NEWTOWN NEUROTICS - Elephant Demos LP (1980.)

This album had been in the works for a while, but was finally completed at the end of September, just a few days before Steve Drewett and the crew paid a visit during the filming of the Newtown Neurotics documentary: "Kick Out!: The Newtown Neurotics Story". What Steve had been diligently working on during the past year is a collection of 1980 recordings better known as Elephant Demos. The recordings were done in Elephant Studios in London in 1980 by Steve, Colin and Tig, the band´s first drummer. Most, though not all, of the songs were later re-recorded and appeared on different (Newtown) Neurotics releases, yet in this shape they had never seen the light of the day on vinyl. In addition to 10 original songs, there´s a bonus track recorded live the same year.
The recordings of these demos happened around the same time as the ones for their second 7" "When The Oil Runs Out" and why they had never been used for a release one can only guess. I recall Steve telling me that these demos were meant to be sent to record labels to showcase the band´s material back in the day. However, the band changed the drummer soon after and the demos got forgotten, until very recently when we suggested to put them on vinyl and finally do some justice to this material.
The album comes on deluxe 150 gr vinyl in gatefold sleeve and is accompanied by a double-sided insert with lyrics and photos. There are two editions: black vinyl, limited to 300 copies that can be purchased for 15 euros and the blue vinyl version, limited to 50 copies, that can be obtained for 18.50 euros from www.goodwillrecords.net
Here´s a song from Elephant Demos LP. Enjoy!