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Topic: The Reluctant Stereotypes -- Canterburyish, ska...
Posted: July 23 2008 at 15:15

http://www.myspace.com/reluctantstereotypes (edited link; I accidentally added a space at the end of the address which broke it)

"Sounds Like Gong, Henry Cow, Hatfield and The North, Frank Zappa, Crazy Lulu"

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Released	Title	Cat#	Reviews	Ratings	Chart [?]	Overall

1980	The Label	K-58201		1		3.50	rate

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Released	Title

1979	The Rounds / The Lull	rate
1980	Confused Action / School Life	rate
1980	Plans for Today / Subway	rate

Don't believe the Label LP has been released on CD.

Edited by Logan - July 28 2008 at 14:12

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 13:46

Just bumping this from several topic down page two, and it happens to be the only non-responded to topic on the first three pages (there are two that went without comment on page four -- both I checked out but didn't respond so will respond momentarily). This is not important, or anything, but interested to get impressions.

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 13:48

The myspace link doesn't work for me.

edit: try

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=37262234

Edited by NaturalScience - July 28 2008 at 14:00

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 14:07

Not bad. I can hear the Hatfield and HC influences.

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 14:20

Darn, lost my post (service unavailable) -- it's been working so well that past hour that I forgot to copy. No biggie; 'twasn't a long response.

Thanks for checking it out and pointing out the broken link. I should remember to check those links (thought I'd been careful). I accidentally copied and pasted in a space at the end of the address, and that's enough to break the link. That often happens to me.

It's an interesting one, I think, because of the Canterbury and ska influence, and yeah, the Henry Cow and H&tN influence is quite evident.

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 14:24

I would think the style is sufficient that they should have a place in the archives, probably under Canterbury (obvious).

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 14:42

Yeah; I think so too. Great picture of Wyatt with Henry Cow, by the way.

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 14:43

Logan wrote:

Yeah; I think so too. Great picture of Wyatt with Henry Cow, by the way.

Thanks!

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Posted: July 28 2008 at 14:59

NaturalScience wrote:

Logan wrote:

Yeah; I think so too. Great picture of Wyatt with Henry Cow, by the way.

Thanks!

[stating the obvious] I'm a fan [/stating the obvious]

Putting on Henry Cow Concerts right now.

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Posted: December 02 2008 at 15:56

A bump: I don't remember what happened with this suggestion.

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Posted: December 02 2008 at 15:58

Logan wrote:

A bump: I don't remember what happened with this suggestion.

Hmm. I'll bump this in the Canterbury team thread.

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Posted: December 02 2008 at 16:01

Thanks. I mentioned it on page 41 of their thread, and am looking forward through the thread for developments. EDIT: Whether it gets added or not, I think it's a neat-o one, and worth checking out and discussing.

Edited by Logan - December 02 2008 at 17:18

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Posted: December 02 2008 at 18:45

Like, err - WOW! I cannot believe I missed this thread back in July - I must have been on holiday or asleep or something...

The Reluctant Stereotypes. Gosh. I honestely never expected to see a thread about them here. "The Label" is the only ska album I ever liked - Canterbury wouldn't have been the first thing that sprang to mind when hearing it, however the three MySpace tracks do sound remarkably Canterbury-ish for a Coventry Two-Tone/Ska band (though none of them are on the album) - 'Reverend' is a early working of 'Reverend Green', which loses a lot of it excentricity by the time it's recorded for "The Label" - I don't recognise the other two tracks- pretty cool though.

Colin Heanes, drums
Steve Edgson, clarinet
Paul Sampson, guitar
Tony Wall, bass guitar
Paul King, vocals

After the break-up of the Reluctant Stereotypes, Paul King and Tom Wall went to form King (hit single Love & Pride) while Paul Samson went into production. Paul King later became a MTV presenter.

Edited by Dean - December 02 2008 at 19:11

What?

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Posted: December 02 2008 at 20:01

A cool and informative post, Dean. Thumbs Up

I don't think it's so much Canterbury as Skanterbury. Thought it would be a cool one to mention as we don't really have a lot of Ska/ Two-Tone bands in the archives. ;) Based on those tracks, I'd love to see it in the archives somewhere; hope I can get the album.

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