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found this - anyone know anything about it? Any Ba's on there?

  • Subject: found this - anyone know anything about it? Any Ba's on there?
  • From: gareth james <gtbcomps@ya...co.uk>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 21:57:21 +0100 (BST)
               
               $16.99 CD
               
                               
               
               
                                                          VARIOUS ARTISTS
                 Avon Calling
                 (Cherry Red)
               
                                                                       
"What You've Got" Directors                                                
                                                       "Christine Keeler" 
Glaxo Babies                                               Massive 
45-track compilation chronicling the history of Bristol's                  
Heartbeat Records, which remained unjustly overshadowed by Rough           
       Trade, Factory, and Cherry Red. Centered around Avon Calling,       
           an album that gathered the top tier of Bristol's class of '79,  
                this two-CD set delivers on all accounts. The packaging is 
top                  notch, including a 40-page booklet with liners by 
Gerard Langley                  (Blue Aeroplanes!) and scans of all the 
original 45s, and the                  music is consistently fantastic and 
varied. The first disc contains                  the original 15 songs on 
the Avon Calling LP and six bonus 
                 tracks, most prominently a track by Glaxo Babies, which 
featured                  ex-members of Pop Group and were partly 
responsible for spawning                  Maximum Joy, and other gems such 
as the New Age Steppers/Slits-styled                  Double Vision, the 
blazing yet melodic punk rock of Stereo Models,                  and 
Apartment, Bristol's own Television.
               The second disc, "The Heartbeat Singles Collection,"        
          is self-explanatory, and worth the price of admission for the    
              three brilliant art punk singles by Glaxo Babies ("This is   
               your Life," "Christine Keeler" and "Shake")                 
 alone. Twenty-four tracks in total, the rest is a great blend             
     of new wave, post-punk, power pop, with the female fronted Skodas     
             (Kleenex fans take note) and the Art Objects, whose spoken 
word                  cynicism predate and outshine Art Brut, as 
standouts. Not just                  another footnote in pop history, Avon 
Calling is essential                  listening and a great value for the 
money. [AK]

                
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