HAPPY FRIDAY FOLKS!
Plenty in this week's mailout!
The William Loveday Intention have a brand new album, The Baptiser, and a double 7" 'I'm Good Enough' both out on April 29th.
Pre-order now by clicking the sleeve art below.
Next week we'll be shipping pre-orders for The Snivelling Shits' Shits Alive LP.
In other news we have two digital albums from the Lurkers coming out soon. You can also vote for the Lurkers in Mike Read's Heritage Chart.
And don't forget the two books - London's Lost Music Venues Vol 2 is out on June, and 1-2 Cut Your Hair: The Story of Johnny Moped is out in August. Both these books have special launch events. Read on for more info.
Busy busy!
THE WILLIAM LOVEDAY INTENTION - THE BAPTISER (LP)
Brand new studio album by The William Loveday Intention!
As part of an incredibly productive year by one of the world's most productive and cherished artists, Billy Childish releases a new LP by The William Loveday Intention as part of his attempt at “a career in a year”.
“The Baptiser is titled after John The Baptiser, Christ's teacher who proclaimed that you don't need to make blood sacrifices in the temple of Jerusalem to have communion with God – it's direct one to one in the desert, wearing a camel hair shirt and eating the fruits of the honey locust tree.
The LP has many spiritual highs and blaming lows. It should move and sound like the contents of a thinking mind.”
WILLIAM LOVEDAY 2022
TRACKLISTING
The Baptiser
A Library To You and the Self
A Painted Pantomime Dame
Mister Smith
Poems of Anxiety and Uncertainty
I'm Good Enough
Knockin' on Heaven's Door
A Framed T-Shirt Remnant
Poems of Anxiety and Uncertainty (Blues)
The Baptiser (Reprise)
THE WILLIAM LOVEDAY INTENTION - I'M GOOD ENOUGH (2x7")
Brand new double 7” by The William Loveday Intention!
As part of an incredibly productive year by one of the world's most productive and cherished artists, Billy Childish releases a new EP by The William Loveday Intention as part of his attempt at “a career in a year”.
“Four tracks that address the game of being a human being.”
'I'm Good Enough' is a fresh look at Thee Headcoats' classic.
'Failure not Success' speaks for itself - and embodies the quest for un-muddied art.
'Becoming Unbecoming Me' is the story of a Jewish girl in Austria who changed her identity and married a Nazi to escape the death camps.
'Subterranean Homesick Blues' is our version of Bob Dylan's version of 'Too Much Monkey Business' by Chuck Berry.”
WILLIAM LOVEDAY 2022
TRACKLISTING
A – I'm Good Enough
B – Failure Not Success
C – Becoming Unbecoming Me
D – Subterranean Homesick Blues (Alt Version)
Damaged Goods will also be another William Loveday album, Paralysed By The Mountains. There has been a delay with this title. We're not sure when we'll have the stock but will let you know as soon as.
THE SNIVELLING SHITS - SHITS ALIVE! (LP) - SHIPPING NEXT WEEK!
A limited-edition colour vinyl LP put together by
original founding member Pete Makowski and us at Damaged Goods to celebrate the
reunion gigs by The Snivelling Shits in late 2018 and 2019.
The original Snivelling Shits album ‘I Can’t Come’ was
released on Damaged Goods back in 1989 with original frontman Giovanni Dadamo
supplying the tapes and helping with the artwork.
We started to get to know the other two original Shits, Pete Makowski and Dave
Fudger in the 2010’s and Pete was very keen to “get the old band
back together” as they say…so they commandeered Tom Crossley on
vocals, he was in Giovanni’s second band, Famous Monsters after the
original Shits imploded so he was a perfect replacement, another good friend of
Pete’s was James Sherry (of Done Lying Down / Toast / Desperate Measures)
who took over the drums, and firstly Richard Leeds from Du Bellows and later
Moyni from Tom’s current band The Phobics on bass duties.
After a few rehearsals they did a low-key warm up gig billed as Arthur Comix,
then their first proper gig at the Damaged Goods 30th anniversary gigs at The
Lexington on the 15th December 2018 supporting Johnny Moped, swiftly followed by
another gig at The Pelton Arms in Greenwich on the 16th February 2019. Both gigs
were recorded by Lee McFadden and sounded great, so Pete suggested making a live
album up to “celebrate” the events.
The Shits went onto play a gloriously unhinged and chaotic set in front of a
huge crowd at the Opera House at the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool in
August 2019. That was the last gig as soon after the pandemic hit and very sadly
and tragically, Pete Makowski died in late 2021.
