The Thing From The Crypt, by Dark Entries Records

The Thing From The Crypt

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1.	Exhibit A - Rain 03:44	buy track
2.	Sad Lovers & Giants - Take Me Inside 02:27	buy track
3.	Mex - Evil Creatures 03:35	buy track
4.	Gambit Of Shame - Dancing With The Turks 02:38	buy track
5.	Flying Beechcraft - Bugger Off 02:12	buy track
6.	Image In Ruin - Tank 02:36	buy track
7.	Soft Drinks - Squash 02:18	buy track
8.	S-Haters - Necromancer 04:09	buy track
9.	Soft Drinks - Pepsi Cola 02:20	buy track
10.	Flying Beechcraft - Frog Girl 01:34	buy track
11.	Image In Ruin - Bottle 03:22	buy track
12.	S-Haters - Canal 03:15	buy track
13.	Exhibit A - Echoes 02:31	buy track
14.	Sad Lovers & Giants - Clint 03:45	buy track
15.	Mex - Functioning Fripp Girls 03:05	buy track
16.	Gambit Of Shame - She Lawn 03:25	buy track

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Dark Entries is proud to present "The Thing From The Crypt," a 16-track compilation of UK DIY/Synth/New Wave/Post-Punk originally released in 1981. Showcasing the thriving post punk sound of Watford, a town in Hertfordshire, England, located 20 minutes northwest of central London. "'The Thing From The Crypt' neither attempts to sell a 'Wotford sound' nor claims to be a comprehensive guide to the area's best beat bands. Like all good compilations, its essence is variety: some tracks will make you come whilst other will make you vomit." - original liner notes by Robert Dellar
This compilation features 8 bands with two songs included by each group. EXHIBIT A were a quartet featuring Mat and Dan from Solid Space and Paul and Andrew from Twelve Cubic Feet. Legendary post-punk act SAD LOVERS & GIANTS make their first appearance here as a five-piece. MEX was the solo project of Paul Mex, the man responsible for this compilation, who went on to produce songs for WHAM and George Michael. GAMBIT OF SHAME deliver driving carnival pop and would later work with ex-Soft Machine member, Robert Wyatt on their debut single. FLYING BEECHCRAFT serve a slice of wistful Flying Nun indie pop. IMAGE IN RUIN bounce between off-kilter NY No-Wave skronk and angst. SOFT DRINKS were a short-lived synth-punk trio featuring the Jon Greville of Rudimentary Peni and Martin Drooper of The Magits who released a 3 song EP on Outer Himmylayan Productions. S-HATERS were a deathrock quartet also on the Outer Himmylayan roster who channeled the gothic punk of PIL's "Metal Box" and Joy Division.

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released September 24, 2018

(C) + (P) 2013 Dark Entries Records
The Thing From The Crypt is an amalgamation of Dead Hedgehog Enterprises, Last Movement and Outer Himmilayan Productions
Tape transfer by Paul Mex at Mex One Studios, Brighton, England 2012.
Originally released on Thing From The Crypt Records (TTFC 001) in 1981
Remastered by George Horn at Fantasy Studios, Berkeley California 2012
Cover Art and Design: Kieron O'Neil (S-Haters)
Layout: Eloise Leigh
Thank you: Paul Mex, Mark Hanson, Eloise Leigh, George Horn, Matthew Vosburgh and Paul from Exhibit A and Keiron O'Neil from S-Haters, Lee Greville from Soft Drinks, Garce Allard from Sad Lovers & Giants, Neil Franklyn from Flying Beechcraft

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