BILLY CHILDISH

	Billy Childish The second in our 'My First...' series, this time it's Billy Childish and he's picked out 18 great tracks including stuff by The Buff Medways, Thee Headcoats, The Mighty Caesars as well as his latest band The Chatham Singers. There's also a couple of tracks with the, Thee Headcoatees (Feat: Holly Golightly) & The Buffets.	DAMGOOD264
		CD £8.00
	Billy Childish & The Chatham Singers 'Heavens Journey' Billy's first Blues album for over 5 years and this one even has some poetry on it too. Going back to his rawest days but with excellent songs this is a pretty special album	DAMGOOD255
		Vinyl LP £9.00 CD £10.00
	'Heavens Journey' Box Set - Numbered Edition Numbered Box Set limited edition of 100 copies only, contains the LP version of 'Heavens Journey' plus the book 'The Man With The Gallows Eyes'. Numbered and signed by Billy.	DAMGOOD255 N Box
		£35.00
	'Heavens Journey' Box Set - Lettered Edition Hand Painted and signed lettered limited edition of 26 copies (A-Z),contains the LP version of 'Heavens Journey' plus the book 'The Man With The Gallows Eyes'. Hand Painted and signed by Billy.	DAMGOOD255 L Box
		SOLD OUT
	Billy Childish & The Chatham Singers 'Heavens Journey E.P.' A limited edition of 800, 3 track 7" featuring three alternative versions of tracks on the 'Heavens Journey' album. Released 26.09.05	DAMGOOD256
		7" vinyl £3.00
	Billy Childish '25 Years Of Being Childish' Billy Childish has been releasing records, painting, writing poetry and generally doing his own thing for the last 25 years. So he thought it would be a good idea to release at compilation to celebrate the fact. This great album features tracks by The Pop Rivits, The Milkshakes, Thee Mighty Caesars, Thee Headcoats and right up to date with the Buff Medways as well as solo tracks and a bit of poetry. Available on Deluxe triple gatefold limited edition vinyl and double CD. A good way to catch up on Mr Childish's Jubilee year!	DAMGOOD210
		Triple LP £14.00 Double CD £12.00
	Billy Childish and Sexton Ming 'Here Come The Fleece Geese' This is their latest album which follows on nicely from their last album 'The Cheeky Cheese' also on Damaged Goods (Damgood 159) in 1999. Similar in style to the last one, it reminds me of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore at their most diverse.	DAMGOOD208
		Vinyl LP £8.00 CD £10.00
	Billy Childish and Sexton Ming 'The Cheeky Cheese' The Cheeky Cheese is the product of a 20 year collaboration of two randomly wired minds. It contains 15 crazed verses set to the music of guitar, organ and glockenspiel and is not recommended for those who value their sanity. Released 1.3.99.	DAMGOOD159
		Vinyl LP £8.00 CD £10.00
	'Live at the Wild Western Rooms' Wild Billy Childish and his famous Headcoats, featuring Thee Headcoatees. Released 28.3.94.	DAMGOOD30
		Vinyl LP CD SOLD OUT
	Billy Childish and The Singing Loins 'At The Bridge' Billy gets together with old friends The Singing loins, a traditional Medway folk duo and re-records some of his favourite old childish standards. The Singing Loins have had two albums out on Hangman Records, a single on Hangman's Daughter and various self financed cassette releases.	DAMGOOD22
		CD SOLD OUT
	'Chatham Jack' Backed with a Billie Holiday cover!	DAMGOOD15
		7" single £2.50
	'Trembling of Life' Three 7" singles and a postcard. Originally released with a book of poetry in a box. Lovely!	DAMBOOK1
		Triple 7" SOLD OUT

Ok, well Billy has been releasing records, painting, writing poetry and novels since 1977, His first band was The Pop Rivits, then he joined The Milkshakes alongside Bruce Brand and Mickey Hampshire, Thee Mighty Ceasers, The Blackhands, Thee Headcoats, and currently the Buff Medways.

Often cited as a genius by Americans like Beck, Mudhoney, Nirvana and more recently The White Stripes he does at last seem to be getting the recognition that all that hard work surely deserves.

As you can see we've released more than our fair share of his albums including a couple of great compilations worth checking out if you're new to his music.

Damgood 210 is '25 years of being Childish' a 50 song double CD featuring tracks from all his bands as well as rare solo stuff as well.

Damgood 178 is a double CD of all Thee Headcoats singles.

There's also the first two albums he released by The Pop Rivets (Damgood 217/218)

And the most recent releases...

Buff Medways 'Medway wheelers' A classic in the making, top notch garage punk with a 60's twist.

Billy Childish & The Chatham Singers 'Heavens Journey' his first Blues album for over 5 years and this one even has some poetry on it too. Going back to his rawest days but with excellent songs this is a pretty special album.

Also look out for collaborations with Sexton Ming on Damgood 159 and 208, they've been working together since 1979 writing poetry, playing music and painting pictures together when they formed Phyroid Press. Their work together, documented by several LP's and 25 small press publications, is inspired by the early Dadaists, Edward Lear, Captain Beefheart and the literature of the absurd.

The Guardian described their material as 'An authentic output of creative play'. Billy and Sexton describe it as 'A smoking chimney stack that falls over and crushes your wife and kids'. Curiously both are true.

Here's a few press quotes...

BILLY CHILDISH is...
"a seething, dyslexic, better-looking British Bukowski"
THE OBSERVER

"the most garage and most punk rocker alive"
NME

"a musician, artist, writer, and rabble-rouser"
DAZED & CONFUSED

"The three Medways crank out almost unbearably perfect early rock'n'roll"
NME

You can find out more about Billy on his own website
www.billychildish.com

And more about all his releases and those of his cohorts...
www.theebillychildish.com

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