King Volts - Live at the Tumble Inn 1987. The legendary Newcastle/Bradford reggae band onstage in Bradford. Brisk, dub-heavy live sound. Solid, irie festival vibes.
King Volts formed in 1982 in Fenham, Newcastle and were regulars on the Northeast gig circuit during the mid-80s. Anyone see them at the Riverside? The band moved to Bradford in 1986 where they quickly built up a local following while traveling to play at free festivals. Key members emigrated and, sadly, the band split in 1987.
Volts reformed for a great reunion gig in 1988 at the 1in12 Club, Bradford, another memorable night.
Respect to Igger, Martin, Cess, Steve, John, Andy, Micky, Diccon, The Rootsman, Larry and everyone. King Volts are still fondly remembered. If any of you come on here, link up, leave a comment.... Paul.
Taken from the original PA tape. 58 minutes. Shame I lost the old Newcastle Demo tape.
Thanks to Iain for ripping this, bless man...
king volts mash down babylon ! up the egyptian revolutionaries
ReplyDeleteMickey (Mike Haley) here in Kiev Ukraine now :-/
ReplyDeletehaven't seen any of the band for many years but Big respect to the Bradford posse and all those who made our stay there so wonderful
Just one other thing. I have many other king Volts recordings, including the final gig, which I'll try to rip if anyone wants them.
ReplyDeleteGood to hear some news Mike. Kiev! There's no link here to mail you but please do get ripping & I'll blog em. Would especially like to hear the Newcastle demo again. Got any live material from the Tyneside years? Email me at siamrootsical@gmail.com I'm back in Bradford now. My FB profile is Paul Rootsical. Til next time... Paul.
ReplyDeleteIgger Calling! One should never google oneself eh! I was recently staying at a B+B in rural Perthshire where my host was a chap from Newcastle, a phone engineer called Ian who had been at many KV gigs, hence prompting my net search.
ReplyDeleteNice work Paul. I only have a few recordings now, from Hebden Bridge Trades club and the 1 in 12, but would love to hear a few more sometime.
Hi Mickey. Kiev!!??
my new life: www.mountainfreedom.co.uk
Hey Igger,
ReplyDeletecool site! I might join you for a trek.
I met a girl in Amsterdam in 95 who'd been John's girlfriend in New Zealand! Small world sometimes.
Still playing?
Mike
Hey Mike,
ReplyDeleteSmall world indeed!
Yes still playing, I have a decent enough studio at home now and spend the winter months hacking away at the musical coal face. Will get some tunes up on soundcloud or something at some stage, but it might take a while as we're heading into summer and it's my busy season
PS. was in bradford the other day buying a car and nipped into the Kash for a nostalgia trip. Bumped into John Roots. Some things are eternal!
ReplyDeleteHey, John here - Keyboards and general noise in KV,s - still living and loving NZ. Great to see that people remember and are still working with King Volts songs. Updates that I know of...
ReplyDeleteCess is living near Cropredy, Steve here in NZ, Igga up various mountains.
Cant quite believe Mike meeting an ex girlfriend from NZ in Amsterdam!! (Christine I presume)...Keep your head down in the Ukraine Mike!
love and noise
John
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteIt was Flippa actually. She was studying to be a clown or something. I'm now in Budapest and moving gradually back towards UK.
Best greetings
Mike
Twas Flippa,
ReplyDeleteThe clown, or she was working as a clown at that time. She had loads of good sheep jokes as I recall. I'm now in Budapest and heading next year back to UK.
Best greetings
Mike
Diccon here also.
ReplyDeleteJust found this page. Respect to Paul for all his time and effort.
I'm busy hiding out in the hills in Northumberland.
I also have some tapes including the Newcastle demo tape if you want a copy.
Love and peace to all.
haha finally catching up with some of these comments a couple of years late! Peace and love to all. Anyone with old KV tapes I'd love to get copies to remaster - thanks to Paul I have a few tracks from the Newcastle demo and a Tumble Inn (Respect to Mr. Haley!) tape which I'm about to start cleaning up... Been finding some gems on here Paul, thanks and keep up the good work
ReplyDeleteI still have several cassettes of gigs, including 'Jerry the bastards birthday bash' I think it was in Carlisle
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