DISCOGRAPHY
We've made lot of recordings over the years and released them in small numbers on acetate, cassette tape, CD and most recently for download. This is the full list, each of which has a VLUM number assigned to it by the band.
VLUM 8: Animals with Few Teeth and Small Brains Released as acetate LP in 1974; produced by Ian Baker, masters lost. Tracks: Pig Rider Reel, Dirt City Electric Pig Blues, Stinkerborne Witland*, Who were those people, Day Froh*, The Knight’s Good Lady, Lonely aardvark Blues, Gay Song, Gnos Yag*, At the Lychgate, Welwyn Garden City Atomic Sea Slug Blues*, Winterborne Stickland, Bisecz Snoag*, The Saga of Fred, Leer Redir Gip*, Suddenly Sevenoaks High Street.
Band: John, Colin, Ian Baker. (* - track played backwards)
VLUM 9: Bloody Turkey Sandwiches Released as acetate LP in 1975, produced by Ian Baker. Reissued 2015 on vinyl, CD and download by Guerssen. Tracks: Concert on the Coast, Shine On, Waltz of the Homicidal Cabbage, Lonely Loss Adjuster Blues, Which way to the exit? South Coast Express, Wombat, Pus in our time, World’s Greatest Lover, Blue Hair and Carrots, Paeolithic Transport Blues, Be glad for the song has an ending, Pittsburgh Woman Blues, Interdrive Overstella, Big Joe.
Band: John, Colin, Ian Baker, Joe Buckett, Kevin Eaton, Nigel Endersby.
VLUM 10: Heterophonies Released as acetate LP in 1975, produced by Ian Baker. Reissued 2015 on vinyl, CD and download by Guerssen. Tracks: Beyond the Pail, The Insect Song, Dracula, Old John Braddleham, Ayleen May, A Tribute to Glenn Miller, Glenn Miller again, The Sheepstealer, Head Bashing Song, Being menaced by a dinosaur, Busted Bedspring Country Honk, Something very nasty, Kropotkin’s lament, The Solicitor’s lay, Abbot Wulfrig’s Rotunda, Dirt City ‘Live’.Band: John, Colin, Ian Baker, Joe Buckett, Jim Bruce, Nigel Endersby.
VLUM 11: The Saga of Eric the Pink Released as tape cassette in 1980, produced by John. Tracks: Overture, Introduction, The reluctant swains, Who you gonna run to when I’m gone? The Parting, Heaving Shanty, Eric arrives in Brighton, Eric gets beaten up, The recovery, Eric the phantom groper, The Policemen’s tale, Leybourne Grange, Eric escapes, Malice in Wonderland, Eric is cured and takes up dancing, The Dance Hall King’s Lament, Eric is thrown into the Atlantic…and picked up by a slaving ship, Eric is sold into slavery, The first Viking on the moon, Eric escapes #2, Gold!, The Prospectors’ Song, Across the Pacific, A Hornpipe, The Pirate Attack, Eric gets beaten up again, Eric is thrown in the Pacific, Welcome to Russia, Quick Explanatory Blues, Suicidal Blues, Pirates’ Lament, The triumphal return of Doctor Watt, Home again, Bjorn’s story, Eric’s Tale, Freda’s choice, The moral.Band: John, Colin. Guests: Ian Baker, George Harrison, Clem Cattini, BBC Radiophonic Workshop
VLUM 13: Stoat Released as tape cassette in 1981, produced by John. Tracks: Joe’s Magic Boots, The Human Leg, Can’t Stand People, The Slough Tobacconist’s Blues, Witchburning Song, The Fish Fetishist, The Chartered Accountant’s Song, Alight With Prowling Hamburgers, McStoat, Stoat.
Band: John, Colin. Guest: Ric Thornhill
VLUM 15: Moroccan Pelican Stuffing Released as tape cassette in 1981, produced by John & Colin. Tracks: Supervandal, No News from Eddie Wong, Give your lunch to a lemming, I wanna play with you, Life on Brighton pier, Edwin Threlfall, man of many parts, Bill Stickers, a ballet for our times. Band: John, Colin.
