DANNY AND THE DRESSMAKERS

Danny and the Dressmakers 1980 at The Aklam Hall under the Westway Notting Hill London. Al Hempsall on the Drums,Graham Massey (in huge tubular Bandage)guitar ,Sisier Maura Noone vocals,Kif Kif and JB from the 012 as guests..probably their last appearance. THIS IS A FAN BLOG The spirit of Danny and The Dressmakers is with me in every day life, I cannot watch Coronation Street without thinking of 'Ernie Bishops Dead body', the number of times when on the dole I'd want to break into 'wheres me fucking giro?', and dont mention Rickenbackers or Cholesterol levels, hey ho, hey ho. My best friend Davey brought round a copy of the 'Weird Noise' EP of Fuck Off Records way back when, this was a revelation, there were other crap groups out there like our own ! We then took to trawling the ads in fanzines and the back pages of Sounds until it was time for our first mail order experience , Davey ordered 'Go Mental', then I ordered '200 Cancellations' the soundtrack to those teenage years! - in return we sent off our efforts to impress F.O Records, who were doing a series of tapezines i think we were having a shot at ('tapezine 4' rings a bell) We were encouraged and inspired enough to make our own compliation tapes. Fast forward a few decades.. I recently downloaded '39 Golden Grates', while laughing out loud at 'Space Oddity' I wondered: 'what else is out there ?' The Street Level site seems to be full of viruses and wont let me in, otherwise its been good having a dig around the net to see whats out there. any audio, scans or anecdotes would be great! LINKS and SOURCES include: Manchester District Music Archive Danny and the Dressmakers at Last.FM Danny and the Dressmakers on Youtube, sort of Danny and the Dressmakers on the compilation tape 'Back to Sing for Free' - the first Fuck Off release courtesy of spurensicherung blog on with it - this is where it all began,for us at least:

VARIOUS - 'WEIRD NOISE' EP

SIDE A 1 The Door And The Window - The Number One Entertainer (3:39) 2 Danny And The Dressmakers - Legalize Vimto (3:33) 3 Danny And The Dressmakers - Hey Ho Hey Ho My Cholestrol Level Is Low {0:25) 4 Instant Automatons - Electronic Music (3:10) 5 Danny And The Dressmakers - Don't Make Another Bassguitar Mr Rickenbaker (2:05) SIDE B 1 The 012 - Fish From Tahiti (4:02) 2 Danny And The Dressmakers - Cathy And Claire (1:42) 3 The Sell-Outs - The Ballad Of Fuck Off Records (3:17) 4 Danny And The Dressmakers - The Truth About Unemployment (0:07) various - weird noise ep Sleeve notes: "The Sell-Outs, The 012, The Door + The Window, and The Instant Automatons recorded at home on 4 track and 2 track tape machines. Danny + the Dressmakers get that unique "Dressmakers white noise" effect with 3rd generation cassette recordings. Whole thing got together by Kif Kif, Nag, Bendle and Protag and dedicated to the Street Level organisation. 60p maximum price."

DANNY AND THE DRESSMAKERS - GO MENTAL Could this be the first D&TDMakers bootleg ? I believe 'Go Mental' was a C90 originally , the one that Davey ordered. I borrowed it and set about making my own copy. All I had was a (crappy) C60 and not even the means to photocopy the cover, so I copied it out, with a pen. The quality's gone right down maan. Upgrades appreciated , now we live in the future and all.

Danny and the Dressmakers - Go Mental

(drumroll...) and now the epic trilogy, from april 1st 1979: DANNY AND THE DRESSMAKERS - 200 CANCELLATIONS

Danny and the Dressmakers - 200 Cancellations tape 1 side a

Danny and the Dressmakers - 200 Cancellations tape 1 side b

Danny and the Dressmakers - 200 Cancellations tape 2 side a

Danny and the Dressmakers - 200 Cancellations tape 2 side b

Danny and the Dressmakers - 200 Cancellations tape 3 side a

Danny and the Dressmakers - 200 Cancellations tape 3 side b

200 CANCELLATIONS - THE BOOKLET Download PDF here

EXCITINGLY ARTY POSTER

ANOTHER BOOKLET - THE BOYS BOOK OF ILL TREATING AMPLIFIERS Download PDF here

DANNY AND THE DRESSMAKERS - 39 GOLDEN GRATES

this is one of the poorest scans i have ever seen in my life, surely theres better ones out there ? 01 - eggs on legs 02 - space oddity 03 - he's washing the posts 04 - danny and the dressmakers going down the road 05 - dynamite 06 - lennons supermarket tango 07 - song chocolate 08 - jesus christ you're so anaemic 09 - ernie bishops dead body 10 - whats your blood group and how does a dog digest its food 11 - rubber plants 12 - night fever 13 - alfie winbush 14 - what the world needs now 15 - whats a girl like you doing in a... 16 - drying out my rained on rizlas 17 - buddha the crab 18 - we're crossing the pelican crossing 19 - you're gonna get a rollockin' 20 - don't put your bernard pokery on stage mrs eric clapton 21 dont make another bass guitar mt rickenbacker 22 - rolf harris stylophones 23 - tree 24 - rubber plants and i left my gall bladder in moss side 25 - fuckin' bleedin' einstein 26 - edward expose here mammary glands 27 - tv boredom on the dole 28 - drop dead 29 - iron lung funk 30 - 69 31 - lapsang do da tea 32 - test card girls 33 - going down the sperm bank four quid a wank 34 - donna summer 35 - you're no doctor 36 - god puts a stop to the silver paper eating three legged monster 37 - how hot is a match 38 - hey ho hey ho my cholesterol level is low 39 - cathy and claire 40 - talking clock 41 - legalise vimto 42 - can't you make your mind up 43 - 2001 c'est un odesy de space 44 - come on baby lite my shite 45 - if the kids are united they'd throw bricks at jimmy pursey 46 - los endos Danny and the Dressmakers - 39 Golden Grates