Say Hello To The Freedom Fighters
Over the next couple of years the band lineup expanded and decreased (and the name shortened to 'dalek i') until by 1980 it consisted of Alan Gill and Dave Hughes. These two made a single called – yep – dalek i love you, and then a quirky little album called compass kum'pas, which I bought in – yep – Midnight Music aka English Weather in Crouch End. Although the kum'pas bit is actually kum'p*s where the * is a sort of upside down e.
There was another album released under the name Dalek I Love You (with caps), but it was a lot more polished and a lot less fun. I didn't bother following their career after that.
So here's the first album and single. Sorta like a naïve OMD…? Oh – and on the original vinyl the sides were labelled 'Topsy' and 'Turvy' instead of A and B.
dalek i - compass kum'pas
01 - 01 - The World
01 - 02 - 8 Track
01 - 03 - Destiny (Dalek I Love You)
01 - 04 - A Suicide
01 - 05 - The Kiss
01 - 06 - Trapped
01 - 07 - Two Chameleons
01 - 08 - Freedom Fighters
01 - 09 - You Really Got Me
01 - 10 - Mad
01 - 11 - Good Times
01 - 12 - We're All Actors
01 - 13 - Heat
01 - 14 - Missing 15 Minutes
dalek I love you - Dalek I Love You (Destiny)
00 - 01 - Dalek I Love You (Destiny) (single mix)
00 - 02 - Happy
00 - 03 - This Is My Uniform
posted by Witchseason at 11:00 am
8 Comments:
Many, many, many thanks - you've made an old man very happy. I've been trying to get the Compass Kumpass CD for years, but it goes for £60+ on ebay, and all I wanted was a copy of my vinyl that I could listen to in the car. Wish I'd kept my turntable.. By pure chance, the second LP is being reissued on CD next month - just £7 from HMV, but agree this is the best LP.
keep up the great work
Mike
It's a pleasure, and thanks for your comments. Always appreciated.
Anything else you're after? I'm not sure what to post next & I guess you've got an idea of the sort of stuff I might have.
Cheers
Jerry
Can't believe I've found this. You've made another old man happy! I don't suppose you've ripped the old Zoo Compilation 'To the Shores of Lake Placid'? I've found alot of it on various other cds but I'm missing several tracks.
I *do* have the Zoo album - haven't ripped it yet but certainly will do the next time I rig up my turntable. Might be a couple of weeks but I'll definitely do it - thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks very glad for the Zoo LP!
with the help of the total fuzzy agregator i founded the dalek here
thanks a lot (i think what i write !) i'm looking for this since many years
long life for your blog
lilac
IS THIS STILL UP,CAN'T SEEM TO GET IT ON RAPIDSHARE DOES IT NEED RE SEEDING.lOVE THIS ALBUM JUST WANT IT ON CD ,AS I DON'T HAVE A TURNTABLE AT MOMENT.
CHEERS
Um, I believe Dalek I Love You sounds "sorta like a naive OMD" because (a.) Andy McCluskey was briefly the lead singer for the former in the late '70s and (b.) that band was cited as a direct influence on OMD. Unless you meant to be facetious there... ? I mean, it can't be coincidental that Naive also happens to be the name of a latter-era Dalek I Love You album....
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