The Mummies - (You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes - Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 196.

Upwards and onwards with Mad Mummies March. Probably the easiest of all The Mummies' singles to find. There's a something-I-can't-quite-put-my-finger-on anachronism about the title track. The subject matter is, in a way, too obvious, too easy, for a band as awkward as The Mummies to bother with. I can't quite work out why, but it does sit uneasily with the bulk of their oeuvre. Other tracks are more in keeping. Whitecaps pt.I/pt.II is an instrumental split over the two sides of the record and I'm Down is a Beatles cover. Yes, a Beatles cover. Which is pretty, er... fab, to be fair. It's a song from when the Merseysiders were a savage young boy band. Enjoy.

The Mummies - (You Must Fight To Live) On The Planet Of The Apes - Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 196.

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Shitbirds - Oh Joy! Sympathy For The Record Industry 10". SFTRI 193.

Now, what can I tell you about The Shitbirds? Pretty much fuck all, to be honest. You can find out more here. They were April March's band before she was April March. And April March covered Moody by E.S.G. alongside The Bassholes. So, that's recommendation enough. It's fast, it's short, it's poppy. Enjoy.

Shitbirds - Oh Joy! Sympathy For The Record Industry 10". SFTRI 193.

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Various Artists - Mummies vs. Wolfmen. Sympathy for the Record Industry 2x7". SFTRI 110. (241)

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We've not had an insert-heavy upload for a while and I don't remember previously uploading a double seven inch set (please feel free to correct me if I'm wrong) so here's a release that does both. This comes as a seven-inch-sized comic book with two records included. A bit like those old Power Records sets. I know nothing about The Wolfmen. Grunnen Rocks lists them as being from the USA with only one other release; a 7" on Dionysus. Of The Mummies, I know that this is about as 'produced' as The Mummies ever got. These two tracks have no production credit but a quick comparison with the Tales From The Crypt bootleg clearly indicates that they come from the Mike Mariconda-produced sessions for the aborted Crypt LP. For both parties take on that I recommend a read of Eric Davidson's We Never Learn. I'll upload Tales From The Crypt in the near future. Read Long Gone John's lame-o comic with great art by The Coop while you listen to this. Enjoy.

Various Artists - Mummies vs. Wolfmen. Sympathy for the Record Industry 2x7". SFTRI 110.

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Jack O'Fire - Soul Music 101 Chapter 3. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 253-3.

More from The World's Greatest Cover Band. Jack O'Fire tear up a storm no matter who they cover, and a band who can cover The Fall and Sonny Boy Williamson with equal levels of respect are deserving of your love. Here they take on twitchy Seattle Power Poppers, The Fall Outs and deceased instrumental powerhouse Link Wray. Enjoy.

Jack O'Fire - Soul Music 101 Chapter 3. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7".  SFTRI 253-3.

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Bassholes - John Henry. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 175.

It wasn't until I spoke to Don Howland that I found out it's Bassholes as in assholes not Bassholes as in bass guitar. And I'd been getting it wrong for all that time. The version of John Henry on this is completely different to the one on the Haunted Hill LP. Enjoy.

Bassholes - John Henry. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7". SFTRI 175.

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Rocket From The Crypt plays The Music Machine - Sympathy For The Record Industry 5" single. SFTRI 373.

Mission creep. That's what they call it. I start a blog in order to post digital copies of seven inch singles and what happens next? Ten inch EPs, twelve inch singles, Long Playing records and a fanzine. So, here is another spin in the format game, a five inch single. Rocket From The Crypt cover two songs by 60s faves The Music Machine. No CDs, though. Fuck CDs. Enjoy.

Rocket From The Crypt plays The Music Machine - Sympathy For The Record Industry 5" single. SFTRI 373.

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White Flag - Don't Give It Away. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7".

This record is aural viagra for me. A throbbing pop music hard-on. White Flag as a mutant monster coming together of the host band and The Muffs. An unrecognised classic for the a-side and a Brill Building classic on the flip. And doesn't Melanie Vammen look just like Derek Smalls with that moustache?


White Flag - Don't Give It Away. Sympathy For The Record Industry 7".

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Gibson Bros. - White Nigger. SFTRI 162.

Two covers. A side - The Avengers. Recorded live at Sun Studios, August 19, 1991 (no overdubs) and is an outtake from the Memphis Sol Today LP. B side - Cab Calloway. Recorded live at The Antenna Club in Memphis, August 18, 1991. Band line-up, Jeff Evans - Guitar, vocals on "Minnie", Don Howland - Guitar, vocals on "White Nigger", Rich Lillash - Drums, Jon Spencer - Guitar, backing vocals.

Gibson Bros. - White Nigger. SFTRI 162.

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