Friday, 16 December 2022

Dance Craze


Dance Craze is a 1981 music documentary about the British 2 Tone ska era. The film was directed by Joe Massot, who originally wanted to do a film only about the band Madness. Massot later changed his plans to include the whole 2 Tone movement.
The film, shot in 1980, comprised performance footage of Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, The Bodysnatchers, The Beat and Bad Manners on tour throughout the United Kingdom. The film was distributed by Chrysalis/Nu Image Films.
A soundtrack album was released the same year, featuring fifteen of the songs that were featured in the film. Later versions of the soundtrack album do not contain the Madness tracks, adding tracks credited to The Special AKA.

"Dance Craze" is a compilation album, released in 1981 on Two-Tone Records. The album was reissued in 1989 on Two-Tone Records.
The 1981 documentary is added.

Tracklisting:
1. The Specials - Concrete Jungle
2. The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
3. Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty
4. Madness - Razor Blade Alley
5. The Selecter - Three Minute Hero
6. The Bodysnatchers - Easy Life
7. The Beat - Big Shot
8. Madness - One Step Beyond
9. The Beat - Ranking Full Stop
10. The Specials - Man At C & A
11. The Selecter - Missing Words
12. Bad Manners - Inner London Violence
13. Madness - Night Boat To Cairo
14. The Selecter - Too Much Pressure
15. The Specials - Nite Klub

VBR ~274K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




Dance Craze documentary songs:
1. The Specials - Nite Klub
2. Madness - The Prince
3. Bad Manners - Ne Ne Na Na Na Na Nu Nu
4. The Bodysnatchers - 007
5. The Selecter - Three Minute Hero
6. The Beat - Ranking Full Stop
7. The Beat - Big Shot
8. The Specials - Concrete Jungle
9. Madness - Swan Lake
10. Madness - Razor Blade Alley
11. The Selecter - Missing Words
12. The Bodysnatchers - Lets Do Rock Steady
13. Bad Manners - Lip Up Fatty
14. Madness - Madness
15. The Specials - Too Much Too Young
16. The Selecter - On My Radio
17. The Bodysnatchers - Easy Life
18. The Beat - Rough Rider
19. The Specials - Man At C & A
20. Bad Manners - Inner London Violence
21. Madness - Night Boat To Cairo
22. The Beat - Twist & Crawl
23. Bad Manners - Wooley Bully
24. The Selecter - Too Much Pressure
25. The Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom
26. Madness - One Step Beyond
27. The Specials - Nite Klub (Reprise).



Friday, 2 December 2022

Flux Of Pink Indians - Strive To Survive & Neu Smell, The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks & Taking A Liberty, Uncarved Block, Not So Brave & Live Statement


Flux Of Pink Indians were a British anarcho punk band from Hertfordshire, formed in 1980.
The band released three LPs in different styles. The first was hardcore punk, the second a mix of noise, political lyrics and melody and the third a mix of protest songs, dub, funk and percussion.
In 1986 the band had shortened their name to Flux. Flux disbanded in 1987.


Band members:
Colin Latter - vocals
Louise Bell - vocals
Andy Smith - guitar
Neil Puncher - guitar
Kevin Biscoe - guitar
Derek Birkett - bass
Sid Ation - drums
Martin Wilson - drums.


"Strive To Survive & Neu Smell" is a compilation album by Flux Of Pink Indians, released in 1989 on One Little Indian.

Tracks:
1-12 LP Strive To Survive Causing Least Suffering Possible, released in 1982 on Spiderleg Records
13-17 7" Neu Smell, released in 1981 on Crass Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Song For Them
2. Charity Hilarity
3. Some Of Us Scream, Some Of Us Shout
4. Take Heed
5. TV Dinners
6. Tapioca Sunrise
7. Progress
8. They Lie, We Die
9. Blinded By Science
10. Myxomatosis
11. Is There Anybody There?
12. The Fun Is Over
13. Sick Butchers
14. Background Of Malfunction
15. Neu Smell
16. Tube Disaster
17. Poem

VBR ~267K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks & Taking A Liberty
" is a compilation album by Flux Of Pink Indians, released in 1989 on One Little Indian.
The songs are indexed as one long track.

Tracks:
1-15 LP The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks, released in 1984 on Spiderleg Records
16-18 7" Taking A Liberty, released in 1984 on Spiderleg Records.

Tracklisting:
1. Punk
2. Mind Fuckers Fucking Minds
3. Hard Sell
4. Love Song
5. Mickey Tuneoil
6. Desire
7. Bloodlust Rite
8. The Falklands War
9. Punk
10. Life We Make
11. Trouble At The Heart
12. The Sun
13. Shadow Of Abuse
14. Very Funny
15. Cure For The Coprolite
16. Taking A Liberty
17. Pass Me Another Issue
18. For The Love Of Beauty We Created A Beast

VBR ~265K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Uncarved Block" is the third and final studio album by Flux, released in 1986 on One Little Indian.
The musicians credited on the sleevenotes are Adrian Sherwood, Bob, Bonjo I, Brian Pugsley, Coal, Smuff, Kenny, Wellington, Lu, Martin, Paul White, Ray Shulman, Shal, Style Scott, Sue Churchill, Tan and Tim.

Tracklisting:
1. The Value Of Nothing
2. Youthful Immortal
3. Just Is
4. Children Who Know
5. Backword
6. Footprints In The Snow
7. Nothing Is Not Done
8. The Stonecutter

VBR ~242K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Not So Brave" is a compilation album by Flux Of Pink Indians, released in 1997 on Overground Records.

Tracks:
1-8 "Strive" demos, Southern Studios, 11 March 1982
9 Alternate mix, Southern Studios, January 1981
10 "Wargasm" album version, Southern Studios, 12 December 1981
11-16 First demo, Earhole Studios, 24 August 1980
17-25 Live at Triad, Bishops Stortford 28 August 1982.

Tracklisting:
1. Progress
2. Blinded By Science
3. The Fun Is Over
4. Some Of Us Scream, Some Of Us Shout
5. Tapioca Sunrise
6. Is There Anybody There?
7. Myxomatosis
8. Take Heed
9. Background Of Malfunction
10. Tapioca Sunrise
11. Tube Disaster
12. Sick Butchers
13. Left Me To Die
14. Background Of Malfunction
15. Is There Anybody There?
16. Life After Death
17. Sick Butchers
18. Take Heed
19. Progress
20. T.V. Dinners
21. Tube Disaster
22. Myxomatosis
23. They Lie, We Die
24. 1970s Have Been Made In Hong Kong
25. The Fun Is Over

VBR ~280K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo




"Live Statement" is a live album by Flux Of Pink Indians, released in 2002 on Overground Records. Recorded 13 November 1982 at Sherwood Community Center in Nottingham.

Tracklisting:
1. Is There Anybody There?
2. Sick Butchers
3. Tapioca Sunrise
4. Blinded By Science
5. Some Of Us Scream
6. Background Of Malfunction
7. Take Heed
8. Progress
9. Charity Hilarity
10. T.V. Dinners
11. Tube Disasters
12. Myxomatosis
13. They Lie, We Die
14. 1970s
15. The Fun Is Over

VBR ~314K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo