The Desperate Bicycles - Smokescreen

"It was easy, It was cheap, Go and do it" was 'The Desperate Bicycles' mantra. For me the Desperate Bicycles were excellent, not sounding like most classic 'Punk' bands, but typifying the Punk ethos of DIY. Their songs were offbeat, and different to everything else at that time, and I loved it. I don't know why they have not reissued their material, and if they ever do I will be one of the first to buy it (even though I have all of the vinyls). If you do like this then you are in luck as Derek Erdman has collected all of their material in one place.

'Somkescreen' was their debut single, recorded in mono, with the same two tracks on each side. see what you think and leave a comment.

Band: The Desperate Bicycles
Label: Refill
Year: 1977
Tracks:
1. Somkescreen
2. Handlebars

Ripped from glorious scratched vinyl:

The Evening Outs - Stammer

OK, calm down, don't get to excited, we only have 50% of the request for this one. When I got the email titled "Evening Outs mp3" from Steve (for those of you who don't know Steve, this is the guy that appears to know just about everything about any punk/new wave/powerpop/etc song from 1976-80) at Low Down Kids (if your looking for some rare songs you may well find them here) and 45 Revolutions, I thought at last the holy grail has been found, I nearly couldn't move the mouse to open it up and and when I did I found that Steve had sent the b-side "Stammer".

I downloaded it immediately, put it into my iTunes folder, added the track and listened, and I have to say I was disappointed, the track consists of some instruments being randomly played and a discussion on the topic of stammering over the top.

For those of you who don't know, "The Evening Outs" were an incarnation of "the Desperate Bicycles" so I was hoping for another "Smokescreen", but hey being a completist I was very grateful to hear it. we now just need the a-side "Channel".

So come on has anyone got it?

Band: The Evening Outs
Label: Refill Records
Year: 1980
Tracks:
1. Stammer

Ripped from glorious scratched vinyl.

If you want to hear more of the Desperate Bicycles then check out Dereck Ardmans excellent collection of everything other than the Evening Outs here.