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Fire Engines - Aufgeladen und Bereit Für Action und Spass

What is essentially the Fire Engines' Lubricate Your Living Room LP with the bonus of Candyskin and Meat Whiplash, this US market release is the vast majority of the band's output. The only track missing seems to be Big Gold Dream, but thankfully we have already covered that. Most of this album was recorded in just one day at Wilf Smarties' studio in October 1980. For fans of jerky Scottish punk-funk in 24/96 everywhere.

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Fast Product America (FPA 002) in 1981 to lovely high resolution 24-bit FLAC audio.
A1. Candyskin
A2. Get Up And Use Me
A3. Sympathetic Anaesthetic
A4. Plastic Gift
A5. Discord
B1. Everything's Roses
B2. New Thing In Cartons
B3. Hungry Beat
B4. Lubricate Your Living Room Pt.1
B5. Lubricate Your Living Room Pt.2
B6. Plastic Gift (Version)
B7. Meat Whiplash

Big Girl's Blouse

The Fire Engines - Big Gold Dream

I could go on for ages about all the bands who followed The Fire Engines who were clearly influenced by their jerky funk-punk sound, but I won't. The Fire Engines rejected the approaches of key Scottish label, Postcard Records and went with Pop Aural instead, a move which likely reduced their exposure, but even with minimal national exposure when compared to the Postcard acts, their influence remains huge. Lead fireman Davey Henderson was to later find and polish his pop chops with the superb Win (and still managed to evade fame and fortune).

Ripped from a 12" vinyl single released on Pop Aural Records (POP 013) in 1981 to high resolution 24-bit FLAC audio.
A. Big Gold Dream
B1. New Thing In Cartons
B2. Sympathetic Anaesthetic

The Fire Engines - Candyskin

The Fire Engines - Candyskin

With just three singles and one album, The Fire Engines were not in it for the long run. In actual fact, their career as a band only lasted 18 months although their mark on Scottish (& British) guitar pop music remains indelible to this day.

Back in 1981/2, no 7" vinyl collection was deemed credible without this little gem in it's unique fold-out poster sleeve.

A thousand jingly jangly pop bands would have never formed if it was not for Candyskin. Like many others, I actually preferred the flipside, Meat Whiplash.

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