tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3867719308415269692024-03-04T20:26:30.114-08:00Turquoise CoalUnearthed treasure from the north Wales undergroundUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-87503746895150308892013-10-28T04:01:00.002-07:002013-10-28T04:01:56.505-07:00Break in serviceSorry about the recent lack of posts. Rapidshare recently changed their system and have become totally rubbish. Just as soon as we back up all the previous files and rehouse them with a different server, normal service will resume.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-6302922723268104262013-08-26T07:46:00.001-07:002013-08-26T08:12:30.938-07:00(The original) Third Spain 1980/81<br />
Most people with an interest in the north Wales music scene will be aware of the mid-80s group <b>Third Spain</b> who released an LP on the <b>Central Slate</b> label in 1985. Not everyone will be aware however of a completely different but identically named group who existed five years previously.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'An Invitation to Dance' programme.</i></td></tr>
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The original, and in many ways superior group was a trio of <b>Alan Wilkinson</b> on drums and vocals, <b>John Cratchley</b> on bass and vocals and <b>Scott Saunders</b> on guitar and vocals. This group was a decidedly more 'arty' group than the later, more rock-orientated combo, with live performances all given individual names and showcasing material specially written for the event. Programmes were given out at the performances and it is these programmes that help us piece together the history of the group, as only a few of the performances were ever recorded. We have managed to locate recordings of <i>'An Implicit Threat'</i> from Plas Coch on 23rd September 1980 and <i>'The Death of a Myth'</i> from the same venue on the 2nd December 1980, the latter being billed as the group's 'final performance' and unusually, comprising a 'greatest hits' set of material that had been previously performed at other shows. However we have also unearthed a 'reunion' event from 22nd September 1981, where the group got back together to support the <b><a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/the-miaow-beasts.html" target="_blank">Miaow Beasts</a></b> at Plas Coch.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"Another Spiffing Wheeze' programme.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'An Implicit Threat' programme.</i></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>"The Death of a Myth' programme.</i></td></tr>
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Further programmes found in our archive reveal events titled <i>'Welcome to September'</i>, <i>'Another Spiffing Wheeze'</i> and <i>'An Invitation to Dance'</i>, none of which appear to have been recorded. We have however found an undated short three song set by the group that appeared to be part of a multi-band show at Plas Coch which also featured <b>Distant Cousins</b>, <b>Fay Ray</b>, <b>The Verbs</b> and <b>9½</b>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>'Welcome to September' programme (back)</i></td></tr>
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As far as we can tell, it seems that the original Third Spain played live on eight occasions:<br />
2nd September 1980<br />
23rd September 1980<br />
14th October 1980<br />
28th October 1980<br />
6th November 1980<br />
22nd November 1980<br />
2nd December 1980<br />
22nd September 1981<br />
although sadly less than half of these events appear to have been recorded - a particular shame as the group had a tendancy to not repeat songs, leaving much of the repertoire lost in the mists of time.<br />
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It appears from the programmes, that in addition to the core trio, Third Spain were on occasion augmented by guests that included <b>Mark Thomas</b>, <b>Alan Holmes</b> and <b>Martin Wilson</b>. Alan (Holmes) and Scott were of course to be reunited in the later Third Spain, who even covered the original group's <i>'In the Twilight'</i> for their 1985 LP. When the compilation cassette <i>'Dark Steps/Waiting for Light'</i> was released, members of <b>Third Spain</b> and <b>A Silly Tree</b> combined forces to perform their contributions live at the launch party on 31st March 1981. This 'supergroup' was referred to on various promo materials as <b>Third Tree</b>, <b>Silly Spain</b> and <b>Hispanic Arboreals</b>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Poster for 28th October 1980</i></td></tr>
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<b>An Implicit Threat: Plas Coch 23rd September 1980</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> The Timeless Trail<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> The World: A Brief Guide <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3 interval</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span> Lesson One<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span> The Incident<br />
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<b>The Death of a Myth: Plas Coch 2nd December 1980</b><br />
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Dreamtime 1:<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> Autumn Spirit<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> Two Shadows<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span> Waiting for Light<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span> Eskimo Love Song<br />
Dreamtime 2: <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span> Map<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span> Insect Time<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span> Hanging Tree<br />
The Break: <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span> The Call<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span> Business as Usual<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span> In the Twilight<br />
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<b>Plas Coch 22nd September 1981</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> Business as Usual<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> In the Twilight<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span> Fire's Gone Out<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span> The Call<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span> Hanging Tree<br />
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<b>G.U.M. benefit night Plas Coch</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> Hanging Tree<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> The Call<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span> In the Twilight<br />
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get it <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/4102261039/Original%20Third%20Spain.zip" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-17320768881275805352013-08-25T03:51:00.000-07:002013-08-25T08:16:46.561-07:00Sarah's Room (1980)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In 1980, Sarah temporarily left Bangor to tour Australia and New Zealand for a few months, leaving her room at 32 College Road vacant. Never ones to miss an opportunity, her housemates seized the chance to turn the space into a temporary recording studio, with<b> John Cratchley</b> (resident of the room directly above Sarah's) installing all manner of microphones and recording paraphernalia in the abandoned room. For several weeks, every visiting musician was dragged into the room and encouraged to 'perform'. The results of this project eventually saw the light of day on a cassette on the Black Vinyl Tapes label appropriately titled <i>'Sarah's Room'</i>.<br />
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<b>Sarah's Room</b> (1980)<br />
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1 Can't Stop<br />
2 Jewel<br />
3 White Sky<br />
4 (Just Like an) Advert<br />
5 Shara's Moor<br />
6 Jewel (reprise)<br />
7 Betterway<br />
8 Cross Country in Slow Motion<br />
9 Football<br />
10 Hanging Tree<br />
11 Cross Country Continues / Jewel (re-reprise)<br />
12 JASM<br />
13 I am Patient<br />
14 Down the Hill<br />
15 White Sky (reprise)<br />
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get it <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/3059571858/Sarah%27s%20Room.zip" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a> <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-34230862163499371502013-08-23T07:25:00.000-07:002013-08-24T07:43:01.068-07:00A Path to Follow (1981)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: arial;">Between Autumn 1980 and Spring
1982, weekly music nights were held upstairs at Bangor's Glanrafon Pub
every Friday. Generally these would feature a couple of local or
visiting acts playing regular sets in a friendly pub style environment.
