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01. JOWE HEAD - Cake Shop Girl
02. JOWE HEAD - Swissair
03. JOWE HEAD - Cuticles
04. JOWE HEAD - Shy Town
05. JOWE HEAD - Paper Mache
06. JOWE HEAD - Evil Island Home
07. JOWE HEAD - Venus Bigfoot
08. JOWE HEAD - Belly Of The Beast
09. JOWE HEAD - Tiny Monsters
10. JOWE HEAD - Imp Of The Perverse
11. JOWE HEAD - Don't Rock The Boat
01. JOWE HEAD - Rubbish Up The Messheads
02. JOWE HEAD - New World / Enlightenment
03. JOWE HEAD - Ophelia
04. JOWE HEAD - Chameleon
05. JOWE HEAD - Louise Bourgeois
06. JOWE HEAD - Waltz For Kurt Schwitters
07. JOWE HEAD - Arachne & Athena
08. JOWE HEAD - Hannah Hoch
09. JOWE HEAD - Felt And Fat
ARTIST
TITLE
Cabinet Of Curios
FORMAT
2LP

LABEL
CATALOG #
MR 370LP MR 370LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
4/22/2017

2021 restock. Cabinet Of Curios is the first ever career-spanning compilation of the solo work of Jowe Head, an essential name in the birth and development of the UK's underground scene. From 1981 debut album Pincer Movement up to 2014 recordings by Jowe Head and The Demi-Monde, plus previously unreleased tracks, these 20 cuts present Head's wonderful mixture of off-kilter pop and avant-garde weirdness, like a noise party attended by Joe Meek, Burt Bacharach and Sun Ra. "If one looks at the galaxy of stars that can be attributed as source material for today's musical DIY/lo-fi generation, Jowe Head shines as a true iconoclast. His 1973 addition to the avant-garage godfathers Swell Maps added an impressionistic edge to their psychedelic punk pastiche that drew of Max Ernst as ably as Can. Later on in The Television Personalities and his Househunters and Palookas projects, not to mention a sprawling solo discography, Jowe's persona injected color and livelihood into an often-too-cool-for-school post-punk scene around Britain while still delivering transportative sounds and open-to-the-listener interpretations. This compendium is in itself a galaxy of sounds that will never fail to deliver." --Brian Turner, WFMU Music Director