Happy Mondays - Rendering That Scaffolding Dangerous 1985-1992

 

Self made compilation 2003

Disc 1:

01 Delightful

02 This Feeling

03 Freaky Dancin'

04 The Egg (Mix)

05 Little Matchstick Owen's Rap

06 Desmond

07 Yahoo

08 Wah Wah (Think Tank)

09 Boom

10 Lazyitis - One Armed Boxer

11 Mad Cyril - Hello Girls

12 Hallelujah

13 Holy Ghost

14 Clap Your Hands

15 Rave On

16 Kinky Groovy Afro

17 Judge Fudge

18 Tokoloshe Man

19 Baby Big Head

20 Staying Alive

Disc 2:

01 Freaky Dancin' (Live)

02 Wrote for Luck [Dance Mix]

03 Wrote for Luck [Radio Mix]

04 Wrote for Luck [Club Mix]

05 Hallelujah [Club Mix]

06 Rave On [Club Mix]

07 Hallelujah [MacColl Mix]

08 WFL [The Vince Clarke Mix]

09 WFL ['Think About the Future' - The Paul Oakenfold Mix]

10 Step On [Stuff It In Mix]

11 Step On [One Louder Mix]

12 Step On [Twistin My Melon Mix]

13 Step On [US Dub It In Mix]

14 Kinky Groovy Afro (Live)

15 Loose Fit [Remix]

16 Bob's Yer Uncle [Remix]

17 Stinkin Thinkin [Boy's Own Mix]

18 Stinkin Thinkin [Hague 7'']

19 Stinkin Thinkin [Junior Style]

20 Sunshine & Love [Lion Rock Mix No 1]

21 24 Hour Party People [remix by M People]

22 Sunshine & Love [Lion Rock Mix No 2]

The Happy Mondays (and The Stone Roses) were probably the first bands I began collecting the records of. I was 12/13 when I started becoming interested and buying their single and E.P. releases.

A few years ago, Al done an amazing job digitising all of those pieces of vinyl.

This compilation brings together all the Mondays non L.P. tracks, a lot which are still unavailable beyond the initial pressing.

Disc 1, tracks 1 & 2 from the Forty Five E.P.

Disc 1, tracks 3 & 4, disc 2 track 1 from the Freaky Dancin' 12"

Disc 1 track 5 from the Tart Tart 12"

Disc 1 track 6 from the original withdrawn pressing of the debut L.P.

Disc 1 tracks 7 & 8 from the 24 Hour Party People 12"

Disc 1 track 9, disc 2 tracks 3-4 from the Wrote For Luck single

Disc 1 tracks 10 & 11 from the Lazyitis single

Disc 1 tracks 12-15 from the Madchester Rave On E.P.

Disc 2 tracks 5 & 6 from the Madchester Rave On Remixes E.P.

Disc 2 track 7 from the Hallejuah E.P.

Disc 2 tracks 8 & 9 from the W.F.L. (Remixes) 12"

Disc 2 tracks 10 & 11 from the Step On single

Disc 2 tracks 12 & 13 from the U.S. Step On 12"

Disc 1 track 16, disc 2 track 14 from the Kinky Groovy Afro single

Disc 2 tracks 15 & 16 from the Loose Fix remix 12"

Disc 1 tracks 17 & 18 from the Judge Fudge single

Disc 1 track 19, disc 2 tracks 17-19 from the Stinkin' Thinkin' single

Disc 1 track 20, disc 2 tracks 20-23 from the Sunshine & Love single

Masahiko Sato & Sound Breakers - Amalgamation

 

Liberty 1971

Part One:

Destructive Creation

The Atomic-Bomb Was Not Fallen

The Last Voyage

Thirteen Steps To Heaven

All Quiet On The Far East Front

Sole Imposter

Macrocosmos

A White Dove In Disguise

Will It Be True

Or Not

Part Two:

Ancient Tales Of The Days To Come

Hear Me, Talikn To Ya

Le D'Ecouverte De L'Homme

Holly Barbarian

Voce Plena E Naturale

Dedicated To Mr. John Bull

Shinjuku Maturi

Agony And Extacy

Absolutely wild collage of jazz, classical, avant-garde, rock and samples from early seventies Japan.

Goatherder - Live at Free Radicals, Carlisle 28-01-22

Self released 2023

01 Goatherder - The Hayton Tapes

02 Goatherder - Pica Mast

03 Goatherder - Slow Education

04 Goatherder / Nightjrrs / The Heartwood Institute - Improvisation #1

05 Goatherder / Nightjrrs / The Heartwood Institute - Improvisation #2

This is my set from the Free Radicals gig last year. Also on the bill were Nightjrrs and The Heartwood Institute and we played two improvisations together at the end.

These two tracks were mastered by Jonathan Sharp.

Sparklehorse - Dragging Pianos

 

Fan made compilation 2020.

