The weather has been awful for walking, wind , rainy and cold meaning that an umbrella is not really a viable option. While April Fool's Day was fine, Monday and Tuesday were really not good, last night I ended up in bed at eight thirty and went straight to sleep.
However in my walking I have been listening to a hardly pristine bootleg called "Caged En Italia" by Big In Japan the Liverpool supergroup reading like a who's who of musical subversity including Bill Drummond, Budgie , Holly Johnson and lots more. My favourite song is from a John Peel session in 1979 called "Don't Bomb China Now" but I love the instrumental "Match of the Day" and it's vocal genesis "Space Walk" though a lot of this stuff is difficult to track down and sounds like a forth generation cassette recording, but I personally find it very enjoyable.
There is some of their stuff available digitally on various Liverpool based compilations and they are worth tracking down.
One of the problems is when you search you get handed teh songs by Alphaville and Guano Apes, that is not what you are looking for.
I've found the full Peel session for you to get some idea of what they were about.
Stay dry and enjoy.
However in my walking I have been listening to a hardly pristine bootleg called "Caged En Italia" by Big In Japan the Liverpool supergroup reading like a who's who of musical subversity including Bill Drummond, Budgie , Holly Johnson and lots more. My favourite song is from a John Peel session in 1979 called "Don't Bomb China Now" but I love the instrumental "Match of the Day" and it's vocal genesis "Space Walk" though a lot of this stuff is difficult to track down and sounds like a forth generation cassette recording, but I personally find it very enjoyable.
There is some of their stuff available digitally on various Liverpool based compilations and they are worth tracking down.
One of the problems is when you search you get handed teh songs by Alphaville and Guano Apes, that is not what you are looking for.
I've found the full Peel session for you to get some idea of what they were about.
Stay dry and enjoy.
