William Mysterious: Security of Noise 7'' (1982)

 (all scans and rips by Roberto!)

William Mysterious (a.k.a. Alastair Donaldson) who played with Scottish folk band Silly Wizard before becoming the bassist (and sax player) for both The Rezillos and The Revillos has died (obituary). His role in The Rezillos and The Revillos was no mystery; he had to keep the flighty zaniness of Fay Fife and Eugene Reynolds grounded. And oh did he lash their day-glo flights-of-fancy like "(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures" right to the earth so they could bounce around in front of our ears.





This obscure 1982 single on Mysterious' own Mezzanine Records, featuring a backing assist by Fay Fife and The Revettes, is Mysterious' sole solo release.





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The Revillos: Four-Track Live EP (1996)

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Let's end this lengthy run with a  live seven inch from 1996 put out by the prodigiously prolific Sympathy for the Record Industry in advance of the Revillos (more HERE!) album Totally Alive with which this shares only two songs.





Side A
        Manhunt
        Your Baby's Gone
    Side B
        Secret Of The Shadow
        Voodoo

Recorded live April 1996

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The Revillos: Yeah Yeah (1994)

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A CD single released by the re-formed Revillos (More HERE!) in '94 with a new mid-tempo toe-tapper "Crush" plus two re-recorded version of older tracks (with "Scuba, Scuba' also being given a Japanese re-write).

1         Yeah Yeah       
2         Crush        
3         Scuba Scuba (Japanese)        
4         Scuba Scuba

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The Revillos: Jack the Ripper (1996)

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A 1996 Revillos (more HERE!) single on the treasure-laden Damaged Goods label that includes the heretofore unreleased "Jack the Ripper', some studio tom-foolery in the form of "Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah" and a montage of Revillos radio ads.






 Side A
    Jack the Ripper
    A-Yeah-Yeah, Yeah-Yeah

Side B
    Meet the Revillos

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The Revillos: Midnight 12" (1984)

Sure I ditched this 12" vinyl swan song of the original Revillos (more HERE!) right after I bought it a basement store called Scratch Records back in the eighties but I'm marginally less closed-minded now, so I can share this dance-rock/new-wave stuff with you without any shame.

A         Midnight 12"
Fife/Santini       
B1       Midnight 7"
B2        Z~X~7        
Atom/Rythm

 

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The Revillos: Midnight 7" (1984)

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Some Revillos (More HERE!) fans really hate this more Blondie-esque ballad but I know that it's just further proof of how strong a song-writer and singer Fay Fife could be.





A         Midnight
Fife/Santini       
B         Z~X~7        
Atom/Rythm

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The Revillos: Bitten By a Love Bug 12" (1983) Link Fixed!

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Longer mix of The Revillos (more HERE!) dancey-but-not-ditzy of "Bitten By a Love Bug" plus a different B-side, "Cat Call", than the 7" version.





A:  Bitten By A Love Bug   4:58   
Fife/Santini
   
B:  Cat Call
Reynolds/Atom/Rhythm     4:28


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Update! New link is in the comments section!

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The Revillos: Bitten By a Love Bug 7" (1983)

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The  Revillos (More HERE!) get popp-ier as the 80's go on but still manage to sound like an updated girl group on tracks like this one.





A:  Bitten By A Love Bug   3:28    
Fife/Santini*
   
B: Trigger Happy Jack    4:34
Reynolds/Atom/Rhythm*

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The Revillos: Tell Him 7" (1982)

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A ripping cover of The Exciters "Tell Him" (amazing video  of the original version HERE) on the A-side and a slightly more Cramps-ish original, "Graveyard Groove" on the B-side make for an amazing 1982 single from The Revillos (way more HERE).

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The Revillos: Bongo Brain (1982)

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A fun, if slightly more B-52's-ish, 1982 single from The Revillos (More HERE!)

A		Bongo Brain
B		Hip City - You Were Meant For Me

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The Revillos: She's Fallen in Love with a Monster Man (1981)

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A killer 1981 stand-alone single, love that packaging[!],  of the Revillos (more HERE!) at their most Midnight Movie lovin' best.


Unemeddable animated video of this Screaming Lord Sutch cover can be found HERE





Tracklist

A		She's Fallen in Love (with a Monster Man)  by Johnny Stevens
B		Mind Bending Cutie Doll by Fay Fife

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The Revillos: Hungry for Love (1980)

The fourth Revillos single, in all it's high-pressure glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.



Whether or not this single is a new mix or a new recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)



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Fuck - that was one hell of a rough week. I hope you enjoyed these Roberto Rips - which kept me in standing during a grueling slugfest.

The Revillos: Scuba Scuba (1980)

The third Revillos single, in all it's high-pressure glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.



Whether or not this single is a new mix or a new recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)



The fabulous rips and scans of this deep obscurity come to us from Roberto - who has more Rez/Rev-illos stuff to come - so please leave a COMMENT (that's the section where the Scuba Scuba 7" link is) for our less-then-mysterious benefactor.


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The Revillos: Motorbike Beat (1980)

The second Revillos single, in all it's high-octane glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.


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Whether or not this single is a new mix or a new recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)


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The Revillos: Where's the Boy For Me (1979)

The first Revillos single, in all it's florid glory. Revillos singles are often very different recordings or mixes but in this case neither the credits, the sound or the Rev -Up liner notes reveal whether this is a different version.



Whether or not this single is a new mix or a recording, what we have for you today is an old-fashioned vinyl rip (all sonorous pops and hisses accounted for) of the single's two sides and is best used as an addition to your vinyl-CD-downloaded copy of Rev-Up (go HERE!!)

(More Revillos HERE!)




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The Revillos: Yes Sir

A bootleg (or was it...) of the Revillos never-released 3rd album, some of which later showed up on the Captain Oi release called "Jungle of Eyes" that is now also out-of-print.

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William Mysterious: Security of Noise (1982)

William Mysterious (a.k.a. Alastair Donaldson) played with Scottish folk band Silly Wizard before becoming the bassist (and sax player) for both The Rezillos and The Revillos.



This obscure 1982 single on Mezzanine Records, featuring a backing assist by Fay Fife and The Revettes, is Mysterious' sole solo release.

(More Rezillos HERE.)

(More Revillos HERE!)



The fabulous rips and scans of this deep obscurity come to us from Roberto - who has more Rez/Rev-illos stuff to come* - so please leave a COMMENT (that's the section where the Security of Noise link is) for our less-then-mysterious benefactor.

* That stuff will be along shortly but I'll take a little break so I don't get claustrophobic!

The Revillos: Live and on Fire in Japan (1994)

That title really says it all!! (More Revillos HERE!)



Tracks

1. Secret Of The Shadow
2. Bongo Brain
3. Rockaboom
4. She's Fallen In Love With A Monster Man
5. Where's The Boy For Me ?
6. Rev Up
7. Bitten By A Lovebug
8. Mad From Birth To Death
9. Bobby Come Back To Me
10. The Fiend
11. Scuba Scuba
12. My Baby Does Good Sculptures
13. Do The Mutilation
14. Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight
15. Yeah Yeah



Credits

* Fay Fife, Warped Chanteuse, Play Bontempi
* Eugene Reynolds, Voice Experiment, Terror Sax
* Rocky Rhythm, Bang. Exciting! (Mr Entertainment)
* Kid Krupa, Delectrique
* Mekon, Bass Thug In French
* Frankie & Polly, Rivetting Revettes



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