SMALL WONDER MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE, MAY 1983 (part 3)

Three more pages from that old Small Wonder catalogue. Lots of nice cheapos on offer from these pages including one of my personal favourites Rejection by Pure Product. Page 10 has the Mondo Billie Davies single for 25p, a record I've never heard and one that no one seems to be able to confirm a release date for. The fact that it's reduced here tells us it's highly unlikely to have been released later than 1980 with the smart money being on either 1978 or 1979.

EVERYBODY'S ON REVOLVER TONITE

So sang 'O' Level on one of the tracks on their The Malcolm EP. On one particular Saturday evening in the summer of 1978 that 'everybody' extended to top Birmingham cabaret punk band Brent Ford And The Nylons.

This show-stealing performance saw Brent Ford And The Nylons race through two of the three tracks on their only single, namely 19th Nervous Breakdown and C'mon Everybody. Some of the Nylons were concerned that they could have problems signing on the dole on Monday morning after appearing on TV over the weekend, so Revolver's producer Mickie Most suggested they wear stockings over their heads.

THE MOD/POWERPOP VERSION OF THE RRPG

Nice discography/price guide by Ingo Eitelbach from the early 90's, spanning 36 x A5 pages. I think I got this from Detour Records rather than direct from Ingo. Interesting in that it reveals which records were considered collectable back then and which ones are missing from the list not yet discovered. I remember being quite surprised at the value quoted for the first Killermeters single with a picture sleeve being £60-90, but of course Ingo was right. There's a few little quotes here and there from Ingo like... 'someone (????) bids me £25 for it!!!' next to Ronnie Mayor's single Can't Wait 'Til The Summer Comes and 'best lyrics ever!' for The Winkers Song by Ivor Biggun.

SMALL WONDER MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE, MAY 1983 (part 2)

Here's pages 7-9 from the May '83 Small Wonder catalogue, again click on the pictures below to get readable versions. Back then no one cared about the Fast Cars so Mari reduced it to 25p ...or how about a Fire Exit for 50p ...or some cheap Homosexuals?