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King Of The Slums - Dandelions [CHIME 01.04D UK 1989 24-Bit FLAC]

From a time when the rest of the city was going baggy, King Of The Slums ploughed the fairly lonely fallow of angry indie-rock and consequently went unnoticed outside their home city of Manchester. From their earliest releases on the much loved hometown label, Play Hard and the excellent Debris fanzine, they did build up a reasonable local following and a little bit of Peel interest. 

Semi-major Midnight Music picked them up and released Dandelions, their debut album. Given what was going on elsewhere, King Of The Slums were highly original and by incorporating that least fashionable of instruments, the violin into their work, they really stood out, if you cared to listen!

Thanks again to penguinflight for donating his mint vinyl copy for this rip.

A1 Schooley
A2 Armed Robbery
A3 Unfit Mother
A4 Violate Nothing But The Best
A5 Up She Rises
A6 Barbarous Superiors
B1 Idolater
B2 Ardent Swains
B3 Up The Empire/Balls To The Bulldog Breed
B4 Psycho Motorbike Ride
B5 Bear With Me