Laughing Clowns "Mr. Uddich-Schmuddich Goes To Town" 1982

Come One, Come All! Mr. Uddich-Schmuddich Goes to Town is a fabulous album and it is a unique phenomenon. And I can’t even say that Laughing Clowns were ahead of their time because never after there was anything like this. It brings in this feeling as if ‘strange days have found us’. It’s like the circus has come to town and ‘strange days have tracked us down’. It’s a jazz feast in time of post-punk plague. - Babe_N_Co

After the musical explosion that was The Saints first three albums, guitarist Ed Kuepper reacted against what he saw as narrow-mindedness in the mainstream punk scene that seemed to only acknowledge three-chord thrashy rock as being worthy....by forming the criminally underrated Laughing Clowns. Ed's songwriting is superb, crafting dark, jazzy ditties with some wild sax and great sophisticated melodies. "Mad Flies..." in particular stands out as being one of the most interesting tracks here, with it's post-punk skronk-meets Ornette Coleman-shuffle....it's just superb, if too esoteric for the masses. - meatierwhore

trax:
01. In Front Of Your Eyes 02. Come One, Come All 03. Laughter Around The Table 04. Knife In The Head 05. Theme From 'Mad Flies, Mad Flies' 06. A Song Of Joy 07. Mr Uddich-Smuddich Goes To Town 08. When What You See
…served by Gaius...