Sometimes however, these nights were augmented by more elaborate theme
nights where special one-off performances were presented, never to be
repeated. We have already uploaded one example in the <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/warriors-of-grail.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">"Psychedelic Night"</span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"> from 27th October 1981, and now we are pleased to dig out another of those 'special' nights from our archives.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dating from earlier in 1981 - the exact date is lost in the </span></span>mists of time, although was most likely around April, <i><b>A Path to Follow</b></i> drew on a pool of mostly Bangor based musicians who collaborated in various combinations during the evening. Although loosely thematically linked, the evening's six distinct sections covered a wide range of styles, taking in jazz, country, industrial electronica, psych rock, neo-classicism and even medieval mystery plays.<br />
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The <i>Travelling On</i> section of the evening was performed by an early incarnation of <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/ghostriders-plas-coch-summer-1981.html" target="_blank"><b>The Ghostriders</b></a> who at the time were a duo of <b>Dav Devalle</b> and <b>Rob Parry</b>, augmented by tapes of 'found sound'. A particularly rare treat lies in classical guitarist (and ex-<b><a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/some-noise.html" target="_blank">Some Noise</a></b> bassist) <b>Martin Parry</b>'s beautiful compositions for the Steps section, arranged for his own guitar and <b>Rebecca Ward</b>'s violin. The programme, reproduced here, lists a second medieval mystery play as part of the running order, but there appears to be no recording of it... perhaps it was dropped due to time restrictions.<br />
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Nobody seems to quite remember the full list of personnel for the evening, but it certainly included <b>Scott Saunders, Dav Devalle, John Cratchley, Mark Thomas, Rob Parry, Rebecca Ward, Martin Parry, Alan Holmes, Phil Layton</b> and <b>Sarah Andrews</b>... and several others, possibly including <b>Annie Williams, Paul Stroud, John Wilce, John Wyer </b>and<b> Rhona Wyer</b>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> Eat <span style="font-size: x-small;">12:57</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span> Travelling On <span style="font-size: x-small;">30:09</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span> Waiting for Light <span style="font-size: x-small;">10:38</span><br />
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Get it <a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/2657332166/A%20Path%20to%20Follow.zip" target="_blank">here</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-79526718475209670732013-08-22T07:31:00.002-07:002013-08-22T07:58:03.214-07:00Pondman - In Between (2002)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<b>Fiona</b> and <b>Gorwel Owen</b> have been central figures in the Welsh music scene for around 35 years, through their own music with <b>Sgidia' Newydd</b>, <b>Eirin Peryglus</b> and <b>Plant Bach Ofnus</b> as well as their invaluable contribution to the likes of <b>Datblygu, Super Furry Animals, Igam Ogam, Ectogram, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Rheinallt H Rowlands, Pop Negatif Wastod, Ffa Coffi Pawb, Cut Tunes, Vaffan Coulo, Fflaps</b> and many, many others who had passed through their legendary <b>Ofn</b> studios in Rhosneigr and Llanfaelog.<br />
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In 2002, they released an album under the name <b>Pondman</b> that stood in stark contrast to their previous pioneering electronic work, comprising as it did, a selection of beautifully arranged subtle low-key acoustic songs. <i>In Between</i> saw Gorwel forsaking his trusty mini-Moog and Akai S3000XL in favour of the more pastoral tones of the acoustic guitar, weaving a delicate lattice around Fiona's ethereal and richly poetic voice. An all-star cast of guests helped out on the album, including Wales' leading exponent of the ancient <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crwth" target="_blank">crwth</a>, <b>Cass Meurig</b>, noted jazz double bassist <b>Owen Lloyd Evans</b> and various members of <b>Gorky's Zygotic Mynci</b>.<br />
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The record was released on the couple's own independent label Yamoosh! and immediately drew enthusiastic reviews:<br />
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<i>‘Suitably for people whose operations are so out of the trend-loop,
this is a deeply, often thrillingly unique record’</i> – Noel Gardener / Honk
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<i>‘This is a fantastic album. In Between is full of beautiful pastoral
melodies and feedback/drone sun-drenched backing’</i> – Wil Williams / SNOG
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<i>‘Creadigol ac ysbrydoledig’</i> – Catrin Dafydd, Golwg
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<i>‘Strange goings on in deepest Wales, extemporised pastoral psychedelia’</i> – Taplas
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<i>'Imaginative, low-key and finely judged … always beautiful and sometimes profound’</i> – Malcolm Lewis / Planet<br />
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There was a six year wait for the follow up <i>Spring Always Comes</i>, for which the couple retired the Pondman name, crediting it simply to Fiona and Gorwel Owen. The album was well worth the wait and every bit as good as <i>In Between</i>. More recently, they recorded a session for Adam Walton's excellent Radio Wales show in 2012, which can be heard <a href="http://soundcloud.com/fiona-20/sets/adam-walton-sesiwn-session-14/" target="_blank"><b>here</b>. </a><br />
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Fiona and Gorwel have now decided to make <i>In Between</i> available to stream for free, so check it out below and if you like what you hear, maybe buy a physical copy or/and <i>Spring Always Comes</i> from <a href="http://palasprint.com/" target="_blank">Palas Print</a>, <a href="http://www.spillersrecords.co.uk/" target="_blank">Spillers</a> or <a href="http://www.sadwrn.com/" target="_blank">Sadwrn</a>.<br />
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Between</b> (Yamoosh! 2002)<br />
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1. Miss A<br />
2. Birdcage<br />
3. Passers-By<br />
4. Note
Under A Stone<br />
5. Let Me Be Still<br />
6. When It Rained<br />
7. All Things Wish
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8. Black and Gold<br />
9. Always Intending<br />
10. Being Poemed<br />
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Fire Ballad<br />
12. When We Danced,<br />
13. In Between.<br />
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Fiona and Gorwel Owen with guests: Cass Meurig, John Lawrence, Owen Lloyd Evans, Peter
Richardson, Megan Childs, Euros Childs, Euros Rowlands, Rob Mackay,
Idris Morris Jones.<br />
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hear it <a href="http://soundcloud.com/fiona-20/sets/in-between-4" target="_blank">here</a> </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-32595362014819382542013-06-26T10:46:00.001-07:002013-06-27T03:56:01.999-07:00Alasdair Bouch<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Alasdair Bouch</b> is not strictly Welsh and indeed is now based in Prague, but he did begin his musical career while in University in Bangor. Not only did Alasdair (affectionately known as Ali B... well before the existence of Ali G) work in the legendary <b>Cob Records</b>, but he was also responsible for turning upper Bangor's Greek Taverna into a music venue back in the early 90s. His tireless promotion of live music in the town created a platform for many of the area's young musicians to showcase their talents (or lack thereof). To this day, the Greek Taverna remains a vibrant venue for upcoming local musicians thanks to the work of Ali B.</div>
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Since leaving Bangor and relocating to Prague, Alasdair has released three excellent CD albums, ranging from the
alternative folk-blues sound of his debut <i>First Person Singular</i>,
via the raw soul power-pop of <i>Second-hand Lullabies</i> to his recent <i>Third Time Lucky</i> which beats in a
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-23587549435531726842013-05-22T06:11:00.000-07:002013-05-22T06:11:04.850-07:00Mank - Gutta-percha<div class="userText__expanded">
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Following the new Skinflick release that we highlighted a few weeks back, here's another brand new release that we here at Turquoise Coal would like to draw your attention to.<br /><br />
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<b>Mank</b> is the ambient electronic project of <b>Ben Powell</b>, based in North Wales.<br />
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has been recording as Mank since 1998 releasing “home made” CDs on his
<b>Mankymusic</b> label. Influenced by nature and maths the music is computer
based, combining field recordings with real and virtual instruments. Ben
is known for using some exclusive recording locations - two releases
(<b>Isbjorn</b> and <b>Ambergris</b>) were recorded whilst on board a Russian polar
research ship at the north pole, most of the Mank albums were born at
sea.<br />
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Ben says <i>"The majority of this album was
written on a Canadian icebreaker on the Beaufort Sea north of Alaska -
for my day job I work on ships making oceanographic measurements and as
such I spend a lot of time bobbing around at sea near the North Pole.
