BLUR 'THE WASSAILING SONG' PROMO ONLY GIG 45 LIMITED EDITION OF 500 MINT 1992
  £   215
  $   285

 


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May 26, 2020 Sold Date
May 20, 2020 Start Date
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FROM 1992 ON THE UK FOOD RECORDS LABEL COMES THIS STUNNING ONE-SIDED PROMO 45 BY GOLD FRANKINCENSE AND BLUR ENTITLED "THE WASSAILING SONG" (FOOD 6)
STEREO. PROMO ONLY RELEASE GIVEN OUT AT A GIG. LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 500

Tracklist

A The Wassailing Song 3:24

Credits

  • Presenter, Arranged By – Gold Frankincense And Blur*
  • Vocals [Verse 1 Solo By] – Damon Albarn
  • Vocals [Verse 3 Solo By] – Graham Coxon
  • Vocals [Verse 5 Solo By] – Dave Rowntree
  • Vocals [Verse 7 Solo By] – Alex James (2)
  • Written-By – Traditional

Notes

Blur's cover of a medieval English Christmas carol that Damon and Graham had sung at Stanway Comprehensive as students. Recorded during a break in the initial sessions for the album "Modern Life Is Rubbish" — just before the writing and recording of "For Tomorrow". The four members of the group alternate vocals on the verses, singing the refrain together. This is the only song in the Blur discography that drummer Dave Rowntree sings on.

Only 500 pressed. Given away as a gig freebie at Blur's 12/15/92 Christmas gig at the Hibernian Club in Fulham, London by a man dressed as Santa Claus. (The Hibernian Club was likely chosen due to its proximity to Maison Rouge, where Blur were recording.) Food Records considered this (in the words of the label's second in command, Andy Ross) a "completely pointless gig which ended up costing [Blur] money."

Promotional use only. Not for sale.

More information from an attendee of the Hibernian Club gig: "...The gig was at the point when the music press reckoned that Blur were finished; the touts outside the gig couldn't even give tickets away. The hall was less than half full. Blur turned in a fantastic set and at the end we all drunkenly queued up to get our free 7-inch from a Liverpudlian dressed as Santa. Only about 5 minutes into the free giveaway one of my friends got impatient and lent [sic] over the barrier to get one of the records out of Santa's sack himself. The barrier collapsed and then everyone just started grabbing at the records. A lot of them ended up littering the floor and being trampled on. Although 500 were pressed I'd say that a lot less than that were actually given away or survived the night." — Iain, 2008

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Matrix / Runout: BLUR 6 A-02-01-Q2


  • HOUSED IN A PAPER SLEEVE. SLEEVE IN CLEAN AND EXCELLENT CONDITION 

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      • RECORD IN NEAR MINT CONDITION, WITH
      • CLEAN LABELS AND A NICE SHEEN, NEVER PLAYED

      • A VERY NICE COPY

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