Cardiacs continue to “repeat their history at the expense of the future” by releasing more of their much sought-after back catalogue, or in this case unreleased footage that they’ve been teasing us with tastes of for some time. That footage from the shed (and 2007), we’ve seen a track or two on YouTube but now it seems that have fifteen whole tracks for us. You can order the DVD directly via Cardiacs.net
“The moment you’ve all been waiting for (well, one of the moments you’ve all been waiting for) has arrived. The long-awaited and relentlessly nagged for footage of Cardiacs’ rehearsals in that shameful place… “
Track listing: 1. JIBBER AND TWITCH, 2. AN ANT, 3. HOPELESS, 4. AS COLD AS CAN BE IN AN ENGLISH SEA, 5. A BUS FOR A BUS ON THE BUS, 6. ICKY QUALMS, 7. SCRATCHING CRAWLING SCRAWLING, 8. ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK, 9. PIP AS UNCLE DICK BUT PETER SPOILED IT, 10. A CAKE FOR BERTIE’S PARTY, 11. HELLO MR. SPARROW, 12. HELLO MR. MINNOW, 13. VISITING HOURS, 14. AUKAMAKIC, 15. MY TRADE MARK
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Some more fairly recent Cardiacs coverage here at Organ (where once we were the only publication who would fly the flag and hang the consequences and the heavy price paid for doing so)
ORGAN THING: Sea Nymphs On Dry Land, a first listen to the glorious new album…Take extra care with all the precious stuff we try to handle with our special care…. Really must get some words down today, it landed earlier, and of course it is a glorious thing of beauty, of course it is, you knew that already. You knew a new Sea Nymphs album could be nothing less…
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ORGAN THING: The reedy waters have been stirred, Appealing to Venus and the tale of that John Peel session… Have we told this tale before? The ready waters have been stirred again, we’ll tell it once more. Organ has been around, in one form or another, for very very (very) nearly thirty years now, (the very first issue actually came out back on December 4th 1986 if you really must know, a messy hand-made…
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