Some of this article uses text originally authored on Wikipedia. A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window.↑ "Cardiacs - Is This The Life (1988, Vinyl)" Discogs.There are multiple Cardiacs ‘rarities’ tapes, all unofficial and featuring released and. The reason provided for these omissions was that the master tape containing those four songs had been damaged and the recordings lost. Time And Space by The Grown Ups UK Lyrics.
The Seaside was reissued on CD in 1995, with ' Nurses Whispering Verses', ' Is This the Life?', ' A Little Man and a House' and ' Dinner Time' all removed from the track listing. Cawthra would leave the band amicably during the sessions for The Seaside in order to pursue his own projects. Both featured Mark Cawthra (who moved between drums and keyboards during different recording sessions) and his voice is featured prominently on the album, occasionally sharing lead vocals with Tim Smith. Sparrow, A Wooden Fish On Wheels and Hope Day. Best songs from this album are Jibber And Twitch, Hello Mr. The album captures the band in a transitional phase, with two distinct lineups of the band featured. A slightly more obscure (than usual) Cardiacs release, The Seaside was the first CD by the Cardiacs, featuring their classic avant-garde style combined with some sweet and heavy punk. ' Nurses Whispering Verses' was eventually re-recorded a decade later for the band's 1996 album Sing to God, albeit with different lyrics. ' Is This the Life?', ' A Little Man and a House' and ' R.E.S.' were all re-recorded and released five years later on Cardiacs' 1988 album A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window. Several tracks on the cassette album were re-recorded for subsequent releases. All versions are rare, with the 'Little Man and a House' cover being the rarest. The three editions of the cassette album were released in 1983, 1984, and 1990, respectively. Three editions of the cassette album were produced, each with a different cover - the first featuring a drawing of the Little Man and a House (as pictured above), the second a colour picture of bass player Jim Smith, and the third being a completely different picture in black-and-white. It is notable for having been the first formal release on the band's own label, the Alphabet Business Concern. Initially The Seaside was only produced on cassette (as with earlier Cardiacs album releases), and was only made available through the band's fan club and at concerts.
The album is composed of material the band had written and performed between 19.
Obviously I've been on somewhat of a Cardiacs binge-watch here.Smith, S. Committed fans, like me, have been able to track down most of their earlier CD recordings." It was recorded throughout 1980 to 1983 and was released by the Alphabet Business Concern in 1984. Lucky b**tards who've seen the band live - I can imagine weeping while slam dancing! Their record sales, on the other hand, have been abysmal largely due to notoriously bad luck with record companies. The Seaside is the third demo album by Cardiacs. Their live appeal has been legendary, crossing many musical genre boundaries - legions of avid fans from the worlds of punk, metal and prog rock. The band has always comprised a group of amazing musicians who can take these compositions and turn them into songs of unbelievable cerebral and visceral impact. Smith excels at melding martial rhythms, exultant melodies, hyperkinetic time signatures and unforgettable sonic images into a framework of childlike wonderment and terror. Driving force Tim Smith, deranged genius who has been referred to as the Beethoven of rock music, is able to consistently come up with musical compositions which are startlingly innovative, yet immediately recognizable as the unique Cardiacs style. Throughout their long career (around 35 yrs) and a number of personnel changes they have produced a body of work astounding in its originality, musical power and ingenuity.
"There can be little argument that Cardiacs are the most brilliantly inventive and underrated group of "rock" musicians in existence. Reading thru some Amazon album reviews I found this great description of the band and their music: Jibber & Twitch - To Go Off and Piffol Once (Cardiacs) From our last show at The Lost Well in Austin 08/02/19. Ya know, squid, last night as I was watching that Mare's Nest concert on my big screen at 2am with the audio blasting in my headphones I couldn't help but wonder how did Tim find such world-class players not only capable of learning & playing such intricate & complex material - but also while acting like a complete spazz when performing it before a live audience! That those incredible musicians understood Tim's vision and were willing to help him achieve it is inspirational yet mind-boggling to me.
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