Making music lets me escape to my own world away from the ship but I
hope that the beauty of the location comes through in my music, there
are a lot of field recordings embedded in the mix."</i><br />
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The full 53'49" album is available free from Ben's <b>SoundCloud</b> site <b><a href="https://soundcloud.com/mankymusic/sets/mank-gutta-percha" target="_blank">here</a></b> and comes highly recommended to all fans of Arctic electronica!<br />
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1 Cyanosis<br />
2 Heliopolis<br />
3 Precession<br />
4 Rheya<br />
5 Moloch<br />
6 Proteus<br />
7 Cwmorthin<br />
8 Systaltic<br />
9 Eglwyseg<br />
10 Dysthymia<br />
11 Erebus and Terror</div>
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<b><i>S4C Makes Me Want To Smoke Crack</i></b> was a 7" EP that came out in early 1995 on the north Wales based<b> Atol </b>label (serial number ATOL 02). The EP was pressed in a limited run of 500 copies and is subsequently very difficult to find and much sought after, largely due to the subsequent rise to stardom of <b>Catatonia</b>, whose featured track <i>Cariadon Ffôl</i> is unavailable elsewhere. In fact, the only one of the four songs that did subsequently appear again was <b>Rheinallt H. Rowlands</b>' <i>Charles Bukowski</i>, which featured in an extended version as the (sort of) title track of Rheinallt's second LP <i>Bukowski</i> in 1996.</div>
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<b>Paladr</b> changed their name to <b>Topper</b> shortly after the release of the EP and went on to release many fine records under that name, although this remains their sole appearance under their original monicker. <b>Ectogram</b>'s uncharacteristically gentle <i>Gwagle</i> gained the group record company interest from Radar Records, who soon changed their mind upon checking out the group in concert! The song was re-recorded in a very different arrangement for the group's debut LP <i>I Can't Believe It's Not Reggae!</i> in 1996, the LP version featuring a piano solo from renowned producer <b>Gorwel Owen</b>, while this version has an (uncredited) piano part from <b>Dewi Evans</b>, of <b>Rheinallt H. Rowlands</b> fame.</div>
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A second volume appeared in 1996 on the <b>Ankst </b>label, with further contributions from <b>Rheinallt</b> and <b>Topper</b>, alongside tracks by <b>Melys</b> and <b>David Wrench</b>. This second volume is much easier to track down and appeared on both 7" vinyl and CD.</div>
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<i>As a wise old owl noted just the other pint, 'tis a thin line between
John Barry and Barry John. The cunningly titled "S4C Makes Me..." is in
fact a four track effort from those extremely nice people at Ankst
Records in Wales and thus - leaving miracles aside for a second -
features four bands singing in the language God tossed upon them.</i><br />
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wit, the normally boisterous (see drunk) Catatonia are caught in a
relaxed, almost choral mode. Ditto for Ectogram, stripped of their rock
edge for an eerie, beatless few minutes. Paladr, meanwhile, are all
feisty melodies and stumbling enthusiasm in a post Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
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...Shiver the timbers of Sherwood Forest! For then we get one Rheinallt
H. Rowlands and his quite insane paean to Charles Bukowski. See the
gleaming teeth! Check the beaming bowtie 'n' tuxedo set! Feel the vibe,
which is Las Vegas transplanted to North Wales! Charles Bukowski is
cheesier than - yes - a mouse's larder and hence exactly what Bryan
Ferry should sound like in 1995.</i></div>
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<i>Does Beck ever sit in front of the fire at night and say to himself,
"What kind of monster have I spawned?" His MTV double bluff gets
appropriated for an EP featuring Catatonia, Ectogram, Paladr and
Reinallt H. Rowlands, all flying the flag for that idea someone once had
about Welsh bands saving us from spiuritual penury. Catatonia are most
convincing with their "Cariadon Ffol", a title that translates - a bit
too pointedly for my liking - as "Foolish Lovers".</i><br />
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sorry to say, are poo the size of continents. Ectogram even come up with
a drumless track called "Void", conclusively proving that Welsh goth
ambience isn't any more useful than its English equivalent. I guess
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2 <b>Paladr</b> - Dwi'm yn Gwybod. Pam?</div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386771930841526969.post-72618576126715411192013-04-23T11:50:00.001-07:002013-04-23T11:50:55.842-07:00The Miaow Beasts<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The small northern Anglesey coastal town of Cemaes Bay is generally more famous for its nuclear power station than for any form of artistic culture. However, for a brief moment in 1981, the town was home to one of the finest cutting edge post-punk combos to emerge from the UK.<br />
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<b>The Miaow Beasts</b> seemed to arrive on the scene fully formed - clad in desert-issue army surplus and Tommy Adkins haircuts, quite at odds with the local fashion of the time. Big fans of <b>Can</b>, their songs were sparse and rhythmic, pivoting around drummer Alan Wills' cyclical patterns and his brother Dennis' austere clipped funk basslines. They certainly fitted in alongside such contemporary left field Peel faves as <b>23 Skidoo</b>, <b>Clock DVA</b> and <b>A Certain Ratio</b>, although front man Tony Byrne's aggressive vocal delivery also had a touch of early <b>Killing Joke</b> to it.<br />
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They could be regularly found at Cemaes Bay's long lamented <i>Faraway Club</i>, site of many classic Northern Soul gatherings in the 70s, but would occasionally make it as far as Bangor or Llanedwen's <i>Plas Coch</i> club, where this live performance was captured on 22nd September 1981.<br />
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From the start, it was obvious that they were destined for bigger things either collectively or individually, and before long, Alan Wills moved to Liverpool to play drums with <b>The Wild Swans</b>, who were one of the hottest tipped groups in the country at the time. He went on to play with <b>The Lotus Eaters</b>, <b>The Room</b> and <b>Shack </b>and more recently set up <b>Deltasonic Records</b>, where he has brought us a whole new generation of Liverpool groups including <b>The Coral</b>, <b>The Zutons</b> and <b>The Dead 60s</b>. Dennis Wills tragically passed away later in the 80s while Tony Byrne popped up working in the music biz in London a little later. We don't know what happened to the other members - maybe someone out there does? <br />
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<b>Tony Byrne</b> - vocals (& trumpet?)<br />
<b>Alan Wills</b> - drums<br />
<b>Dennis Wills</b> - bass<br />
<b>Jeff Turner</b> - guitar<br />
<b>Nelwyn Jones</b> - sax<br />
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<b>The Miaow Beasts - Plas Coch, Llanedwen 22nd September 1981</b><br />
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1 <i>unknown</i><br />
2 <i>unknown</i><br />
3 All Talk<br />
4 He<br />
5 The Party's Over<br />
6 Tin Pan Alley<br />
7 Crow on a Garage Roof<br />
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OK... here's something that's not at all archive - in fact it's so up to date that it's only released today! Bangor's industrial rock terrorists are celebrating more than 20 years of making punishing mechanical misanthropic grind-o-throb. We first encountered <b>Skinflick</b> playing in the back room of a Bangor High Street pub back at the very dawn of the 1990s and they stood out as sounding refreshingly like nothing else in the area at the time... and guess what? - they still do!<br />
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Their brand new EP '<i>Six Stone Junkie</i>' is out today as a free download, and we here at Turquoise Coal reckon it's their best yet. No need for us to upload it though - just go to <a href="https://soundcloud.com/skinflick/sets/six-stone-junkie-ep" target="_blank">the group's Soundcloud page</a> and grab it for nothing - it's the best bargain you'll get all year!<br />
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We hope to dig out some archive goodies from the group in the near future, but in the meantime, where better to start than right here and now?<br />
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Between 1990 and 2002 something weird and wonderful happened in north
Wales when a series of recordings, 130 in number, descended from the
spheres onto a series of cassettes and CDs with titles like <i>Transbluscent</i>, <i>My Sonic Lodge</i>, <i>Yellow Shell</i> and <i>The Gadfly</i>. There
were songs about dna and rna, stuff we're not supposed to know,
butterflies, lost love, unvarnished desire, vanity and deceit, spiritual
quest, molecules, balloon trips, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Ramblin' Jack Elliot, hoo hah!, new philosophy, serotonin, Jesus, trout, Rimbaud and
of course Shar Lopez. There were covers of <b>The Electric Prunes</b>, <b>Bob Dylan</b>,
<b>Jimmy Webb</b>, <b>Al Bowlly</b>, <b>George Harrison</b>, <b>Jane Bond</b> and <b>Nirvana</b>. There
were extended electronic tracks including the psychedelic masterpiece <i>Mantra</i>, <i>Atman Revisited</i>, <i>I Dreamt I was Still In the Rainforest</i> and <i>Santa Fe Epiphany</i>.</div>
