Drop The Biscuit

Rosspunk presents………Cheesecloth shirts, flared jeans, cowboy boots, sitting in the back of my sister’s friends van on the way to the Leas Cliff Hall Folkstone.

This was the time I got out from in front of the radio, record player and television. I saw live music for the first time. Gizzi’s (a cup of love juice?)

Adrian Street wrestling on Saturday afternoon telly.

Genesis    Fly on a Windsheild/Melody on Broardway

Frank Zappa   What’s the Ugliest Part of your Body?

Pink Floyd   Money

Steve Hillage   Hurdy Gurdy Man

Judge Dredd   Big 6

The Tubes   White Punks on Dope

Space    Magic Fly

Hawkwind   Silver Machine

Supertramp   Dreamer

10cc   I’m Mandy Fly Me

Quantum Jump   Lone Ranger

Steve Miller Band    Fly Like an Eagle

Joe Walsh   Rocky Mountain Way

Neil Young   After the Goldrush

Heavy Metal Kids   Sqalliday Inn.

da doo da da doo da doo!

From a (very)hip shakin’ Elvis

to a small (Soho?) coffee bar,

from a (freaky)freak an his show to a psyched up guitar…

From West London- to the West Coast- from Kling Klang to

Ping Pong…………..brilliant new ideas, from floor to ceiling

Blah Blah Blah…… you get the picture, yes we see………..

Welcome to the wonderful world of BISCUIT’s !!!

‘drop the biscuit’ session4-

China (featuring Bruce Lee)- Big Boss.

The Strangeloves- I want Candy.

Trinity-3 Piece Suit & Ting

Depeche Mode-Dream On (Octagon Dub).

Little Junior’s Blue Flames-Mystery rain.

The Stranglers-Something Better Change.

Don Sebesky-Reflectivity

Mr Blend-Message to O.D.B

Laurel & Hardy-What Flavours Have You (from Come Clean)

Brian Eno-Pnoom (moon up mix)

David Bowie-Queen Bitch

Kraftwerk-Heavy Metal Kids

X-Ray Spex-Oh Bondage Up Yours.

Prince Far I-Bedward The Flying Preacher.

Jerry Allison-Real Wild Child.

Edwin Astley-The Saint Main Titles.

The Pop Group-Where Theres A will.

Continental Showstoppers-Goo Bah.

Sam Cooke-Its All Over Now.

Talking Heads-Love Goes To A Building On Fire.

Trentemøller-Evil Dub.

David Essex-Stardust.

-tracks selected by a few of the regulars an thrown together by the slippery 1.

‘Croc’s on a Saturday was one of the first clubs we started goin to on a regular basis’

who would’ve imagined a little nightclub in darkest Essex, becomes the place to be- attracting kids from all over Essex an London…..

‘i remember going on the opening night, tho I think it was just a soul/jazz funk club then? you had to get your tickets in advance. i got up to the door an the bouncer said “what have you come  as, Co Co the clown?”

‘They “refurbed” a nightclub but still kept the live crocodiles in the glass case, would love to have been at that meeting’

‘…………I think things really started happening around the time of the ‘Glamour Club’

with Gary Turner on a Saturday night ?……….

out come the freaks!….

‘I like to think of the start being more specifically 16/8/80, when DM played the first ever night of ‘The Glamour Club’, not sure what went on in there prior to that

Don’t know when the official ending was though?

‘I think that was when everyone started wearing headbands’

‘they use to play things like-

fascist groove thing, memorabillia, bela lugosi’s dead, a certain ratio-shack up, siouxsie’

‘they always played ‘Perfect Day’ at 2am’

to Cut A Long Story Short – Spandau and probably The Freeze by Spandau as well.

Gary definitely played ‘Southern Freeez’ by Freeez once, but he played it really early.

i just bought a record player so the vinyl is coming back out soon’

‘there’s a pic of steve linard there, boy george, spandau an steve strange use to go, I remember there was a coach that use to come down from London’

‘I remember fad gadget,Pigbag,
omd,
hiroshima mon amour,
bela lugosis dead,

Bowie-Heroes, pretty

much anything by the early Cure’

‘everyone seems to remember Bela lugosi !!!

‘memory fade syndrome’.

is Some Bizarre represented?

simple minds – I travel’

‘DOES ANYONE REMEMBER THE CANS OF LAGER, WITH THE HALF NAKED GIRLS ON’?

‘Fad Gadget played Croc’s , its all a little hazy but I think I remember him covered in blood by the end of it. Not sure what happened’

‘i remember the cans of lager, Tennents (with the girls on)

they also sold Swan lager

i remember The Birthday Party being fantastic

also remember that Culture Club gig, was it on Boxing Day?

also remember The Damned (“Sod the whale, save the slug”)

and Spandau dancing to one of their own songs, even pretending to play their instruments

‘Tvod – the normal

No gdm -gina x

Pull up to the bumper -grace jones

‘I remember arriving at Crocs just as the then unknown Culture Club took the stage, decided to get a drink in and then bumped into a mate at the bar and spent the whole of their set chatting to him. Missed the whole of their debut gig but still tell people that Iwas there’.

it says here that Culture Club played their 1ST GIG AT CROCS OCT 24TH 81’-

‘I can’t remember ANY bands playin there apart from the Mode boys’.

