Temporal Pain - More to Come (1982)

Seriously twisted acid casualty art punk from Tennessee. 8 minutes of early Chrome type dementia, mixed with unhinged freakouts like something the Boredoms were up to in their early stage. Those are only reference points because they found a sound all it's own, and keep you guessing about what sort of strange antics will come next. On baptist girls (maybe the most normal song here) the drums stutter and stumble around evoking absurd uncomfortable images of  these art freaks trying to pick up on straight southern girls, hilarious!

To those in need of more temporal pain, please put down the ice pick and check out this ltd/ltd. sampler. Seems there were plenty of interesting sounds being made in that region at the time. Mutant sounds had this up though the link is dead, but their entertaining description is worth reading. So here it is again ripped from my own copy. Music this cool needs to be heard.


http://www.mediafire.com/?h4y52yuv5zlin2n

Fear And Fantasy (1982)

Here's the follow up to the Moonlight Radio compilation. More prime cuts from bands that played at the Midnight Club. Including some great post punk tunes from Artery, The Pinkies, Flying Club, The Room, Dr Mix and the Remix, Out on Blue Six, and Patrik Fitzgerald Group.

 http://www.mediafire.com/?ber8o1k82weof6p

Positive Noise - Give Me Passion 12", Charm 12", Love Like Property 7" (1981)

There were so many uniquely brilliant records coming out in 1981, it boggles the mind. 1981 was a big year for Scotland's Positive Noise as well. The original incarnation lead by Ross Middleton's distinctive croon. Released an LP, a bunch of singles, and had a couple of comp appearances. Their Heart of Darkness is one of my favorite post-punk LP's of the day, and has yet to be reissued. If you haven't heard Heart of Darkness, I recommend you check it out here before listening to these singles.

It's worth noting the two 12" records here have an extra song the 7"s omit. Both End of a Dream, and Moscow Motion are great Positive Noise tracks. Ditto for Love Like Property, and Give Me Passion. All are similar in style to Heart of Darkness. Both Ghosts, and ...And Yet Again were on the LP, the latter being the only early Positive Noise song I don't have much love for. Charm finds them trying on some more danceable sounds, with a horn section. Pretty cool, but it's not really my thing. I also included the 7" edited version of Charm, and Give Me Passion from the 7", because it's a slightly better rip.

There's also two live tracks on the Cabaret Futura comp I put up here. Mutant Sounds has the Second City Statik comp also with two songs. So that's the entirety of the Ross Middleton era Positive Noise recorded works. After which the band changed it's sound quite a lot. Ross would go on the form the synthpop duo of Leisure Process, with occasional Positive Noise contributor Gary Barnacle.

 http://www.mediafire.com/?4yn4fbfvu674996

Moonlight Radio (1981)

Stellar post punk compilation of mostly UK bands, that played at the Midnight Club in London.
I had to adjust the volume on a few tracks, because the discrepancy was to much to bear.

Anyway there's loads of killer tunes here. My favorites coming from The Pinkies, Flying Club, The Room, Dr Mix and the Remix, Patrik Fitzgerald Group, and Out on Blue Six.
Insert included and a more legible picture of the back cover with all the band info.
  http://www.4shared.com/rar/6w8nqX8J/Moonlight_Radio.html
I posted the companion comp here

Againagainagain – Forever / A Cold Place (1983)

Some melodic post punk from New Jersey. A Cold Place has a jangly sound close to Felt. Except the singer sounds more like Jack Grisham here than Lawrence. Forever has more of a Joy Division influence, resembling The Comsat Angels, or The Sound. Insert included.
http://www.mediafire.com/?7upq2cxy9bve5nu
  

SF Sound OF Music Club Live Vol.1 (1983)

Here's a slew of arty San Francisco bands rockin' live in 1983. About half these bands had their own records, about half not. My favorite moment is Arkansaw Man taunting the crowd with a Led Zeppelin cover, then going into one of their better songs. Me thinks there's a few standout tracks here, what say you? Was there ever a volume two?
 http://www.mediafire.com/?sp39a32ssrrt63e

The Terminal Jive and Scarlet Alive E.P. (1982)

Two great post punk bands from the UK, on a split EP. The Terminal Jive tracks animate high energy (China Doll is killer) compared to the moodier sounds of Scarlet Alive. Their snarky Explain All That is a keeper, and makes me remember The Fall.
Insert included
http://www.mediafire.com/?ptjitxhjskdjh2e

Le Cause - Clear Plastic Day (198?)

