Cardiacs--where to start?

[NogbadTheBad]

For Chalky, and the other irredeemable addicts amongst you, your next hit, if you can get hold of it and if you haven't already got it, is Mr & Mrs Smith and Mr Drake (1984). If you think The Sea Nymphs album is the best thing since sliced bread then all I can say is, you aint heard nothin' yet!

Very good album.

[chalkpie]

"Ditzy Scene" becoming a sort-of mini "Dirty Boy" for me. Pretty high compliment. Its a journey and a half.

[chalkpie]

For Chalky, and the other irredeemable addicts amongst you, your next hit, if you can get hold of it and if you haven't already got it, is Mr & Mrs Smith and Mr Drake (1984). If you think The Sea Nymphs album is the best thing since sliced bread then all I can say is, you aint heard nothin' yet!

Got it, thanks for the look-out mate. I don't know it very well yet, which is actually great since my exploration of new Tim music is shrinking drastically. I'll hit it in a day or two.

[Mr.Flower]

Got it, thanks for the look-out mate. I don't know it very well yet, which is actually great since my exploration of new Tim music is shrinking drastically. I'll hit it in a day or two.

I too think i prefer Mr & Mrs Smith & Mr Drake to Sea Nymphs (although i love both).

Would love a released CD of Ditzy Scene - its one of my faves. Whoever did the unofficial fan video on YouTube (the b/w one with the atomic bomb going off) did an ace job. Its a perfect fit.

[PeterG]

I too think i prefer Mr & Mrs Smith & Mr Drake to Sea Nymphs (although i love both).

Would love a released CD of Ditzy Scene - its one of my faves. Whoever did the unofficial fan video on YouTube (the b/w one with the atomic bomb going off) did an ace job. Its a perfect fit.

a limited cd single was released at the time, so I too Would like to see a rerelease as it is the one official release i do not possess.be great if they could release it on 7" vinyl.

[at least 100 dead]

For Chalky, and the other irredeemable addicts amongst you, your next hit, if you can get hold of it and if you haven't already got it, is Mr & Mrs Smith and Mr Drake (1984). If you think The Sea Nymphs album is the best thing since sliced bread then all I can say is, you aint heard nothin' yet!

Ordered Mr & Mrs Smith and Mr Drake some time ago. And yes, The Sea Nymphs is absolutely wonderful. Can't wait to hear the second one, coming out this year (hopefully).

[at least 100 dead]

Wouldn't mind an official release of the radio sessions, but I guess the legal ramifications are prohibitive?

[at least 100 dead]

Part 2:

[Lieto]

The Radio sessions rule! I'd love an official release at some point too. The Is This The Life from 95 is just amazing, maybe the best version ever I think

[zombywoof]

Wow, listen to Buds and Spawns with the mix pulled back a little. It breathes! It's alive! Smokes the studio recording!! Cmon ABC - where is this?

[zombywoof]

So, I finally pulled the trigger on Guns.

[smcfee]

So, I finally pulled the trigger on Guns.

Heh, that's the one I started with.

[Mr.Flower]

As usual with new Cardiacs family stuff, it takes a few listens - I didn't find it 'immediate' at all. Probably took a handful of turns before all the pieces slotted into places and more than any other album, its a grower. Not a duff track on it and littered with brilliance throughout. The 'sound' is different to most of their other releases - it feels darker, murkier somehow, but that's not a negative. Its definitely got a different feel. There's nothing as epochal as Dirty Boy on this one, but it feels rounded as an album.

Interestingly though, there's a Jon Poole interview where he claims, whilst he is proud of the album, if there's one Cardiacs release he could revisit and tinker with, it would be this one - particularly the running order (placing Junior (is a jitterbug) at the end of the album rather than in the middle.

[chalkpie]

So, I finally pulled the trigger on Guns.

You'll love it, it's a way of life. With Leather.

[chalkpie]

So, I finally pulled the trigger on Guns.

Ian - do you know "Jitterbug" yet?

[battema]

Wow, listen to Buds and Spawns with the mix pulled back a little. It breathes! It's alive! Smokes the studio recording!! Cmon ABC - where is this?

I love Buds and Spawns...one of my favorite tunes of theirs. Parts of it remind me of what Syd Barrett might have sounded like in the 80's (yes, really).

[thedunno]

Guns is a very good album. The only thing *wrong* with it is that this is the album after their masterpiece. Ever album falls short of STG.

Jitterbug and Signs are classics.

[PeterG]

Wouldn't mind an official release of the radio sessions, but I guess the legal ramifications are prohibitive?

I assume you mean an official ABC release, as it was officially released by the BBC. I have it on vinyl

[zombywoof]

Ian - do you know "Jitterbug" yet?

Not well, but I've heard it. Mike brought it onto the show a few weeks ago and I recall enjoying it.

[PeterG]

A few bands/singers maintained quality throughout, Cardiacs are one of the few!

[zombywoof]

Yeah, I'm sampling Guns on YouTube because I'm impatient. Is this the best guitar tone Tim put on record or what? Really digging the tunes.

[Gazoinks]

Yeah, I'm sampling Guns on YouTube because I'm impatient. Is this the best guitar tone Tim put on record or what? Really digging the tunes.

One of the best, definitely. It's a little more "glam" or something. Guns as a whole has a very meaty feel to it, compared to the more wiry other quartet stuff. I don't know why it's not talked about much, but Will Bleed Amen is one of my absolutely favorite Cardiacs songs.

[Lieto]

I don't know why it's not talked about much, but Will Bleed Amen is one of my absolutely favorite Cardiacs songs.

It's one of mine too, just an amazing piece of music

[zombywoof]

Oddly, my least favorite on Guns. Which means it'll probably be my favorite song ever before long.

[chalkpie]

Oddly, my least favorite on Guns.