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Exhibit A. A marvellously entitled E.P. on a brilliantly named label by a London Band called 'Exhibit A' called 'No Elephants This Side Of Watford Gap' an EP released in 1979 on the Independent 'Irrelevant Wombat Records' as catalogue no. 'DAMP 1' - Matthew Matrices (Matthew Vosburgh) - Bass/Vocals - Dan Dare (Dan Goldstein) - Keyboards/Vocals - Paul Platypus - Guitar - Andrew Lunchbox - Drums Exhibit A were to release another 7" E.P. called 'Distance' in 1980 on the…

Wickford is a quite unremarkable and small, sleepy town in deepest, darkest Essex on the commuter route to London, the River Crouch runs through it and would often flood the town on many occasions, most notably in the 1950's. It was often referred to as 'Gumboot Alley' as it was so prone to flooding. As a town, it is sandwiched between the delights of (slightly posher) neighbour Billericay and of course the legendary New Town 'Bas-Vegas' (Basildon) home of bands…

In contrast to previous Goth style related posts, here is a band from my neck of the woods with a different style altogether and a sound that in their early days would have been hard to pigeon-hole... They were a London/Essex band that started as A Primary Industry and later changed their name to Ultramarine in 1989, the track featured here in the youtube video is 'Cicatrice' and is from the album by them called, oddly enough 'Ultramarine'! and was…

So, I took the very short bus journey from where I live and hopped off at Upminster Windmill to get some pictures.... The video for the song below was shot there back in 1983. The traveller encampment which was there in video has long since been moved on. The windmill itself was built in 1805 during the Napoleonic Wars as grain prices increased and served London as it became more populated. It eventually became derelict in the 1960's, but as…