OFF: Cardiacs

[K Henderson]

Hey.

Thanks for all the responses about Cardiacs et al.  Coincidentally, this was
just posted to rmp, so maybe it's of some relevance to the discussion.

As usual, lots of compilations now to choose from!

Grakkl (FAA)
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Having heard that people are finding it difficult to track down
Cardiacs releases, here's a link again to the Organ/Org Records
mailorder page.  There are only two Cardiacs releases here
unfortunately, the Cardiacs/Camp Blackfoot split single (Camp
Blackfoot may be of interest: complex, loud hard hitting twisted
stuff),  and the compilation 'Cardiacs And Affectionate Friends' - a
collection of Cardiacs' quieter, meditative moments and similar from
ex-member's bands and side projects such as The Sea Nymphs, Spratleys
Japs, The Lake Of Puppies and William D Drake.  Not typical Cardiacs,
but it gets to the very English, pastoral strange core at the heart of
all their stormyness.

http://www.organart.demon.co.uk/mailorder.htm

There will be a new compilation of Cardiacs in full flood out this
spring.

Whilst on the subject of Cardiacs:
Tim Smith (Cardiacs' main composer/frontman/guitarist) side project
Spratley's Japs have a couple of downloads on Mp3.com at
http://www.mp3.com/spratleys_japs  ...'Vine' starts off as a Devo-ish
pop tune that ends up somewhere odd and undefinable... 'Hazel' is a
short, magical and strange somewhat classical thing that completely
defies categorisation but I suspect a lot of people here will like...

Marinaorgan