Album
Prehistoric Sounds
1978 · Rock
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Prehistoric Sounds is a Punk album by The Saints, originally released in 1978. On Gatefold: 20 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
Prehistoric Sounds is the third album by the Australian punk rock group The Saints, released in 1978 via Harvest. This was the final album to feature founding lead guitarist, Ed Kuepper, who left the band shortly after its release. The soul influenced third album, Prehistoric Sounds, followed in October 1978 (January 1979 in Australia). Its commercial failure led EMI to drop the band. During 1978, relations between Kuepper and Chris Bailey had deteriorated, with Bailey preferring rock and pop songs and Kuepper pursuing less commercial and more intellectual material. Bailey later admitted Prehistoric Sounds was, "not one of my personal favourite records." Finally Ivor Hay, Kuepper and Algy Ward left the group in early 1979.
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Tracklist
- 1Swing for the Crime (2004 Remaster)3:41
- 2All Times Through Paradise (2004 Remaster)4:08
- 3Every Day's a Holiday, Every Night's a Party (2004 Remaster)2:48
- 4Brisbane (Security City) [2004 Remaster]4:22
- 5Church of Indifference (2004 Remaster)5:05
- 6Crazy Googenheimer Blues (2004 Remaster)2:32
- 7Everything's Fine (2004 Remaster)2:37
- 8The Prisoner (2004 Remaster)5:00
- 9Security (2004 Remaster)2:22
- 10This Time (2004 Remaster)3:15
- 11Take This Heart of Mine (2004 Remaster)2:28
- 12The Chameleon (2004 Remaster)5:16
- 13Save Me (2004 Remaster)3:34
- 14Looking for the Sun (Studio Outtake from Prehistoric Sounds)3:28
Sound DNA
- Punk
- Punk Rock
- raw
- defiant
- punky
The jazz-blues influenced third album, Prehistoric Sounds, followed in October 1978 (January 1979 in Australia). Its commercial failure led EMI to drop the band. During 1978, relations between Kuepper and Bailey had deteriorated, with Bailey preferring rock and pop songs and Kuepper pursuing less commercial and more intellectual material. Finally Hay, Kuepper and Ward left the group in early 1979. Kuepper returned to Australia and followed a more avant-garde direction with Laughing Clowns, which would frequently feature brass, and later, the punkish the Aints. He is one of Australia's most influential and highly regarded musicians with over twenty solo albums to his credit. Hay briefly returned to Australia to join Sydney-based the Hitmen and then rejoined Bailey in London for a later version of the Saints. Ward became a member of English gothic punk band, the Damned. Bailey continued the group with Mark Birmingham on drums, Bruce Callaway on guitar, Barry Francis on guitar and Janine Hall on bass guitar.
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Alasdair WardBASS
- Chris BaileyVOCALS
- Ed KuepperGUITAR
- Ivor HayDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION
- Martin BruceTRUMPET
- Martin DoverTRUMPET
- Martin DroverTRUMPET
- Paul NiemanTROMBONE
- Roger CawkwellARRANGED BY , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE , ALTO SAXOPHONE , TENOR SAXOPHONE , BARITONE SAXOPHONE , PIANO ARRANGED BY ARRANGED BY , SOPRANO SAXOPHONE, ALTO SAXOPHONE, TENOR SAXOPHONE, BARITONE SAXOPHONE, PIANO
- Kym BradshawBASS
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