Monday 21 June 2010

Intaferon 'Get Out Of London'


Intaferon were two Simon's, Fellowes and Gillham, who released three singles in the 1980s. This one from 1983 Get Out Of London, reached number 93 in the chart and featured on the long-lost Max Headroom Show. It starts with the noise of traffic and a train, and then rattles into three and a half minutes of electro-punk, Subterranean Homesick Blues style frantic vocal bombardment, synth-bass and madly strummed acoustic guitars. It's one of those genuinely great lost records.


Get Out of London Intaferon.mp3
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7 comments:

  1. Mondo21 June 2010 at 21:50

    Always loved this track I've the 12" somewhere which overcooks it with special fx and eighties st-st-st-stutters

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  2. Swiss Adam21 June 2010 at 23:03

    I've not got the 12", would love to hear it.

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  3. Mondo22 June 2010 at 00:05

    I'll try and dig out and upload. Never that keen on 2nd second single Steamhammer Sam though

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  4. stevoid22 June 2010 at 22:52

    A tremendous record and,considering it barely registered a blip amongst the population at large in 1983,it's heartwarming to see it registering as 'a bit special' with a fair few folk still nearly 30 years on.Have got the 12" version knocking about on my hard drive if anyone wants it.....

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  5. swiss adam23 June 2010 at 20:26

    Yes please Stevoid

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  6. Anonymous23 June 2010 at 22:53

    This was a great record, I found a 12" of it somewhere years after it dropped out of Rob Jones' "Futurist Chart" on Radio Luxembourg all those years ago. I think Annie Nightingale played it too.

    Before I saw the lyrics on the back I thought it was "keys on the TV, hey I'm gonna be late", rather than the actual reference to TV debater Robert Kee...

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  7. stevoid24 June 2010 at 11:21

    SA,if you email me at warmsounds@aol.com,I'll send it over to you.

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