Thee Headcoats - Heavens To Murgatroyd, Even! It's Thee Headcoats! (Already). Sub Pop Germany LP SP 6/119.

Billy Childish's fourth 'proper band' (preceded by Pop Rivits, Milkshakes, Mighty Caesars) and possibly his most prolific. It was certainly a busy time for the Medway-based Renaissance man with singles being released at wallet-sapping speed from all four corners of the globe. According to their Wiki page, this was their fifth LP release out of around 26. Grunnen Rocks makes it Long Player number four. Not that any of it matters, of course. This was the band's first release on the Sub Pop label and there was even a la-di-da video made for Girl of Matches (actually, it was appropriately-low budget), alongside this specially-commissioned Daniel Clowes cover. It's Billy and the boys at their garage rock finest. This one is for Anonymous. Enjoy. (Oh, and if anybody cares to share the awful dance record made by Steve Fisk which either featured or sampled Mr. Childish please get in touch. I've not heard it since it permanently split my sides one painful day in Eastern Bloc records).

Thee Headcoats - Heavens To Murgatroyd, Even! It's Thee Headcoats! (Already). Sub Pop Germany LP SP 6/119.

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Supersuckers - Like A Big Fucking Train. Sub Pop Records 7". SP125.

Our fourth Supersuckers upload and their earliest release on Sub Pop features them at their fastest. This EP features five tracks: Luck, I Say Fuck, Caliente, Retarded Bill and Four Stroke. Each is catchy enough to have supported a single on their own. This one is for badfoot9. Enjoy.

Supersuckers - Like A Big Fucking Train. Sub Pop Records 7". SP125.

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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 Muffs - I Need You. Sub Pop 7". SP157.

I've had this one lined up for ages but overlooked it in favour of other, more esoteric, angry, or rare releases.  More fool me, this is a superb slab of girl-crazy pop punk. The Muffs seemed to be one of those bands who, if one of those bands was going to break through, would be that band. For whatever reason it didn't happen. It was, however, a huge kick to hear their version of Kim Wilde's Kids In America light up the opening credits of 1995 hit movie, Clueless.
The flipside to this is a great cover of Beat Your Heart Out by The Zeros ("The Mexican Buzzcocks"). Enjoy.

The Muffs - I Need You. Sub Pop 7". SP157.

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Seaweed - Bill. Sub Pop 7". SP141

I've got to be honest, my terms of reference for Seaweed are lost in the mists of time. I can't remember what they are. They sound like pop would have sounded if the much touted Grunge revolution had really made one bit of difference, but it didn't so they're kind of in limbo. The flipside in particular is the sound of nothing. The a-side, Bill, makes me think of skater 'dudes' in baseball caps, long shorts and the thing some singers do with the microphone where they hold it in their hand above their head and sing as if somebody has set the mike stand too high. What? It makes sense to me. Enjoy.

Seaweed - Bill. Sub Pop 7". SP141.

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Supersuckers - She's My Bitch. Sub Pop 7". SP225.

Never ones for subtlety, Supersuckers present their tender side on the A-side of this 1993 release. It's a better, less adorned, more sonically-original version than the one on La Mano Cornuda. The b-side is an acoustic knock-off 'recorded in a van on the highway somewhere'. I'm glad I didn't have to pay for it. Anyhow, in celebration of February 29th, the day 'the gals' are supposed to propose to 'the guys', here's a tender sweet love song. Enjoy.

Supersuckers - She's My Bitch. Sub Pop 7". SP225.

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Supersuckers - Hell City, Hell. Sub Pop Records 7". SP 170.

The World's Greatest Rock'n'Roll band present Hell City, Hell, a cut from their first LP, The Smoke of Hell. I've no idea if it's an alternative mix, but having been pressed to 7" it will definitely sound different to that on the vinyl LP and better than that from fragile silver disc. On the flip is a cracking cover of Ice Cube's Dead Homiez. Enjoy.

Supersuckers - Hell City, Hell. Sub Pop Records 7". SP 170.

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Dwarves - Lucifer's Crank. No. 6 Records 7".

Inner flap.

Nine tracks of bootleggy goodness from everybody's favourite perverts, The Dwarves. I say bootleggy because the legal status of this record, and its sister release, Tooling For A Warm Tea Bag, has never been clear. Some, maybe all, of the tracks come from radio broadcasts, but the source is much clearer than that of some other FM-sourced bootlegs, which suggests somebody near the band had a hold of a pre-FM master of the material. Anyway, it's The Dwarves at their juvenile best. Enjoy.

Dwarves - Lucifer's Crank. No. 6 Records 7".

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Poison 13 - Love Me EP. Sub Pop Records. SP 274.

I worked my way backwards into Poison 13 by being a fan of Jack O'Fire, then picking this up as it was a band with Tim Kerr in it. Much like Jack O'Fire, this is an assembly of cover versions, but a very fine assembly of cover versions. I always enjoy hearing covers of Manchester bands by US artists, particularly at the more obscure end of the market, so this cover of Warsaw from the first Joy Division EP, An Ideal For Living, generates the same warmth as Jack O'Fire's assault on The Fall's Container Drivers and Bassholes version of Joy Division's Interzone. Enjoy.

Poison 13 - Love Me EP. Sub Pop Records. SP 274.

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The Gories - Gimme Some Money. Sub Pop Singles Club. Sub Pop SP134.

There were 4,500 copies of this pressed, according to Grunnen Rocks. Could this be The Gories best-selling single? A guaranteed market from Singles Club sales alongside eager bystanders like myself? Who knows? Anyway, that's enough questions. First post for a fortnight, but I have been busy busy busy so there's going to be a lot more of this stuff coming your way. Enjoy.
The Gories - Gimme Some Money. Sub Pop Singles Club. Sub Pop SP134.

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Dickless - I'm A Man / Saddletramp. Sub Pop Singles Club 7" SP59.

Insert.

From 1990, the year before 'punk' broke, comes this gem from Seattle's all-female Dickless (<roywalker>say what you see<\roywalker>) featuring an A-side of them covering Bo Diddley's 'I'm A Man' in unique fashion and a B-side, 'Saddletramp', which was later covered by The Supersuckers. Their output was thin - the 12" of this, released on Tupelo Records, featured an extra track, 'Miniskirt Mob', and there was a track on one of the Teriyaki Asthma compilation EPs. There was a CD readied for release in 2006, but does not appear to have made the shops.

Dickless - I'm A Man / Saddletramp. Sub Pop Singles Club 7" SP59.

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