Cassette Store Day


Crispy Ambulance - The Blue And Yellow Of The Yacht Club
I promised a lossless re-up of this a very long time ago, but today is Cassette Store Day and this seems appropriate. You either love them or you hate them - Crispy Ambulance were a difficult band - a bit like marmite, without any bitter aftertaste!
Stand out tracks, for me anyway, were From the Cradle to the Grave, 4 Minutes From the Frontline, Come On, The Presence and Eastern Bloc (eventually the name of an important Manchester record shop). All of these are featured on this early tape in one format or another.
This is a tape only compilation released in 1983 of very early live tracks, studio demos and radio sessions. Some of these have finally been reissued and remastered in higher fidelity - buy them here - but the majority of this collection has never reissued anywhere.
As you would expect, the tape is a patchy affair, slightly dis-organised, made from multi-generation tapes and mixed with a good dollop of hiss. Still, it is important, in places awful but thankfully those instances are limited and there are some outstanding tracks to be enjoyed.

Ripped from a cassette tape released on LTM (CSBT V11) in 1983 to high quality lossless FLAC audio.

Tracklisting:
01. Motorway Boys
02. Suzie's In Fragments (Live)
03. This Perfect Day
04. No Surrender
05. Interview (Radio 17/3/81)
06. Opening Theme
07. The Presence
08. A Sense Of Reason
09. Concorde Square
10. The Eastern Bloc
11. 3 Minutes From The Frontline (Live)
12. From The Cradle To The Grave (Live)
13. Interview
14. Deaf (Live)
15. New Violence (Live)
16. Come On
17. October 31st
18. Egypt
19. Interview
20.Rain Without Clouds (Live)
21.The Presence
22.Feedback Phase
23.Drug User/Drug Pusher (Detail)
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5 comments:

  1. Anonymous7 September 2013 at 10:57

    http://www.adrive.com/public/wH7qWE/crispy_blue_and_yellow.rar

    Link expires 21st Sept 2013

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  2. William7 September 2013 at 18:51

    I agree with everything Mr. ESWAA says above. An essential listen for Factory people and lovers of post-punk in particular.

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  3. W.7 September 2013 at 19:26

    I used to have this - I thought it was a Les Temps Moderne release. There are some good tracks on here - well worth trawling through.

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  4. Anonymous8 September 2013 at 08:15

    Wow, thanks, I've been looking for a lossless versio of this for ages!

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  5. thehappyone11 September 2013 at 16:30

    http://recordcollectorsoftheworldunite.com/artists/crispyambulance/crispyambulance.html has a different J-card variant, which gives the origination for each track....scroll down about midway.

    I've reproduced it here, as well:

    Side One:

    1. MOTORWAY BOYS
    Graveyard Studios 30.8.79
    2. SUZIE'S IN FRAGMENTS
    The Factory 29.8.79
    3. THIS PERFECT DAY
    Elizabeth Gaskell College 6.3.80
    4. NO SURRENDER
    Cypress Tavern 16.3.80
    5. interview #1 (17.3.81 Stuart Innes)
    6. OPENING THEME
    Cypress Tavern 18.5.80
    7. THE PRESENCE
    8. A SENSE OF REASON
    9. CONCORDE SQUARE
    10. THE EASTERN BLOC
    Tracks 7 to 10 Piccadilly Radio session. Pennine Studio 16.7.80 (broadcast 26.7.80)

    Side Two:

    1. 3 MINUTES FROM THE FRONTLINE (mono)
    The Millstone 20.9.80
    2. FROM THE CRADLE TO THE GRAVE
    Fan Club Leeds 4.1.80
    3. interview #2 (17.3.81 Stuart Innes)
    4. DEAF
    Fan Club Leeds 4.1.80
    5. NEW VIOLENCE
    Fan Club Leeds 4.1.80
    6. COME ON
    7. OCTOBER 31st
    8. EGYPT
    9. interview #3 (17.3.81 Stuart Innes)
    10. MAN WITHOUT CLOUDS
    Cypress Tavern 8.3.81
    11. THE PRESENCE
    The Millstone 4.7.80
    12 FEEDBACK PHASE
    Spurley Hey Youth Centre 24.1.78
    13. DRUG USER, DRUG PUSHER (detail)
    Track 6 to 8 and 13 Peel Session,
    Langham Studio (London) 12.1.81


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