Bow Wow Wow - See Jungle! See Jungle! Go Join Your Gang, Yeah, City All Over! Go Ape Crazy! (1981) LP Vinyl-Rip

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It's been pouring rain for the last 5 days.....talking about pouring!!!
So , waiting for next summer to come soon here's an african-tropical sounding little record. Make believe.....

Bow Wow Wow was a quartet organized by U.K. manager Malcolm McLaren (best known as the mastermind behind the Sex Pistols) at the start of the '80s. McLaren matched the trio of musicians who had constituted Adam Ant's Ants -- Matthew Ashman (b. 1962) on guitar, Leigh Gorman (b. 1961) on bass, and David Barbarossa (b. 1961) on drums -- with teenage singer Annabella Lwin (b. Oct. 31, 1965), retaining the earlier group's African-derived drum sound. In 1983, Lwin quit the group for a solo career, and the remaining three changed their name to the Chiefs of Relief. Both Lwin and the Chiefs issued their own albums. In 1995, Ashman passed away due to diabetes. Headed by Lwin and Gorman, a reformed Bow Wow Wow resurfaced in 1998 with Wild in the U.S.A., which featured both remixes and concert performances from the reunion tour; guitarist Dave Calhoun and drummer Eshan Khadaroo filled the other slots.
Malcolm McLaren, of Sex Pistols fame, made teenager Annabella Lwin the centerpiece of his next creation. Backing her with members of Adam & the Ants, they were dubbed Bow Wow Wow and released See Jungle! See Jungle! in 1981. The focus was on style and the music was a mix of dance and new wave always with a heavy nod toward percussion. The results are mixed and you sometimes have the feeling that you are hearing the same song repeated. However, it's difficult not to find yourself drumming your fingers to the frantic beats. Lwin makes sure that you never forget that she's only 15, either through her vocal delivery or her outright declarations (as on "Chihuahua"). The band also serves up an interesting spaghetti Western instrumental on "Orang-outang" and everything falls into place on "Go Wild in the Country," with Lwin's uninhibited shrieks touting the merits of getting away from it all. (Wikipedia.org)

Tracklist
a1 Jungle Boy
a2 Chihuahua
a3 Prince of Darkness (Sinner! Sinner! Sinner!) [Instrumental]
a4 Mickey Put It Down
a5 (I'm A) TV Savage
a6 Elimination Dancing
b1 Golly! Golly! Go Buddy!
b2 King Kong
b3 Go Wild in the Country
b4 I'm Not a Know It All
b5 Why Are Babies So Wise
b6 Orang Outang
b7 Hello, Hello Daddy (I'll Sacrifice You)

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Mark Stewart & Maffia -Learning to Cope with Cowardice (1981-2006)

When post-punk agitators the Pop Group disbanded in 1980, Mark Stewart briefly collaborated with the New Age Steppers and, the following year, embarked on his first solo project with producer Adrian Sherwood and several Steppers personnel. While Learning to Cope with Cowardice was no less confrontational than some of the Pop Group's work, it left behind the harsh, frenetic avant-funk of the Bristol band to foray into more experimental, dub-oriented territory. The standout track is the cut-up version of "Jerusalem," the English hymn (using William Blake's visionary words) that has come to stand almost as an unofficial national anthem. Stewart's "Jerusalem" embodies the multiple sonic facets of this album, juxtaposing jarring electronics, hectoring vocals, and heavy beats with more expansive layers of melody. Here, Stewart mixes his own strident declamation of Blake's verses with samples of a traditional arrangement of the hymn and with echo-heavy dub textures in such a way as to craft a complex meditation on issues of race, class, and tradition in Thatcher-ite Britain. Ironically, although Stewart doesn't use his own words, this ranks among his most powerful political statements. Elsewhere, Stewart sees democracy eroded by the encroachment of the State in league with corporate forces. The soundtrack to that vision is rendered appropriately dissonant, fragmented, and menacing in the chaotic, scratched, cut-up sound of "Blessed Are Those Who Struggle" and the austere metallic distortion of "None Dare Call It Conspiracy." Stewart's less challenging side can be heard on the title track, with its basic hip-hop rhythms, as well as numbers like "The Paranoia of Power" and sections of "Liberty City," which are built on smooth reggae grooves with his tortured singing offset by melodic female vocals. 1985's follow-up, As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade, would further explore the more experimental dimension of Stewart's sound. [This is EMI reissue of the album with bonus tracks.]

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Alice Donut - The Untidy Suicides of Your Degenerate Children (1992)

Alice Donut formed in the punk underground of New York City's Lower East Side in 1987, eventually releasing six studio albums and one live LP (recorded at CBGB's) before breaking up eight years later. Jello Biafra initially encouraged the group and signed them to his Alternative Tentacles label, where Alice Donut released all of their albums. The band's punk style was occasionally leavened with elements of oddball country and funk, but by 1993's Pure Acid Park the sound was commercialized a bit, much like fellow psychedelic punks the Butthole Surfers. Alice Donut couldn't cash in, however, and broke up in 1995.

Tracklist
1 Magdalene
2 Untidy Suicides
3 Loteria
4 The Tingler
5 Every Body Is on Sale
6 Hang the Dog
7 Son of a Disgruntled X-Postal Worker Reflects on His Life While Getting stoned..
8 Annie's Empty
9 Loteria
10 Medication
11 Things Have Never Looked Better
12 Wire Mother
13 She Loves You She Wants You Its Amazing How Much Head Wounds Bleed
14 Loteria
15 In My Head

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