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These emerged year by year from small studios in the Bangor area and were focussed around the work of an enigmatic character who operated under many different aliases including <b>Cody and the Machine Elves</b>, <b>The Lineman</b>, <b>Cody and Dean</b> and <b>Cody and the Pilgrims of the Sky</b>. In addition to Cody himself, several of the Bangor area's leading underground musicians would often pop up on the recordings - <b>John Cratchley</b>, <b>Sheila Brook</b>, <b>Rob Parry</b>, <b>John Lawrence</b>, <b>Ann Matthews</b>, <b>Dewi Evans</b> and most commonly <b>Alan Holmes</b> are all evident on various recordings.<br />
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Now after ten years silence comes a collection drawing from this cornucopia plus the additional bonus track from 1984 recorded in York. These are <i>The Tales From The Golden Casket</i>. This CD's worth of samples provides a mouth watering taster for the full casket itself, rumoured to be scheduled for release in the near future. Draw up a velvet footstool, dim the lamps and light up your world with these 15 songs. <br />
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1 Love Song (Shimmering Highway) <span style="font-size: x-small;">1990</span><br />
2 Becoming Director of Earthly Movies <span style="font-size: x-small;">1993</span><br />
3 Seven Veils (for Tom Robbins) <span style="font-size: x-small;">1991</span><br />
4 Primrose Vaulting <span style="font-size: x-small;">1995</span><br />
5 Butterfly Man <span style="font-size: x-small;">2002</span><br />
6 Saffron <span style="font-size: x-small;">1995</span><br />
7 It's All Hurtin' <span style="font-size: x-small;">1990</span><br />
8 V.M. Workshop <span style="font-size: x-small;">2000</span><br />
9 Sending Out Love As The Code <span style="font-size: x-small;">1991</span><br />
10 Halo of Thorns <span style="font-size: x-small;">1995</span><br />
11 Jelly Man (1971) <span style="font-size: x-small;">1995</span><br />
12 1898 <span style="font-size: x-small;">2002</span><br />
13 Dream Blues Vol.23 <span style="font-size: x-small;">1993</span><br />
14 Avalon Odessey (for D.F.) <span style="font-size: x-small;">2000</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Bonus Track</i></span>:<br />
Heart Play <span style="font-size: x-small;">1984</span><br />
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OK... been a slow start to the year so far, but we've actually had a request for this one, so we'll get one January post in at least! This recording is apparently a big favourite of Pontardawe's foremost cultural commentator and Welsh rock scene legend <b>Gari Melville</b>... so this is for him and <b>Nia</b>.<br />
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While on their way to cut the master for their debut LP <i>"Amhersain"</i> in London in 1988, <b>Fflaps</b> suffered an unfortunate accident on the M6, when their trusty tour van's brakes failed and they careered into a tree. Driver and bassist <b>Alan Holmes</b> was subsequently hospitalised with a dislocated hip and was out of action for some months. During his time in hospital, ex-<b>Fay Ray</b> and <b>Hot Water</b> (and subsequently <b>Banda Bacana</b>) drummer and owner of <b>Cob Records</b> <b>Owen Hughes</b> was among his visitors. Rather than add to Alan's growing stockpile of grapes, Owen brought him a songbook featuring the words and music to the debut LP by 60s cartoon bubblegum group <b>The Archies</b>. As with most people, Alan was only really familiar with the group's October 11th 1969 number one hit single <i>'Sugar, Sugar'</i>, but was intrigued by their lesser known songs that featured in the songbook.<br />
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Once discharged from hospital, Alan had a lot of time on his hands while recuperating and so decided to record a series of interpretations of <b>The Archies</b>' catalogue... without having actually ever heard any of the songs. Drawing on his very rudimentary understanding of musical notation (having dropped music at school in the 2nd form), he pieced together these recordings using only a guitar and a Yamaha SHS-10 'keytar' from the notation in the songbook and then released the results on cassette, still without having heard any of the originals.<br />
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It would be over a decade before Alan actually found a copy of the original LP by the Archies and was able to hear the original versions at long last. He was reported to be very satisfied with the way his 'blind' covers compared with the originals, considering many of his versions to have surpassed the originals!<br />
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1 Bicycles, Roller Skates and You<br />
2 Circle of Blue<br />
3 Don't Touch my Guitar<br />
4 Kissin'<br />
5 Catching up on Fun <br />
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Here's a little festive treat for you - we are pleased to be able to bring you the 1981 Christmas night at Bangor's <b>Glanrafon Pub</b> in its entirety! The event took place upstairs at the legendary venue (now the "Yellow Pub") on Friday 18th December 1981 and was headlined by a special once-only extended line-up of jocular country combo <b>The Yahoos</b>, supported by all manner of festive talent.<br />
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Originally a trio of <b>Scott Saunders</b>, <b>John Cratchley</b> and <b>Martin Wilson</b>, <b>The Yahoos</b> on this occasion were quite different, augmenting their line-up with <b>Malcolm Budd</b> and <b>Andy Beaumont</b> of the <b>Rub-a-Dub Jug Band</b> on banjo and fiddle respectively and <b>Maeyc Hewitt</b> and <b>Alan Holmes</b> of the <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/pinecones-january-1982.html" target="_blank"><b>Pinecones</b></a> on drums and bass. It's not entirely certain whether all the original line-up were also in this extended version, but front man and songwriter Scott most certainly was. The group played a set of Christmas themed country songs, specially penned for the event by Scott and never repeated. Malcolm and Andy also both had short solo spots during the evening.<br />
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The evening kicked off with a rare solo appearance by <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/cut-tunes-shapeshake-ep-1985.html" target="_blank"><b>Cut Tunes</b></a>' enigmatic leader <b>Gary Cut</b>, who performed a rousing version of <b>Greg Lake</b>'s <i>I Believe in Father Christmas</i> with the assistance of <b>Alun Rhys Jones</b> and <b>Wil jones</b> of the <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/the-alun-rhys-jones-band.html" target="_blank"><b>Alun Rhys Jones Band</b></a> on backing vocals. Drummer <b>Maeyc Hewitt</b> then joined the trio as they performed Alun's classic <i>Pot of Gold</i> and their interpretation of perennial show standard <i>Till There Was You</i>.<br />
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Following Malcolm's moving rendition of <i>Scarlet Ribbons</i>, a special one-off group treated the audience to a variety of Christmas standards. <b>The Festive 5</b> were a vocal harmony combo who got together specially for the night and comprised <b>Scott Saunders</b> on guitar and lead vocals, backed up by the harmonies of <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/pinecones-january-1982.html" target="_blank"><b>Pinecones</b></a> <b>Maria Hycz</b> and <b>Alan Holmes</b> and <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/just-when-you-though-we-were-dead.html" target="_blank"><b>The Bellman</b></a> mastermind <b>Phil Layton</b>. The festive cheer is palpable on the recordings, with the audience cheering and laughing at Phil's hilarious <b>Ian Curtis</b> dance moves as he harmonised on the likes of <i>Frosty the Snowman</i> and <i>Sleigh Bells</i>.<br />
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Next up was <b>Andy Beaumont</b>, who enthralled the audience with his interpretation of <b>Tom Lehrer</b>'s <i>Christmas Time Is Here by Golly</i>, a song he still enjoys playing 31 years later as the audience at this month's open mic night at the <b>Auckland Arms</b> in Menai Bridge can attest! All that was left then was for the rest of the Yahoos to join Andy on the stage to whip the crowd into a festive frenzy.<br />
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Much of the music contained here is of slim artistic merit, and the recording quality leaves something to be desired, but what the hell - it's Christmas! ...so pour yourself a few beers, switch the TV off, crank up the volume and you'll be transported back 31 years to that crowded upstairs room full of melodious Christmas cheer!<br />
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1 <b>Gary Cut</b> - I Believe in Father Christmas<br />
2 <b>Alun Rhys Jones</b> - Pot of Gold<br />
3 <b>Alun Rhys Jones</b> - Till There Was You<br />
4 <b>Malcolm Budd and Ann</b> - Scarlet Ribbons<br />
5 <b>Festive 5 - </b>Winter Wonderland<br />
6 <b>Festive 5 - </b>Sleigh Ride<br />
7 <b>Festive 5 - </b>Little Drummer Boy<br />
8 <b>Festive 5 - </b>Santa Claus Is Coming To Town<br />
9 <b>Festive 5 - </b>Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas<br />
10 <b>Festive 5 - </b>Frosty the Snowman<br />
11 <b>Festive 5 - </b>White Christmas<br />
12 <b>Festive 5 - </b>Happy Christmas (War Is Over)<br />
13 <b>Andy Beaumont - </b>Christmas Time Is Here by Golly<br />
14 <b>The Yahoos - </b>Introduction<br />
15 <b>The Yahoos - </b>Tasmania<br />
16 <b>The Yahoos - </b>Country Christmas<br />
17 <b>The Yahoos - </b>Christmas in Tuscon<br />
18 <b>The Yahoos - </b>Another Christmas Without Snow<br />
19 <b>The Yahoos - </b>Granpappy<br />
20 <b>The Yahoos - </b>The Finest Meal<br />
