The Good Missionaries
Pylons (LP)
LabelLion Productions, Color TapesGenrePsychedelia & Kraut
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* 250 copies edition limited. 2024 stock * The hipness and success of London punk-explosion photocopy fanzine Sniffin' Glue was almost entirely due to the irreverent, pugnacious sincerity of its founder/spark-plug Mark Perry. That Perry should form a band (Alternative TV) seemed a natural progression; that it was any good at all a surprise; that it maintained a stance utterly disdainful of compromise a small miracle.” The Good Missionaries emerged, phoenix-like, from the ashes of Alternative TV (ATV). They released one live album "Fire From Heaven", before ATV founder Mark Perry left. Ex-ATV guitarist/vocalist Dave George and bassist Keith Rodway continued the band, with several line-up changes during those days.
The Good Missionaries toured and gigged with such bands as The Fall, The Pop Group, Crass, Scritti Politti, Delta Five, Poison Girls, Nik Turner’s Inner City Unit and The Transmitters. Which in retrospect makes sense, as their post-punk/dub/experimental inclinations dovetails perfectly with the music those more storied bands (more successful bands) were making at the time. The Good Missionaries released several singles on their own Unnormality label, before splitting in 1982.
The majority of the tracks on "Pylons" were recorded at Street Level Studios by Grant Showbiz, late 1979 to early 1981. They feature the second and third incarnations of the Good Missionaries, with Mark Perry playing drums on four of the tracks, alongside an appearance by ex-ATV bassist Dennis Burns.
Limited edition of 500 copies that comes with poster insert with archive band photos and sleeve notes by the Good Missionaries' Keith Rodway.
Format
Recorded between December 1979 and May 1980 at Street Level Studios, in Maida Vale.
'The Power And The Fog' and 'Through My Window' from rehearsals recorded early Summer 1981.
Dedicated to the memory of David George.
Includes fold-out poster with liner notes, credits and images.
Edition of 500 copies.
Release notes
Recorded between December 1979 and May 1980 at Street Level Studios, in Maida Vale. 'The Power And The Fog' and 'Through My Window' from rehearsals recorded early Summer 1981. Dedicated to the memory of David George. Includes fold-out poster with liner notes, credits and images. Edition of 500 copies.
| A1 | Call To Arms | ||
| A2 | The Final Solution | ||
| A3 | Outlook | ||
| A4 | Reactions | ||
| A5 | Keep Going Backwards | ||
| B1 | The Power And The Fog | ||
| B2 | Bending A Border (Dub Version) | ||
| B3 | Through My Window | ||
| B4 | Protect And Survive | ||
| B5 | Snapshot |
- David George
- Mixed By, Written-By
- Grant Showbiz
- Mixed By (A1 to A5, B2, B4, B5), Recorded By
- Keith Rodway
- Mixed By (B1, B3), Producer, Liner Notes
- Keith Dobson
- Recorded By [Assistant]
