THE SNIVELLING SHITS - 'SHITS ALIVE!'

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• DAMGOOD568LP - LP

  5020422056817

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LP put together by original founding member Pete Makowski and us at Damaged Goods to celebrate the reunion gigs by The Snivelling Shits in late 2018 and 2019. The original Snivelling Shits album ‘I Can’t Come’ was released on Damaged Goods back in 1989 with original frontman Giovanni Dadamo supplying the tapes and helping with the artwork. We started to get to know the other two original Shits, Pete Makowski and Dave Fudger in the 2010’s and Pete was very keen to “get the old band back together” as they say…so they commandeered Tom Crossley on vocals, he was in Giovanni’s second band, Famous Monsters after the original Shits imploded so he was a perfect replacement, another good friend of Pete’s was James Sherry (of Done Lying Down / Toast / Desperate Measures) who took over the drums, and firstly Richard Leeds from Du Bellows and later Moyni from Tom’s current band The Phobics on bass duties. After a few rehearsals they did a low-key warm up gig billed as Arthur Comix, then their first proper gig at the Damaged Goods 30th anniversary gigs at The Lexington on the 15th December 2018 supporting Johnny Moped, swiftly followed by another gig at The Pelton Arms in Greenwich on the 16th February 2019. Both gigs were recorded by Lee McFadden and sounded great, so Pete suggested making a live album up to “celebrate” the events. The Shits went onto play a gloriously unhinged and chaotic set in front of a huge crowd at the Opera House at the Rebellion Punk Festival in Blackpool in August 2019. That was the last gig as soon after the pandemic hit and very sadly and tragically, Pete Makowski died in late 2021. We’re really proud to have this coming out, albeit a lot later than planned due to the vinyl shortages. It’s a fitting tribute to Pete (who oversaw the artwork and tapes) and the band’s amazing comeback gigs. It also includes two demos from the original line-up that appeared as a very limited 7" for sale at the Rebellion Festival show in 2019, which sold out and is already a sought-after collector’s item! Pete would only let us release it if it was on brown vinyl…However due to vinyl shortages, brown vinyl was scarce so it ended up on a rainbow of colours ! When the shits hit the fans, one could say. We think Pete would approve Dedicated to Pete Makowsi 1956-2021 and very much missed by us all. R.I.P.

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VARIOUS - 'A DAMAGED CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU'

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• DAMPUD567LP - LP (COLOURED)

  5020422056718

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WHITE VINYL Can Fifteen Great Christmas Songs be collected together on one lovely 12-inch vinyl disc featuring bands and artists from the Damaged Goods archives? …you betcha bottom dollar they can! Each song has been recorded with the Christmas spirit in full flow and we’d guess the odd mince pie was consumed along the way as well. The full-on Christmas feeling that is flowing through these wonderful tracks is a joy to behold and we implore you to not just read these sleeve notes but to go crimble-crumble-crazy and actually buy this record and treasure it, not only this year but for many years to come. We are very proud to have put this album together as Christmas is our favourite time of the year. We love the feeling at special Christmas gigs – the over-inflated people and prices of things and the way everyone just has to go out and drink as much as they possibly can in the name of the good old lord Jesus. We did this for you, and only for you because we really, really care and want to share the joy that only Damaged Goods Records can bring you at this special time of the year. So enjoy some great music from the likes of Wild Billy Childish, Miss Holly Golightly, Helen Love, Goldblade & Poly Styrene, The Courettes and so many more and remember, this LP is not just for Christmas it’s for LIFE!

