Monday, May 30, 2011

1993-12-15 Gary Clail

Gary ClailCover of Gary Clail
Gary Clail is the subject today. Clail worked originally as a roofer, but during the mid to late 1980s based in Bristol, he became a warm up act for On-U gigs. Clail first released a record in 1985. Several 12"singles were issued between 1985 and 1987, before Clail's first LP for Nettwerk, Tackhead Tape Time, a split effort between Clail and Tackhead. "Television: The Drug of the Nation" by The Beatnigs was remixed by Clail, Adrian Sherwood and Mark Stewart, on the Alternative Tentacles record label in 1988. In 1989, Clail issued his own album, billed as Gary Clail & On-U Sound System, on On-U Sound, which marked Clail's entrance to the electronic underground scene in Bristol, eventually leading him to work with RCA a couple of years later. This output incorporated several singles and EPs, as well as The Emotional Hooligan album (1991). Clail released a further album on Yelen Records, entitled Keep the Faith (1996). His career was pretty much over after that. Hey, we miss you.

I love this stuff. The megaphone is brilliant, as if to say people should focus on what he is saying, not the sound of his voice.

Download or listen right away (get both parts):
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/cmk931215garyclail1.mp3
http://www.uvm.edu/~asnider/listen/cmk931215garyclail2.mp3

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