From an old cassette tape. Many will not have heard of Stimulin but for a brief period in the 80s they showed great promise. How often have we heard that? These punk funksters nailed a support slot with The Clash, music press front covers and a John Peel session.
I've no clue why or where Stimulin disappeared to but I understand the Peel session may be the only recorded work (save for a few demos) of the band. The opener Sex Object is a top notch indie funk number in the vein of A Certain Ratio, 23 Skiddoo, Pigbag and other dance influenced indie acts, but the other tracks are less harder pop jazz affairs leaning more to Blue Rondo (a la turk).
Lead singer Alix Sharkey went onto work with Simon Boswell and the two were the force behind the two great Illuminated Records 12" singles by Out and Tara Butler - both featured in earlier posts.
Transmission date : 27/08/1981
Producer - Dale Griffin
Engineer - Mike Robinson
Studio - Maida Vale 4
Tracklist:
Sex Object
The Game Is Up
You Get Everything
Vacuum
Line up:
Alix Sharkey (Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar)
Tony Mcdermott (Bass)
John Scofield (Vibraphone, Backing Vocals)
Thoby Young (Trumpet)
Roger Hilton (Drums)
Justin Langlands (Conga)
New Link: Here
i want to listen to this. sounds fab! not working to download and cant find it any place but here?:(
ReplyDeleteDownload works fine for me :-)
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ReplyDeleteAny chance of a re post. I'm just creating a punk/funk mixtape and this would be a great addition to my tracklist.
Any chance of a re-up for this? I've had this session buzzing about in my head for 30 years and I can even remember some of the lyrics for one of the songs. Last heard on the Kid Jensen show. Pretty please?
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New link posted today :-)
ReplyDeleteMany many thanks for this! My mixtape is now complete.....
ReplyDeletePerry Haines/Ministry/23 Skidoo/Interference and many more.
It's scratchy & funky aah the early 80's.