M4U-(LAUGHING CLOWNS-Mr Uddich Schmuddich Goes Town)-LP

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DESCRIPTION ITEM: VINYL LP
ARTIST: LAUGHING CLOWNS
TITLE: Mr Uddich Schmuddich Goes To Town
COUNTRY PRINTED: OZ
CAT No: Prince Melon, PM-5000
COVER: (Grade at VERY GOOD-) Stains & water affected. Some creases.
VINYL: (Grade at EXCELLENT+ to NEAR MINT-)
TRACKS:
SIDE A [PD-820120-A + SLM + J.H./2]
In Front Of Your Eyes -5:00
Come One, Come All -4:10
Laughter Around The Table -8:30
Knife In The Head -3:06

SIDE B [PD-820120-A + SLM + J.H./2]
Theme From "Mad Flies, Mad Flies" -3:52
A Song Of Joy -2:55
Mr Uddich Schmuddich Goes To Town -5:02
When What You See... -10:55

Recorded November 1981, at Trafalgar Studios, Sydney.
Engineered by Peter Doyle and Ralph Smith.

NOTE: Source: people.dsv.su.se/~mab/LC.html
Note: This is almost impossible to find.
I bought an almost worn-out copy for AU$5 in Sydney in 1998, and then a slightly better one for AU$25 by mail-order in 2000. Record shops there claimed copies come up every now and then, and are always sold immediately. In the first ten years I kept an eye out for this record, I never saw it, not even on a list. I asked a journalist friend to ask Ed, when he interviewed him in 1992, about why it was so hard to find.
Ed replied that he had only ever seen one copy: his own.
The pressing is very good, and the record was half-speed mastered. The publishing years on the label are 1979 (B4), 1980 (A2, A3, B2), and 1981 (the rest). Label timings inadequate.
Of particular interest is that When What You See... is a minute longer than the edited version on RTD 14 and RF 23….

COMMENT: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laughing Clowns are an Australian post punk rock band fronted by vocalist and guitarist Ed Kuepper and backed by drummer Jeff Wegener.

The band formed in Sydney in 1979 after Kuepper quit punk rock band The Saints under somewhat acrimonious circumstances. Where The Saints were a bass/drums/guitar rock band, Laughing Clowns' various line-ups included double bass, piano, tenor saxophone and trumpet. Often referred to as "jazz punk" by critics, the group's songs were often constructed around difficult time signatures and sometimes "off-key" melodies. Kuepper passionately disagreed with the assertion that the music was jazz-like, but rather thought of the music as being soul-like. This is evidenced by the fact that, in amongst the cachophony, many of the songs have strong melodic hooks, epic progressions and emotionally charged lyrics.

They released several albums, singles and EPs, including Holy Joe, Mr Uddich-Smuddich goes to town, Ghosts of an ideal wife and Law of nature. They disbanded in 1985 with Kuepper continuing to record and perform under his own name.

In 1995, the Hot label released a compilation of Laughing Clowns songs with the title Golden Days: When Giants Walked the Earth.

In 2004, Kuepper and Wegener began performing together on Ed Kuepper's MFLL project, a live performance of soundtracks to short films, and have toured Australia as a duo since.

Another anthology of Laughing Clowns material, Cruel But Fair, was released on 3 October 2005 by the Hot label.

A version of the band reunited in 2009 for the All Tomorrow's Parties festival and an eastern states tour. This version of the band consisted of Kuepper, drummer Jeffrey Wegener, saxophonist Louise Elliot, bassist Les 'Biff' Millar and keyboard player Alister Spence, who'd toured with Kuepper's band.

VINYL GRADING SYSTEM

MINT:
RECORD: New condition with no surface marks or loss of sound quality.
COVER: New condition with no surface marks, creases or wear.
NEAR MINT:
RECORD: Barely noticeable surface mark with no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Barely noticeable surface mark/ wear.
EXCELLENT:
RECORD: Some signs of being played with extremely little if no loss of sound quality.
COVER: Slight wear or creasing.
VERY GOOD:
RECORD: Obviously been played with noticeable surface marks & the occasional light scratches but exhibits no major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable wear on cover, seam or spine.
GOOD:
RECORD: Very obviously been played with very noticeable surface marks & exhibits major loss of sound quality.
COVER: Noticeable folding, scuffing of spine or edges, splits in seams or spine or fading of colour.
FAIR:
RECORD: Still just playable & exhibits considerable surface noise.
COVER: Major tears, wearing, splits & stains.
POOR:
RECORD: Will not play properly due to scratches etc.
COVER: Very badly damaged.
+(PLUS)/-(MINUS):
Slightly up or down in condition as appears in the comments above.
NOTE:
Gradings are done visually unless there appears to be a questionable surface mark on the vinyl, it is then put on the turntable to check. A comment describing the outcome will appear if this is the case.

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