Hello folks!
A belated Happy New Year to you all! To start 2014 off we've given the website a lovely new makeover. If you've not had a chance to check it out yet head over to www.damagedgoods.co.uk and have a look. There's even a music player along with links to all social media and all that malarkey!
Our first release of the year is our Helen & The Horns compilation which is released on January 26th. Also we have some Italian pressings of the latest Giuda LP as well as "Wild Tiger Woman" on a 7" (both on the band's own Fungo Record label) which are available now. Read on peeps!
Helen & The Horns - Footsteps At My Door (BBC Sessions & More) (CD/Digi)
22 TRACKS
3 JOHN PEEL SESSIONS
HELEN McCOOKERYBOOK’s BAND AFTER THE CHEFS SPLIT UP
RARE AND UNRELEASED TRACKS
After The Chefs split in the early 1980s, Helen McCookerybook (former bass player and vocalist) retired briefly from playing. She was introduced to Lester Square, who had just left The Monochrome Set, and they started working on her new songs, which were Western-inspired. Rehearsals with a full band proved too expensive and Helen resorted to rehearsing on guitar, with the sax and trombone players from the new band. In this form, they supported The Monochrome Set at Kingston University and went down so well that they decided to keep the format. John Peel’s producer phoned to ask what Helen was up to, and their first Peel session ensued. They went on to tour the UK and Holland, recording two more Peel sessions and playing every type of gig from pogoing punks in the Midlands to a graduation ball with waltzing students at London’s Café Royale. They have remained in contact, and the band and Helen are delighted to be able to release their archive of sessions plus an album they recorded on their own label, on Damaged Goods.
Giuda - Wild Tiger Woman 7" + Let's Do It Again LP (ITALIAN PRESSINGS)
For all the Giuda completists out there we now have Italian pressings of the band's most recent LP "Let's Do It Again" along with a 7" single "Wild Tiger Woman", taken from the LP and featuring an exclusive B-side "Maybe It's All Over Now". Click on the pics to order from our online shop. Also check out the press clippings for some rather ace reviews!