City Slab Horror 2CD
Double CD.
First Released: 1984 Last Issue: 2004 Sevcom
Tracks:
- Spasm
- Spastic Crunch
- Spitoon Thud
- 4.W.D.
- Ayoompteyempt
- The Bladders of a One Thousand Bedouin [sic]
- Now An Explosive New Movie
- Guests
- We Have Come To Bless The House
- CyFlea Rated R
- Goodbye Tonsils
- Voices Of The Dead [The original mix by Paul Deering]
- Goodbye Tonsils 12"
- The Ant Can See Legs
- I Stand On My Head
- Acme Instant Dehydrated Boulder Kit
- Guests (live at Ozone, 1984)
- Mong Dong (live at Ozone, 1984)
- Cyflea Rated R (live at Ozone, 1984)
- Aethereal CCCP
- Huhmahbubbah
- Cracking On Rough
- Sophistication
- Harold and Cindy Demo
- Live in Vancouver 1985
- Blast Patter 12"
- Plastic Man From The Outer West
Made by: Deering, Ellard, with guest Bradbury
Following Bradbury's departure, Deering arrived to continue the live shows and to work on the first album for which we had an expected release. This deadline was one of many causes of tension during the recording.
Paul's influence is most evident in the tracks Spasm, Bladders and Voices Of The Dead. As with STA, some of the tracks are group efforts while others such as 4WD, Explosive New Movie etc. are Ellard solo. Most of the tracks were devised for gigs which became increasingly chaotic - very good or very bad. Bradbury returned for a few live performances, and then finally faced with the need to organise a London show, the group splintered.
At this point Ink/Virgin urgently called in the album and the mixdown was performed by Bradbury and Ellard at a time when Deering was unavailable. Ink then held the album off til the following year, which was caused some bad blood. Despite attempts to create a set of linked solo recordings e.g. Deering's Shindi Shimae this period ended in a car wreck. As it probably was bound to.