Music Box 19th July 2025

We start with Detroit Michigan artist Bedtime Khal, and the excellent Dumb Stuff, from his debut, the Eraser E.P. (Devil Town Tapes casse 2024)  Buy here

I know nothing about The Brood, except they were a duo from the Fortis Green London area, and recorded some demos before morphing into U.K. pop-psyche band Turquoise. This is one of those demos, Village Green (nothing to do with The Kinks), recorded in 1967 but not seeing the light until its inclusion on the superb sampler Let's Go Down And Blow Our Minds (Grapefruit 3XCD 2016)

Throwing Muses are one of my all-time favourite bands, but before their 'success' with 4AD in the late 80s, they recorded the five-track Throwing Muses E.P. (Blowing Fuses 7" 1984) and here's Dirt is on the Floor, written and sung by Elaine Adamedes, who would not continue with the band.

Hayden Wood (website) was born Anthony Paul Jones in Lower Hutt, New Zealand 1944 who, after several years in various Kiwi bands, cam eot the U.K. where he released one LP and several singles between 1969 to 1981. This is The House Beside The Mine, B-side to his debut single The Lady Wants More (NEMS 7" 1969).

We conclude with New Order, and the 7” versions of True Faith (here the official video) and B-side 1963 (Factory 7”/12” 1987 cat no. FAC183). This bonkers video won the BPI's Best Video of the Year. Typical of Factory records insouciant impertinence they only joined the BPI for that year so that the video would be eligible. You have to love Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus and Rob Gretton. Until next week ...