21 <b>The Yahoos - </b>We'll Hang Our Stockings on the Bedpost<br />
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<b>The Baudelaires</b> were a short lived but unique group, existing between February and May 1984. In fact, the trio never decided on a name but when they were invited to support the legendary <b>Cut Tunes</b> at Bangor University on 29th March 1984, <b>Gary Cut</b> needed a name to put on the posters and so christened them <b>The Baudelaires</b>. This was to be the sole public performance of the group, who were memorably described by an audience member as "the worst group in the world ever".<br />
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Listening to the recordings made by the trio however, it becomes clear that the world in 1984 just wasn't ready for a group who operated so far outside the fashionable scenes of the period. The line-up of acoustic guitar, violin and bass sounded light years from the lyrical folk sound normally associated with such instrumentation, coming over more as a meeting between <b>Sun Ra</b>, <b><span class="st">Edgard Varèse</span></b> and the <b>Velvet Underground</b>.<br />
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The group explored unorthodox harmonic and rhythmic structures, stitching together composed and improvised sections into an out-there post structural mélange of uncompromising wonderment. Although the trio were not averse to performing the odd song, their true strength lay in extended instrumental compositions such as the hour-long Concerto for Strings, composed and recorded in March 1984.<br />
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<b>Scott Saunders</b> - bass guitar<br />
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As November seems to have been Fflaps month here at Turquoise Coal, we really should squeeze another Fflaps post in before the month ends. In addition to the records already posted, the group also made several videos and TV appearances between 1987 and 1993, some stills from which can be seen here.</div>
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Rather than posting each clip individually on the blog, we have archived the complete collection over at the Turquoise Coal YouTube channel and created a <b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_eP9vj5x8l06KDZNv6ja8Kxb_Emh011l" target="_blank">Fflaps playlist</a></b>. This contains 25 clips of the group, including both promo videos and live perfomances. There are a couple of complete live gigs still in the vaults which may also appear there in the future.</div>
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This almost completes the official Fflaps archive, the only remaining items being a handful of rare tracks that appeared on various compilations and a few out-takes. We plan on bringing all these oddities together for a further post in the near future. There are also some twenty odd complete live audio recordings, although the quality may not be great on some of them. If any of them prove to be of interest, they too may well appear here.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> Hyll Eto <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> Cornwyd Pellaf <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span> Rhowch Hi i'r Belgwyr <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span> Arwyr Duwiol <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live in Berlin 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span> Y Dyn Blin <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1988)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span> Nith y Gwlithlaw <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1992)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span> Gadael y Dail <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1992)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span> Hel Cnau <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live at Llanharri 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span> Malltod <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live in Llanharri 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span> Weithiau <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live in Llanharri 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span> Crebachu <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video1989)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">12</span> Dilyn Dylan <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live on TV 1987)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">13</span> Ebargofiant <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1993)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">14</span> Spio Trwy Tylla <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1993)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span> Corrach Cogfran <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span> Fictorianaidd <span style="font-size: x-small;">(video 1989)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">17</span> Cestyll a Llwch <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live on TV 1991)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">18</span> Greddf Pioden Gwern <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live on TV 1991)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">19</span> Amhersain / Llosg Llech <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live in Cardiff 1989)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">20</span> Saith <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live on TV 1991)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">21</span> Cestyll a Llwch <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live on TV 1991)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">22</span> Llawn <span style="font-size: x-small;">(TV appearance 1992)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">23</span> Spio Trwy Tylla <span style="font-size: x-small;">(alternative video 1993)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">24</span> Pen Crwban <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live in London 1990)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span> Gadael y Dail <span style="font-size: x-small;">(live in Pontrhydfendigaid 1991) </span></div>
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The period between <i>Malltod</i> and the final, self-titled <b>Fflaps</b> LP saw no let-up in activity for the group, taking in two German tours, three Irish tours and a tour of France and Belgium in addition to numerous dates around the UK. In all, the group performed live some 38 times between June 1990 and January 1992 in addition to making a number of TV appearances.</div>
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In contrast to the previous records, <b>Fflaps</b> was recorded in a variety of locations and dates, although the whole second side was again recorded by <b>Gorwel Owen</b> at his recently relocated Stiwdio Ofn, now in Llanfaelog, Ynys Môn, on the 12th and 13th November 1991. Most of the remainder of the album was recorded at Music Factory in Cardiff, and even includes a cameo appearance by Welsh rock legend <b>Geraint Jarman</b> and his co-writer <b>Neil White</b>. One remaining track was taken from a live performance in Caernarfon on 31st July 1991 - <b>Dewi Evans</b> of <b>Rheinallt H Rowlands</b> fame had guested with the group on that occasion and they felt that his contribution to the song <i>Cestyll a Llwch</i> made this version preferable to the one recorded at Stiwdio Ofn.</div>
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The album was released at the beginning of February 1992, again in a group-designed sleeve - this time featuring impressionistic shots of the group taken from a recent TV appearance and captured as one scene faded into another. At the suggestion of drummer Jonny, the sleeve was printed on the reverse side of the card, giving the cover a subdued tone, in stark contrast to the glaring colours of the previous albums.</div>
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The music this time was less angular than on <i>Malltod</i>, with a more hypnotic rhythmic edge, possibly inspired by the group's fondness for listening to the likes of <b>Can</b> and <b>Neu!</b> while touring along seemingly endless autobahns. The record also saw something of a return to the melodiousness of <i>Amhersain</i>, albeit with longer songs.</div>
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Following the record's release, the group immediately set off on their longest European tour to date, taking in dates in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia over a solid three week period. Unfortunately this intensity of touring proved too much for Jonny, who was trying to juggle the group's activity with a full time degree course. When the group returned to the UK, he decided to leave in order to concentrate more fully on his studies.</div>
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The group carried on with replacement drummer <b>Maeyc Hewitt</b>, playing further German and French tours during 1992 and into 1993, but by the time it came to record again, they decided that they had become a different group altogether and mutated seamlessly into <b>Ectogram</b>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Note: <span style="font-size: small;">for those of you who prefer to own the physical object, </span>we have unearthed a <span style="font-size: small;">limited quantity of</span> original vinyl copies of both this
LP and Malltod which are now available to buy directly from
