Off: Mick Farren

[Chris Warburton]

>From Dan Witt:

>Off the subject a bit.  I've been looking for while for a copy of Mick
>Farren's Vampires Stole my Lunch Money. Anybody here ever heard it?

I can remember it coming out, though I'm not sure if I ever heard any of it
- shortly before this, The Deviants got back together to record an EP for
Stiff - "SCREWED UP" (Stiff LAST 4)
A:
OUTRAGEOUS/CONTAGEOUS (Farren/Rudolph/Wallis)
LET'S LOOT THE SUPERMARKET AGAIN (LIKE WE DID LAST SUMMER) (Farren/Rudolph)
B:
SCREWED UP (Farren/Rudolph)
SHOCK HORROR ?O?? LOOMING (Farren/WALLIS)

Note: all spellings from the label ;)

It's all fairly raucous (but funny) pub-rock/punk hybrid.  I can't actually
read the full title of B2 because of the punch-out slots; the track is a
skit on tabloid newspapers.  A2 is a hoot too "Come on ev'rybody let's loot
Tesco, Whiiile we got a chance".  It's P & C 1977, produced by Larry
Wallis.  Side A run off groove has  "GABBA GABBA MAYBE" scratched in the
matrix, while side B says "IS LEW LEWIS A NONE GOING SITUATION".  All in
all, a typical early Stiff release.

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ChrisW

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