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move as far away as possible.
THE FOLLOWING WOLFHOUNDS CDR'S HAVE BEEN MASTERED TO CD
FROM RECORDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN SENT TO
WWW.thewolfhounds.com OR RESCUED BY MEMBERS OF THE BAND THEMSELVES FROM
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS. MANY THANKS TO ANDY GARDENER, THE WORLDS NUMBER ONE
COLLECTOR OF ALL THINGS WOLFHOUNDS (UNLESS YOU KNOW DIFFERENT...) THANKS ALSO TO
ALL THE FANS WHO TAPED THE SHOWS IN THE FIRST PLACE. YOUR RECKLESS DISREGARD FOR
COPYRIGHT WILL NOW HOPEFULLY HELP FUND
WWW.thewolfhounds.com AND WWW.TRADARR.NET
. THANKS!
IF YOU WANT TOP QUALITY LIVE RECORDINGS USING 'DUBLY'
THEN BUY THE 'LIVE AID' DVD. IF YOU WANT LIVE WOLFHOUNDS WITH THE WARTS LEFT IN
THEN 'FUZZYNOISE' IS THE LABEL OF CHOICE.
NNaturally
though The Playwrights still remind me most of the peerless Wolfhounds,
and I make no apologies for mentioning them one more time. Not least
because I’ve been reminded of the genius of that gang of East London
popnoiseniks courtesy of a series of CDRs that document some of their
magnificent live shows from the latter half of the 1980s. It’s all
thanks to the work of former Wolfhound and now Trad Arr member Andy
Golding and his Fuzzy Noise label. Now of course live recordings seldom
capture the essence of the moment (proof if you needed it that music is
about much more than the music), so whilst this set of four CDRs doesn’t
communicate the sheer unbridled edgy magnificence of the Wolfhounds live
experience, it does at least show what a brilliantly dynamic sounding
group they were. From an early ’86 show in Brixton where the band show
where those early comparisons to The Fall came from (their cover of The
Seeds’ ‘Pushin’ Too Hard’ also reminds us of the importance of those old
garage punk nuggets to so many of that generations’ ‘underground’
bands), to a 1990 recording from ‘somewhere’ when they had progressed to
the sonic ice shelves of Blown Away, these sets are essential
artefacts for anyone interested in the archaeology of 1980s independent
Pop and rock.
It still surprises me, though, that the Wolfhounds are not more of a
household name, even amongst Indie circles. It’s not as though the bands
members went into total obscurity: Dave Callahan enjoyed success
immediately post-‘Hounds with Moonshake; Matt Deighton found favour with
Paul Weller and played in Oasis; Martin Stebbing went to Chicago and
found fame as a name producer, working with the likes of R Kelly and The
Fresh Prince. Yet still the name of the Wolfhounds rarely crops up it
seems. Perhaps they were just too awkward and awry to ever fit into the
cosy picture of the history of ‘indie’ that the media likes to paint
(their omission from the Rough Trade ‘Indiepop’ collection feels like
treason to me), or perhaps their angular and difficult Pop aesthetic was
just too far ahead of its time. Perhaps too they were from the wrong
place at the wrong time; had they been young Americans at the start of
the ‘90s, for example, I can’t help thinking they might have been called
Pavement. And don't forget that the Melody Maker once called them 'the
British Sonic Youth'.
Whatever, The Wolfhounds are still one of those groups whose place in
history is there for the finding. Their back catalogue deserves a
thorough salvage effort, but for now these live CDRs are more than
welcome reminders that there are still genuine treasures from the past
out there to be unearthed.
Buy two and get one free
applies to all FUZZYNOISE CDR's.
BOLTON/CALLAHAN/CLARK/GOLDING/F.STEBBING
THE ANTI MIDAS TOUCH, SANDY, RULE OF
THUMB, WHALE ON THE BEACH, HANDY HOWARD
GOODBYE LAUGHTER, LAZY 'A', ME, STARS IN THE TARMAC, CUT THE CAKE, RESTLESS
SPELL
L.A.JUICE
QUALITY:VERY GOOD: RAW WOLFHOUNDS CAPTURED
ON RETURN TO ROMFORD AFTER THE RELEASE OF 'CUT THE CAKE' IN 1986. THE ONLY REZZ
RECORDING THAT HAS TURNED UP SO FAR. MIND YOU, I STILL HAVEN'T GOT AROUND TO
TALKING TO BOLTON YET. IF ANYONE BUMPS INTO THE OLD QUEEN CAN THEY GET HIM TO
EMAIL ME.
CALLAHAN/GOLDING/OLIVER/F.STEBBING/STIRNER
RITE OF PASSAGE, BLOWN AWAY, HALL OF
MIRRORS, SON OF NOTHING, NON SPECIFIC SONG
SKYSCRAPERS, CHARTERHOUSE, VERTICAL GRAVE, GUTTER CHARITY,TROPIC OF CANCER
USELESS SECOND COUSIN, NO SOAP IN A DIRTY WAR
QUALITY:MIXING DESK,STEREO,AWESOME: THE
LAST WOLFHOUNDS INCARNATION BLOWING RED HOT.
LAZY 'A', ANTI MIDAS TOUCH, RULE OF THUMB,
DISGUSTED E7, HANDY HOWARD, ME
RESTLESS SPELL, GOODBYE LAUGHTER,STARS IN THE TARMAC, HAND IN THE TILL
CRUELTY, L.A.JUICE, YOU'RE GONNA MISS ME, DIRTY WATER
QUALITY: CRYSTAL CLEAR STEREO: BOING PLAYS
HARMONICA ON 'RESTLESS SPELL'. ULTRA RARE VERSION OF THE STANDELLS 'DIRTY
WATER'.
CUT THE CAKE, LAZY 'A', ONE FOOT WRONG, WHALE ON THE
BEACH, HANDY HOWARD, ME
ANTI MIDAS TOUCH, DEADTHINK, 6000 ACRES, PUSHIN' TOO HARD
QUALITY: RAW BUT GETTING THERE. RARE
OUTING FOR '6000 ACRES', THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL WOLFHOUNDS GIG. I VIVIDLY
REMEMBER HELEN TELLING ABOUT 'THIS WEIRD GUY WHO DANCED AT THE BACK LIKE A MAD
MAN PRETENDING TO STAB HIMSELF. EVERETT TRUE; COME ON DOWN.......
MORE TO COME.............INCLUDING 'C86' GIG AT THE ICA,
CAMDEN WORKERS SOCIAL CLUB WITH MARY HANSEN ON BACKING VOCALS, LOADS OF
STUFF WITH DEIGHTON ON GUITAR, REALLY EARLY 1985 GIG WITH LOADS OF UNRELEASED
SONGS...
BIG BAD TRANQUILLIZER / EXODUS / BBT 2 /
DIANA IS A SPANNER / SAVING UP YOUR MONEY / MIDNIGHT BONGO RAG / MOTHER MORNING
/ SAME EMBARASSING HOUSEHOLD / TREE WITH ONE BRANCH / UNHAPPY BENDY TOYS /
DANGER DEEP WATER / MORE OR LESS THE SAME THING HAPPENS / LIGHT UP / DISTURBING
MAN/ TO TWO TOO TOOT / TOURING THE STATES / JAM / SUGAR POT ROCKING / ANOTHER
DARK SIDE OF YOUR HEART
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