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Coalition Collaborators (Industrial C3O, $5) I've seen this lurching, gangling outfit a coupla times and loved 'em. Lots of irreverence and neat bits in wacko instruments, etc. Y'know, just my cup of tea. This is a totally live tape and as such you miss out on the great facial expressons and bodily contortions but get most of the music. Side One (wherein are found most of the "songs") is great, especially 'Fish' and 'Red Tape' and Side Two (looser, jammy stuff) is more selfindulgent and correspondingly less approachable. Be that as it may, buy it (and their earlier C9O epic Untied Shoelaces Are Dangerous') OK? Ralph Bennett Sitting in Silence/Drowning in
Screams (Industrial C3O, $5) Curiouser and curiouser. Ralph (also known as Sonny Monday and Blind Turkey McPalmerston), a shrivelled old blueshound with stringy goatee and a hat appears sporadically on Side One, with Ralph (also known as Jimmy Plage), a hard rock throwback and Ralph (also known as Bjorn Toobiwild), a pop craftsman of some note. Side Two features Ralph (aka Jazzbo Loon), a sleazy club;entertainer and Ralph (aka Cap'n '. Goof hear t) a cut-up modern, modern sound sculptor. Ralph's great, but I'm not so sure about Ralph. Buy this and decide for yourself. 55/3 Polish Workers (Industrial C2O, $5) I never managed to see these guys live during their 15 minutes of fame so I don't know if these five songs are faithful recreations of their musical spirit or not. If they are, then I'm not too sorry I missed 'em. But if, as I strongly suspect, these recordings are rather stodgier and lumpier than the real thing I wish I'd seen 'em. Because ... the ideas are good, especially on Side Two, where there seems to be a sense of humour struggling to cut through. Buy, if a fan. Have a listen if not. Chris Knox All Industrial Tapes are available from PO Box 8809, Symonds St, Auckland or Real Groovy Records in Mt Eden Rd.
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Rip It Up, Issue 79, 1 February 1984, Page 24
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330TAPE ONLY Rip It Up, Issue 79, 1 February 1984, Page 24
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