Looking forThe Pop Group ----Y and How Much Longer do we........

Openers in LA were Sex Stains (Alison of Bratmobile's new band) and Peaking Lights.

Finally got around to getting the recent reissue of For HOw Much longer and liking it a lot more than I remember from having the Vinyl years ago. Band is reasonably recognisable from the band on Y but the production is very different.
I always thought it sounded heavily compressed, it does sound claustrophobic possibly but great great record.

I'm now seeing taht there's a live lp from the same era about to be released. Compilation of various recordings from the tour supporting the lp I think alongside a dvd of material recorded by Don Letts from around the time.

I was hoping there was a live lp due but thought it might be similar to the live 2cd that was released in Japan which consisted of 3 complete sets or at least partial ones. I have those sets on flac from having dowenloaded them fro places like Dime prior to the Japanese release but would still have liked a physixcal cd with possibly better sound.

Do wonder if this live cd which is called THe Boys Whose Heads Exploded might be the first of a few live compis or if it is the end of releases.

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Ah, before my time I guess

http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/theboyswhosehead?utm_campaign=project13555&utm_medium=project_badge
The Pop Group unveil their latest archival release, The Boys Whose Head Exploded. Compiled from unearthed basement tapes recorded during their incendiary performances of late 1979 and 1980, the compilation also includes a bonus DVD featuring film footage shot by legendary director Don Letts.

The bulk of the salvaged live recordings comprise brawling versions of songs taken from the band’s recently reissued second studio album For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder? The collection also features the previously unreleased 73 Shadow Street, and a surprise mutation of the Glaxo Babies’ Shake The Foundation.

The Boys Whose Head Exploded will be released through Freaks R Us on Friday 27th May 2016.

The album’s track listing is as follows:

01. We Are All Prostitutes (Live Milan 1980)
02. Justice (Live Cologne 1980)
03. How Much Longer (Live Cologne 1980)
04. Blind Faith (Live Sheffield 1979)
05. Forces of Oppression (Live Cologne 1980)
06. There Are No Spectators (Live Cologne 1980)
07. Feed The Hungry (Live Cologne 1980)
08. Rob A Bank (Live Milan 1980)
09. Shake The Foundation (Live Cologne 1980)
10. 73 Shadow Street (Live Helsinki 1980)

The accompanying film footage is a short feature that’s been hiding in Don Letts’ punk rock archives for the past 35 years. Filmed by Letts at Alexandra Palace on June 15th 1980 at an all day festival that featured the likes of John Cooper Clarke, The Raincoats and The Slits, the rare footage encapsulates the band’s molotov cocktail of punk, funk, free jazz and radical politics at its most artistically concussive.

The vinyl edition comes as a picture disc with a download code to access the film and hi-res audio content. The CD edition includes a DVD of the 1980 footage and a 12 page poster.

Mark Stewart was on Mike Watt's podcast a couple weeks ago and they go through every track on the new comp. Well worth your time.

Spitting into the wind, but I'm always amazed that Sager is as off the radar as he is. This is actually one of my favorite songs in the world, period.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI-btKjadjw

Mark Stewart was on Mike Watt's podcast a couple weeks ago and they go through every track on the new comp. Well worth your time.

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Cool, Stewart's appearance on the Watt podcast last yr was awesome. I can't believe those two haven't hooked up for a record or proj or something.

I've always thought that Y was the second album, after How Much Longer... And I've learned otherwise and yet still I forget. I think it's because Y's so... weird and free? It kind of reminds me of the difference between the first and second Alternative TV albums. But backwards.

There's also the We Are Time compilation of Peel Session and live stuff dating from around the time of Y. & that's now got a companion volume though it should have just been put on the same cd Cabinet of Curiosities.

I thought Honeymoon On Mars was a massive improvement on Citizen Zombie - it didn't have as much of the oppression but a lot of space, almost like a dub electronica record (and I guess showing the influence of Dennis Bovell and Hank Shocklee in the production).

that cover art though ...

It could be worse, you could have a t shirt lying around with that artwork on it.

I had no idea Honeymoon on Mars had been out for almost a year!

I've never seen this before but it's just as great as PIL on bandstand

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpwcrOGRjC8

Gareth Sager sitting at the back with the violin before giving up the whole charade A++.

That was fantastic, thanks for sharing!

I bought a copy of "Y" on CD in the 90s and it didn't make much sense. I would revisit it every few years and now I love it, even picked up the odds and sods "We Are All Prostitutes" comp as a supplement. Not too keen on later material though there's good bits along the way.

I think I picked up Y and a scratched up version of Beefheart's Lick My Decals Off in the same purchase thanks to comparisons in Birthday party features in early 8-0s NMEs that my brother had. think I picked up on Pere ubu from the same source, it just took me longer to get hold of their material.

But have loved Y since then.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kc2cBmbBOfo