Organic Bondage

Organic Bondage is the third album by Wild Willy Barrett and only one with Stephen Two-Names. It was released in 1986.

Organic Bondage
Studio album by Wild Willy Barrett & Two-Names
Released	8 September 1986
Recorded	1986 @ Avocado Studios, Aylesbury JO'D: 1985 @ Trakeasy Studios
Genre	Folk, Reggae, Electronic
Length	44:16
Label	Galvanized Records
Producer	Tom Rogers
Wild Willy Barrett chronology
Krazy Kong Album (1980) Organic Bondage (w/Stephen Two-Names) (1986) The Wimp & The Wild (w/John Otway) (1989)
Singles from Organic Bondage
"Hitchhiker and the Punk / Jack O'Diamonds (O'Lloydy)" Released: 26 April 1985

History

In 1986, having not released an album for 5 years, Barrett teamed up with bassist Stephen Two-Names. Due to Barrett's ethic of making over buying, most of the instruments featured on the album were made by some men in Bristol, credited as "Gnomes". The scratching sound on "Jack O' Diamonds" is a tape of Two-Names singing in the bath dragged across a tape-head.[1]

Once the album had been recorded, Barrett bought loads of sheets of plywood and made 100 wooden sleeves;[2] the yellow coloured insert and record would slide in to the sleeve through the side.[3] Subsequent pressings were released in a standard grey coloured record sleeve although the content of the vinyl, and the label, were the same.

The album's launch was at a pub in Aylesbury.

Most of the material on the album was written by frequent collaborator Eddie Stanton. Stanton had written "The Young and the Free" which had been recorded by Vietnamese Rose and John Otway and would later provide the seminal "Focke Wolfe" for "The Wimp and The Wild". In fact half of the songs on the album were taken from Stanton's abandoned "Please Don't Throw Me To The Christians" album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Barrett and Stanton except where stated.

Side 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Please Don't Throw Me To The Christians"		5:22
2.	"Only The Good Die Young"		5:08
3.	"Emperor's Head"		3:13
4.	"Jack O' Diamonds (O'Lloydy)"	Barrett	3:49
5.	"Dream In Colour"		4:23

Side 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Milton Keynes"		3:42
2.	"Tales From The Raj"	Stanton	3:46
3.	"Deal 'Em Down"		5:00
4.	"Moose Loose Kicking"		5:01
5.	"The Late Show"		4:59
Total length:			44:16

Personnel

• Wild Willy Barrett - Vocals, Guitar, Wood, Fiddle
• Stephen Two-Names - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Paul "Whisky" Ward - Engineering. Keyboards on "Dream In Colour", "Only The Good Die Young" and "The Late Show"
• Michelle Morrison - Vocals on "Dream In Colour" and "The Late Show"
• Linda Harvey - Cover, Label + Insert
• Johnathan Purcell - Illustration
• Gnomes - Condolences for constructing the Organic Bondage instruments

References

1. "All my vinyl records, Wild Willy Barrett and Two Names: Organic Bondage". Allmyvinyl.tumblr.com. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
2. "Wild Willy Barrett - Call of the Wild - Marshwood Vale Magazine". Marshwoodvale.com. 9 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
3. "Euro Thrash – de beste platene fra europeisk undergrunn 1980-89". Groove.no. Retrieved 31 July 2012.