Since The Accident

First Released: 1983 Last Issue: 2003 Sevcom

Tracks:

  1. A Relic of the Empire
  2. A Million Angels
  3. Houses Still Standing
  4. Gashing the Old Mae West
  5. Dead Eyes Opened
  6. Golden Boy
  7. [a reproduction of the locked groove at the end of side 1 of the Australian vinyl version of the album from 1984]
  8. [a reproduction of the locked groove at the start of side 2 of the Australian vinyl version of the album from 1984]
  9. Godsong
  10. Epilepsy '82
  11. Exploring the Secrets of Treating Deaf-Mutes
  12. Brassiere, In Rome
  13. Wasps
  14. Golden Boy Live
  15. Desert Song
  16. Dead Eyes Opened (Extended Version)
  17. MoreNo

Made by: Bradbury, Ellard, Knuckey.

Since The Accident grew from live performances in 1982-83 by Bradbury and Ellard, following directly those on the Blubberknife C90. Some of the tracks e.g. A Million Angels and Deaf Mutes are based on live backing tapes with melodic parts added in 1983 with Bradbury revisiting for the mixdown. Others such as Dead Eyes Opened and Gashing The Old Mae West were added by Ellard during a solo period following Bradbury's departure.

The album also follows technically from Blubberknife - 8 track recordings with 5 tracks being bounced down to make a stereo bed (keeping 1 for a sync pulse) and a further 5 tracks being added. However by this time we were more adept at multitrack technique.

Although planned as vinyl, the album was originally offered as a c60 cassette in a clipboard. Dead Eyes Opened and Wasps were added to flesh out the duration. The cassette also included Alaskan Polar Bear Heater. When licensed by Ink/Virgin, the latter was dropped.

This is often cited as an influential album of the period, mostly due to the wide range of styles on the LP, which reflect the tumult in its inception.

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Since the Accident (1983)

C60 cassette built into a clipboard, with the first Sevcom booklet. Alaskan Polar Bear Heater is a different version than that which appeared on later releases, featuring recordings of Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin! The version of Exploring The Secrets Of Treating Deaf Mutes is also different from that on later releases, the cut-up of Sylvia Plath's voice here subsequently being replaced by a screamed vocal by Garry Bradbury. [booklet cover art]
CLP
Australia: Terse Tapes, Terse 832
  • A Relic of the Empire
  • A Million Angels
  • Houses Still Standing
  • Gashing the Old Mae West
  • Dead Eyes Opened
  • Golden Boy
  • Desert Song
  • Big God Sky [the same as Godsong on later releases]
  • Alaskan Polar Bear Heater
  • Epilepsy eightytwo
  • Exploring the Secrets of Treating Deaf-Mutes
  • Brassiere, In Rome
LP
UK: Red Flame, RFA32

This was to have been the first UK release of Since the Accident, but reverb got put over the whole LP! The LP was subsequently released by Red Flame subsidiary Ink.

[ cover art ]
LP
UK: Ink, INK 2
  1. A Relic of the Empire
  2. A Million Angels
  3. Houses Still Standing
  4. Gashing the Old Mae West
  5. Dead Eyes Opened
  6. Golden Boy
  7. Godsong
  8. Epilepsy '82
  9. Exploring the Secrets of Treating Deaf-Mutes
  10. Brassiere, In Rome
  11. Wasps [not listed on sleeve]

Since the Accident (1984)

The same tracks as the Ink release. Side 2 begins with a locked groove! This issue of the album may have been withdrawn as a result.

LP

Australia: Virgin
  1. A Relic of the Empire
  2. A Million Angels
  3. Houses Still Standing
  4. Gashing the Old Mae West
  5. Dead Eyes Opened
  6. Golden Boy
  7. Godsong
  8. Epilepsy '82
  9. Exploring the Secrets of Treating Deaf-Mutes
  10. Brassiere, In Rome
  11. Wasps

Since the Accident/City Slab Horror (1989)

Planned remastered issue of Since the Accident and City Slab Horror. In fact, the planned double album never came out, and the CD's were sent to Canada (see the entries for the Canadian Nettwerk CD issues of Since the Accident and City Slab Horror).
CD
Australia: Volition, VOLT 20

Since the Accident (1989)

CD
Canada: Nettwerk, W2-30039
A remastered issue of Since the Accident plus seven tracks credited as being "from Blubberknife". [ cover art ]
  1. A Relic of the Empire
  2. A Million Angels
  3. Houses Still Standing
  4. Gashing the Old Mae West
  5. Dead Eyes Opened
  6. Golden Boy
  7. Godsong
  8. Epilepsy '82
  9. Exploring the Secrets of Treating Deaf-Mutes
  10. Brassiere, In Rome
  11. Wasps
  12. Adolf a Carrot
  13. An American in Paris
  14. Tarzan's Grip
  15. That That Revolves
  16. Golden Boy (Live)
  17. Desert Song
  18. Alaskan Polar Bear Heater
Wasps is included, but still not listed! Some copies of this release are incorrectly labelled City Slab Horror on the edge of the box.