Operation Solstice (Battle of the beanfield) 1985

now for a change, heres a video i upped for another site so thought id stick it on here too

a brief history of the events
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Beanfield

now watch 10 minutes here, most of it is unbroadcast news footage, even the newsmen couldnt believe what they were seeing, men, women and children being beaten and their homes smashed to bits and burnt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIgFBV-iY8E

warning this footage brings me to tears EVERYTIME i see it, and fills me with rage, you have been warned, its shocking.

and heres the classic levellers (folk punk) song of the events
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKrmo9H8XY
which also makes the hairs on my body stand on end and tears to my eyes with sadness

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its about 250mb altogether, about an hour long

Subhumans - Live Sheffield Leadmill 17.2.85 (tape)

I've posted this on a torrent site, may as well post it here aswell, heres what i said............

Heres a rarity, i've been told even the guy who taped it, and released it, and Dick from the band dont even have a copy of this...yet
I've left it as is, i dont go in for altering the audio, i'd just fuck it up, there is a clicky noise near the beginning but i think it disappears about 1 minute in or so, its not bad played on the puter but on my hifi it was loud as fuck.
I've ripped it to flac as the original sound qualitys ok but not amazing so wanted to preserve as much of the sound as i could.

This isnt actually a bluurg release either, it was released on a small Sheffield distro called "epileptic chainsaw tapes" and this was the 2nd release (epic 2), the guy who taped / released it was in a band called protest too.

The set is 43minutes and 43 seconds long, this includes some interviewing and crowd noise due to a fight that occurred that night...i left the whole tape as is.



setlist
All gone dead
Apathy
rats
From the cradle to the grave
No
Powergames
Not me
Evolution
Joe Public
Human error
Subvert city

enjoy

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The Hate Colony - Promo EP

Heres a promo from a new...ish metal band from Norway that i received off a friend on a torrent community i frequent.
He's mates with the band and is trying to give them exposure so they can gain a record deal.
If you like the likes of sepultura youll like these.

check em out on the following
Myspace link: http://www.myspace.com/thehatecolony

Internet site that is still being built but will come soon: http://www.thehatecolony.com


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Brian Brain - Unexpected noises (1980)

Heres another undervalued classic weirdy record. I saw this for download on a blog AFTER i'd ripped it, but as its still pretty hard to find and good i thought i'd still upload it.

Brian Brain was Martin Atkins (PIL, Ministry, Pigface, NIN, killing Joke etc) they released this lp and a few singles.
Strangely this is the only Secret Records record i've seen that has a BLACK label, Normally they have a YELLOW label (Twisted Sister, Exploited etc) if anybody knows why, or what other ones are black labels let me know.

This is Brain 1 (on Secret records) from 1980

Tracklisting
Another million miles
Our man in Hong Kong
I get pain
The hots for you
The asthma game
brainstorm
Unexpected noises
Theyve got me in the bottle
Dirty dealing in the lone star state
Turn it into noise
I'm suffocating
Jet boats up the ganges

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Phaser - Indian Summer cd single

Heres a local (Redcar) indie band i knew a member of, i've no idea if theyre still going. I bought this cdr off the gutarist Luke when i was on an IT course with him in the late 90's.
Listening back to it now, there sounds like a Stone Roses influence, download it and let me know if you agree :)

Tracklisting
Tommorows news again
Looks like rain again
I read the message
Split second (live 98)

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Feeder - Red room sessions (promo cd single)

I got this from Coca Cola years ago, you had to collect so many ring pulls (if i remember rightly)
I always class feeder as a metal band, but tbh i think theyre  abit lighter (maybe indie rock?)

Catalogue Number : Coke06
Record Label : Echo
Country : UK
Type : Promo Sampler
Format : CD
Sleeve : Album Jewel Case
Additional Packaging : Inserts
Release Date : March 2003
Highest Chart Position : N/A
Estimated Value : £5 - £8

Tracklisting
Comfort In Sound
Can't Dance To Disco
Piece By Piece

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Orphic Soop - Nadir (Promo cd single)

Label: ALMO Sounds
Release Country: UK
Release Date: 1997
3 TRACK PROMO (CDALM37PR)
Progressive Metal

i got this free from the band via mail order back in about 1997 / 98
ive scanned and included an A4 sheet of info i got with it
I'd do a tracklisting, but one tracks called Nadir...and the other 2 are untitled, lol

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louise - Soft & Gentle (Promo cd)

EMI records - LOUPREM 101

Tracklisting:

1 One Kiss From Louise (Pop Megamix)
Megamix Tracklisting
1a: One Kiss From Heaven
1b: The Best That You Bring
1c: Undivided Love
1d: In Walked Love
1e: Naked

2 Naked (Tony De Vit Mix)
3 Real Love

includes a great remix by the late great hard house hero Tony De Vit

If anybody wants an actual real life UNPLAYED copy of this cd let me know, i have a few lying about (the real deal) last time i saw they were worth £12

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from their wiki page
"Angletrax was a British new wave-punk group that existed in the late 1970s, who were signed to Germany's Hansa Records label.[1]

The members were: Martin Heath (Bass), Wendy Herman (Vocals), Lin Jammet (Guitar), Jerry Minge (Keyboards), Dan Who (Drums).

