Needle Time

  Stump - Charlton Heston [ENYX 614 UK 1988 24-Bit FLAC] You were warned that this was coming. Stump went major label and released a Eric B/Rakim/Coldcut style dance mix mash-up! If Age Of Chance could do it, then so could Stump. The single on grazed the lowest reaches of the UK Top 60, just imagine if Stump had gotten a TOTP slot as a result of this eight minutes of quirky nuttiness!!  Thankfully there is an immaculate copy in penguinflight 's boxes so I used that instead of my crackle ridden copy. What could possibly rhyme with Charlton Heston ? Get your vest on chaps! A1  Lights! Camel! Action! Charlton Heston Meets The Irresistible Force B1  Charlton Heston B2  The Rats B3  Angst Forecast

Stump - Quirk Out [STUF U2 1987 24-Bit FLAC] Preceded by their splendid Mud On A Colon EP and a career breaking Peel Session, here is the debut album by the mighty Stump, ripped from a virgin vinyl pressing on Stuff Records (note the catelogue number). Is this funk or is it proggy-punk? Genre confused twisty jerky rhythms from these Anglo-Irish popsters who clearly found the groove with a good mix of Beefheart, (early) Genesis, Cameo and The Cravats. Frontman Mick Lynch sadly passed away in late 2015.  Listening again to Quirk Out , is it me, or is Our Fathers sounding somewhat mainstream. A short career was then to follow on major offshoot, Ensign Records and the Stump were gone. Stump may have gone, but we will never forget this wickedly zany troupe. A1 Tupperware Stripper A2 Our Fathers A3 Kitchen Table B1 Buffalo B2 Everything In Its Place B3 Bit Part Actor