Six Bursts Of Hyperexcitement

 

Various Artists - Shagging In The Streets [NING 01 UK 1994 24-Bit FLAC]

When the majors started dabbling with indie labels in the later eighties, it was to herald the death of the independent spirit in music until new champions began to emerge in the early nineties. One of the most important was Walthamstow's Fierce Panda Records. The label was to eventually be the first home of the occasional major league band (Coldplay & Keane were both once on the roster), however it is for the series of twenty-one double pack seven inch singles that they should be best recognised.

Each came in a wrap around paper sleeve with photocopied inserts in a plastic bag reviving the true indie spirit, some played at 33rpm emphasising the label's rough edges with a cheeky play on words as each releases headline title. They are all highly collectable, however I have just six or seven of them in my boxes of singles. Here is the very first .....others will follow!

A1 S*M*A*S*H - Bang Bang Bang (Demo)
B1 Blessed Ethel - Electro 1
B2 Mantaray - Sad
C1 Done Lying Down - Divorcee
D1 These Animal Men - This Is The Sound Of Youth
D2 Action Painting! - Mustard Gas