'Expertise'.
2. NERVOUS EATERS - 'Hot Steel And Acid' - Ace Of Hearts LP - USA - 1986
The title track of their second album, released a mere six years after the first!
3. THE UNDEAD - 'It's Corruption' - Riot City 7" - UK - 1982
Some nice tribal drumming from their debut single.
4. SIGGY MAGIC & THE HEY-HOE BAND - 'Commercials For Free' - Self-Released 7" - Canada - 1978
From their sole E.P. which is available on 'Smash The State Volume 3'. Read more here.
5. KJØTT - 'Elektrisk' - Flesh 12" - Norway - 1980
The opening track from their self-titled MLP. Nothing like the single.
6. THE ENIGMAS - 'Roadblocks Are All Over This Town' - Zulu 7" flexi - Canada - 1985
Hilarious xmas fayre. From the 'Merry Christmas 1985' flexi-comp. Read more here.
7. THE SHOVE - 'Raise The Roof Tonight' - Shove Off 7" - UK - 1981
Brings back memories of how it used to be. Heard it on John Peel who promptly gave the band's address as they didn't have a distribution deal. Wrote off and got one. So personal! This was the opening track from their sole E.P.  From York.
8. PRIVATE SCHOOL - 'Money, Guns And Power' - Full Friction 7" - Canada - 1979
Another opening track from a sole E.P.
9. NERVOUS EATERS - 'Got A Hold On It' Ace Of Hearts LP - USA - 1986
A second track from 'Hot Steel And Acid'.
10. THE BOMBS - 'Let's Go To Guyana' - Bomb 7" - USA - 1979
From their sole 'Bombs Live' 7". Not sure if it's live or not - that crowd sounds fake to me!
11. LYNX - 'See The Light' - S.T. Products - UK - 1978
Sole single. Other than that, I know nothing.
12. THE DICKHEADS - 'Squad Leader' - Walking Dead 7" - USA - 1980
Another sole single. From 'Frisco. They made a video of the other side which unfortunately isn't as good, see here.
13. THE BOOKS - 'Expertise' - Logo 7" - UK - 1980
Third single - taken from the album.
14. SILICONE INJECTION - 'Payday On Friday' - Self-released 7" - Canada - 1981
From their sole 'Sic Nos Non Nobis' E.P. which is Latin for 'Thus We Labour, But Not For Ourselves'. I'm guessing they hated work.
15. NERVOUS EATERS - 'Get Stuffed' - Elektra LP - USA - 1980
After the insanely good 'Just Head' single their self-titled debut album was a massive disappointment for me. All I can get enthusiastic about is this reworking of the flipside of the single.
16. THE UNDEAD - 'Listen To The Wall Beat' - Riot City LP - UK - 1984
More tribal drumming. The opening track from sole album 'The Killing Of Reality'.
17. LOWLIFE - 'Leaders' - Airout 7" - Canada - 1979
From yet another sole E.P.  I think I did the other tracks on previous comps.
18. KJØTT - 'Mannen På Taket' Flesh 12" - Norway - 1980
Another track from their self-titled MLP. 
19. GO FOUR 3 - 'Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer' Zulu 7" flexi - Canada - 1985
Another track from the 'Merry Christmas 1985' flexi-comp. No inventive lyrics but fun all the same.
20. LYNX - 'C.I.A.' S.T. Products - UK - 1978
The flipside of 'See The Light'.
21. THE BOMBS - 'Fortune And Fame' - Bomb 7" - USA - 1979
The other side of their 'Bombs Live' 7".
22. SIGGY MAGIC & THE HEY-HOE BAND - 'Passive And Blue' - Self-Released 7" - Canada - 1978
Another track from their crazy E.P.
23. THE BOOKS - 'Take Us To Your Leader' - Logo 7" - UK - 1980
Second single - not a patch on 'Broadcast', of course.
24. THE UNDEAD - 'This Place Is Burning' - Riot City 7" - UK - 1982
From their second single 'Violent Visions'.
25. NERVOUS EATERS - 'The Times They Are A-Changing' Ace Of Hearts LP - USA - 1986
This is one of the most covered songs in history, nevertheless this is one of my favourite versions. From 'Hot Steel And Acid'.
***BONUS TRACKS***
26. THE SHOVE - 'Pigs' - (from the E.P.)
27. SIGGY MAGIC & THE HEY-HOE BAND - 'Tooth Decay' - (from the E.P.)
28. THE BOOKS - 'Dusters' (from 'Expertise')

2 comments:

  1. I like your little tale about the Shove E.P. Wasn't it great receiving records in the mail and not knowing what they looked like until you ripped the parcel open?

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    1. Fantastic. And record shops too - all those second hand vinyl shops full of little treasures you never even knew about - long before the 'net of course!

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