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The Pop Group - Justice

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Diamanda Galás - The Litanies of Satan from: Diamanda Galás - The Litanies of Satan (Y, 1982)

poem by Charles Baudelaire

#1980s #diamanda galas #charles baudelaire #electronic #experimental #women in electronic music #y records #1982

Spanning reverb-heavy punk, disco and dub, in just three years, Y Records helped define a nascent British sound. As the 1980s dawned, two of post punk’s most inventive and closely related groups were without a label. The Pop Group had cut their ties with Jake Riviera’s Radar Records after their 1979 album Y, while The Slits were dropped by Island Records despite the equally pivotal LP, Cut.

Y Records

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The Slits “In the Beginning There Was Rhythm” 1980. Artletty Records, Finland. Split 12″ single with The Slits on Side A. Side B is Delta 5 “Anticipation” and The Pop Group “Where There’s a Will There’s a Way.” All punk/post-punk with a lot of experimental funky dub rhythm. The Slits originally released “In the Beginning There Was Rhythm” as a 7″ single on Rough Trade/Y Records with just The Pop Group’s track on the flip. The Slits were initially an all-women band, though around 1980 two men joined the kinda-revolving door band lineup: Budgie (soon to be part of Siouxsie and the Banshees) and Bruce Smith of The Pop Group; Smith and Budge are both credited with drums on “In the Beginning There Was Rhythm.” The Pop Group’s “Where There’s a Will There’s a Way” is super-infectious punk-funk. The Delta 5′s “Anticipation,” while not part of the original release, is a good complement to the other tracks: heavy and funky bassline (the Delta 5 had two bass players: Ros Allen and Bethan Peters) but with a post-punk detached delivery (and vocals somewhat reminiscent of Siouxsie Sioux). Their original single of “Anticipation” came out in 1980 on Rough Trade Records with “You” as its b-side.

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A-T-2 360 Pigbag

Pigbag were formed at Cheltenham Art College by a couple of brummies. As the band expanded they hitched to Bristol and recruited Simon Underwood who had recently left The Pop Group. The set for their first gig supporting The Slits was a 20 minute version of Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag. I'll have to check but I think Pigbag were Y-Records biggest selling artists. The single Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag peaked at number 3 on the UK singles chart in April 1982, this was after it was reissued in March. The album Dr Heckle And Mr Jive had been released a few months earlier, this got to 18 in the album charts

Pigbag - Wiggling

Pigbag - Brian The Snail

Pigbag - Brazil Nuts

Pigbag - Another Orangutango remix of album track Orangutango put out as a b side

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A-T-2 249 Y Records Pt. 2

Second look at Bristol's Y Records (pt.1 here A-T-2 049.) Y was set up in 1980 by The Splits and The Pop Group manager Disc O'Dell, it would fold in 1983. Here are a few more of my favourites from their catalogue, all released in 1982

This cover of Bali Ha'i from the 1949 musical South Pacific became a cult mutant disco favourite. Optima Music picked this up for reissue https://optimomusic.bandcamp.com/album/bali-hai. On the bandcamp page they point out Captain Sensible (The Damned) had recently had a number 1 in the UK with Happy Talk, which is also from the musical South Pacific. Angela Jaeger provides the vocal, she was soon to join another Y act Pigbag

Disconnection - Bali Ha'i (UK Discomix)

Mouth - Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. Winter 1982 Y released The Birth Of Y compilation on it was a new track form Mouth called Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. Mouth has released two singles on Y, they're most notable for having Paul (Nellee) Hooper in the band. Mouth's output was repackaged and issued by Emotional Rescue in 2016 https://emotional-rescue.bandcamp.com/album/voyage-to-the-bottom-of-the-sea

Nellee Hooper was also a member of Maximum Joy. The band were formed by Janine Rainforth and included members of two Bristol post-punk bands The Glaxo Babies and The Pop Group. I shared the extraterrestrial single White and Green Place (Extraterrestrial Mix) on my previous post. Maximum Joy released their only album in 1982 Station M.X.J.Y. Adrian Sherwood was involved in its production, here's one of his Let It Take You There. These post-bunkers are all over bandcamp https://maximumjoy1972.bandcamp.com/music

One of the acts to go on and have success after Y Records is Shriekback. In my opinion they release their best record (albeit too short) on Y in 1982 My Spine Is The Baseline https://strut.bandcamp.com/track/my-spine-is-the-bassline

R.A.P.P. featuring Archie Pool. Archie Pool is an actor known for the films Pressure and Babylon. Dennis Bovell is producer. R.A.P.P. was collection of musicians including members of Matumbi, Creation Rebel, and Jeff Scantlebury. Oh Africa