The Palookas "Gift" 1986

UK Indie Psychedelic group with Jowe Head (= Stephen Bird) from Television Personalities, 1980s to early 1990s.
The Palookas were a British band that existed from 1985 to 1991 and centered around Jowe Head, ex-bassist of the band Swell Maps. "Gift" was their debut work from March 1986; before that they had only released a single and a sampler contribution. The album was released on Phillip Boa's Constrictor record label as Con!00002, their second release there (Con!00001 had been Jowe Head's Strawberry Deutsche Mark solo album).
The Palookas were characterized by straight songwriting with a weird touch. Mastermind Jowe Head, who later played in various bands (including TV Personalities, which were actually far too harmless and not very weird), put his stamp on the band with his singing. You could classify the record as alternative/independent if those terms had existed back then. The 10-track album is now very rare and, with the exception of "Clear Day" (on the CD compilation "Schmalookas"), is completely unreleased on CD to date. - Jo84
traxfromwax:
1 Clear Day 2 Hot In Roof 3 Cut The Rug 4 Hobby Horse 5 Saddle And The Ground 6 Raise The Titanic 7 Anaesthesia 8 Wooden Hills 9 Hedgehog 10 Red Letter Day
Ripped from Vinyl by RYP with Audacity 3.2.3 : Thorens TD 318/Audio-Technica 95E - Yamaha A-S301 - Q Acoustics 3020i / Yamaha NS-SW050