V/A - NOT SO HUMDRUM Comp. LP (Abberant, Australia, 1984)
I sometimes wonder why this comp never made it to the fame it deserves. NOT SO HUMDRUM was in fact the 2nd in a series of 3 comp LP’s from Australias Abberant Records, the 1st one being FLOWERS IN THE DUST BIN (1983) and the last one WHY MARCH WHEN YOU CAN RIOT (1986). Because of the sheer greatness of this comps, I’m here making accessible the whole 2nd comp first. You will soon learn that there’s not one weak song and bands like SUICIDE SQUAD (who had a nice 7″ with the old singer), ROCKS (no further introduction needed) or EXSERTS (who had a disappointing LP) rarely ever or never at all sounded so good. But again - to me there’s no weak stuff on this comp, the standouts being “New World In The Morning” by Suicide Squad, “Migraine Headache” by ROCKS and “When the chips are down” by HAPPY HATE ME NOTS. And more.
Collectors notice: There were actually two pressings of NOT SO HUMDRUM! The original pressing had the great booklet-cover and was on Abberant Records, as said before. And then there was a license pressing from France (!) from 1984 too and this was released on Ripost Records. It has a totaly different cover which I love so much for the stinking green alone. You’ll find both covers pictured here, for the nerd-factor. Sorry for the cheap scanin’-and-photoshoppin’ though.
If the copyright owners or their mothers don’t like this post here, please drop me a line and I’ll take the mp3 files off. I know it’s kind of strange to make full LP’s downloadable without permission, but it’s a labour of love!
Kamikaze Twist - THE ROCKS
New World in the morning - SUICIDE SQUAD
Business Man - EXSERTS
Foetal Position - VIGIL-ANTI
The Build Up - HAPPY HATE ME NOTSCriminal - WRONG KIND OF STONE AGE
Jack Junk - ITCHY RAT
Unwanted - SUICIDE SQUADCountdown - EXSERTS
A homely Situation - ITCHY RAT
Humanity - VIGIL-ANTI
The End - WRONG KIND OF STONE AGEMigraine Headache - ROCKS
Gossip Column - SUICIDE SQUAD
Stranglehold - EXSERTS
Reality - VIGIL-ANTI
When The Chips Are Down - HAPPY HATE ME NOTSThe Sky Is Falling - ITCHY RAT
“New World in the Morning” should especially be enjoyed by Mel!
Peter - KBDRecords wrote:
Incredible comp! I’m stunned. Keep ‘em coming Erich!
Posted on 02-Aug-06 at 11:00 am | Permalink
E. wrote:
the fruits of your inspirational work over at killed by death records!
Posted on 02-Aug-06 at 11:04 am | Permalink
Jonathan wrote:
wow!!!! never heard that one before - massive killer. thanks a million!
Posted on 02-Aug-06 at 1:49 pm | Permalink
Stevie wrote:
“strangle hold” by EXSERTS being the total winner, I think. Great work!
Posted on 02-Aug-06 at 3:07 pm | Permalink
onychotillomaniac wrote:
Thanks so much. Awesome post!
Could you fix Itchy Rat- A Homely Situation. The song cuts off with a minute left to go.
Great site!
Posted on 03-Aug-06 at 6:37 pm | Permalink
E. wrote:
Cheers Onychotillomaniac. Yeah, you’re right - that DEAD KENNEDYS uummmmmm, I mean ITCHY RATS (no pun intended) track cuts off. I’m experiencing technical problems with the ripping software I use (Audacity). It’s quite shitty. I used to record with Coaster and do the editing with SoundMaker (Mac OS 9.x), but since I upgrade to OS X, I have difficulties in finding quality freeware. Any sugggestions out there? Does anybody have Ray Gun?
Posted on 04-Aug-06 at 12:42 am | Permalink
E. wrote:
Oi problem with Itchy Rat fixed oi.
Posted on 04-Aug-06 at 2:33 am | Permalink
OTTO wrote:
Holly shit! This is phenomenal!
Never heard of this comp (or its companion. Just great suff… 90% killer, 10% almost killer…
Thanks for taking the time to rip and post.
You made one old punk’s day.
Posted on 04-Aug-06 at 7:34 pm | Permalink
Anonymous wrote:
vigil anti…. meanest punk on earth
Posted on 06-Feb-07 at 6:39 am | Permalink
Overhere wrote:
Any chance of re-upping the not so humdrum compilation - it would be greatfully appreciated. Nice blog
Posted on 21-Mar-07 at 4:56 pm | Permalink
Good bad Music for bad, bad Times! / V/A TROUSERS IN ACTION- Compilation 7″EP (Aberrant Records, Australia, 1985) wrote:
[...] had the first two Abberant Comp. LPs before («Not so Humdrum» and «Flowers from the Dustbin») - here comes the third in the series (after this one, another [...]
Posted on 02-Mar-08 at 11:47 am | Permalink
Doeskopp wrote:
Never heard of this comp. I’m sure it never had found the way to any european stores.
Hm… does anyone complained about the download?
Posted on 12-Apr-08 at 3:45 am | Permalink