Swastikas for Noddy
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Neofolk, Psychedelic folk | |||
| Length | 47:28 | |||
| Label | L.A.Y.L.A.H. Antirecords | |||
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Swastikas for Noddy is a 1988 album by English music group Current 93. It charted on New Musical Express's Independent LPs chart in March 1988.[1] It was originally issued simultaneously on CD (with poor sound quality) and LP by Crepuscule Records' industrial subsidiary L.A.Y.L.A.H. Records and later reissued as a remastered CD by Durtro Records in 1994 (with significantly improved sound) under the slightly revised title "Swastikas For Goddy", the renaming being due to copyright infringement issues involving Enid Blyton's character Noddy.[2] The album title "Swastikas for Noddy" originates from when David Tibet tried to think up the most unsuitable thing the character Noddy could be given as a present.[3]
“I was obsessed with Noddy,” David Tibet recalled in a 2011 interview, in reference to the album. “I took a load of acid on the top of the house where Rose McDowall was living and I had a vision of Noddy crucified in the sky and it really impressed me… as you would expect. The next day I just went mad for buying Noddy. Before I’d seen him crucified I wasn’t any more interested in him than any other kid who’s read Noddy as a child. I was taking such a huge amount of speed at the time that I had a massive amount of energy so I just started hoovering around and would come back with bin-liners full of anything with Noddy on. Rugs, mugs, jugs, didn’t matter, bought it all, to the extent that I started wandering around London wearing a red Noddy hat with a bell on the end. Which was possibly not a good move to make in terms of fashion…”[4]
Track listing
- "Benediction" – 1:58
- "Blessing" – 1:48
- "North" – 0:38
- "Black Sun Bloody Moon" – 0:54
- "Oh Coal Black Smith" – 5:29
- "Panzer Rune" – 5:26
- "Black Flowers Please" – 3:43
- "The Final Church" – 5:12
- "The Summer of Love" – 1:54
- "(Hey Ho) the Noddy / Goddy (Oh)" – 1:52
- "Beausoleil" – 8:33
- "Scarlet Woman" – 0:59
- "Stair Song" – 0:25
- "Angel" – 1:29
- "Since Yesterday" – 4:04
- "Valediction" – 1:00
- "Malediction" – 2:04
Personnel
- David Tibet (credited as Tibet 93) - vocals, production, mixing
- Douglas P. - guitar, drums, lead vocals (track 14), production, mixing
- John Balance - stick guitar, co-vocals (track 8)
- Rose McDowall - guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals (track 10), co-vocals (track 7)
- Boyd Rice - spoken vocals
- Steven Stapleton - harmonium, cello
- Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson (credited as HÖH) - harpsichord
- Ian Read - lead vocals (tracks 1 and 16)
- Freya Aswynn - lead vocals (tracks 2 and 3), co-vocals (tracks 6 and 10)
- Gary Carey - keyboards (track 15)
References
- ^ New Musical Express (March 12, 1988): 48–49.
- ^ "Current 93 - Swastikas For Noddy (album review)".
- ^ "Turkey_Beard's music - Rate Your Music". rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "FACT mix 253: Current 93 - FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music". FACT Magazine: Music News, New Music. 2011-06-03. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