In 1979, the band released an EP entitled "Things To Make And Do" and the LP "Angletrax"
"

Tracklisting
Silent Majority (3:26)
Things To Make And Do (3:35)
Why No (1:48)
Shepherds Bush (1:50)
Bad Mood (2:30)
Mental Block (4:15)
Monica (3:25)
Private Life (3:40)
God And Chips (2:32)
Propaganda Man (4:50)
I To I (6:00)
Preconceptions (3:00)

Saturday 4 April 2009

Various - Suck Mix Volume 2 12"

Quite dark, great but short techno mix featuring the likes of

U.S.C - Far away planet (Timeplan)
TZ5 - First track (R&S)
Space Cube - Nuclear (Force Inc)
Speedy J - Pull Over (Plus 8 / Hype)
Phenomania - W.I.E RMX (No Respect)
Komakino - Drill (Suck Me Plasma)
The Aphex Twin - Isoprophlex (R&S)
Tribal Ghost - Paradise, Paradise (Overdrive)
Stardiver - Lifetime Mission (Digitrax Int)
Influid - Swamp (Influence)
Insider - Destiny (Music man)
Microbots - Under my control (Overdrive)

1992, Made In Germany, Suck Me Plasma Records, 1 sided 12"

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Elliott Sharp - NOTS

from wiki
"Elliott Sharp (b. Cleveland, Ohio, March 1, 1951) is an American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer.

A key figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over thirty years, Sharp has released over sixty-five recordings ranging from blues, jazz, and orchestral music to noise, no wave rock, and techno music. He pioneered ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors to musical composition and interaction, as well as the use of computers in live improvisation with his Virtual Stance project of the 1980s. He is an inveterate performer, playing mainly guitar, saxophone and bass clarinet. Sharp has led many ensembles over the years, including the blues-oriented Terraplane and Orchestra Carbon."

NOTS is from 1982 and is on noted indie label Glass records (Spacemen 3, Pulp) and is quite strange, a mix of "indie" and improvised style jazz i suppose. I did think it was strange till i heard a couple of his other albums actually, and found its actually one of the more saner accessible albums of his.
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Reluctant Stereotypes - The Label (1980)

Track Listing
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1. Factory wit (2:44)
2. Side with him (2:33)
3. Back to the greek (3:58)
4. Plans for today (3:01)
5. Sundays tears (3:10)
6. Reluctant (3:56)
7. Lofaska (2:19)
8. Reverand green (2:15)
9. Visual romance (4:37)
10. Confused action (3:01)
11. M.O.D (2:54)
12. The Label (2:59)

This one i didnt know anything at all about it tbh, just saw it in a charity shop yesterday for 50 pence and it looked "interesting"
turns out its a 1980 coventry ska band and this was their first and only lp.
it's also the band that predated king, Primitives and eyeless in gaza.

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The Alarm - Strength

Tracklisting
1. Knife Edge
2. Strength
3. Dawn Chorus
4. Spirit of '76
5. Deeside
6. Father to Son
7. Only the Thunder
8. Day the Ravens Left the Tower
9. Absolute Reality
10. Walk Forever by My Side

heres one i didnt think was that rare, but when i fancied some alarm every blog link lead to a dead end, so in the end i ripped my own vinyl copy.

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Cadra ash - Everything gone by preview cd

Heres another cd demo by German Goth band Cadra Ash, see below post for info.

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Cadra Ash - 1995 demo cd

Cadra Ash, "the moth that has turned to ashes" represents in an ambiguous sense the suction to act against reason, driven by a magical appeal, to follow the desire for eternal lust, to give in to temptation- this is what paraphrases the name of this unique band from the German "Ruhrgebiet" most strikingly.

It was only 8 months after their formation, that the three "night owls" Tom D. (bass/programming), Tatjana E. Fernandez (vocals) and the guitar player Thomas W. introduced their first four-track-demo to an enthusiastic audience in the spring of 1995.

The band´s rising tendency had become unstoppable: A second position in an important newcomer-competition and a strong live performance lead to Cadra Ash´s reputation as a band of high potentials. Several interviews and a contribution to the "Gothic Grimoire"-compilation helped them to become recognized throughout Europe.