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Following the release of their debut LP Amhersain, <b>Fflaps</b> went into a period of intense activity, playing 59 gigs between then and the release of this follow up. Notable highlights were a tour of Germany and a UK <i>'Three Nations'</i> tour with Scotland's <b>Stretchheads</b> and England's <b>Dandelion Adventure</b>. </div>
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<i>Malltod</i> was recorded at <b>Stiwdio Ofn</b> in Rhosneigr, Ynys Môn by noted producer <b>Gorwel Owen</b> on the 13th and 14th of January 1990. The album had a much harder and more jagged edge than its predecessor, with the group's interplay tightened by 1989's constant touring. The album was released, again on the <b>Probe Plus</b> label, on the 8th of June at a joint launch party with label mates <b>Levellers 5</b> in Liverpool's Planet X. As fate would have it, the launch clashed with a rare appearance just around the corner by avant-jazz deity <b>Sun Ra</b> which understandably diverted most of the city's hipsters!</div>
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The record again came housed in a striking two colour sleeve, this time in the form of a psychedelically surreal collage designed by the group themselves. The back cover once again reflected <b>Fflaps</b>' ongoing fascination with the communist bloc, featuring a road scene captured by the group while touring Czechoslovakia in 1988. The album's stand out track, <i>Cornwyd Pellaf</i>, dealt specifically with the recent revolutions in the region and included a news report of the execution of Nicolae Ceausescu on Boxing Day 1989. The group were to subsequently film a video for the song in the newly 'liberated' East German city of Magdeburg, when they visited the city on 21st October 1990. That trip also yielded further videos, with the group making promos for two new songs: <i>Rhowch Hi i'r Belgwyr</i> in Brussels on 18th of October and <i>Hyll Eto</i> in Berlin on 23rd October. These videos appeared in a travelogue directed by widely renowned film director <b>Marc Evans</b> who went on to greater prominence with <i>My Little Eye</i> in 2002.</div>
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Nine days after the LP's launch party, the group travelled down to Maida Vale to record their <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/fflaps-peel-sessions-1988-1990.html" target="_blank">second session</a> for the John Peel programme on the 17th of June. Surprisingly, the group chose not to use the session to plug the new LP, recording three brand new songs instead with only the LP's title track appearing.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><i>Note: <span style="font-size: small;">for those of you who prefer to own the physical object, </span>we have unearthed a <span style="font-size: small;">limited quantity of</span> original vinyl copies of both this
LP and the follow-up which are now available to buy directly from
Turquoise C<span style="font-size: small;">oal <a href="http://www.centralslate.omnia.co.uk/turquoisecoal/Fflaps.html" target="_blank"><b>here</b></a></span>.</i></span></div>
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Following <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/fflaps-7-ep-1987.html" target="_blank">EP</a> airplay and <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/fflaps-peel-sessions-1988-1990.html" target="_blank">a session</a> on <b>John Peel</b>'s Radio One show, <b>Fflaps</b> were approached by <b>Geoff Davies</b> of Liverpool's <b>Probe Plus</b> Records in April 1988 with an invitation to record an LP for his label. The group booked themselves into <b>Les Morrison</b>'s <i>Unlucky Søn</i> studio in Bethesda and recorded their entire live repertoire over a three day period between 25th and 27th April. The results, which can be heard in their original unreleased form <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/fflaps-first-lp-unreleased-les-morrison.html" target="_blank">here</a>, captured the group's live sound of the time admirably, but Geoff was slightly unconvinced, believing that the recordings could benefit from further work.<br />
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Having a busy schedule during the Summer, including their debut gig outside the UK - at KOB in Berlin, in addition to performances in Deiniolen, Penmon and Newport, the group put the album on hold for a few months as they concentrated on live work.<br />
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The group travelled up to Liverpool with the master tapes on October 6th and spent a day in Sanatorium studios with engineer <b>Kevin Wright</b> adding overdubs (including a track of cutlery on one song!) and remixing the material until it was to both Geoff and the group's satisfaction. The following week, <b>Fflaps</b> were due to play in London and so Geoff booked in an LP cut to coincide with the gig so that the group could be present to supervise it. Ann went down on the train while Alan and Jonny drove down in the group van with the gear. <br />
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Unfortunately the van never got to London, crashing on the M6 and leaving Alan hospitalised for several weeks. Ann soldiered on however and ensured that the record was mastered properly (a legendary 'Porky Prime Cut', no less!) and Probe Plus' resident artist Steve 'Jacuzzi' Hardstaff (Led Zeppelin, Strawbs, Half Man Half Biscuit etc...) designed the sleeve, collaged from images supplied by the group together with his own. The cover looked great apart from the fact that the explanatory notes the group had supplied had been mixed up and were now designated to random songs! - see if you can match up the correct notes with the appropriate song!<br />
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The LP came out in November and was well received by the press, and again had plenty of airplay on John Peel's programme. Although not exactly a big hit, the entire pressing sold out and as a result, copies are quite hard to find these days.<br />
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In response to a number of requests, we will be uploading the complete official recorded output of <b>Fflaps</b> this month, beginning here with their debut 7" EP on <i>Recordiau Anhrefn</i>.</div>
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Having played their very first gig in Bangor University Jazz Room on 24th April 1987, <b>Fflaps</b> became actively involved in bringing together the Welsh and English language music scenes in the Bangor area over the following months, working alongside such tireless legends of both scenes as <b>4Q</b> and <b>Anhrefn</b>. This cultural mélange injected a new vitality into the scene, and by the time <b>Anhrefn</b>'s <b>Rhys Mwyn</b> invited the trio to record an EP for his <i>Recordiau Anhrefn</i> label less than five months after their first appearance, the group had already played twenty gigs around Wales as well as one in London and one in Wigan.</div>
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Rhys booked the group into <b>Foel</b> studio in his remote mid-Wales hometown of Llanfair Caereinion for a day's recording on 4th October. The group were especially excited about this arrangement as it was the very studio where such seminal classics as <b>The Fall</b>'s <i>Fiery Jack</i>, <b>Peter Hammill</b>'s "Over", <b>Young Marble Giants</b>' <i>Colossal Youth</i>, <b>The Pop Group</b>'s <i>For How Much Longer do We Tolerate Mass Murder?</i>, <b>Datblygu</b>'s <i>Hwgr-Grawth-Og, </i><b>My Bloody Valentine</b>'s<i> Isn't Anything</i> and <b>Van Der Graaf</b>'s <i>The Quiet Zone/The Pleasure Dome</i> had been recorded. <b>Fflaps</b> arrived at the studio late at night on the 3rd of October, totally convinced that they were about to make a record that would join that prestigious list of classics.</div>
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They were greeted and entertained by the studio's owner <b>Dave Anderson</b>, the original bassist with both <b>Amon Düül II</b> and <b>Hawkwind</b>! This was the man who played bass on <i>Master of the Universe</i> and <i>Archangel's Thunderbird</i> - two of the pinnacles of human artistic achievement... and if that wasn't enough, he was also now in <b>The Groundhogs</b>! The group enjoyed a pleasant evening of drinks and anecdotes with the seventies legend before getting a good night's sleep in preparation for the following day's work. </div>
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Happily, the session went well, with engineer <b>Brian Snelling</b> putting the group at ease and effortlessly capturing their raw energy in a series of first takes. In addition to three of their own compositions, the group chose to record a Welsh language cover of <b>The Slits</b>' <i>Love and Romance</i> as an acknowledgement of their roots, but also with one eye on <b>John Peel</b> airplay, knowing that the song was a big favourite of the legendary Radio One DJ, who was also a big supporter of Welsh music.</div>
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The EP was released on <i>Recordiau Anhrefn</i> a few weeks later, in a sleeve designed by the group using photos Alan and Ann had taken during a recent trip across the Iron Curtain to East Berlin. This was to be the first of several engagements with the eastern bloc by the group as over the next few years they witnessed and documented the fall of the communist regimes in the region. The front cover depicts the changing of the guard outside the <i>Eternal Flame Against Fascism</i> (since renamed the <i>Central Memorial of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Victims of War and Tyranny</i>) at the the <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neue_Wache" target="_blank">Neue Wache</a> </i>on <i>Unter Den Linden</i>, while the back cover depicts a street scene of a trio of east German skinheads on their way home after a night of drinking, captured in as blurry detail as they probably perceived it themselves.</div>