01 Galveston

02 Caroline

03 In the Dry

04 London

05 I Shot a Dog

06 West Of Rome

07 Happy Pig (BBC Radio 1 Evening Session)

08 Too Late

09 Blind Rabbit Choir

10 Jack's Obsession

11 Intermission

12 Gasoline Horseys (Live on KCRW)

Track 1 from Various Artists album 'New Sounds Of The Old West Volume Three'.

Track 2 from 'Knives of Summertime' CD single.

Tracks 3 & 4 from 'London' 7".

Tracks 5 & 7 from 'Sick of Goodbyes' CD single.

Track 6 from 'Sweet Relief II - A Tribute to Vic Chessnut'.

Track 8 from 'Hammering the Cramps' 7".

Track 9 from 'Come On In' 7".

Track 10 from Various Artists album 'Nightmare Revisited'.

Tracks 11 & 12 from 'Rainmaker' CD single.

Various Artists - Summer 2023

 

01 Laura Allan - As I Am (Edit)

02 London Brew - Miles Chases New Voodoo In The Church

03 Margaritas Podridas - Pétalos Mordidos

04 Duke Ellington - Blue Pepper

05 Portico Quartet - Window Seat

06 Duncan Pryce Kirk - Space Out

07 Junior Kimbrough - I Gotta Try You Girl

08 Dele Sosimi - E Go Betta

09 Mabe Fratti -  Algo Grandioso

10 Phil Smith - The Heart's Chorus (Extract)

11 Four Tet - Three Drums

12 Abdullah Ibrahim Trio - Soweto

The Nightowl Sings / Goatherder - What We See In Storms ​/ ​Future Goatherder

 

Treehouse Orchestra Recordings 2023

01 The Nightowl Sings - Footsteps Are Not Forever

02 The Nightowl Sings - Deep Country

03 The Nightowl Sings - Wynd

04 The Nightowl Sings - Ottor Furrows

05 The Nightowl Sings - It's Only Love, It's Only Everything

06 The Nightowl Sings - Wayward

07 Goatherder - 12 Apostles Stone Circle, Dumfries

08 Goatherder - Intensification 90

09 Goatherder - Forest Head

10 Goatherder - Sam's Chimes

11 Goatherder - Slow Education

The Nightowl Sings - 'What We See In Storms':

Marc Gillen - Acoustic and electric guitars, drum machine, bass, field recordings and samples, keyboards and vocals.

with

Stephen Benson - Guitar and mandolin on 'Wayward'.

Emily Ford - vocals on 'Wayward'.

Catherine Reding - violin and keyboards on 'Ottor Furrows'.

Voice of Tom Edmondson used in 'Footsteps are Not Forever'.

All songs written by Marc Gillen.

Recorded in our homes 2022-23.

Mixed and arranged by Alastair Popple at the Kitchen Sync.

Artwork by Emily Ford.

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Goatherder - 'Future Goatherder':

Performance, mix and production by Stephen Benson.

'Apostles Stone Circle, Dumfries & Galloway' vocal by Camille Matton, recorded at Hayton Castle. Soundtrack to the film of the same name.

'Intensification 90' drums by Mike Taylor. Completed with found sound January 2023.

'Forest Head' Cmybalin and percussion recorded in Kielder Wood sound installation.

'Sam's Chimes' contains a sample from a live improvisation of Clyde Stubblefield. Piano improvised at The Sage, Gateshead. Field recordings from Carlisle cathedral. Assembled in Hebden Bridge.

'Slow Education' recorded live at Free Radicals, 'An Evening Of Experimental Music', 28th of January, 2022.

Mastered by Jonathan Sharp.

Artwork by Stephen Benson.

Mastered for vinyl by Jonathan Sharp. 

TOR092.

Free download and streaming and extremely limited lathe cut 12" transparent vinyl available from Bandcamp.

 

Sparklehorse - A Horse's Stomach

 

Fan made compilation 2020

01 Heloise

02 Heart of Darkness (Wiggly)

03 My Yoke is Heavy

04 Midget in a Junkyard

05 Homecoming Queen (Live on KCRW)

06 Happy Place

07 Haint

08 Waiting for Nothing

09 Almost Lost My Mind

10 Dead Opera Star

11 The Hatchet Song

12 Happy Man (EV11 Mix)

13 Devil's New

14 Wish You Were Here

Surprising but welcome news this month that a fifth and final Sparklehorse album is to be released. Mark Linkous was working with Steve Albini at the time of his death in 2010 and now the family and the producer have completed the album.

I made a two volume compilation of b-sides, E.P. tracks and rarities a while ago. Here's the first one with the other to follow...

Tracks 1 & 13 from 'Gold Day' EP

Tracks 2, 4, 9, 10 & 11 from 'Chords I've Known' EP.

Tracks 3, 6, 8 & 12 from 'Distorted Ghost' EP.

Track 5 from 'Rainmaker' CD single.

Tracks 7 & 14 from 'Maria's Little Elbows' CD single.