Tatjana left the band in 1996 and Tom played as a guest-musician with "The House Of Usher", before Rabea Lange completes the line-up again.

It was the chance-meeting of most different musical roots that lead to the trio´s large variety of musical influences.

The dense atmosphere of harmonically and driving bass´- and drum parts, imbued by neurotically, queer guitars and hypnotically synth-sounds carries Rabea´s unconventional vocals into consciousness and undoubtingly makes clear that notions such as "Dark Wave" and "Gothic" do not simply imply the "darkness" in everything, but that various coloured nuances are the essence of the pleasure of being.

These are the bricks on which this unique universe of sound, by which the three musicians know to attract their audience, has been built.

In the spring of 1998 Cadra Ash released their "Secrets" MCD as a part of the split-CD

"Emanation- The Sounds Of New Hope Part III"

with the label "ALICE IN...", also featuring the bands "Pictures Of Agony" and "Salt Of Anguish".

From that time, Cadra Ash have been considered to be one of the most promising newcomers in "Goth" music, a fact they proved in the period following by their live performance at various festivals such as "Summer Horizon" (with considerable Bands like e.g.:" The Sisters Of Mercy", "Atrocity"," HIM" and "Tanzwut") and as a supporting act for "The Escape", "The Merry Thoughts" and "Funhouse" most impressively.

Another push in popularity was the release of their song "Inner Strife" on the "Hex Files Vol. III"-compilation in the same year, which granted the band a world-wide response.

Also the cooperation with the booking-agency "Mother Dance" turned out to be a stroke of luck. Cadra Ash played at the "Herbstnächte" festival in 1999, in the spring of 2000 they supported "Faith And The Muse" on their European Tour and played at several international festivals , e.g. in Portugal ("Hall Of Dreams"/Porto), at the "Castle" festival in Bolkow/PL, the "Thesmophoria" in Whitby/UK, the "Gothic World" meeting and the "Castle Rock" festival with as well known acts as "Dreadful Shadows", "Garden Of Delight", "Letzte Instanz", "Judith" and "Breath Of Life".

In the meantime they introduced a choice of new songs as contributions to various compilations.

During the year 2001, Cadra Ash took a creative "break", interrupted by a brilliant gig supporting "Diva Destruction" at the "Zwischenfall" in Bochum.

Waiting has now come to an end. They just released their new "EVERY..." E.P. and the count-down to a listening-pleasure of a special kind has begun...
info taken from their website

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The Rabbits Hat - Outsiders

If you like late 80s early 90s psychedelic hippy trippy rock bands you should enjoy this.
Bands like ozric tentacles, tangle edge, poisoned electrick head, astralasia aswell as classic bands like jethro tull and hawkwind.

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Sincerely P.T. - Sincerely P.T

Heres another jazz rock rarity, Sincerely P.T, an album by jazz luminory Peter trunk, released in Germany.
I dont know much about this lp, but i did search the blogs for it and didnt find it anywhere UNTIL i ripped it then found it on one blog, im still uploading it though as i would still class it as very rare.
It's on aamok records (Kraut001 is the catalogue number) and was released in 1973.
it has some great jazz and some crazy guitar playing on it.

Tracklisting
A1 Fresh Air. Where ? 6:44
A2 I Will Give You All My Love 8:33
A3 Line 7:43
B1 Rolling Machine 6:42
B2 Soft Hands Had the Rain 6:29
B3 Cheopa 6:08
B4 Buy, Buy and Buy, Why ? 4:55

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Enemy Within - God save the queen (bootleg 12")

Heres another punk related goodie, i believe its actually Chumbawamba in disguise and its 3 dance tracks that feature samples of the Sex Pistols Bill grundy interview, God save the queen and even Adam and the ants song Zerox.

Beware contains lots of swearing

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Rhythmites - Dub of independence 12" (white label, 500 copies only)

Heres a great rare dub 12" by those festival favourites The Rhythmites. I bought this 12" from Bluurg records a while ago and theres only 500 copies of it and i believe its officially unreleased?
It features the theme tune from the X files lol
anyway if you love reggae or dub check it out.
Sorry but two of these tracks only ripped at 128kbps not sure why, still sounds great tho.
the picture of the sticker on the cover never came out too well either :(

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Dean Johnson - Loser Friendly

Heres one i sent off for years ago for free just to check the artist out and its great.
the strange thing is on the net i keep seeing that it came out in 2005......BUT my copy definately states 2000 on the copyright notice on the actual disc????

Tracklisting:
1. Proud & Prejudiced
2. The Nominations Are
3. Police, Vets & Cookery
4. Cambridge Blues
5. The Man Who Invented Himself
6. Everythings Up in the Air
7. A World of My Own
8. Ringmaster
9. Kneeling Down
10. Mr. Brown

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