THE PHILISTEINS

Title: A Savage Affection (1986-1992)
Label: Off The Hip (Australia)
Catalogue No: (oth7053)
Format: CD (double album)
Released: 2008
Price: $30.00

Great double CD set from this long lost Australian garage combo led by Guy Lucas (Freeloaders). Compiles all their studio material for labels like Sympathy For the Record Industry, Dog Meat, Greasy Pop, with many great Philisteins orginals including savage takes on Pretty Things, Zeros, Stooges, Electric Prunes, Troggs, Roky Erickson, Scientists, plus a wild 11 song rehearsal session rounds off disc two.

Most tracks are appearing on CD for the first time and come with a 20 page booklet with lots of rare pics and flyers, and detailed first-hand liner notes from Guy's brother Adam Lucas.

Track Listing - Disc 1: (49:05 m:s)

1. Early Morning Memory (2:10 m:s)
2. You Must Be A Witch (2:31 m:s)
3. Cerebral Pause (3:09 m:s)
4. Bite The Bullet (3:02 m:s)
5. Cul De Sac (3:15 m:s)
6. Could It Be Me (1:52 m:s)
7. Peppermint (3:14 m:s)
8. Apeshit Metal Locusts (Eating A City) (1:48 m:s)
9. Some Kind (2:34 m:s)
10. Outside (2:34 m:s)
11. Don't Fool Yourself (2:18 m:s)
12. Dissatisfied (2:23 m:s)
13. Amsterdam (1:41 m:s)
14. Thoughts Of A Madman (2:29 m:s)
15. From Home (2:22 m:s)
16. Time Machine (2:01 m:s)
17. Train To Disaster (2:10 m:s)
18. Wimp (2:06 m:s)
19. Teenage Dreamer (2:40 m:s)
20. Bermuda (2:46 m:s)

    TRACKS 1 - 8: From the Greasy Pop release Bloody Convicts
    TRACKS 9 - 14: From the Greasy Pop release Some Kind
    TRACK 15: From the Dog Meat Compilation Groin Thunder
    TRACK 16: Off an Hipnosis compilation (Spain)
    TRACK 17: From a Sympathy For The Record Industry E.P
    TRACK 18: From the Shagpile Records Compilation A Taste Of Melbourne
    TRACK 19: From the Dog Meat Compilation Set It On Fire
    TRACK 20: From the Dog Meat Compilation Home Is Where The Floor Is
    

Track Listing - Disc 2: (57:00 m:s)

1. My Demise (2:35 m:s)
2. No Soul (3:05 m:s)
3. Give (3:05 m:s)
4. Manipulated (2:38 m:s)
5. Can't Stand The Pain (2:31 m:s)
6. Time To Play (2:18 m:s)
7. Point Of No Return (3:14 m:s)
8. Suss Motivation (1:58 m:s)
9. Childish Mind (2:53 m:s)
10. You Can Buy It (2:58 m:s)
11. Gone Fishin' (2:18 m:s)
12. Too Many On Board (2:10 m:s)
13. Never Had It Better (1:52 m:s)
14. Outside (2:29 m:s)
15. Some Kind (2:32 m:s)
16. Cerebral Pause (3:19 m:s)
17. Can't Stand The Pain (2:43 m:s)
18. Time Machine (2:06 m:s)
19. Could It Be Me (1:52 m:s)
20. Early Morning Memory (2:17 m:s)
21. I Got A Right (2:21 m:s)
22. Wimp (2:02 m:s)
23. Amsterdam (1:44 m:s)

    TRACKS 1 - 12: From the Dog Meat release Lifestyles Of The Wretched And Forgettable
    TRACKS 13 - 23: From a live rehearsal tape Adelaide 1989

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