THE DISPARATE COGSCIENTI - Manchester Compilation

This goes out to my pal Joel ,cuz I know he would be totally into this! Mark E. Smith , vocalist for The Fall , compiled a bunch of his favorite hometown ,weirdo bands ,for this record. The tracks span from 1978-1988. This was originally released on Smith's own imprint ,Cog Sinister Ltd. ,and I believe he uses the pseudonym "Cog Sinister" ,and plays with one of the bands featured here!(Andrew Berry).Later on, Smith licensed this to Rough Trade Records. Really cool,weird and downright rockin' ,in a Manchester kind of way.
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CAT MACHINE -The Lively Set

On this,their 16th album,Ed,Joel,and Tony ,are not graced with any special guests.The original outsider trio,bash away at songs like,"Link In The Food Chain" , "The Man Who Finally Died" , "The Whip Hand" , "Hoodlum Priest" ,and more.The best version of,"Bonk Fever" ,is here,with some xtra bonk beats,and Scratch Acid gets covered,church organ preacher style,on,"Mary Had A Little Drug Problem".There are also a number of spoken pieces,done by each of the boys,and a couple of those ,"everyone read something different" numbers, "Calling The Kettle Black" , and " 3 Mark Smiths-ah" ,which we do in a roundhouse style.Laying the groundwork for the next 35 or so releases.Profound,eclectic,bizarre,underground,outsider,cult band,punk,alt-rock ,are all labels you can pin on this band.Always there ,when you need a lift.Recorded on Jan.12th,1991 ,20 years ago,straight to boombox,at Joel's room in Cat Machine house. 2 parts.
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SCARS -Your Attention Please (Flexi-Disc,live spring 1980)

A rare flexi-disc from i-D magazine,a London fashion publication,from 1980.This version is live,and a studio version later appeared on their one and only album,"Author,Author!".Based on a Peter Porter poem,it addresses nuclear war.A self-proclaimed "literary art-punk" band ,Mark Smith of the Fall,once named them as his favorite group,"because they are the exact opposite of the Fall".A relic to be treasured.
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