Swell Maps - Mayday Signals

Swell Maps were formed out of various bedrooms in the mid-70s by Nikki Sudden, Epic Soundtracks, Jowe Head and Phones Sportsman, and became the pioneers of DIY punk. 
 
Mayday Signals is a double-album crammed full of rare and unreleased tracks recorded between 1976 and 1979 from the vaults of Swell Maps founder Jowe Head, including demo versions of two of the bands singles, 'Dresden Style' and 'Read About Seymour.' 

TRACKLIST:  

1. Intro/Sweet and Sour extract 

2. Almost Grown 

3. City Boys (Dresden Style) 

4. Sahara 

5. One of the Crowd 

6. Wireless 

7. Ripped and Torn 

8. God Save the Queen 

9. Platinum Blind 

10. Harvist 

11. Gramofonica 

12. Read About Seymour 

13. Shubunkin 

14. Trade Kingdom 

15. Pets’ Corner 

16. Fashion Cult (Opaque) 

17. Plankton 

18. Johnny Seven 

19. Below Number One 

20. Plumbing/Radio Ten/Here’s the Cupboard 

21. Organism 

22. Sweet and Sour reprise 

23. Vertical Slum 

24. Avalanche prelude 

25. International Rescue 

26. Deliferous Mistail 

27. Armadillo 

28. Avalanche part 2 

29. Off The Beach 

30. Drop in the Ocean 

31. Whatever Happens Next (acoustic) 

32. Elegia pt.2 

33. Bandits 1-5 

34. Secret Choir 

35. Big Cake Over America 

36. Tibetan Bedsprings 

• Includes liner notes by Jowe Head 
• Artwork designed by Epic Soundtracks and Jowe Head in 1977 
• Double-LP housed in sleeve with extra-wide 12mm spine and printed inner-sleeves 
• CD housed in gatefold sleeve with 4mm spine 

also available: 
Jowe Head - Swell Maps 1972-1980   hardback + 7" | paperback 

see also: 
Jacobites - Robespierre's Velvet Basement   CD 
Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Shame For The Angels EP   7" 
Nikki Sudden - The Bible Belt   2LP | CD 

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