‘does anyone remember if Theatre of Hate played Croc’s? I’m sure I saw them’.

‘the Rah band – The Crunch (I think that’s the title).

Blah Blah Blah – I am in the army, that had one play that I know of but didn’t go down too well. Does anyone else remember seeing them there live?

‘they must have played some Japan – Quiet Life?

the Cure – the Forest, Warm leatherette by The Normal.

Bauhaus – Telegram Sam.

‘this is hard to do from memory so I am going to look at my Vinyl now’.

‘don’t recall Theatre Of Hate playing, but they probably did

Sounds about right’.

‘Blimey looks like everyone was busy yesterday! did anyone bagsy warm leatherette??

and what about;

planet claire

ultravox -hiroshima mon amour

yazoo – situation (various remixes)

tubeway army – me i disconnect from you

….and – soft cell !!

-well that’s it then, good times had by all, but nobody remembers much about it!

An everyones getting their vinyl out now ! well, not such a bad thing, an even with memory loss, we still managed enough tunes to make about 4 playlists !!! so heres a selection of the most mentioned or most fondly remembered.

tracklisting……….

 Fad Gadget-Back to Nature.

Tubeway Army-Me I disconnect from you.

Telex-Twist a st tropez.

Spandau Ballet-to cut a long story short.

The B-52’s-Planet Claire.

Oh an heres the lagers with the lovely ladies! (more clothes than I remember)!!

CROCS

THE CROC’S MIX

3rd episode of ‘Drop the Biscuit’

These magic machines (the Voice-O-Graph was probably the best known) were very popular in penny arcades of the 1940’s and 50’s, and like photo booths, they gave players a little something to walk away with. For about thirty-five cents, a songbird in training (or just a kid being a kid) could record a song or a short message.Two minutes was all that technology granted in those days, and voices were laid down on a six-inch cardboard record that kids could then play at home. Believe it or not, a lot of real-life crooners put voice to permanent record this way—before they knew they were real-life crooners!

The International Mutoscope Company manufactured the last recording booth coin-ops in 1968. When portable cassette recorders caught on in the 70’s, the booths started to lose their novelty value. Besides, it was embarrassing when the whole arcade overheard your so-very-unlike-the-King Elvis impression.

Just like a photo booth, you’d plonk your coin in the slot, but instead of posing for some snaps, you’d start speaking.

The idea was that those who were travelling could send a voice message from the location they were visiting – a bit like a sonic postcard!

Tracklisting…….

1.The Damned New Rose

2.Hamilton Bohannon The Fat Man

3.Dillinger C.B 200

4.Bob fuller 4   I Fought The Law

5.The Rolling   Stones I’m A King Bee

6.Elvis Presley   Crawfisch (Pilooski Edit)

7.The Edsels   Do You Love Me

8.Throbbing Gristle   20 Jazz Funk Greats

9.Elvis Costello   (I Don’t Want To Go To) Chelsea

10.The Last Poets   Mean Machine Chant

11.Hank Marr Tonk Game

12.Doctor Alimantado   Best Dressed Chicken In Town

13.Grinderman No Pussy Blues

14.MGM Studio Orchestra, Judy Garland & Adolph Deutsch   I’m an Indian, Too

15.Kanka, MC Oliva  Dizzy Dub

16.John Baker Space Workshop MQ LP48/4

17.Linton Kwesi Johnson Dread Beat An’ Blood

18.Ric Cartey Scratching On My Screen

19.Andre Williams Sweet Little Pussycat

20.Phil Upchurch Combo You Can’t Sit Down (Parts 1 & 2)

21.Simple minds Changeling

22.Four Tet  Castles Made Of Sound

23.Viv Albertine Still England

Rosspunk Presents

I’m calling this selection of tunes ‘The Lifeline’.

It is gonna be the first in a series that loosely traces a brief timeline from when I first became aware of popular music to the present day. It won’t be by any means comprehensive, but it will give an idea of my influences and how they have become so eclectic.

I will include my guilty pleasures, warts and all.

Buckle up, hold tight and let the good time roll.

60’s to early 70’s. Musical awakenings……..

‘Bon Temps Rouler’.

Track Listing……….

Alice Cooper – Hello Hooray

The Swinging Blue Jeans – Hippy Hippy Shake (break)

Lonnie Donegan – Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour

Herb Alpert – Tijuana Taxi

The Archies – Sugar, Sugar (break)

T. Rex – Deborah

Dave & Ansell Collins – Double Barrel

Gary Glitter –  Hello, Hello I’m Back Again (break)

The Sweet – Blockbuster

Kraftwerk – Autobahn

David Bowie – Drive-in Saturday (break)

Hot Butter – Popcorn

Roxy Music – Pyjamarama

Stevie Wonder – Superstition

No windscreen Kevins or Sharons or Dancing Handbags!! EPIC….

