Skip to content
Sub Rosa Sale: the label catalogue at reduced prices
play
Out of stock
Severed Heads – Adenoids 1977-1985

Severed Heads

Adenoids 1977-1985

Out of stock

Tracked express shipping from Italy, no customs or import VAT in the EU. Shipping costs

Contains earliest Tracks from 77-81 plus Tracks from the Terse-Releases Earbidden, Clean, the long lost Side 3-Tape, Blubberknife,Cheesecake and various other tracks from 83-85. To subscibe this treaure it is best to state what Tom Ellard had to say: "And here we have it - the ultimate produce of the new millennium. A box of vinyl discs with music from as much as thirty years ago. Could something express any less faith in the future? My guess is that we seek to capture some 'purity' that has since been encrusted with quibbles. It's a hopeless fetish that leads in an ever contracting spiral - music is born continuously and defies attempts to capture it in decorative tombs. Nevertheless. We have here a very decorative tomb.
 \"
Music made from 1977 onwards by people who would be identified for a time as 'Severed Heads'. Much is by Richard Fielding who left in 1982. Some by Andrew Wright, gone in 1980. Some by Bradbury, left in 1985, Deering also. In each case the music has been taken from the best copy, cleaned only as much as needed and organised to fit onto long playing vinyl. It is ancient, funny, half arsed, crinkly, clever and juvenile. It was compiled by a prick. All proceeds will be spent by Fielding on horse races. Buy two because they will wear out.“
Details
Cat. number: VOD49
Year: 2008

Release notes

Membership version in a regular grey box of 600 hand-numbered editions is packed up in a laundry-bag. It comes with a 16 page LP-size booklet and a T-Shirt. An anthology of the earliest recordings made by Severed Heads and its members under various names. The following notes chart where these tracks first appeared. * Tracks A1-A7 are from [r=260223]. A3 appears there as "Hawaii / Torso / 97 Cigarettes". A7 is not listed on the sleeve (nor was it listed on the original release). It has…

Tracklist
Record 1 1977-1982
A1All Rights Reserved4:09
A2God Factory3:08
A3Hawaii Torso 97 Cigarettes2:47
A4Acid Fur3:03
A5Dance4:17
A6New York Is A Lonely Town1:37
A7(Unlisted Track)1:54
B1Untitled4:07
B2Go Cruisin' Fer Burgers1:08
B31 2 3 A Baby Buggy (Restored)2:47
B4Godsong (From Original 'Ear Bitten')1:37
B5Untitled2:25
B6The Monkey Is Safe2:01
B7Get Down On Your Knees And Thank God1:36
B8Much About Bones2:24
B9Hello Donald, Merry Xmas3:49
Record 2 Clean 1980-1981
C1Love2:06
C2Don't Saxophone3:13
C3Book4:19
C4Tiny Fingers3:02
C5Heavily Tattooed Men And Women3:20
C6Violins And Moonlight3:37
D1Traumat2:10
D2Our Own Home2:06
D3Charivari2:36
D4Nightsong7:05
D5Car Advertisement2:49
Record 3 1981-1982
E1Nigerian Polka2:14
E2John Cage Wets His Pants4:42
E3Larry I'm Just An Average Girl2:33
E4Homage A Nobody1:48
E5Stomach1:59
E6Turtledove1:53
E7Flower3:13
E8?1:06
E9Funky Jonestown0:45
F1Ladies And Gents Digital2:59
F2Somehow Pain (Live @ Filmmakers Co Op)1:47
F3Always Randy2:31
F4Floopness1:13
F5Cowboy Muzak3:17
F6Dressed In Air1:41
F7Russian Rifles3:31
F8Bayer4:31
Record 4 1982-1983
G1Anthem 824:22
G2Lamborghini3:39
G3Big Eats2:39
G4Touch2:54
G5In Her Hair... Guard Dog On Patrol5:02
G6Anthem 833:23
H1Introduction0:59
H2Adolf A Karrot?3:38
H3Lower Than The Grave (Live At Metro Screen)8:54
H4Ad Infinitum7:04
Record 5 1983-1985
I1Meanwhile Back At Art Unit1:36
I2Mong Dong (Live At Ozone)5:20
I3Cyflea Rated R (Live At Ozone)5:23
I4An Index Of Whitegoods - Washer2:11
I5Piggy Smack (Demo For 'City Slab Horror')2:48
I6Blast Patter (Twelve Inch)2:58
J1Here Comes Your Fire4:47
J2Clairaudience4:29
J3Come With Me3:19
J4Oscar's Grind (Sketch)2:40
J5Eel's Blood2:34
J6Harold And Cindy Hospital (Demo)3:49
Credits
SST
Lacquer Cut By