Last year this record came into the store in a standard over-the-counter buy (as opposed to coming from a private collection). I giddily snatched it up the day it appeared. You know how crazy I get for those Nurse With Wound list items. There’s no way I’ll ever own every release attributed to every artist on the list, but I’ve got more than a few now so it’s exciting to find new affordable pieces to add to my collection.
From the All-Music Guide:
“Glaxo Babies were the fore-runners of a wave of Bristol music that spawned The Pop Group, Rip Rig & Panic, Maximum Joy & Pigbag, who all became household names as the jagged edged angst movement quickly gathered respect throughout the world. The foursome was initially vocalist Rob Chapman, guitarist/vocalist Dan Catsis, drummer Geoff Aslopp, and bassist Tom Nichols. They released the This Is Your Life EP in 1979; by the time of the Christine Keeler single months later, a few changes to the lineup were made. Most significantly, Charles Llewelyn took over for Aslopp on drums and Tony Wrafter (another ex-Pop Group member) added saxophone. Chapmen then left, and the remaining members recorded 1980’s Nine Months to the Disco, their debut LP for Heartbeat. For the following Limited Entertainment EP (also released in 1980), the Glaxo Babies temporarily hooked up with the Y label. And finally, Put Me on the Guest List, yet another 1980 release, collected demos of the band’s Chapman era. They apparently broke up at some point after its release; Catsis and Wrafter became part of Maximum Joy.” – Andy Kellman
The band actually broke up in 1981. Cherry Red released a few compilations in the mid ’00s. More recently, Birdsong (a Japanese label) reissued the band’s two studio albums with bonus tracks. Dig it.
Glaxo Babies
Nine Months To The Disco
MediaFire DL Link
Tracklist:
01. Maximum Sexual Joy
02. This Is Your Vendetta
03. Seven Days
04. Electric Church
05. Nine Months To The Disco
06. Promised Land
07. The Tea Master And The Assassin
08. Free Dem Cells
09. Dinosaur Disco Meets The Swampsstomp
10. Conscience
11. Slim
12. Shake (The Foundations)
