The Mummies - Running On Empty - Volume One. Estrus LP ES 94016.

It's March 31st, so this is the final upload for Mad Mummies March. I didn't quite get to the end of the Mummies-related uploads, so there will be other Mummies uploads as and when. For now, here's an after the fact 'Greatest Hits Volume One'. Side Two is a live recording and as with other live recordings on vinyl I've left it as one track. If you want to separate it out into its individual components then go ahead, I promise I won't tell. Back to the usual mix up in April. In the meantime... Enjoy.

The Mummies - Running On Empty - Volume One. Estrus LP ES 94016.

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The Mummies - Out Of Our Tree - Estrus 7". ES79.

From the time The Mummies put some thought into what they were issuing. Putting out a limited release on a Tacoma Washington label? Then look no further than two respectful but appropriate covers of a much feted local act. Here, they record two hits by The Wailers. The first, Out Of Our Tree, is a typical garage stomper. It's flip, Tall Cool One, an instrumental. Great stuff. Mad Mummies March is almost over; final release will be on Sunday night. Enjoy.

The Mummies - Out Of Our Tree - Estrus 7". ES79.

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Die Mummies - Party At Steve's House - Pin-Up Records LP Pin Up 94012.

The most blatant manifestation of the 'Euro Mummies', this LP on Germany's Pin-Up Records has never been released on CD or made available for official download. It's by no means perfect. The band sound bored, louche even, and the choice of covers is as poor as the decision to try to make this sound like a live LP by dubbing in crowd sounds between each track.

The introduction of saxaphone on some tracks provides a new spin on The Mummies' schtick, but it's undermined by the overall laziness of this release. Compare this with Never Been Caught to see what I mean.

Enjoy.

Die Mummies - Party At Steve's House - Pin-Up Records LP Pin Up 94012.

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The Mummies - Uncontrollable Urge - Pure Fun Records 7".

I have no idea where this one originated. It's a fake Sub Pop Singles Club release. It's also Mummies do Devo.

Enjoy what's left of Mad Mummies March

The Mummies - Uncontrollable Urge - Pure Fun Records 7".

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The Mummies - Never Been Caught - Telstar LP TR005.

Upwards and onwards with Mad Mummies March. If you've never heard this before WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN??? This is one of my 'Desert Island Discs' records, great songs, great 'shitty' production and a sleeve that would draw in even the most jaded of hipsters. What can I say? If you bought the terrible CD remaster, do yourself a favour. Throw it away and download this instead. The Mummies as they were meant to be heard. More every day now until the end of the month. Enjoy.

The Mummies - Never Been Caught - Telstar LP TR005.

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Various - Supercharger & The Mummies - Demolition Derby 7 - DERBI 001.

The second time these two teamed up to fight evil. This time with two tracks recorded live on the tour detailed on the sleeve of yesterday's flexi-disc. Unlike yesterday's release, The Mummies track, What Can I Do?, was never reissued. According to many accounts both The Mummies and Supercharger were unhappy when Demolition Derby boss, Kris Verreth, kept repressing the disc, having exceeded what was apparently meant to be an initial limited run of 500. It's far from great - The Supercharger track is particularly forgettable, but it's better than most. Happy Mad Mummies March. More soon. Enjoy.

Various - Supercharger & The Mummies - Demolition Derby 7 - DERBI 001.

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The Mummies & Supercharger - Tour '93 - Pin Up Records flexidisc 93006.

A nice little Mad Mummies March rarity here. As the bag above testifies, this was sold only on the joint Mummies Supercharger European tour in 1993. I'm not sure when The Mummies tracks were recorded, but they are both excellent quality. Band original, I'm Gonna Kill My Baby Tonight, is backed up with I Should Better Be Looking For Dangerman, originally recorded in Germany by The Pack. You'll be seeing them again when I upload Runnin' On Empty Volume Two. The Supercharger tracks are no slouch, either. Enjoy.

The Mummies & Supercharger - Tour '93 - Pin Up Records flexidisc 93006.