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The record did indeed catch the ear of John Peel, who played it quite extensively and invited the group to record <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/fflaps-peel-sessions-1988-1990.html" target="_blank">a session</a>, and it also gained several positive reviews in the music press of the time. The three original songs on the EP would appear the next year on the group's debut album in re-recorded form, but here we present the Foel Studio recordings, as they appeared on the original 7" EP.</div>
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<b>Fflaps - EP</b> (Recordiau Anhrefn ANHREFN 012) 1987</div>
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<b>Ann Matthews</b> - vocals, guitar</div>
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recorded at Foel Studio, Llanfair Caereinion, Powys 4th October 1987</div>
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Back in August, we posted a 1988 cassette EP by Mold / Ruthin group <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/terry-waite-ar-asid.html" target="_blank"><b>Terry Waite ar Asid</b> </a>which proved to be quite popular with visitors to the blog. We mentioned that in addition to the cassette, the group had also released a split flexi disc with <b>Ffa Coffi Pawb</b> at around the same time. <b>Gwion Llwyd</b> from the group has now kindly provided us with a copy of that flexi from his own personal archive, which we present here in all its crackly glory!</div>
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<b>Terry Waite ar Asid</b>'s contribution, <i>Chicken Jane</i> is slightly more melodic and jangly than the material on the cassette, while <b>Ffa Coffi Pawb</b>'s track <i>Gwn</i> catches them in their early fuzz-bubblegum phase and would sit happily alongside such contemporaries as <b>The Primitives</b> and <b>The Jesus and Mary Chain</b>. <b>Ffa Coffi Pawb</b> released many other fine records over the subsequent few years, before singer <b>Gruff Rhys</b> and drummer <b>Dafydd Ieuan</b> went on to greater fame and fortune in <b>Super Furry Animals</b>.</div>
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Back in January, we featured the mysterious <b>Miracle Cave</b>'s 1984 album <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/miracle-cave-turquoise-coal.html" target="_blank"><i>"Turquoise Coal"</i></a> from which we took our name. Since then we have managed to locate a copy of their debut release from the previous year. Once again, the album covers a wide stylistic range and again features one cover version among the group's originals, this time a version of <b>Soft Cell</b>'s 1982 chart hit <i>"Say Hello, Wave Goodbye"</i>. These two cassette releases comprised the group's entire recorded output, and they never performed live. The cover image for <i>"Coping with Illness"</i> was provided by <b>Ghostriders </b>/<b> Megabats</b> drummer <b>Mark Thomas</b> and featured a series of mystical esoteric symbols that Mark saw as representing the character of the group.As far as we know, it remains the legendary drummer's sole foray into sleeve design.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> Kiss <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> Cities <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span> Stripes <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span> Lay Down a Path To Walk <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span> Love Wears No Mask <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span> For Kathy Acker and out of Her <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span> The Bones of the Immaculate <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span> Paralysed Dance <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Miracle Cave)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span> Say Hello Wave Goodbye <span style="font-size: x-small;">(Almond/Ball)</span><br />
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Their organ-powered garage rock sound was at times reminiscent of <b>The Blue Orchids</b> or <b>The Modern Lovers</b>, but Maeyc's distinctive songs and vocals gave <b>The Megabats</b> a sound very much of their own, and the group really cooked live, driving audiences into a frenzy.</div>
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Very few recordings of the group have come to light, although one further live recording in addition to this one is known to exist but is yet to surface. Here however, we present a full length 65 minute headline set from the Students Union Jazz Room in Bangor, capturing the group at their creative peak.</div>
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In Summer 1984, Phil moved away, his University course having finished and the group disbanded, Maeyc and Ian joining up with <b>Alan Holmes</b>, <b>Scott Saunders</b> and <b>Emyr Tomos</b> to form <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/reinheitsgebot-complete-rsc-sessions.html" target="_blank"><b>Reinheitsgebot</b></a>. After a couple of gigs however, Mark returned to the fold, replacing Emyr on drums in November 1984.<br />
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<b>Megabats live at the Jazz Room, Bangor University 9th February 1984</b><br />
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<b>Maeyc Hewitt</b> - guitar, vocals<br />
<b>Ian McMillan</b> - bass, backing vocals<br />
<b>Mark Thomas</b> - drums, backing vocals<br />
<b>Phil Layton</b> - organ, sax, mini-synth<br />
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1 Betrayed<br />
2 Runaway Sky<br />
3 Breathless<br />
4 Silver<br />
5 Tonight<br />
6 Australians<br />
7 Green and Grey<br />
8 Flags<br />
9 Big Step<br />
10 Underground<br />
11 Swans<br />
12 Australians<br />
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We've had several requests for more <b>Fflaps</b> since posting the rare original mix of their debut album back in February. Before posting the official releases, we bring you another rare archive recording, comprising the two sessions the group recorded for <b>John Peel</b>'s legendary BBC Radio One programme.</div>
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The group recorded their first Peel session on March 13th 1988 on the back of their debut EP on <b>Recordiau Anhrefn</b>, which had been a favourite with the DJ. Rather than reprising any of the songs from that EP, they chose to present four unreleased tracks that would appear on their debut LP '<b>Amhersain</b>' later that year. The session was produced by the notoriously cantankerous ex-<b>Mott the Hoople</b> drummer <b>Dale Griffin</b>, who managed to render Jonny's ramshackle drum kit even more unplayable than it already was with some heavy handed 'adjustments'.</div>
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It was to be another two years before Fflaps were invited to record another session, by which time <b>John Peel</b> had decided he didn't really like their new material very much (it was producer <b>John Walters</b> that offered them the session). Between the two sessions, the group had toured extensively around the UK and Europe and had become a finely honed and razor sharp crack unit. Even the repeat presence of <b>Dale Griffin</b> was unable to derail them this time, and the group were relaxed enough to spend much of the day hanging out with <b>The Wee Papa Girl Rappers</b> who were recording a session next door.<br />
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In typically contrary fashion, apart from a cursory run through the title track, the group chose to ignore their newly released second album <b>'Malltod'</b> in favour of previewing three new songs which were not to be officially released until February 1992. <br />
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<b>Ann Matthews</b> - guitar/vocals<br />
<b>Alan Holmes </b>- bass/violin<br />
<b>Jonny Evans</b> - drums <br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span> Pethau Piws <span style="font-size: x-small;">2:43</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span> Y Dyn Blin <span style="font-size: x-small;">3:55</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span> Llosg Llech <span style="font-size: x-small;">2:17</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span> Blodyn Tatws <span style="font-size: x-small;">2:29</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">recorded at Maida Vale 13th March 1988</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span> Malltod <span style="font-size: x-small;">3:43</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span> Rhowch Hi i'r Belgwyr <span style="font-size: x-small;">2:42</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span> Hyll Eto <span style="font-size: x-small;">3:27</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span> Arwyr Duwiol <span style="font-size: x-small;">2:41</span><br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">recorded at Maida Vale 17th June 1990</span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">produced by Dale Griffin</span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span> First session complete with Peel intros <span style="font-size: x-small;">12:15</span><br />
<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">as broadcast 4th April 1988</span></i><br />
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The legendary Bangor music scene of the early 80s threw up many
short-lived acts who would ignite in one fleeting burst of incandescence
before dissolving into the shadows of myth. Names like <em>The Axolotl,
