The Fallen Record Collection: Cravats

11 mei 2009

Cravats - Complete Discography

Line Up:
The Shend (bass, vocals)
Rob Dallaway [aka Arthur] (guitar, vocals)
Richard Yehudi [aka Richard London, aka Baird Smart, aka F-Reg] (saxophone, clarinet)
Dave Bennett [aka 31] (drums, vocals)

A neo-dadaist group from Redditch, UK, formed in 1977. Guitarist Martin Seys and drummer Ethos Yapp left the band early. From there on, as a 4-piece, they managed to release six singles and two full albums (most of them on Small Wonder; some appeared in the indie charts Top 30), interspersed with some dada happenings. Between July 1979 and November 1982, they were also asked to make four sessions for the legendary John Peel radio show. In a true dada manner they gave birth to the “DadaCravat Laboratories” (D.c.L), which enabled them to form many aliases, where their music appears more danceable. The classic line-up changes only on their final 12” release in 1985.

Aliases:

The Babymen D.c.L DCL Locomotive The Very Things

Discography:

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Gordon / Situations Vacant

Label: Small Wonder Records
Catalog#: CH 004
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Released: 1978

The End. Spring 1979 EP

Label: Small Wonder Records
Catalog#: small fifteen
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Released: 1979

Precinct / Who's In Here With Me?

Label: Small Wonder Records
Catalog#: Small Twenty-Four
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Released: Aug 1980

In Toytown

Label: Small Wonder Records
Catalog#: Cravat 1
Format: Vinyl, LP
Released: Oct 1980

Off The Beach

Label: Small Wonder Records
Catalog#: Small Twenty-Six
Format: Vinyl, 7", Single
Released: 1981

You're Driving Me / I Am The Dreg

Label: Small Wonder Records
Catalog#: Small Twenty-Five
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Released: Mar 1981

Cravats & A Flux In 3D - Split Flexi

Label: Vinyl Magazine
Catalog#: SHOL 3232
Format: Flexi-disc, 7"
Country: Netherlands
Released: Feb 1982

Rub Me Out

Label: Crass Records
Catalog#: 221984/04
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Released: Jul 1982

Terminus / Little Yellow Froggy

Label: Glass Records
Catalog#: GLASS 021
Format: Vinyl, 7"
Released: 1982

The Colossal Tunes Out

Label: Corpus Christi
Catalog#: Christ It's 8
Format: Vinyl, LP + Flexi-disc
Released: 1983

The Flexi Disc:
D. c. L - Laboratory Series No 1
D. c. L - Laboratory Series No 2

A collection of songs from previous singles in various labels plus a few previously unreleased.
The track times written on the back cover are just another hoax of the band.
Included is a one-sided 7" flexi-disc that is credited to D.c.L, which is actually an alias of The Cravats. On the back cover it is stated that this LP is the first collaboration of the D.c.L (DadaCravat Laboratories) and Corpus Christi.

Run-off groove notation on LP:
~ Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay
~ But That's Alright 'Cause We're Going Away