Various - Mysterious Kitchens [Severed Heads]

A various artists album originally released in 1980 that is actually more of a Severed Heads album

A special delicacy for all you Severed Heads fans: In the 1980s the cassette was a much desired format. They were cheap, inexpensive to buy, easy to duplicate and manageable for less technically skilled people, too. The sound was raw and hissy, encouraging raw and hissy ideas. If you couldn't afford to have a vinyl LP pressed, you could still get heard. It was the most DIY product ever. Terse Tapes was one the first cassette labels in Australia ever, although the label started with two vinyl releases. Bands like Severed Heads soon found vinyl production too slow - by the time an album was finished, they had recorded much more music and has changed stylistically. Mysterious Kitchens was billed as a various artists compilation, but in reality it was a group of ten friends that swapped roles and instruments as the mood took them. Future Severed Heads members are here under obvious multiple band names. Wet Taxis are the only real band on the album. Many other participants formed their own groups later. In 1980, shops were kind to Terse Tapes. They hung their cassette releases on shop walls and so encouraged other people to start their own DIY labels. This is the first ever CD release of this legendary "compilation" album. It is, of course, more of a Severed Heads release.

Tracklist

1 In Church - Saving Souls
2 Pissy Relay Switches – Diskettes
3 Pissy Relay Switches – The Snack Chip
4 Pissy Relay Switches – Good Times
5 Pissy Relay Switches – Good Times Too
6 Holiday Funn – Each Tick
7 Holiday Funn – Sounds Familiar
8 Holiday Funn – Schplatt!
9 Headless Corpses – Axe Murderers
10 Lamington Lady – Untitled
11 The Nobodies – Introducing
12 The Nobodies – Play It Again
13 The Nobodies – Carry My Books
14 The Nobodies – Nothing Like It
15 The Nobodies – I Don't Care
16 The Nobodies – Lassie Come Home
17 Mr + Mrs No Smoking Sign – Come Home And Have Your Tea
18 Wet Taxis – Feel The Carat
19 Wet Taxis – Inflate Your Baby
20 Wet Taxis – Harmonix One
21 Wet Taxis – Joy Of Life
22 Wet Taxis – Dare You?
23 Wet Taxis – Make Cake
24 Rhino Rhino RH+ – Mr Hat
25 Rhino Rhino RH+ – RFMOD
26 Rhino Rhino RH+ – My Mother (The Car)
27 Mindless Delta Children – All Clones Look The Same To Me
28 Untitled – Untitled