Gentle Reminders, One Hour Later Over Iran, The Baudelaires, Fugitive
Binoculars, The Legendary Mountaineers, The Bellman, Sharon Angstrom,
Armchair Theatre</em> and <em>The Dekorators</em> all come to mind, yet none seemed quite as elusive as <strong>Kärnarvøn Kästle</strong>, who played live only once, at Bangor's famous Glanrafon Pub on the 13th of August 1982.<br />
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The group stood out from many of the other names of the period by their
eccentric policy of only rehearsing at sunset in the deserted Iron-age
village of <em>Tre'r Ceiri</em>, on the summit of a mountain some 25
miles from their home. After carrying out this strange ritual three
times a week for the month leading up to their gig, the group then spent
an hour jogging around the streets of Bangor that evening before
running straight onto the stage to perform. To further complicate
matters, their set was then performed largely on instruments they hadn't
previously played the material on, due to the obvious logistical
problems of carrying them up the mountain - only the saxophones and
trumpet had featured in rehearsal. Despite this the spiritual unity,
telepathic intuition and discipline instilled by their rigorous routine
almost paid off, and their performance teetered at times on the edge of
competence.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kärnarvøn Kästle live at the Glanrafon, Bangor 13th August 1982 - photo: Gary Cut</i></td></tr>
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Sadly this brave start was also to be the end, and all three members were shortly absorbed into Gary Cut's nascent <strong>Cut Tunes</strong>...... but that's another story.<br />
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<b>Kärnarvøn Kästle live at the Glanrafon, Bangor 13th August 1982</b><br />
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<strong>Ann Matthews</strong> - saxophone, bass, vocals<br />
<strong>Phil Layton</strong> - guitar, bass, saxophone, vocals<br />
<strong>Alan Holmes</strong> - drums, trumpet<br />
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1 Untitled 1<br />
2 Untitled 2<br />
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Between 1980 and 1983, annual Bangor area compilation tapes were released, bringing together a selection of the music made in the area during the previous year. We have already posted 1980's <a href="http://turquoisecoal.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/overloaded-and-were-running-1980.html" target="_blank">"Overloaded and We're Running"</a> and now we jump somewhat unchronologically to the final tape in the series, which appeared in May 1983. This time, there were 29 tracks, covering a wide spectrum and lasting a full two hours, the release being spread across two C60 cassettes.</div>
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Among the tracks featured, all otherwise unreleased, was the first ever recording by the legendary <b>Cut Tunes</b>, the last ever recording by <b>Fay Ray</b> and the only released solo recordings by <b>John Cratchley</b>, <b>Ian McMillan</b> (as '<b>Manny</b>'), <b>Chris Walker</b>, <b>John Cratchley, Dav Devalle</b> and <b>Alan Holmes</b>. We also get some electro-psych from the original <b>Smiths</b>, who had been operating under that name for a good couple of years before Morrisssey's gang took it on and one-offs from otherwise unheard groups like <b>Armchair Theatre</b>, <b>Jung Again</b> and <b>Legendary Mountaineers.</b></div>
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<b>Brer Fox </b>were the ancestors of <b>The Scapegoats, </b>who can still be heard regularly at the Auckland in Menai Bridge, and <b>Alternative Destinations </b>marked the recorded debut of both<b> Emyr Tomos, </b>who went on<b> </b>to play with the likes of <b>Glassglue, Hungry Dog Brand, Reinheitsgebot, Zombie Noise </b>etc.. and<b> Ann Matthews, </b>who went on to fame and fortune with<b> Fflaps, Ecotgram</b> and <b>Annalogue.</b></div>
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Many of these groups were very short lived, and some of them were even quite good<b>.</b></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Jeff Taylor</b> - organ on 7</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Roger Hughes</b> - guitar, vocals on 23</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Phil Layton</b> - reeds, tapes, effects, drums on 13</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Doig Housley</b> - guitar on 18</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chris Ellis</b> - grand piano on 19</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mark Creathorn</b> - drums on 16, guitar, vocals on 21</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Tony Travis</b> - bass, vocals on 7</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Alex ?</b> - guitar on 25</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Rob Parry</b> - guitar on 17</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Alan Holmes</b> - organ, violin on 8, bass on 9, guitar, vocals on 22</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Dav Devalle</b> - vocals, guitar on 17, 24, synthesiser on 24</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Greg MacMillan</b> - sax, vocals on 25</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Fran Lock</b> - guitar on 26</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Maeyc Hewitt</b> - synthesiser, percussion on 3, guitar, vocals on 14, bass on 10, 13, 14, drums on 23</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Peter Elliott</b> - piano on 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Carl Owen</b> - bass on 29</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Emyr Tomos</b> - drums on 18</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Colin Dean</b> - bass on 25</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Ann Matthews</b> - vocals on 22, sax on 18</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>John Cratchley</b> - guitar on 6, 12, vocals on 6, 17, bass on 6, 12, 17</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Stephen Davies</b> - vocals, synthesiser on 3</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Gary Stubbs</b> - vocals, guitar, bass, whistle on 9</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Eilian Jones</b> - drums on 29</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Ian McMillan</b> - guitar on 11, bass, vocals on 14</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sheila Brook</b> - vocals, guitar on 7</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Paul Fletcher</b> - guitar, vocals on 28</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chris ?</b> - violin on 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Charli Goodall</b> - guitar on 26 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Dewi Evans</b> - keyboards on 22, 27, vocals on 22</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Scott Saunders</b> - vocals, guitar on 16</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Chris Walker</b> - vocals, guitar on 2</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Bev Jones</b> - bass on 26</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Maria Hycz</b> - vocals on 10</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sean Williams</b> - bass on 18</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Paul Hill</b> - bass on 19</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Tim McCartney</b> - congas, vocals on 17<br /><b>Sam Beresford</b> - vocals, percussion on 12</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Alun Rhys Jones</b> - vocals on 27</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Nicki Dupuy</b> - double bass on 5</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Huw Heywood</b> - guitar on 29</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Huw Roberts</b> - guitar on 10</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Brian Roberts</b> - bass, sax on 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>John Dexter Jones</b> - vocals on 29</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Ed Knight</b> - keyboards on 18</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Sue Hoy</b> - bass, vocals on 23</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mike Fielding</b> - percussion, vocals on 25</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Andy Beaumont</b> - vocals, guitar on 23</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Steve Jones</b> vocals, guitar on 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mark Thomas</b> - drums on 17,19</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Alan Slin</b> - keyboards on 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>John Lovering</b> - guitar on 7</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Robert McCawley</b> - guitar on 12</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Dave Evans</b> - keyboards on 26</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Jo Laxton</b> - keyboards on 28</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Gorwel Owen</b> - synthesiser on 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Martin Wilson</b> - guitar on 16 </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mike Penny</b> - drums on 25</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Hayley</b> - vocals on 4, 15, 20</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Owen Hughes</b> - drums on 7, 26</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Anton Hughes</b> - drums on 1</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Mike Sweeney</b> - guitar on 25</span></div>
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