Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Pregnant Neck - Scaffolder Olcer EP

Neckesque Records
NECK1 1990

1 - Pie and Mash
2 - Wasn't Told
3 - Silicone Implants
4 - One Scratch

The track order on the vinyl doesn't match the cover track list, so I've reordered it.

Noisy, clanky nonsense from Essex, like a down-at-heel Stump meets a sped-up Artphag with Swell Maps vocals.

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40 comments:

  1. AntMarch 1, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    I played bass on two of these tracks, and your description is very flattering :)

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  2. motMarch 1, 2010 at 12:56 PM

    Nice one - I really like it, hence the inclusion on here. Hope you don't mind, since it isn't available anywhere. I just want to spread the joy of forgotten or overlooked music.

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  3. AntMarch 1, 2010 at 8:42 PM

    Oh goodness no - I'm sure everyone involved would be totally happy to see it up here. It's long since totally unavailable.

    Lee Thomas, the guitarist, sadly committed suicide in 1991. Paul Elliott - the singer - turned up in an episode of BBC2's "Look Around You" as Tony Parker aka "The Human Dustbin". So there you go!

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  4. ROOKSBYMay 11, 2010 at 9:01 PM

    Great EP, still have my copy stowed away somewhere, quality wonk...

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  5. AnonymousOctober 22, 2010 at 9:12 AM

    Heard 'Pie and Mash' on the John Peel show - hilarious song , with a great riff!!

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  6. AnonymousNovember 3, 2010 at 7:47 PM

    Hi,
    I am Lee Thomas's sister. Its really nice to see that there is interest in Pregnant Neck and a mention of Lee. My mum, dad, sister and myself are chuffed that Lee and his music has not been forgotten. Big hello to any of the Pregnant Neck Band members.

    Lou

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  7. motNovember 4, 2010 at 9:05 AM

    Wow Lou, what a turn up. It's good to see that not all music sharing is considered by those involved to be 'piracy'. I've been spending time meticulously transfering this unavailable music for just the reasons you mention. It shouldn't be forgotten.

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  8. AnonymousNovember 4, 2010 at 9:47 PM

    Thanks Mot - it means alot.

    Lou

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  9. AnonymousNovember 17, 2010 at 9:17 PM

    Hello hello
    Paul Elliott here. Singer of Pregnant Neck. I stumbled across this quite by accident. I've just downloaded the EP. Well done - I'm chuffed (and mentioned alongside Stump to boot).
    Did we really mess up the order? Whoops. Maybe we did know at the time. It was all a bit cut and paste in those days. Glue and photocopiers. If anyone wants to post the album I'd be very happy.
    Keep up the good work.
    Paul

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  10. motNovember 18, 2010 at 10:23 AM

    ooh, album. i had no idea. a new quest has fallen upon me...

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  11. AnonymousNovember 18, 2010 at 5:27 PM

    Shenanegan-esque Rapscalianismz was the title.
    Paul

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  12. motNovember 18, 2010 at 5:31 PM

    shouldn't throw up too many misleading google hits...... cheers.

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  13. AnonymousNovember 29, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    Hi all - Si saspot Whaley here, played bass on a couple of these numbers then took over as drummer for the album. Nice to know it's still appreciated - and hi to Ant, long time no see. Playing for the Neck was very very scary. I loved it

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  14. AnonymousDecember 5, 2010 at 12:32 PM

    Hi Paul,
    Hope you and your family are well - long time no see! Mum still talks about you.
    Nice to know Pregnant Neck aren't forgotten.

    Luan and Lucy

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  15. AnonymousDecember 19, 2010 at 5:07 PM

    Sorry to hear about Lee, he was a wonderful bloke. I remember suggesting the pregnant neck name to him. No time for breakfast.

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  16. biological recordsJanuary 1, 2011 at 11:34 PM

    This rules. Thanks! Is there a Pregnant Neck L.P. out there?

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  17. motJanuary 2, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    there is but i've not tracked a copy down yet. donations gratefully accepted.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2011 at 8:15 PM

    I think my mum has a few stashed away somewhere - I will see if she will part with them.

    Luan

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  19. AnonymousFebruary 22, 2011 at 3:55 PM

    Hi All
    And a very big Hi to Lucy and Luan - Hope you are well.
    I have tracked down a copy of the album (in my cupboard - it was hard going). This is perhaps the last remnants of vinyl I have (except for another copy plus the single). Now how do I get it to you MOT/Vinyl Cock?
    Let us know your address.
    You can face book me if you want.
    I live in Whitstable now.
    Paul (Elliott)

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  20. AnonymousFebruary 28, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    I have mangaged to get a few Pregnant Neck albums from my mum Mot - do you want me to send you a copy?

    Luan

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  21. motFebruary 28, 2011 at 8:10 PM

    you superstars! sorry not to reply sooner - been on the road for a week. i'm up to the neck (non-pregnant) in fatigue and whisky right now, but will respond with sense and gratitude as soon after sunrise as the past week's endeavours will allow.

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  22. motMarch 1, 2011 at 2:35 PM

    paul - FB wasn't giving me any likely hits for you. perhaps i'm banned from whitstable.

    luan - if you could email me (skenkbiscuit@googlemail.com) i'll give you my details and sort out getting postage costs to you. it'd be very much appreciated, and of course i'll spend countless hours ensuring the finest vinyl to digital transfer. cheers.

