To answer my own question from this morning, yes Topper Headon did have a connection with Flowered Up- he played congas and percussion with them at a gig in 89 or 90. Their It's On single also borrowed lyrics from Joe Strummer (the bit in Rude Boy where he plays something akin to Let the Good Times Roll on piano).
To tie in another Bagging Area repeat offender Andrew Weatherall provided two remixes of Flowered Up's epic 1992 Weekender single. Long and wobbly with loads of loops, vocal samples, time shifting parts, echo, acidic squiggles, Weekender getting bent all over the place. Here, have 'em both.
Weekender (Weatherall's Weekender A Audrey Is A Little Bit Partial Mix)
Weekender (Weatherall's Weekender B Audrey Is A Little Bit More Partial)
Love it, love it, love it.
ReplyDeleteThe little bit more partial always strained my patience with audrey
ReplyDeleteThe first one's top. As we used to say.
ReplyDeleteThe lyrics from that bit in Rude Boy are on their single Take It...Topper is credited on the sleeve of It's On - Thanx to Nicky 'Top Congas' Headon
ReplyDeleteTa Bossman. I never thought to go and look at the sleeve.
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