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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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The Mummies - Gwendolyn - Pin-Up Records 94014

The continuing adventures of Mad Mummies March brings us this single released on Germany's Pin-Up Records. A 7" back-up to that record's more mature, honking sax sound, the A-side was a Mummies original, the flip side was a ripped from the LP cover of The Tidal Waves' Big Boy Pete. As with the rest of the Party At Steve's House LP this has never been officially released on the crappy CD format.

The Mummies - Gwendolyn - Pin-Up Records 94014.

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The Mummies - Play Their Own Records! Estrus Records LP. ES94015.

It's Mad Mummies March! Let's see how many Mummies discs I can upload. (I don't have everything). This Estrus compilation is meant to be them playing all their then current and out-of-print releases on one side with some unreleased material on the flip. It would interrupt the mixtape vibe if I were to separate out the individual tracks, so here are sides one and two presented uncut.

Side One has That Girl / Test Drive / I'm Bigger Than You / Dirty Robber / Food, Sickles and Girls, / One By One / Out Of Our Tree / Tall Cool One / A Girl Like You / That's Mighty Childish / (Doin') The Kirk.

Side Two features Die! / Mashi / The Fly / The House On The Hill (The latter two taken from the 16mm feature 'Go Baby Go! Or Go To Hell!'. A film by Michael A. Lucas).

Sleeve Notes:

"None of you can imagine how pleased I was when I first got wind of the Mummies breaking up. It was about time y'know. Three years I think it was. And toward the end there, it got really sick. Every Tom, Dick and Harry was talking about them. ''What gives?'', thought I. If the Mummies were so great, why aren't there more bands like them? You would think that all these so-called ''fans'' would catch on after a while.But no one did. Everybody flocked to the live show 'cause they heard the Mummies were wild on stage. I guess it brought back memories to these forty year old cunts with their arty farty attidudes, that like maybe the Mummies could possibly be the next Kiss or something. But on the contrary, it was the other way 'round.The Mummies were not cool in any way, shape or form. They made complete asses out of themselves on stage, and were never even bothered by it. They were even banned from here and there for little things, like the wrecking and thieving of club equipment. But still, they always seemed to get booked by some sucker who thought he could make a quick buck off of them.Just like all those fucking record lables (sic). Sheesh! Every little lable wanted to get their dirty hands on the Mummies. Five of them did. But Sub Pop didn't. The idiots at Sub Pop must of thought that every band would jump at the chance to be on their lable. But not the Mummies. They happily declined Sub Pop's stinking offer. I mean really...who wants to be associated with a bunch of stoner twats such as Sub Pop? And as far as all those 45's the Mummies put out over their existence, just about all of them were like the lowest of quality. You see, they didn't want to sound like all them other high-tech bands. Most of their recordings were done by themselves on like the cheapest vintage equipment they could get their hands on, ensuring the most primitive sound quality possible. Just ask any so-called Mummies fan about what he thinks of any of their 45's and most likely he'll cringe and clutch onto his portable C.D Walkman for security.And speaking of C.D's, you won't find any of the Mummies releases on compact disk, and that's just the way it is, babe. 'Cause in the long run, the Mummies sound is purely budget rock. Nothing up the sleeves. No matter what lable pressed a Mummies single, it was always guaranteed to sound like shit. This was good for ruining the respectability of independent record lables.All in all, the Mummies timing was right. They broke up just as they were starting to get real popular amongst the blind masses. Wow! Not bad for a band that averaged about forty-five watts of power on stage. And to all the so-called Mummies fans and die-hard record collectors, here's a big F-U-C-K Y-O-U!!! Popularity always takes the piss out of good things.

Shane White, Pure Filth Magazine, March '92."

Hey! Hey! It's The Mummies! Enjoy.

The Mummies - Play Their Own Records! Estrus Records LP. ES94015.

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The Mummies - Tales From The Crypt (Bootleg LP).

As promised last August (!)  here's Tales From The Crypt, the vinyl bootleg of The Mummies' recording sessions with Mike Mariconda which were meant to make up the band’s debut LP (to be released on Crypt). The story is that The Mummies had wanted Billy Childish to produce but when that proved impossible, for unknown reasons, label boss Tim Warren sent his friend, Mariconda (ex of The Raunch Hands). This didn’t go down well with the band and they weren’t happy with the results. Neither, it seems, was Tim Warren, as he shelved the tapes.

