Stretcher

First Released: 1985. Last Issue: 1998 Sevcom.

Tracks: Halo, Petrol, Oscars Grind, Mambo Fist Miasma, Heat Seeking Susan, Big Blue Is Back, Dead Eyes Opened v.2., New Explosions, Mambo Fist Miasma 2, Eel's Blood, Don't Say It, Spurned, Junkhead Spins

Made by: Ellard

Stretcher was the first album by myself after the group split and immediately moved into more popular territory than CSH. By 1985 the 'industrial' sound was becoming tedious and a more optimistic note was in the air. The album is actually a compilation of EPs from Canada and the UK that was assembled for Australia - a high point in SH's commercial existence.

Stretcher is marked by the a sound that defines that era - the DX7 synthesiser! It marrs a fairly lame version of Dead Eyes that was recorded for Canada but works well on Big Blue Is Back - the first recording by SH that uses MIDI. But here also the Korg Modular System that first appears on CSH reaches a crux on the track Spurned.

Still it is hardly a normal album and gained much comment at the time - especially the pygmy sample on Oscar's Grind!

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Stretcher (1985)

[ cover art ] 12"
UK: Ink, INK 1214
  1. Halo
  2. Big Blue is Back
  3. Heat Seeking Susan
  4. New Explosions

 

Mini-LP
Australia: Volition, VOLT 3
  1. Dead Eyes Opened (American Remix)
  2. Petrol (American Remix)
  3. Goodbye Tonsils (Short Version)
  4. Oscar's Grind
  5. Mambo Fist Miasma
  6. Heat Seeking Susan
  7. Big Blue Is Back (Short Version)
    [This is in fact the same version as on the Ink 12"]
  8. We Have Come To Bless This House
  9. Spurned
  10. Junkhead Spins

Stretcher (1995)


Not an official release, more a favour from Tom Ellard to people on the Severed Heads mailing list who wanted to obtain early material. Loosely based on the 1985 release of Stretcher.
C90 CAS or DAT dubbed to order
Australia: [no record label - dubbed by Tom Ellard]
  1. Heat Seeking Susan
  2. Big Blue Is Back
  3. Oscar's Grind/Mambo Fist Miasma
  4. Halo (Long)
  5. Spurned
  6. Junkhead Spins
  7. Heat Seeking Susan (Version).
  8. Eel's Blood
  9. Tied To a Bed
  10. Mambo Fist Miasma (Canadian mix)
  11. Don't Say It
  12. Harold and Cindy Hospital (Demo)
  13. Healing en Masse
  14. Kato Gets The Girl (Excerpt)