Basement 5 - 16th April 1981, Les Bains Douches, Paris, France

A bit of reggae/funk fusion for you today from Basement 5, featuring ex PIL drummer Richard Dudanski.
This is a 5 track bootleg, but there is so little of theirs floating around. This one is a fairly quiet sounding audience recording
Tracks:
01 No Ball Games
02 Push, Push, Push
03 Immigration
04 Too Soon
05 Strange (cut)

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192 kbps

Basement 5 - 21st April 1985 - John Peel Session

Basement 5 were a reggae/punk fusion band from London founded in 1978. Their first vocalist was Winston Fergus, then Don Letts. One of their early performances was a support for Public Image Ltd.'s London debut at the Rainbow Theatre on Christmas Day 1978. Finally in 1979 Dennis Morris - legendary photographer of the Sex Pistols, took over as creative force, lead vocalist and lyricist. He also designed the Basement 5 logo and created their image. The drums were played by Richard Dudanski who had played in the bands 101ers and Public Image Ltd.

This is their John Peels Session recorded on 21st April 1980 & transmitted 28th April.

Engineered by Tony Wilson

Tracks:
01 Last White Christmas
02 No Ball Games
03 Immigration
04 Silicone Chip


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