Fishfood vs Birth Of Sharon

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1	Dry Ice Hot Written By – Howard Purse
2	Seventeen Eels Written By – Howard Purse
3	Modern Dance Crazy Written By – Howard Purse
4	Now Written By – Andy Fairley, Howard Purse
5	Film Titles Written By – Andy Fairley, Howard Purse, Jim Galvin, Rob Bozwell
6	Art Of Wanking Written By – Andy Fairley, Howard Purse, Jim Galvin
7	Sex Is A Language Written By – Andy Fairley, Howard Purse, Jim Galvin
8	Man Made It So Written By – Andy Fairley, Howard Purse, Jim Galvin
9	Volition Written By – Andy Fairley, Howard Purse, Jim Galvin, Rob Bozwell

Credits

• Remastered By – Paul Whitrow

Notes

In the early nineteen eighties when freaks, musicians, poets, dreamers and others on the margins of society were still supported and patronised by the state in the form of the dole, art school dropouts Howard Purse and Doug White landed in Bristol and masterminded the creation of Fish Food. Joined by local drummer Dan Swan, ex of the Cortinas and poet Andy Fairley the group began cooking up their fractured slices of surreal beat and recorded the three songs that open this collection for local magazine/LP The Bristol Recorder. Always on the fringe of the Bristol scene the four rehearsed in their squat, a haunt for the likes of The Pop Group, Pig Bag and Scream & Dance, and played supporting local groups such as The Electric Guitars and The Art Objects and supported The Slits.
When the band split Howard had some success with Animal Magic but several years later, joined by artist Jim Galvin on guitar and Animal Magic drummer Rob Bozwell, he reunited with Andy to form The Birth of Sharon and produce the remaining tracks in this collection. Featuring analogue synth base, tape sampling, and found sounds their un self-conscious blend of Funk, Punk, Germanic beats, English pop and Beef heart was years ahead of it's time. Never before available but legendary amongst those who heard or saw the band at the time and pre dating recent work by local favourites Portishead by twenty five years maybe only now is the world ready for the creativity, sonic experimentation, humour and sheer nerve of these songs.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
ARC269CD	Andy Fairley	Fishfood Vs.The Birth Of Sharon ‎(CD, Album)	Bristol Archive Records	ARC269CD	UK	2014
ARC269V	Andy Fairley	Fishfood Vs.The Birth Of Sharon ‎(LP, Album, Ltd)	Bristol Archive Records	ARC269V	UK	2014
ARC269V	Andy Fairley	Fishfood Vs.The Birth Of Sharon ‎(CD, Album, Promo, pla)	Bristol Archive Records	ARC269V	UK	2014
ARC269V	Andy Fairley	Fishfood Vs.The Birth Of Sharon ‎(LP, Album, Ltd, Num, Yel)	Bristol Archive Records	ARC269V	UK	2014