Random Free Agents

Free Agents - £3.33

Originally released as a vinyl album on Groovy Records (STP 1) in 1980. Recreated here from lossless digital flac audio files (likely sourced from vinyl). A bit of an obscurity from Manchester's Free Agents who were Eric Ramsden (aka Random), Pete Shelley, Frank Cookson and Alan Deaves. 

The sleeve is a plain white masterbag (as used in record stores) with a photocopied doodle attached in a PVC sleeve with a £3.33 price sticker. No band or track titles are mentioned.

Side A is Ramsden and Cookson live onstage supporting Gang Of Four at York University in 1978, side B is Shelley, Ramsden,  Cookson and Deaves recorded in Graveyard Studios. Expect four toe tapping tunes to keep the family entertained over the weekend.

A1 Untitled
B1 Untitled
B2 Untitled
B3 Untitled

Even More Random

Eric Random - That's What I Like About Me

Ripped from a 12" vinyl EP released on New Hormones Records (ORG 6) in 1980 to high quality lossless flac audio. Courtesy of Steve here are the two Eric Random solo singles released on New Hormones spread over recording sessions at Western Works and Cargo Studios with Steve Mallinder. Call Me is a live recording from a show at The Lyceum in London during March 1980.

A1 Fade In
A2 Dirty Bingo
B1 Call Me
B2 Fade Out

Eric Random - Dow Chemical Company

Ripped from a 7" single released on New Hormones Records (ORG 11) in 1981 to high quality lossless flac audio.

A1 Dow Chemical Company
B1 Skin Deep

Just Random

Eric Random and The Bedlamites - Time Splice

Originally released as a vinyl album on Doublevision Records (DVR 11) in 1984. Recreated here from a reissue compact disc in high quality lossless flac audio. Early electronica (with an eastern twist) and mostly instrumental beats, with a hint of dub from Eric and chums released on the Cabs' Doublevision label. 

A1 Himalaya Sun
A2 Hardcore
A3 Destination
A4 Subliminal Seduction
B1 Second Sight
B2 No-Man-Trash
B3 Father Can't Yell
B4 Himalaya Sun

Subliminal

Eric Random - 23 Skidoo b/w Subliminal

Originally released as a 7" vinyl single on Les Disques Du Crépuscule (TWI 029) in 1981. Recreated here in high quality lossless flac audio. Some cheeky knob twiddling and tape looping recorded at Cargo Studios and Western Works by a former Buzzcocks roadie.

A1 23 Skidoo
B1 Subliminal