Yeah Yeah Noh - Fun On The Lawn, Lawn, Lawn

I've already posted the Yeah Yeah Noh's debut single 'Prick Up Your Ears' here, and if you liked it you will love this collection of John Peel sessions. Released on vinyl in 1986 it collects all three Peel sessions from 1984 (28/07), 1985 (09/04) and 1986 (19/01).

They definitely had something about Lawns as their debut album which is sadly no longer available (and was available at the original Twilight Zone - if you ask RYP nicely I'm sure he would do a re-up) was called 'Cutting the Heavenly Lawn of Greatness ... Last Rites for the God of Love'.

All their best tracks are here, the final track is not listed on the back cover, so I named it the 'Mystery Track', also a high resolution scan of the back cover is included to allow you to read the sleeve notes. At the end of the last track on side one is 'Jigsaw' if you let the track run till the end you will hear some garbled language, if you play it backwards it says "Of the dawn wind", anyone know what that's about? They were always a little 'off the wall' so most probably nothing.

Band: Yeah Yeah Noh
Label: Red Rhino
Year: 1986
Tracks:
1. Super Imposed Man
2. Beware The Weakling Line
3. (It's) Easier To Suck Than Sing
4. Cottage Industry
5. Another Side Of Mrs Quill
6. Crimplene Seed Lifestyle
7. Temple Of Convenience
8. Jigsaw
9. Blood Soup
10. Prick Up Your Ears
11. Starling Pillow Case
12. See Through Nature
13. Stealing In The Name Of The Lord
14. Mystery Track

Ripped from glorious scratched vinyl
If you like this then your in luck as you can still get a best of album here:

Leicester Square: the Best of Yeah Yeah Noh

and an album collecting all sides of their three singles at the excellent Phoenix Hairpins here.

The Mekons - John Peel Session #1 11/07/1978

The first John Peel session for "The Mekons" included six perfect examples of the early Mekons sounds. Although I am a big Mekons fan and have most of their material, this was my favourite period. The session includes another version of their brilliant and timeless single "Where Were You?" which for me is also the standout track of the session, even though all of the other tracks are excellent.

The Mekons catalogue is an amazing variation of genres from classic punk, to dance to alt country and a few that it would be difficult to classify. So what's your favourite Mekons period? I'm still with their material released on Fast Records but I have to say I also love Oooh! (Out of their Heads) with the classic tracks "Dancing In My Head" and "Thee Olde Trip To Jerusalem" . Leave a comment and let ASFM know what you think?

Band: The Mekons
Year: 1978
Label: John Peel Sessions
Tracks:
1. Garden Fence of Sound
2. Where Were You?
3. Letters In The Post
4. Lonely and Wet
5. Dance and Drink The Mekons
6. Dan Dare - Out Of Space (It's A Really Nice Place)

Ripped from glorious FM, onto glorious hissing tape and then to less gorious mp3 (see comments for link)

If you like this then try out some more Mekons stuff, you cab still buy most of their albums, but be warned of the different sounds. For a good sample the you can't go wrong with this one:

Heaven and Hell: The Very Best of the Mekons

and as mentioned above one of my personal favourites:

Oooh! (Out of Our Heads)

and their acclaimed alt country album:

Fear and Whiskey

Ultravox - John Peel Sessions 1977

Some of you will recognise the cover and some of you will also say, "Hey wasn't this already posted over at the excellent Ad Nauseam", and the answer to that is (nearly) yes (you can still see the Ad Nauseam post here).

I confess I have borrowed the same cover, but this time up all four tracks from the classic 1977 session are included. I haven't had a chance to compare rips, so you may want to try both and make up the combination that best suits you.

Now you all know I love the John Foxx Ultravox so I was really chuffed when I finally found all four tracks.

So the missing track was the excellent "The Man Who Dies Every Day" and now you can hear them all.

Band: Ultravox!
Album: John Peel Sessions 21/11/1977
1. My Sex
2. The Man Who Dies Everyday
3. Artificial Life
4. Young Savage

Ripped from glorious hissing tape (see comment for link)

If you like this, the you should have these, buy them now, they all include extra tracks and are pretty cheap, so no excuses:

Ultravox!

Ha-Ha-Ha

Systems Of Romance