In founding Swell Maps, the post-punk prefacing Birmingham art-snots, Nikki Sudden and his drumming brother Epic Soundtracks charted new territory for racket and corrosive guitar. But after folding Swell Maps at the dawn of the ’80s, Nikki Sudden plowed through another decade’s worth of terrifically fertile ground. Drawing on his devotion to the Rolling Stones and T. Rex—alongside guitarist Dave Kusworth as Jacobites, plus a cheekily named cohort of British sidemen—Nikki Sudden cut a string of raw, inspired rock ‘n’ roll records, etched with double edged travel melancholia and hard-bitten punk dejection.
This career-spanning 7LP box set compiles Sudden’s landmark solo LPs Waiting On Egypt and The Bible Belt, the Dave Kusworth-era LPs Jacobites and Robespierre's Velvet Basement, Sudden’s Rowland S. Howard collaboration Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc, and his Creation-issued masterpieces Texas and Dead Men Tell No Tales. Limited to just 500 copies, this set also includes Sudden’s debut solo single “Back to The Start” b/w “Ringing On My Train.”
Folks who have already purchased any of the individual Nikki Sudden LPs may purchase the Slipcase + 7" separately.
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7xLP + Slipcase + 7in
7 150g LPs
7 single LP tip-on jackets with side-spine obis
1 small hole 7
Track List
- Nikki Sudden Back To The Coast
- Nikki Sudden Knife My Heart
- Nikki Sudden Still Full Of Shocks
- Nikki Sudden I’d Much Rather Be With The Boys
- Nikki Sudden Stuck On China
- Nikki Sudden Channel Streamer
- Nikki Sudden Ringing On My Train
- Nikki Sudden Curfew Island (The Low Bridge)
- Nikki Sudden Fashion Cult
- Nikki Sudden Forest Fire
- Nikki Sudden New York
- Nikki Sudden Johnny Smiled Slowly
- Nikki Sudden All The Gold
- Nikki Sudden Gold Painted Nails
- Nikki Sudden English Girls
- Nikki Sudden Cathy
- Nikki Sudden Chelsea Embankment
- Nikki Sudden Bethlehem Castle (Suicide Scarves)
- Nikki Sudden The Road Of Broken Dreams
- Nikki Sudden Six Hip Princes (All Around The World)
- Nikki Sudden Out Of Egypt
- Nikki Sudden The Angels Are Calling
- Nikki Sudden Missionary Boy
- Nikki Sudden The Only Boy In Heaven
- Jacobites Big Store
- Jacobites Kissed You Twice
- Jacobites Hurt Me More
- Jacobites Jacobite's Grave
- Jacobites Kings And Queens
- Jacobites Silver Street
- Jacobites Hanging Out The Banners
- Jacobites Need A Friend
- Jacobites Little Bird
- Jacobites Angels In My Arms
- Jacobites For The Roses
- Jacobites Big Store
- Jacobites Snow White
- Jacobites Fortune Of Fame
- Jacobites Where The River Ends
- Jacobites Silken Sheets
- Jacobites Ambulance
- Jacobites Hearts Are Like Flowers
- Jacobites It’ll All End Up In Tears
- Jacobites She Never Believes
- Jacobites All The Dark Rags
- Jacobites One More String Of Pearls
- Jacobites I Am Just A Broken Heart
- Jacobites Only Children Sleeping
- Nikki Sudden Jangle Town
- Nikki Sudden Death is Hanging Over Me
- Nikki Sudden In Your Room
- Nikki Sudden Glass Eye
- Nikki Sudden Such A Little Girl
- Nikki Sudden Broken Tooth
- Nikki Sudden Dumb Angel
- Nikki Sudden Basement Blues
- Nikki Sudden Wedding Dress
- Nikki Sudden When I Left You
- Nikki Sudden Captain Kennedys Lament
- Nikki Sudden Deppers Bridge
- Nikki Sudden Rebel Grave
- Nikki Sudden Sob Story
- Nikki Sudden Snowplough
- Nikki Sudden A Quick Thing
- Nikki Sudden Feather Beds
- Nikki Sudden Crossroads
- Nikki Sudden Don’t Explain
- Nikki Sudden Better Blood
- Nikki Sudden Debutante Blues
- Nikki Sudden When I Cross The Line
- Nikki Sudden Before I Leave You
- Nikki Sudden Dog Latin
- Nikki Sudden Wooden Leg
- Nikki Sudden Dog Rose
- Nikki Sudden How Many Lies
- Nikki Sudden Cupful Of Change
- Nikki Sudden Kiss At Dawn
- Nikki Sudden Back to The Start
- Nikki Sudden Ringing On My Train