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1 Wild Billy Childish & The Musicians of the British Empire ? Christmas 1979
2 The Courettes ? Christmas (I Can Hardly Wait)
3 Holly Golightly ? Christmas Tree On Fire
4 Helen Love ? Merry Christmas (I Don't Want To Fight)
5 Cuckooland ? Silver Bells
6 Wat Tyler ? God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
7 Thee Headcoatees ? Santa Claus
8 Severe ? Stop the Cavalry
9 Goldblade feat. Poly Styrene ? City of Christmas Ghosts
10 Holly Golightly and The Greenhornes ? Little Stars
11 Cute Lepers ? The Cute Lepers Christmas Song
12 TV Smith ? Xmas Bloody Xmas
13 The Singing Loins ? Ding Dong Merrily On High
14 Monkhouse ? Guinness and Wine
15 The Buff Medways ? Merry Christmas Fritz

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THE WILLIAM LOVEDAY INTENTION - 'THE BAPTISER'

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• DAMGOOD565LP - LP

  5020422056510

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Brand new studio album by The William Loveday Intention! As part of an incredibly productive year by one of the world's most productive and cherished artists, Billy Childish releases a new LP by The William Loveday Intention as part of his attempt at “a career in a year”. “The Baptiser is titled after John The Baptiser, Christ's teacher who proclaimed that you don't need to make blood sacrifices in the temple of Jerusalem to have communion with God – it's direct one to one in the desert, wearing a camel hair shirt and eating the fruits of the honey locust tree. The LP has many spiritual highs and blaming lows. It should move and sound like the contents of a thinking mind.” WILLIAM LOVEDAY 2022

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THE WILLIAM LOVEDAY INTENTION - 'PARALYSED BY THE MOUNTAINS'

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• DAMGOOD564LP - LP

  5020422056411

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Brand new studio album by The William Loveday Intention as part of their “career in a year”! “The cover pic is from a visit I made with my son and friends to the artist Giovanni Segantini's hut in the High Alps sometime around 2016. Segantini (1858-1899), was an illiterate and stateless artist famous for his paintings made in the Engadin. The title track is about living your life through someone else's YouTube channel: a blow by blow account of how their life in the frozen north is more, picturesque, sensitive, fun, enlightened and artistic than yours could ever be. 'Stood Upon a Chair' is about the villain Jessie James, but without the romance part that is usually added to such tales. 'You Gotta Move', a Mississippi Fred McDowell cover, is one of the best recordings we've ever made. Here I’m accompanied by my wife Julie and my friend Dave Tattersall who plays electric slide guitar. A true gem which should make someone, somewhere, rich and famous. (Or at least make Mick Jagger blush with shame.) Topping it all off we hit a couple of old Headcoats numbers with added verses that reveal the hidden depth behind those impeccable pop songs.” - WILLIAM LOVEDAY 2022

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Paralysed By The Mountains
Becoming Unbecoming Me
Stood Upon a Chair
Too Many Things That Mean Too Much To Me
You Gotta Move
Joe Strummer's Grave
I'm Unkind
Gun In My Father's Hand
The Day I Beat My Father Up
Joe Strummer's Grave (Reprise)

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WILD BILLY CHILDISH & CTMF - 'WHERE THE WILD PURPLE IRIS GROWS'

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• DAMGOOD561LP - LP

  5020422056114

• DAMGOOD561CD - CD

  5020422056121

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Billy Childish - Musician, poet, painter and writer shows no sign of slowing down. The last twelve months have seen him record a “career in a year” with The William Loveday Intention, battle off a debilitating COVID infection and revisit his punk roots with CTMF. 

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THE COURETTES - 'BACK IN MONO'

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• DAMGOOD560LP-PD - LP (PICTURE DISC)

  5020422056046

• DAMGOOD560CD - CD

  5020422056022

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PICTURE DISC The Courettes proudly present their third album, Back In Mono. It’s a milestone in their career so far. You can look forward to some “spit ´n´snarl garage rumble-meets-Phil Spector pop” showcasing the band in top form – great songwriting skills, Spector-esque arrangements, with broader nuances, influences and production qualities added to their garage rock recipe. Fourteen Wagnerian teen-trash-tragedy masterpieces – it’s as if The Ronettes and The Ramones were invited to a wild party in Gold Star Studios’ echo chamber. Fuzz guitars, loud drums, trashy pianos, jingle bells, tambourines and three-minute dance floor garage killers where a Wall of Sound blasts the songs out of the speakers! Produced and recorded by Søren Christensen at Starr Sound Recording Studios in Denmark and mixed by top producer/wall of sound aficionado Seiki Sato in Japan, the album will be released on October 15th 2021 on Damaged Goods Records.

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