VLUM 16: Marky-poo's enormous thrust for stardom Released as tape cassette in 1982, produced by John. Tracks: Luton morning 6am-9am, The Arndale Centre Experience, Thanks for the home run Elijah, The Harpenden Arts Club, Misfiled Android, North African Graffiti, Mabel incurs a four point penalty, Luton Beds, The Incredible Stan, Elephants over Dingo Rock (It must be Love), Luton morning 11am-midday, After the Bomb (We’re so heavy), All I know of love is you.
Band: John, Colin. Guest Mark Hendley
VLUM 17: Waltz 'n' all Double album released as tape cassette in 1983, produced by John. Tracks: For David Holbrook, Cecelia and me, Heavy Metal, Just can’t dance, Glory, glory halitosis, Luigi don’t like it, Discontentment, Paeolithic Transport Blues, Accidental Anarchist, Ralph the Poisoned Ferret, Mabel’s Undercover lover, Drummed out of the Brownies, Not the Luton beds solo*, More Graffiti, Hey for a Luton morning*, Not a love song, Operating Difficulties in the Brighton area, Basketful of Bears, I want to be alone. (*Tracks deleted from CDs). Band: John, Colin.
VLUM 20: A Guide to Moroccan Flora Volume Two Released as tape cassette in 1985, produced by John. Tracks: Tony’s Café, I want to make a million, Don’t call me, Non-addictive, cancer-free, Country Psychopath, The Band split today, Pervert, I don’t want to. Band: John, Colin.
VLUM 21: Morris Dancing on the Hindenburg Line Released as CD in 2003 although first five tracks were recorded in 1986, produced by John. Tracks: Child of the sixties, What’s your name, Homosexuality in the British Merchant Navy 1750-1830, Smile, Weekend in Spain, God’s Blues, I’ll be your tree, Mark Newman sings, Songs for my girl, No reason to sing the blues, Intercourse with aliens, the Kingston Morris Men. Band: John, Colin. Guest: Mark Newman
VLUM 22: Hogging the Ramparts A collection of unused tracks, alternative versions, outtakes etc released as CD in 2014. Tracks: A Horse, The Winterborne Stickland Song, The Idiot in the Corner, Love makes the world go round (the corner and hide), America, Watertight blues, The Waltz of the Homicidal Cabbage (1970), Punk Monk, I want to make a million with strange noises, Hey, who’s got a new electric piano blues? Another wonderful day, Nail your colours to the masthead Macallister and stop screaming,96 miles from the key, Three legged Jake, Flatfooted Jake, Not the Luton Beds solo, Lonely Exchange Controller, Thanks for the home run, Elijah, Non-addictive, cancer-free, no good, Ralph the original ferret, Headbashing (1971), Hey for a Luton morning, Theme Song.
Band as per original recordings.
VLUM 23; The Robinson Scratch Theory Selection of 80s tracks chosen by Alexandre Mansuy released on vinyl, CD and download by Guerssen in 2015. Tracks: The Incredible Stan, Ralph the Poisoned Ferret, Edwin Threlfall, man of many parts, Can’t stand people, Mabel’s Undercover Lover, Life on Brighton Pier, Mabel incurs a four-point penalty, Slough Tobacconist Blues, I want to make a million, Glory Glory Halitosis, Give your lunch to a lemming, Elephants over Dingo Rock, I wanna play with you, Just can’t dance, Thanks for the Home Run Elijah, Alight with prowling Hamburgers, McStoat, Not a love song, Pervert, Luton Beds, The Parting, Fish Fetishist. CD only: Slimy Joe, Country Psychopath, Child of the Sixties, Weekend in Spain Band: John, Colin.
VLUM 24; Santa's Sick Shanty Christmas single and video released as download by Guerssen in 2015. Band: John, Colin, Jim Bruce, Nigel Endersby.