The Wild Blue Yonder

While scoring a horror film in England in 1978, Roger Kellaway took time out to record a way-out, free-form duo session with the British clarinetist Tony Coe; the album was not released until 2000 on a small German label. This is Kellaway unchained, letting fly with no preconceptions or restrictions whatsoever (except in the final blues track "The Burgundy Bruise"), creating music closer to style and spirit to that of avant-garde 20th century classical territory than his usual jazz stomping grounds. All you need to know about Coe's work is that his two main influences at the time were Paul Gonsalves and Alban Berg, and he leans decidedly towards Berg here, complementing Kellaway with flights into outer atonal space on his rare 1840-vintage C clarinet…

The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Gun Shy (1986) {Elektra–Wounded Bird WOU488 rel 2009}
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© 1986, 2009 Elektra Entertainment Group / Wounded Bird Records | WOU 488
Rock / Alternative / Hard Rock / Punk-Blues / Rock & Roll / Blues Rock

Starting off with the hyperactive pub rock sound of "Wild Blue Yonder," this is a great debut record. Taking its cues from punk rock, the Messiahs crank up the intensity with songs like "Smash the Marketplace" and the ominous "Let's Go Out to the Woods Tonight." If Gun-Shy stumbles, it's probably because it's a tad restrained (given the energy, volume, and power these guys generated live), as if it were assumed that audiences simply might not be able to handle it all at once. Still, that's a minor complaint. This record will knock you out.

The Screaming Blue Messiahs - Live At The BBC (2009) {Hux Records HUX103 rec rec 1985, 1987}
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© 1985-87, 2009 BBC / Hux Records | HUX 103
Rock / Alternative / Power Rock / Punk-Blues / Rock & Roll / Blues Rock

This collection brings together some of their best work for BBC radio. There are red-hot, vintage studio sessions for DJs Andy Kershaw and Janice Long from 1985 and 1987 respectively, whilst a BBC concert from early '85 reveals just what a powerful live band they were from the start. Just feel that raw energy and electricity! British rock was tragically robbed of one of its most resilient flame keepers when the group had to call it a day in 1990.