Eventually they leaked. Initially on the Fuck The Mummies CD (a Long Gone John project from which the band never saw any cash) and on this vinyl release (an unofficial Get Hip release from which they did pick up some cash). (For the full story, have a read of Eric Davidson’s garage punk book, We Never Learn).

There’s no doubt that Never Been Caught made a much better debut than this would have done; this is too clean, but it is definitely worth listening to. If there’s enough interest in this, I’ll call a Mad Mummies March event and upload some more of their stuff.

The Mummies - Tales From The Crypt (Bootleg LP).

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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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The Mummies - Fuck C.D.s! It's ... The Mummies. Hangman Records LP. Hang47-Up. 1992.

Well, oops. It wasn't meant to be such a long time between updates. Things got a bit bogged down when I decided to run Mad Mummies March. That didn't happen but my head was turned by Mad Mummies May. Which also didn't happen, but I have at least now digitised all my Mummies vinyl. In celebration here's the legendary Fuck C.D.s! It's ... The Mummies on Wild Billy Childish's old Hangman label. This is proper budget rock as it's essentially Never Been Caught with three fewer tracks. Stirling marketing, there, Billy. Nice one.
Anyhow, you know how this sounds. It's The Mummies. There may be differences in the mastering between this and the Telstar-released LP, but how would I know. I'm just a tone deaf lunk who loves the sound of amateur hour. There will be more. Enjoy.

The Mummies - Fuck C.D.s! It's ... The Mummies. Hangman Records LP. Hang47-Up. 1992.

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The Mummies - Stronger Than Dirt. Telstar Records 7".

More Mummies. On the excellent Telstar Records. The A-side is on the Never Been Caught LP, also on Telstar, the flip is a Troggs cover which also appeared on remarkably good, but would have been better as a single LP, Dog Meat Records' Troggs tribute compilation double LP Groin Thunder. Enjoy.


The Mummies - Stronger Than Dirt. Telstar Records 7".

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The Mummies - Get Late. Estrus 7". ES94017R.

My first automated blog post. I'm writing this, slightly pissed. As usual. At 23.56 on Octobobober 19th. But I've set it off, like a little timebomb, to go live when I'm Not At Home. So, fingers crossed you will all be able to access this shoddy, cash-in reissue of a 7" which was initially used to promote The Mummies Play Their Own Records while I do Other Stuff. The sleeve of this reissue is fucking awful. The sleeve of the original ticks all the usual garage punk boxes. And more. Enjoy.

The Mummies - Get Late. Estrus 7". ES94017R.

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The Lone Surfer and his Super Pals - Planet Pimp Records Present ... Planet Pimp 7" PPR-003.

A garage rock/surf super group that only came about because one member of The Phantom Surfers choked when Dick Dale had a gig the same night they were due to play at The Pony Express Pizza Parlour. The full story, along with the story of the fella getting a fist full of cash at the bottom left of the sleeve, can be found here. This release is pure Planet Pimp flogging a dead horse exploitation. Enjoy.

The Lone Surfer and his Super Pals - Planet Pimp Records Present ... Planet Pimp 7" PPR-003.

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The Mummies - Live - 1994-03-11 - London, The Powerhaus. Mono. Incomplete.

I found this tape over the weekend. It dates from when The Euro Mummies Mark II came over to Europe and played a bunch of shows. Amazingly enough they even got over La Manche to play two dates in London. I was lucky enough to be at both. This was from the first night. I was spectacularly drunk and, as you'll hear, had the tape recorder in my pocket for the first few songs. The sound improves (it never gets above 'really, really shitty') when I remember to get it out but it's amazingly hissy. And I don't know how to fix it or even if it's worth fixing. The band, Larry Winther in particular, are having a running feud with the venue's security, something they carried on into the following night's show at The Frat Shack. Anyhow, it ends suddenly, as you'll hear, at the point where I'm dancing enthusiastically, swinging my arms around with the recorder in my sweaty hand when voop_______________________________________! It flies out and crashes to the ground. I won't be sharing it with the Techlords at Dime A Dozen. Enjoy.

The Mummies - Live - 1994-03-11 - London, The Powerhaus. Mono. Incomplete. Shitty recording. Seriously.

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