I Got the Splits

Here we go again.

Bunnygrunt/Tullycraft (1997)

Split singles.
What to do with them? How to file them? Do we even like the idea?

I don't know. There's a lot of them.

Here's a couple of examples.

This one has Bunnygrunt.  Who released enough stuff on enough releases that I keep inadvertently gathering a collection of their recordings when I buy other records.

Like this one which I initially picked up for the raw pop sounds of Tullycraft.

So there's that.

 

the Billy Crosby's/Anomie (1998)

I don't know anything about these bands or this label or this release. But there are acoustic guitars, a female vocalist and a fiddle on the Billy Crosby's track while the Anomie track is instrumental. It also has a fiddle as well as an accordian and slide guitar and sounds like it was recorded in their practice space. 

These are the facts as I know them and present to you.

You're welcome.

And Now for Something Else

I need a shower.
I'm typing instead.
For now.

Bella Vista (1998)

So recently I've been kind of exploring the world of 90's indie pop. And there's a metric ton of it.

While the rest of the world was getting grungy and dancing and all kinds of other tedious things, there existed a small secret underworld of people making sweet delicate pop music on a legion of tiny bedroom labels. It's some fascinating stuff.

This is but one fine example. It's by Bella Vista.

Prepare your earholes because there's going to be a lot of it...

Recordando (1998)

This is a release on the Spanish pop label Elefant of the elusive recording artist Ana D.

I like it and don't even want to try and describe it.
I don't need to. You listen. You come up with your own set of adjectives and adverbs.
Leave me out of it.

Nearly Done

In which we continue with what was started years ago and continued a few days ago...

285 Clock Cake (1993)

No seriously, this is nearly the end. It's a single sided flexi with one song. A new version of a previously released song (see previous post).

These two objects represent the final bits of straight up Boyracer releases from the original run of the band 1992-97 with the exception of a handful of scattered compilation tracks scattered across the world that I'm still tracking down.

From Purity to Purgatory (1993)

The last one I got. The second Sarah records ep which I somehow got ridiculously cheap from an Amazon seller. I'm not complaining. It was worth it.

Now as far as I currently know, there are still four compilations that I need to get to complete this Boyracer '92-'97 discography (barring another handful of cassette only compilations that I don't even want to get into because I'm an obsessive collector, but I have to draw a line somewhere...)

So be forewarned there's still more to dribble out. 

(and I'm not ruling out redoing all the rips over again since I've changed my process since then and kind of want to bring them up to current snuff....)

No Seriously, There's Still More...

It's the usual business.
I woke up this afternoon pretty recently. I'm drinking a coffee. I'm trying to get ahead of myself by queuing up a few posts for months in advance because I can and have a vague plan of getting myself a year out and then using the time to go through my own archive of shitty home recordings and bringing them into the digital age for my own sake.

Right now, I'm about seven months out.
You're welcome.

Railway (1992)

What may also seem familiar is that I'm making yet another fucking Boyracer post.
Fuckin' hell.

Here's the third release on Fluf.

West Riding House (1995)

Here's the special 5" single from their time on Zero Hour.
"Boyfriends" was exclusive to this one. 

I like Boyracer and I'm a completist.
Deal with it.

My Laptop Keyboard is kind of Screwed Up

I've always had some issues with the keyboard on this Lenovo laptop that I use. I used to think that some of it was just that I was a terrible typist, but now years later it's very apparent that the keys kind of suck. The most recent development is that the 'a' & 's' keys don't work for periods of time when I open it back up. (Used to have issues with the 'n' key too.)

You try and write sentences without using an 'a' or an 's'. It sucks.

It's the 13th....

Detroit Defaces the Eighties (1980)

Tremor Records provides us with a sweet little compilation to usher in the decade of Reagan. It's a rock and roll maelstrom with the usual suspects in the Tremor lineup. Cinecyde (who I'm kind of amazed still exist in some form) and the Twenty Seven who appear on multiple of those Killed by Death/Bloodstains type compilations.

For me the cool thing is the introduction to some of the lesser known bands in the Tremor stable like the Service who add a neat little phaser heavy number or the female fronted band the Cubes.

Yeah, as I listen back to this while I type and drink my afternoon coffee I find myself quite satisfied with this purchase. There's some very nice lesser known and unheard stuff here.

Welcome to my world.

Still Not Feeling It, but Need to Complete

I'm still kind of pissed.

I'm also going through a fresh batch of things that arrived in the mail the other day and which may or may not appear here in the future. A couple of real gems so far tonight that I might not have found if a Discogs seller wasn't selling wonderful things cheap.

But that will be for another day. I'm typing and listening and doing a shit job at both.

Here's the other Bomb Pops single:

Won't Find It (1995)

Here's the other Bomb Pops single. This one is on the Bus Stop Label.

Bugbear (1992)

It's the first Bugbear single with noted economist Amelia Fletcher OBE and her brother Matthew. They were also in Heavenly and Talulah Gosh

That is all.

Not Feeling It

So it was months ago, but yesterday to me.
But I found someone shitting on my posts and the rips and I just kind of feel kind of like crap about it today.

The upshot of which is this:

If you don't like what I'm doing or think that these direct from the vinyl rips are shitty then just fuck right off. If you don't think I've done your long forgotten recording project justice, then tell me and I'll delete it and then see former advice.

That is all.

Here are Bomb Pops

Paler (1993)

This is the studio product of Minneapolis producer Bryan Hanna. It's the sweet pop.

Girl Daredevil (1994)

This one is on Turntable Friend from Germany who always put time and care and quality in their releases. I pick up their releases on sight.

I'd say more, but I don't feel much like it.

1978

I really need a shower. I also have an eye appointment in the morning. It's been a few years and my guess is that I'll need the bifocals upped a notch. At least I should be able to just add new lenses to the glasses I currently have. So I've got that at least.

Here's a pair from 1978

Crazy Paving (1978)

So it's 1978. Punk rock has a name and the public consciousness. It's kind of been and from everywhere, but as far as most people know (and still mostly believe) it's primarily associated with the English.

This is Billy Karloff Band single is considered punk rock at the time and still labelled as such.

Peer Pressure (1978)

Ebeneezer and the Bludgeons were from Baltimore, MD. It's also 1978. They're also considered punk rock.

There's also a song on it making fun of Nazis. Who would have thought that four decades later that it would still be relevant.

Unfortunately for me, this is not an original copy, but a 2015 reissue on Windian Records. You may still be able to buy your own copy. Buy something at least. Don't be a deadbeat.