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Serious Drinking - The Revolution Starts At Closing Time [UPLP 3 UK 1983 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]

I have been keen for a while to produce of new rip of this fantastic album of punk, ska and football drinking songs from the legendary Serious Drinking. So here you are....

With a comedic blend of punk, beer football & Bilko, Serious Drinking formed at the University of East Anglia in February 1981. They took their name from a Sounds headline to an interview with The Cockney Rejects, although some may say they were named after their favourite pastime. Serious Dinking were Martin Ling (vocals, formerly of The Higsons), Eugene McCarthy (vocals), Andy Hearshaw (guitar, formerly of The Farmer's Boys), Jem Moore (bass), and Lance Dunlop (drums).

The debut single, Love On The Terraces (produced by Madness's Mark Bedford) reached number 9 on the UK Indie Chart in 1982, follow-up Hangover reaching number 4 the following year. The classic and long unavailable debut album The Revolution Starts at Closing Time also reached number 4, and was followed up in 1984 by a second mini-album, They May Be Drinkers Robin, But They're Still Human Beings. Save for the two singles, stand-outs are the brilliant Countdown To Bilko, I'm On Drugs and a very unique reinterpretation of Wire's 12XU.

...she bought me a Bovril, she stole my heart!

A1   Am I Coming Over To Yours?
A2   Spirit Of '66
A3   Love On The Terraces (Mk. III)
A4   Countdown To Bilko
A5   Really Good Bloke
A6   I'm On Drugs
A7   T.V. Song
A8   12XU / Bobby Moore Was Innocent
A9   Hangover
B1   The Revolution Starts At Closing Time
B2   Baby I'm Dying A Death
B3   Time Is Tight
B4   World Service
B5   Winter's Over
B6   The Weird Son Of Angry Bastard
B7   Are You Coming Over To Mine?

Comments

  1. Blogmeister21 October 2023 at 08:22

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  2. Indiekid21 October 2023 at 15:57

    Cheers boss, I've had a test pressing of this for about 40 years and never got round to listening to it.

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  3. gnihtytterp21 October 2023 at 21:18

    Many thanks again for this wonderful share°!!!

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  4. Anonymous27 October 2023 at 22:48

    I knew Jem & Eugene and used to see them play quite a bit in the early 80s. The gigs used to be very boisterous and getting 'down the front' would usually result in injury. I remeber seeing John Peel at the back of the crowd at a club called Sampson & Herculers in Tombland (Norwich) where they were playing one night and he looked bloody terrified. I should add that the band did not condone this behaviour in any way. Happy days...

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