Some records you just love everything about. Le Cause were a remarkable minimal synth wave band. Not much info to be found about them anywhere. Judging from the phone number on the back cover they were from the Philadelphia area, and it seems two of the guys would go on to form National Razor, a dark wave band also from Pennsylvania.

It's probable that this came out in 1982 or 1983. It certainly has all the trappings of an early 80's recording. The synths and drum machine are early analogue sounding. The synths are really upfront along with some great creative bass work, and sparse guitar. Topping it all off with the awesome vocals, that sound something like Billy Mackenzie without the falsetto.

Quirky, dark, arty diy synth wave = maximum entertainment value.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ct0cnba648aypnm

Unknown Gender - An Important Message (1982) + Boys/Girls / Arrogant (1982)

Here's two more from Unknown Gender. A follow up to the earlier post of their first LP.
"An Important Message" was recorded live in Germany, with some songs off Exposé, the two songs on this single, and some songs that would eventually make their way to Electric Kiss.

Unknown Gender took part in Venus Weltklang, the first international women’s rock festival in West Berlin. Along with Malaria!, LiLiPUT, Die Hausfrauen, Carambolage, Au Pairs, and others. Check it out here.

An Important Message
http://www.mediafire.com/?e11wq4jt4c9h2cl

Boys/Girls / Arrogant
http://www.mediafire.com/?jgsij5fdu0xusn7

Headless Chickens (1986)

The debut from Auckland, New Zealand's Headless Chickens is as strange as the story of the band itself. The band would basically become a continuation of the stellar post-punk band  Children's Hour. After the break up of Children's Hour  Chris Matthews (the hero of our story) joined another stellar post-punk band, This Kind of Punishment on some of their seminal works including A Beard of Bees, TKoP and Live '85 . After which Chris Matthews, Johnny Pierce, and Michael Lawry. Would become Headless Chickens for this 1st EP. The band had a few more personnel additions in later years.

The odd catchy song work here really defies categorization. Although they do seem good at twisting different genres, dementing them with their own particular intent. Post-punk (Monkey Jar), minimal synth (Axe), pop (Totalling Dad's Car), punk (Agit Pop), noise-rock (Hedge Song), TKoP (The Slice), space-rock (The Ghost of Some Cold Street). All the with unmistakeable chilling vocals of Chris Matthews, drum machines, synths, guitars, samplers, tape manipulations, and whatever else.

As a reviewer on RYM puts it- "This 7-track EP is a meticulous assemblage of rhythm, melody, and leftfield lyrics - cut up, mashed, filtered, then processed through a menagerie of 'treated' sound effects - sometimes devastatingly original, and superbly conceived. It can't really be described as being in a genre, so I call it art-punk - but you have to hear it really, to grasp it. It's just kinda out there ... alongside other 'radicals' like The Residents and Pere Ubu."

After winning the Rheineck Beer Rock award (whatever that is) for this EP. Which was apparently controversial. They where able to fund their later experiments on Stunt Clown. The story does get stranger, because they would go on to score a number 1 hit in New Zealand years later.
Insert with lyrics included.

https://www.4shared.com/rar/G-036Aj9/Headless_Chickens.html
  

The View - Mention No Names / Impulse (1981)

Two high energy synth punk-wave tunes from Topanga, CA. "Impulse" leans towards some Devo crazed fun. "Mention No Names" sounds more power pop like The Plimsouls with a synth. Both great tunes to my ears.

Strangely the back cover has two different years on it, but the record itself says 1981 so I went with it.
http://www.mediafire.com/?ml3227ogll3l3t9