Back In Time For Tea

The Remayns - The Remayns First E.P.

From the remains of The Tea Set came The Remayns, essentially Nick Haeffner, Clive Pig, Martin Calloman and Gary Hawkins re-formed as the missing link between early eighties garage-punk and retro-psychedelia. Four old numbers are covered on an excellent multi-colour splashed clear vinyl 7" EP. I'd guess that the pressing process would ensure no two singles are the same design. The Remayns cover The Squires, The Byrds and Paul Revere (in that order), and do it pretty damn well. The was to be the first and only Remayns release.

Ripped from a 7 inch vinyl single released on Bam-Caruso Records (NRIC 029) in 1988 to high quality lossless flac.

A1 Why
A2 Going All The Way
B1 Go Ahead
B2 Just Like Me

Pig On The Wing

Clive Pig And The Hopeful Chinamen - Happy Birthday Sweet 16

Minor hit, new wave classic, jail bait pub rock - take your pick. Older readers should well remember this charming ditty from 1979. The lyrical content would upset a good few these days, but things were very different back then. Clive Pig was a St. Albans pub scene troubadour and poet, the Hopeful Chinamen included Nick Haeffner on guitar. The end result was a single and an album of cheerful, catchy post-Steve Harley ditties.

The label Waldo's Records has it's own little place in the music hall of fame. it was home to Peel darlings, The Tea Set and The Bodies and owned by local legend Phil Smee, who went on to form Bam-Caruso Records a few years later. I don't have any of the Tea Set singles or The Bodies brilliant Art Nouveau but would love to hear them again if any blog follower has copies to rip.

Ripped from a 7" vinyl single released in 1979 on Waldo's records (CS004) to high quality lossless flac audio.
A. Happy Birthday Sweet 16
B. Our Movement