![]() ![]() Oh well, ‘Hard luck’, ‘tough cheese’, ‘hard cheddar’! “GOOD” we all said! I guess we were under pressure and hey yes just a little jealous. We instantly but secretly rejoiced in their close top40 failure. We retired to our dressing room to prepare to follow their brilliant set. I think their single, ‘A Wish Away’ released that week had a chance to chart…top 40…and actually during their set!!! I think they just missed out…number 41 or similar…unlucky…we congratulated them on their set but commiserated with them over their disappointment at not entering the top 40. The ‘Wonder Stuff’ were about to go massive and we were about to give up our crown as ‘Stourbridge’s finest! The ‘Powerhouse’ gig was billed as a joint headline although I think we played the headline slot. There was great friendship but also rivalry! Clint and Miles from tWS used to live together (not in the biblical sense) on the 13 th floor of a block of high rise flats in Colley Gate just the other side of Lye, just the other side of Stourbridge. PWEI had been popular for a while but ‘tWS’ were the young pretenders and on our tail. In its place was the same sampled section reversed and giving the impression the song (now picking up a little Radio 1 daytime airplay), said ‘Big One Up, Fries to Go”…įrom vague memory I remember playing ‘Def Con 1’ for the first time at the Birmingham ‘Powerhouse’ during a ‘joint’ headline gig with ‘the Wonder Stuff’. He took out the offending ‘Big Mac’ corporate lyric that potentially gave free advertising and/or offended such big business. The 7” Radio 1 edit was engineered by Robert. ![]() It is not a new mix purely an ‘eq’ job with overdubs and inserts added to the ‘Fon’ mix…I think! We also overdubbed the chorus guitar to back up the sample, scratched the Motown opening drum roll and cut in the ‘Right Now’ vocal in the intro….I think! This is how the ‘RCA’ album version differs from the ‘Chapter22’ single. He added a kickin’ bassline that Flood who produced our album ‘This Is The Day, This Is The Hour, This Is This’ lifted and overdubbed on the album version. Robert Gordon ‘Fon studios’ in Sheffield produced the song as well as remixing the track as the 12″ ‘Doomsday Powermix’. We also celebrated his ‘coolness’ with the ‘Loves Me Not’ sample in ‘Wise Up Sucker’ courtesy of his dulcet tones, and I think the phrase ‘Television, Movies, Comics’ on ‘Shortwave Transmission On Up To The Minute Man Nine’…the genius that was Alan Moore. Moore came to a sound check in Northampton and thanked us (Clint) for his name check in ‘Can U Dig It! i.e. Clint loved comics and when the ‘new skool’ appeared around this time he rejoiced in the work of ‘Alan Moore’ who amongst other major titles wrote ‘Watchman’. There may be one or two other copies in existence but unless one is exhibited in the forthcoming October ‘tDR’ Sheffield gallery ‘car boot’ sale I doubt it!Ĭlint wrote ‘Def Con 1’ in appreciation of the ‘Watchman’ comic. This looks a little surface scratched but nothing too worrying, again quite rare!įinally and by no means least is a rare ‘bleed’ or ‘proof’ for the C.d artwork our first ever collaboration with ‘the Designers Republic. I have included the resultant 12” PWEI product…along with the 7” radio edit that removes the words ‘Big Mac’ in fear of ‘corporate trouble’ and to appease Radio 1. As far as I know only two were ever manufactured! ![]() It’s a bit dusty but looks mint, I have no deck on which to play it but if it turns out to be the bloody ‘Waterboys’ I will refund you with apologies!!!Ĭatalogue number is PWEI 12001A/PWEI 12001B dated the 3 rd June 1988 from MayKing records/studios. This is a ‘test pressing’ for the 12” version of ‘Def Con 1’ backed with three atrocious live versions of ‘Inside You’, She’s Surreal’ and ‘Hit the Hi-Tech Groove’. They will hopefully go to a better home…but they’re great, I love them and I know I will regret it! Look lovely in a frame blah, blah, blah… Two weeks ago I didn’t even know they nestled in my parlour, scullery or outhouse now it’s the PWEI Holy Grail, more precious than a diamond studded lobster wrapped in fivers. I have wrestled with the idea for a week or so but finally came to the conclusion that…I never knew I had half of it…why should I miss it!!! For me personally this is the first ‘lot’ I am already regretting putting up for sale. ![]()
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