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  23. AnonymousMarch 2, 2011 at 8:34 PM

    Will do!
    Luan

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  24. AnonymousMarch 2, 2011 at 9:53 PM

    Well done Luan.
    Not that with good with Facebook matters...
    Great job Vinyl cock/MOT!
    Paul

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  25. johannMay 14, 2011 at 11:26 PM

    Thanks for putting this up...been looking for it. Having trouble downloading it...I still have a copy of their excellent album in great condition. They played a couple of gigs with my old band "Erick" in Harlow (I was their guitarist)...Lee was an exceptional guitarist with a huge armoury of weird distortions and mutant riffs...Abstract, absurd, poignant, psychedelic and deeply strange. How I imagined a band from Epping might sound like at the time...Like a cut up but without the splicing...massive tempo shifts, mood swings, the lot. Great lyrics too. I was just discussing them with my friend and ex Erick percussionist Clive Richards. Two of them went on to form the very psychedelic Slithey Tove...we played a few gigs with them too. A track from this EP posted on Youtube whetted my appetite...

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  26. ROOKSBYMay 16, 2011 at 10:14 AM

    Hi all, I've just been watching "Pie & Mash" on Youtube & stumbled across this link again by accident... John Peel used to ADORE that track didn't he? Still sounds absolutely marvellous btw!

    I used swap tapes (at a quite phenomenal rate!) with Lee "back in the day", they're all still shoeboxed away in my parents' attic. Never got to meet him as, by the time Pregnant Neck were booked to play here (Nottingham) he'd already passed on... x

    Despite selling off vast chunks of my record collection over the last 2 decades, I've always clung onto the P.Neck 7" & LP, & definitely had/have a Pregnant Neck demo or 2 somewhere as well, I'll see if I can find them next time I'm back home (promise).

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  27. motMay 16, 2011 at 10:18 AM

    i received copies of the album from Luan a while ago (cheers Luan), and will get round to ripping it soon.

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  28. PierreAugust 7, 2011 at 4:16 AM

    Pregnant Neck should really be reissued.
    It definitely must not be forgotten!
    Here's a link to dl the "Shenanigan-Esque Rapscalianismz" if anyone is still looking for it:

    http://www.mediafire.com/?5a5drrkcxlzdsrf

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  29. AnonymousNovember 29, 2011 at 12:34 PM

    Has anyone got a copy of the album for sale ?
    purplepeople@talktalk.net

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  30. motNovember 29, 2011 at 2:34 PM

    i still have a spare from the ones Luan sent me. i'll email re getting it to you.

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  31. Lief CooseDecember 18, 2011 at 6:45 PM

    Hi Mot, any chance we'll get that promised album-rip? :-)

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  32. motDecember 18, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    it's on the list! i hadn't got round to it since there was a rip already (mediafire link above) but that seems to be dead. I'll probably get it done over xmas.

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  33. AnonymousJanuary 5, 2012 at 8:46 PM

    We love reading this stuff - thanks guys - Lee's family.

    Luan

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  34. StereolalalalalabJanuary 6, 2012 at 11:53 AM

    I've been given a vinyl copy of the album to sell - I'll have to listen to it first - but it'll be on ebay in a week or two. It came from the former owner of Bristol's greatest record shop - the hugely missed Revolver - so it's probably only been played once or twice.

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  35. motJanuary 6, 2012 at 12:33 PM

    cheers stereolalalalalalalallalab, but i sent one to purplepeople aready (for free mind you, since luan was good enough to pass them on to me in the first place).

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  36. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2012 at 3:44 PM

    Lee, many many thanks for the album, was lucky enough to play/support these guys in Scotland, haven't heard some of those tracks since, absolutely brilliant...

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  37. Mark Chickenf1shMarch 2, 2012 at 12:43 PM

    I, too, taped "Pie and Mash" (massive bass riff!) off John Peel. It was heartwarming and illuminating to read the comments on here. I shall track down the LP now...

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  38. motMarch 9, 2012 at 10:17 AM

    i WILL rip the album soon. been mega busy, but have put it top of the list of things to do when my mad time finishes at the end of March.

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  39. GraemeFebruary 10, 2013 at 4:18 PM

    Hi folks...first of all, very sorry to hear of Lee's passing. After hearing Pregnant Neck on John Peel, immediately got the material and it was sent by Lee with several written notes as the EPs and cassettes came in. He scoffed at me liking The Wedding Present but perhaps he had a point :) Was looking forward to seeing Lee and the band in Stirling in I think, 1989, but they pulled out of the tour the night before. They were with Dawson and The Keatons who were indeed both excellent on the night and in their own right. Was the Dawson singer who explained about Pregnant Neck's absence. Such mischief and independence that PN had is lacking within today's music. Thank you to Pregnant Neck for the memories and again, sorry to hear about Lee, came across thst he was a really decent guy. Graeme from Alloa.

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  40. theroseycrossFebruary 16, 2013 at 5:37 AM

    whoa, i just stumbled across the LP on soulseek, does anybody still have a physical copy they'd sell me? I'm digging on this hard.

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