Tuff Monks - After The Fireworks 7"

"That single was like a jam session we had in the studio
which lasted about 2 hours and we never even finished...
How on earth they could release it I really don't know.
It's ludicrous, a travesty... The whole point of the exercise
was no one was meant to be credited.
It was just meant to be 'The Tuff Monks',
no explanation, nothing."

Mick Harvey

The story behind this 1982 7" legendary collusion
between the Go-betweens and the Birthday Party
makes for interesting reading, you can read it on
wikpedia Here
Thanks to Matty for sharing more amazing
singles from his collection.


"... interesting collaboration (go)between
(birthday)parties for this 7" vinyl from 1982
on the Au-go-go label. nick cave, vocals, mick harvey,
piano, grant mclennen, robert forster and
rowland howard, guitars, and lindy morrison on drums.
both tracks eventually resurfaced- on the birthday
party's cd reissue of "drunk on the pope's blood"
on missing link, and the a-side only,
on the go-betweens cd reissue of
"send me alullaby" on circus records..."

matty

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A little Au Go Go

A little mixed post today that mostly revolves around the
fantastic Melbourne record label Au Go Go.
We have a scanned copy of the Prehistoric Sounds fanzine,
with a great article on Au Go Go.
Download Here

Plus two singles that came out on the label.
No Mans Land - I Need More/Inside Your Heart
Download Here

and The Moodists- Gone Dead/Chad's Car
Download Here

Check out the fanzine for more information.

Thanks Chuck for the idea, scan and rips.
Any art on the singles would be appreciated.


Au Go Go Records
From Wikipedia

Au Go Go Records is the name of a Melbourne, Australia
based independent record label. It was founded by Bruce
Milne and Philip Morland from a house in Brunswick
Street, Fitzroy in 1979 and is now operated by Greta Moon.
The label started releasing bands on the Melbourne punk
and New Wave scene.
Its first release was in 1979 with the EP Overnight by
Two Way Garden. The labels first 25 releases were the
bands' debut recordings and included some seminal
Australian acts such as The Young Charlatans,
Mungabeans, Marching Girls, Clint Small,
Scarpa Flow, Little Murders, the Zorros and Dorian Gray.
Philip Morland left and Greta Moon joined in 1982.
By 1994 the label started to increase its profile due to the
local and overseas success of bands like The Moodists
(featuring Dave Graney and Mick Turner of The Dirty
Three). Releases from this later period included the
Scientists "Swampland" (which was actually the b-side
of the single, with the a-side being "This Is My Happy
Hour") and God's "My Pal", one of the label's most popular
releases, as well as titles by Ollie Olsen's band NO,
Harem Scarem, various compilations such as the
"Asleep At The Wheel" collection of (mostly unsigned)
Melbourne bands, and the well-received
"Hard To Beat", a double album tribute to the Stooges,
featuring many Australian acts.
The label also branched out into international releases,
issuing albums (under license) by overseas bands such as
Sonic Youth, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Junior and Big Black.
Au Go Go was also instrumental in helping these bands tour
Australia.In 1987, with the success of the mail-order service,
the record shop was started. The shop shifted to a smaller
space in central Melbourne in June 2000, but closed in late
2003 after losing its lease. Bruce Milne started an offshoot
label, Giant Claw Records, in 1989, to issue 7" singles.
He is currently involved in running Melbourne
pub/rock venue the Tote, in Collingwood, as well as a new
label, In-Fidelity Records.
Au-Go-Go continued throughout the '90's, issuing early
releases from such Australian acts as Spiderbait, The
Meanies and Magic Dirt, the latter becoming one of the
label's top attractions. Magic Dirt left Au-Go-Go in 1999,
and the label never fully recovered. Due to a lack of funds,
many of Au-Go-Go's releases are now out of print and are
fast becoming collector's items