Basschatters From Hull? Remember The Tube Special....and The Luddites?

[spongebob]

Somebody recently linked me to this programme - it's a 'Tube' special from 1983, based around the Hull scene and it's bands.

There's some interesting stuff on there. I was particularly taken with The Luddites - did a bit of research, and apart from the drummer joining The Beautiful South, they recorded a Peel session and some EP's, and then sunk without trace.

I managed to get some of their audio from YT - like it. Very Post-Punk in it's style, a period I've always liked. Can't find anything else, though. I was just wondering if anyone on here ever saw them/remembers them, or could link to anything else of theirs. Nice to dig out a 'lost' band.

Here's the show -

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4u5kmIUqMc"]https://www.youtube....h?v=B4u5kmIUqMc[/url]

I'm digging the white 'phone boxes too - are they still there?

[discreet]

Shergold Masquerader in evidence!

Edited December 29, 2015 by discreet

[chriswareham]

If it's the same band, then I have the following by them:

Altered States (7" single)
The Strength Of Your Cry (12" single)

As well as a recording of the Peel Session. Sad to hear the drummer ended up in the execrable Beautiful South.

[chriswareham]

Oh, and if obscure Post-Punk is your thing, then some other gems I've recently come across are Fallen Apart and a band from the then Yugoslavia called Komakino. There's a healthy scene consisting of new bands influenced by this stuff as well, such as Led Er Est.

[spongebob]

Thanks Chris, I'll check those out.

You haven't converted the Luddites stuff to MP3, by chance? Can't get it anywhere as I've not used vinyl in some years!

[chriswareham]

[quote name='spongebob' timestamp='1451417613' post='2940351']
Thanks Chris, I'll check those out.

You haven't converted the Luddites stuff to MP3, by chance? Can't get it anywhere as I've not used vinyl in some years!
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[Lozz196]

I`ll give that a watch tomorrow, I used to visit Hull quite often in the late 80s, watching Black September and The Rich Rags, and generally getting legless at The Adelphi and Spiders. Great times.