We’re really proud to have this coming out, albeit a lot later than
planned due to the vinyl shortages. It’s a fitting tribute to Pete (who
oversaw the artwork and tapes) and the band’s amazing comeback gigs. It
also includes two demos from the original line-up that appeared as a very
limited 7" for sale at the Rebellion Festival show in 2019, which sold out
and is already a sought-after collector’s item!
Pete would only let us release it if it was on brown vinyl…However due to
vinyl shortages, brown vinyl was scarce so it ended up on a rainbow of colours !
When the shits hit the fans, one could say. We think Pete would approve
Dedicated to Pete Makowsi 1956-202 and very much missed by us all.
R.I.P.
THE LURKERS - TWO DIGITAL ALBUMS! NEW VIDEO! HERITAGE CHART!
We're pleased to announce the digital release of two albums by The Lurkers.
Previously only available as limited physical releases, The Future's Calling and Chemical Landslide will both be available on all platforms from April 22nd.
The band also have a new single/video for their track 'Nearly Home (Turning Pages)'. You can check out the video via the screenshot below
**YOU CAN ALSO VOTE FOR THE LURKERS IN MIKE READ'S HERITAGE CHART HERE **
** VOTE FOR THE LUKERS IN MIKE READ'S HERITAGE CHART HERE **
LONDON'S LOST MUSIC VENUES VOL 2
The second volume of the photographic guide to the iconic lost live music venues of London, as they are today. The first volume, issued in 2020, during the first lockdown featured over 100 lost smaller venues from all over London, this second volume features over 140 more focussing on the larger halls and theatres of London’s musical heyday.
Did you dance the night away at the Hammersmith Palais? Queue outside the Rainbow theatre to see The Jam or The Osmonds? Or jive along to rock ‘n’ roll legends at the Cellar Club in Kingston? Then this is another book is for you!
Paul Talling, author of ‘London’s Lost Music Venues 1’, ‘Derelict London’ & ‘London’s Lost Rivers’ returns his attention to the lost music venues of London.
This time round he focusses on the larger, theatre sized venues as well as a few smaller venues not included in the first volume plus some more recent losses.
This book takes a look at some of the iconic venues of the last 60 years with images, flyers and modern-day photos of what they are now.
Venues include Hammersmith Palais, The Rainbow, The Astoria, The Borderline, The Lyceum and many more.
Featuring photos, adverts & tickets, this book is a reminder of a less homogenised London, taking you back to the city’s halcyon days of Rock N Roll, Jazz, Blues, Rolk, Rock, Punk, Indie and more.
Paul Talling, author of ‘Derelict London’ and ‘London’s Lost Rivers’ (Random House) turns his attention back to some of the iconic venues of the last 60 years with images, flyers and modern-day photos of what they are now.
1-2 CUT YOUR HAIR: THE STORY OF JOHNNY MOPED
Johnny Moped – The man, the band, the punk myth, the none-hit-wonder, the absent singer, the comeback (and back, and back again) king. Five decades of heroic eccentricity, elusive musicality and accidentally saving The Electric Light Orchestra.
This story has it all and so much more.
Featuring brand new interviews with Dave Berk, Slimy Toad, Xerxes and Johnny himself, plus exclusive insights from Captain Sensible, Marco Pirroni and a litany of old school expert fans and perturbed modern Moped riders, this is the only book you will ever need to read about one of the all-time great misunderstood and frequently mislaid rock ‘n’ roll troopers.
Formed in Croydon in May 1974, the band were a proto-punk band, initially calling themselves Johnny Moped and the 5 Arrogant Superstars before reverting to just Johnny Moped by January 1975. They became one of the pioneering punk bands that played at London's legendary Roxy Club.
Their track ‘Hard Lovin’ Man’ appeared on the hit various artists album Live at the Roxy WC2 (1977). The band went on to sign with Chiswick Records and released three singles and one album, Cycledelic, before splitting up. A low-key reunion album (The Search For Xerxes) came out in 1991. Sixteen years after its release Cycledelic was listed as one of the best fifty punk albums of all-time by The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Popular Music.
A documentary about the band, Basically, Johnny Moped, produced by Fred Burns, premiered in September 2013. The film further cemented the band’s legendary status. It’s currently available to watch in the UK via Netflix.
In 2016 the revitalised band released a new album It’s A Real Cool Baby on Damaged Goods Records, with a fourth studio album Lurrigate Your Mind following in 2019. With interest in the band at an all-time high, the time is now right for their story to be told.
There will be two special launch events for the book -
11th August 7pm @ Rough Trade East, London - featuring an acoustic performance by Johnny Moped + Q&A/signing with the band and author Simon Williams
(Click on the pic above to buy tickets for the book and event or click HERE)
12th August 7pm @ Hope & Anchor, Islington, London - featuring a fully electric Johnny Moped set + special guest support
(Click on the pic above to buy tickets for the event or click HERE)