One of my fave venues ever, so many happy memories

Ah yes. Remember it well. Slippery People. Tom Tom Club, erm… ok, well maybe not that well

I think I’m almost certain to have played something by Trouble Funk, plenty of James Brown, and the likes of Stevie Wonder “Superstition”, Stretch “Why Did You Do It” etc (basically all the stuff I still occasionally play out nearly 30 years later!!). Sam Butera’s “Bim Bam” would have been in there too. I also shamefully recall playing Peter Gabriel’s “Sledgehammer” and Mel & Kim “Respectable”. I fondly remember the night some greasy-haired biker came up to the DJ box and said “Scuse me mate, have you got anything else apart from this disco rubbish? How about some Grateful Dead?” Speechless.

Road block….

And “Roadblock” by Stop Aching and Waterme (thanks Clare)

DJ Fast Eddie came over to play once..

Yes that was probably the best night of the later aciiiiiieeeeeeed house days. And he was a very nice guy.

the first two tunes me and eugene played were “lets stick together” bryan ferry. and then blondies “heart of glass”. lovely. XX

Ive still got my signed Fast Eddie album!!

Spoonie Gee The Godfather, and then I put a pint of beer in the mixer and that was it..

Two for one drinks! Try getting that anywhere now!

After looking at the date i think my club membership has expired…

Maceo macks across the tracks :)))

Thats the one….epic grasshopper track! Love it.

remembers Sam Moffett 20 min mixes of can you feel it……

I also remember cramming as many people in my mini as humanly possible to get there. Who’s that in the boot? Why, it’s Derek Bennett!

Gwen McRae – all this love that I’m giving

Do u remember the Vivienne Westwood platform shoes loads if people used to wear?

Clare: “Nights” was the actual name of the Grasshopper’s “club” – hence the very clever chess logo. More tunes: Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles, Classical Two – Rap’s New Generation, Schoolly D – Satutday Night, Big Daddy Kane – Wrath Of Kane, Lil Louis – French Kiss, Fast Eddie (again) – Acid Thunder

Track Listing…………….

Afrika Bambaataa – Bambaataa’s Theme 1

grandmaster flash & the furious five – white lines

Trouble Funk – Still Smokin (Hug A Bug)

Kurtis Blow – Party Time

J.V.C. Force – Strong Island

Candido  – Jingo

Blondie – Heart Of Glass

The B-52s Give Me Back My man

BIM BAM – SAM BUTERA

Isley Brothers – Shout (HQ)

James Brown – Night Train

Maceo & The Macks – Cross The Tracks

I Believe In Miracles by The Jackson Sisters

Bobby Byrd – I Know you got Soul

Stevie Wonder – Superstition

Roxy Music – Let’s Stick Together

Gwen McCrae All This Love That I’m Giving

Stock Aitken Waterman – Roadblock

Mel And Kim – Respectable

Tom Tom Club  –  Wordy Rappinghood

Schoolly D – Saturday Night

Mantronix King of the Beats

Fast Eddie – Acid Thunder

Lil Louis – French Kiss

Mr Fingers – Can You Feel It

Stretch – Why Did You Do It

‘WhEN tHE two SeVEns  cLASh’

DTB2  –  

episode 2 – ‘Drop the Biscuit’

  “I’ve read an heard it countless times before, an it’s true –

like most kids from our generation the punk explosion changed everythin!

Just blew everythin else

away……….

 “When the Pistols were playin their early shows, I was 14 an still at school, in the summer of 77 when I was fifteen I went to my first punk gig……”

  it blew away all the rules an preconceived ideas of what you could an couldn’t do,

It opened our minds to all sorts of possibilities……

1.Sex Pistols – Anarchy In the  U.K.

(Denmark Street Demo, July 1976)

2.Dwight Pullen  – Sunglasses     After Dark

3.Culture – Two Sevens Clash

4.Ivor Cutler – When I Entered   Heaven

5.The White Stripes  – Stop  Breaking Down

6.The Clash – Robber Dub

7.Roxy Music – Editions Of You

8.Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band – Ah Feel Like Ahcid

9.Ennio Morricone – Astratto

10.Bo Diddley  – Bo Diddley-Itis

11.The Satelliters – Sitar Swami

12.Generation X – Wild Dub

13.O.V. Wright – That’s How Strong My Love Is

14.The Small Faces – You Need Loving

15.Human League – Being Boiled

16.Peter Wyngarde – Jenny Kissed Me And It Was…

17.Audrey Hepburn – Moon River (Theme From ”Breakfast At Tiffany’s)

running time 52.15.

This podcast was brought to you by rosspunk an the slippery 1.

1st episode of ‘Drop the Biscuit’.

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