So, here’s my debut post on Controversial Trousers. I had a hard time deciding what to start with, so I just chose one of the newest additions to the piles since it was fresh in my mind. I came across this EP by a UK D.I.Y. band named after the Morris Minor automobile a short while ago at a record show. It was buried deep in the boxes of a dealer of mainly 70’s rock. Lotso’ import singles had me double check for something just like this. It was the only thing that turned up, but it was certainly worth the effort.
1979-Square Records
According to the first edition of the Volume guide, Morris and the Minors turned into Madness. If you’ve ever paged through the first book Volume published, you’ll know it’s riddled with mistakes. I’m guessing Madness used the same name or similar in an early incarnation or something along those lines. Mario Panciera’s 45 Revolutions book lists this as their only vinyl release and quotes a few period reviews that range from brilliant to crud. I think it’s brilliant, personally.
It’s definitely more on the same brain wave as the Television Personalities then the art pop noise of The Digital Dinosaurs or Instant Automatons. It also has its goofy charms like the use of kazoo on two of the songs. A drum machine is a great addition to “Can’t Smoke A Fag in the Rain”. Little factual information to clue us in on the identities of the members is standard for D.I.Y. records and this one’s no exception. The inside of the sleeve has five pictures of everyday looking street shots with a few of them showing three guys in non descript dark trousers and jackets. The two pictures where you can see all or part of a face or two have the eyes scribbled out with a pen. The line up is: Guitar-Morris, Singing-Morris, Drum-Morris. Contact address is
Side A:
Emily
Falling Asleep
Side B:
Scared
Can’t Smoke A Fag in the Rain
Ripped at 320kps with scans of both sides of the sleeve.
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