PUBLISHED: Nov 23, 2012
DESCRIPTION:
A1... Muscles (0:00)
A2... Great Mistake (2:57) [Track included just in the 12'' pressing]
B1... All Roads Lead To Norway (5:57)
B2... Entertaining Friends (7:30)
Recorded at CARGO STUDIOS, Rochdale.
Vinyl Drip Records (7'') / Rondelet Music & Records (12'')
Post punkers the Membranes are favourites of Steve Albini and were loved by John Peel back in the day and often cited as an influential band by other well known names (The Wedding Present, Big Black, My Bloody Valentine et al).
They would have been the first band to sign to Creation Records, and the label's first release would have been "Spike Milligan's Tape Recorder", but Alan McGee had no money for the studio so the band stayed with Criminal Damage.