Saturday 22 April 2017

Bogshed - "Demo's and Rareties 1985-87" (a Die or DIY? Compilation)


Then we had the crop of groups who should have been on Ron Johnson Records instead of The Sewer Zombies and The Ex.
The most shining example being Bogshed.
Cheeky northern monkeys who were incorrectly portrayed primarily as a comedy turn in some quarters.Originally called "The Amazing Roy North Penis Band" upon their inception in 1984, one could easily see why they flirted with the 'Novelty Act' category.
Their shambling, bass led sub-discordant modern music hall tunes, were certainly catchy,and could even induce an urge to sing-a-long-a-bogshed.
So here's a collection of demo's, compilation tracks,rare singles and unreleased stuff to prove their part in the 'Death To Trad Rock' story.
Unfortunately on the subject of death, Bogshed Singer and excellent lyricist, Paul Hartley, died over ten years ago, so the prospect of any nostalgic reformation of Bogshed is a sad non-starter; especially as drummer, Tristan King followed him to peel band valhalla a few years later.Don't it make you feel so incredibly mortal?

Tracklist:

01 Hand Me Down Father ('Raging Sun' Compilation)
02 Runner On A Blunder(imminent comp)
03 The Amazing Roy North Penis Band (Cherry Red Comp)
04 Gathering Change(Aborted Cherry red Compilation)
05 Hold Up Your Hands, I'm Coming To The Market (cherry red Comp)
06 Lodger Problem(Aborted Cherry red Comp
07 Porridge In The Clothes(Aborted Cherry Red Comp)
08 Too Many Personalities(Aborted Cherry Red Comp)
09 You Are This(Aborted Cherry red Compilation)
10 Hand Me Down Father (Demo 1985).
11 Packed Lunch to School(Demo 1985).
12 US Bands (Demo 1985).
13 Slave Girls(Demo 1985).
14 Panties Please(Demo 1985).
15 City Girls(Demo 1985).
16 Fat Lad exam Failure (Demo 1985).
17 Spencer Travis(Demo 1985).
18 The Amazing Roy North Penis Band (Demo 1985)
19 Stop Revolving (Unissued Single 1987)
20 Your Science, My Sound (Unissued Single B-Side 1987)
21 Excellent girl (Final Single Release 1987)

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8 comments:

Anonymous said...

i love this band. imagine a box set of all their output, would be far more worthy of my cash than this farage-loving eejit

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metal-Box-Public-Image-Limited/dp/B01LE2GF3S/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1492982753&sr=1-2

Matt said...

Brilliant stuff - thanks!

Anonymous said...

Thanks for this.

And I never expected to find a Bogshed cover!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3t6Zn2HcfI

Jonny Zchivago said...

Blimey!..i have viewed this cover version, and approve...although would have liked for a reference to Bogshed be made by the video postee.
To be encouraged.

Jonny Zchivago said...

Found another Bogshed cover:

https://youtu.be/4UNsI8OrzUo

Jonny Zchivago said...

There's something going on here...there's another one :
https://youtu.be/KRuE0R35r40

Jonny Zchivago said...

And another?....
https://youtu.be/ZGw2VQ31Kdo

I feel a Bogshed Tribute album coming on for Year Zero records.

Anonymous said...

Thanks!