Pop Detectives - Twist 7″
August 3rd, 2006 at 1:46 am
I use the title of the b-side cause I can’t understand why they had to put Rocks In The Sea on the a-side. A horrible song. Twist is a geniously crafted powerpop/punk that is hard to get out of your head though. First heard on the infamous Low Down Kids boot series. Seems like all the copies have a pressing defect on Twist. The sound dissapear out into the right channel for a sec or two. Anyway this is awesome stuff with a twist. Ops!
Country: UK
Year: 1980
Label: Breakwater
Format: 7″
Songs:
Rocks In The Sea
Twist.mp3
August 4th, 2006 at 1:22 pm
Your blog is f***ing jätte brilliant B-) City-X, Zeros, Bags, NRG, these Pop Detectives and more… This is now my favourite mp3blog.
September 11th, 2006 at 7:00 am
Hello
As the writer of Rocks in the Sea I can only agree that (at least on the record) it is as you say ‘horrible’. One reason it made the A side was because of that drop out on Twist (the more I hear Twist, the more I regret it was the B side, because it’s a great song by Martin Jones); another was that Rocks in the Sea was one of the audience’s favourite live songs (a fatal error for many bands with their first single …). Great to hear Twist again, love, Mick Temple
September 11th, 2006 at 10:13 am
Thanks for dropping by Mick :). Twist is a classic. Highly underrated!! So the drop out was actually an error in the master tape? Got any unreleased stuff?
September 12th, 2006 at 4:31 am
Drummer - yes, the drop out was on the master tape (not a great engineer …). The 1978-1980 Pop Detectives also recorded 3 more tracks but broke up before they were released. I have copies of two of those ‘Factory Jive’ and ‘She Gets it Right’ but the third, ‘No Mystery’ (another Martin Jones song) went missing a long time ago - not even Martin has a copy, apparently. We also briefly reformed in 1989 (just for fun) and recorded another 10 original tracks. Is anyone interested in hearing any of the tracks? Can anyone tell me what KBD compilation ‘Twist’ is on? Is it available? Love, Mick
September 12th, 2006 at 5:34 am
Hey Mick! Are you planning to release the 1978-1980 tracks?
As far as I know Twist haven’t been comped yet. I discovered you through Steves awesome LDK online boot series he did some years ago.
September 14th, 2006 at 4:39 am
Drummer - neither of the two tracks I have which teh Pop Detectives recorded about six months after Twist are very similar to Twist, they were written later and don’t fit the ‘power pop’ category (although the A side of Twist, Rocks in the Sea, ‘horrible’ as it is, does) so whether you would still want to hear them … ?
September 14th, 2006 at 1:31 pm
Hey Mick! I would love to hear ‘em: info at kbdrecords dot com
December 3rd, 2006 at 2:51 pm
I think we all can agree on that “Twist” is the best song ever. Can’t think of a much better band name either 8)
December 22nd, 2006 at 2:17 pm
the recording day was great fun - after lunchtime session at local pub the afternoon got a bit difficult with many takes but we got there in the end. mick temple swore at me quite a lot - but this is the lot of a drummer!!!