Tuesday, October 21, 2025

FREAKS GALORE 1 - THE GOSPEL OF FREAKDOM

FREAKS GALORE 1

THE GOSPEL OF FREAKDOM 

according to Luke Haines and Sonic Smith-d 

Inspired by Luke Haines' book “Freaks Out!” I considered it a good idea to start a series – however small – of Freaks compilations. Plenty of people to chose from. It looks like you get your money’s worth (as it is for free, anyway) with no. 1. There are more to come – just give me some time. Meanwhile enjoy this one – a cool starter, isn’t it?

 
 

1. PRINCIPAL EDWARDS MAGIC THEATRE    McALPINE VS. THE ASMOTO (a bunch of Freaks travelling in a Commer van with boxes full of stage props)

2. CATHAL COUGHLAN w/ THE GRAND NECROPOLITAN SEXTETT    WIDENING THE GRAVEL ROAD (Irish with high cheekbones, a must be Freak)

3. GRACE JONES    CORPORATE CANNIBAL (femme fatale et Freak fatale)

4. LUKE HAINES    ADVENTURES IN DIMENTIA (self-proclaimed Freak & author of Freaks Out!)

5. EARL BRUTUS    BLIND DATE (Nick Sanderson et al. were making their gigs a Freakshow)

6. THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND    THE MAD HATTER‘S SONG (Mike Heron - a Freak dancing without movement?)

7. HASIL ADKINS    SHE SAID (the 50s‘ mad one-man-band from the hicks in the sticks - not on drugs or?)

8. THE FALL    IMPRESSION OF J. TEMPERANCE (Mark E. Smith qualifies for an A1 Freak)

9. REMA-REMA    REMA-REMA (Marco Pirroni‘s tribal noise Freakout)

10. JESSE HECTOR & THE GATECRASHERS    IN MY SOUL (live at the Beeb) (Hammersmith‘s guerilla Jesse H. (who‘d wear three different haircuts at the same time) has been a bona fide Freak throughout his life; I had the honour of releasing a record with him.)

11. SIMONES    WELCOME TO THE ASTRAL PLANE (Al Simones: 20 years in the studio w/out a live show - Freak exceptionnelle!)

 

 

the link to the music is as follows 

https://archive.org/details/freaks-galore-1

 

...and please leave a comment! 

 

 

3 comments:

Big Beat and Power Pop said...

The following link must be copied into the URL of your browser:
https://archive.org/details/freaks-galore-1

Den folgenden link in die Adresszeile deines browsers kopieren, dann hörst du die Musik:
https://archive.org/details/freaks-galore-1

Crab Devil said...

Thank you very much for "Freaks Galore 1" and for "We Gotta Move!" There are a lot of unfamiliar (to me) tracks on these two compilations, but I will say I'm a Hasil Adkins fan from way back, so it's good to see you've included "She Said."

Big Beat and Power Pop said...

Thanks, Crab Devil, Freaks Galore 2 & 3 are ready to be uploaded.
Any Hasil Adkins fan must be a good bloke!
And thanks for following my blog for so long a time!