Nikki Sudden "Dark Rags At Dawn" 7xLP + 7" BOX
$120.00
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 7xLP 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."
Tracklist
| Waiting On Egypt | |||
| A1 | –Nikki Sudden | Back To The Coast | 4:10 |
| A2 | –Nikki Sudden | Knife My Heart | 2:10 |
| A3 | –Nikki Sudden | Still Full Of Shocks | 3:25 |
| A4 | –Nikki Sudden | I'd Much Rather Be With The Boys | 2:10 |
| A5 | –Nikki Sudden | Stuck On China | 3:00 |
| A6 | –Nikki Sudden | Channel Steamer | 2:35 |
| A7 | –Nikki Sudden | Ringing On My Train | 2:05 |
| A8 | –Nikki Sudden | Curfew Island (The Low Bridge) | 1:50 |
| B1 | –Nikki Sudden | Fashion Cult | 2:50 |
| B2 | –Nikki Sudden | Forest Fire | 3:10 |
| B3 | –Nikki Sudden | New York | 3:20 |
| B4 | –Nikki Sudden | Johnny Smiled Slowly | 7:25 |
| B5 | –Nikki Sudden | All The Gold | 6:25 |
| Bible Belt | |||
| C1 | –Nikki Sudden | Gold Painted Nails | 2:10 |
| C2 | –Nikki Sudden | English Girls | 3:25 |
| C3 | –Nikki Sudden | Cathy | 2:30 |
| C4 | –Nikki Sudden | Chelsea Embankment | 2:30 |
| C5 | –Nikki Sudden | Bethlehem Castle | 3:45 |
| C6 | –Nikki Sudden | The Road Of Broken Dreams | 5:40 |
| D1 | –Nikki Sudden | Six Hip Princes | 4:20 |
| D2 | –Nikki Sudden | Out Of Egypt | 5:55 |
| D3 | –Nikki Sudden | The Angels Are Calling | 2:50 |
| D4 | –Nikki Sudden | Missionary Boy | 2:25 |
| D5 | –Nikki Sudden | The Only Boy In Heaven | 4:30 |
| Jacobites | |||
| E1 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Big Store (Orig) | 8:00 |
| E2 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Kissed You Twice | 3:25 |
| E3 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth * Jacobites* | Hurt Me More | 4:15 |
| E4 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Jacobites Grave | 0:40 |
| E5 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Kings And Queens | 5:10 |
| F1 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Silver Street | 4:55 |
| F2 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Hanging Out The Banners | 3:45 |
| F3 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Need A Friend | 4:35 |
| F4 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Little Bird | 2:20 |
| F5 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Angels In My Arms | 1:50 |
| F6 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | For The Roses | 4:00 |
| Robespierre's Velvet Basement | |||
| G1 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Big Store | |
| G2 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Snow White | |
| G3 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Fortune Of Fame | |
| G4 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Where The Rivers End | |
| G5 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Silken Sheets | |
| G6 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Ambulance Station | |
| G7 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Son Of A French Nobleman | |
| H1 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Hearts Are Like Flowers | |
| H2 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | It'll All End Up In Tears | |
| H3 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | She Never Believes | |
| H4 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | All The Dark Rags | |
| H5 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | One More String Of Pearls | |
| H6 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | I Am Just A Broken Heart | |
| H7 | –Nikki Sudden & Dave Kusworth - Jacobites* | Only Children Sleeping | |
| "Texas" | |||
| I1 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Jangle Town | |
| I2 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Death Is Hanging Over Me | |
| I3 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | In Your Room | |
| I4 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Glass Eye | |
| I5 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Such A Little Girl | |
| I6 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Broken Tooth | |
| J1 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Dumb Angel | |
| J2 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Basement Blues | |
| J3 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Wedding Dress | |
| J4 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | When I Left You | |
| J5 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Captain Kennedy's Lament | |
| J6 | –Nikki Sudden And The Jacobites | Deppers Bridge | |
| Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc | |||
| K1 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Rebel Grave | 5:51 |
| K2 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Sob Story | 4:36 |
| K3 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Snowplough | 1:52 |
| K4 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | A Quick Thing | 3:24 |
| K5 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Feather Beds | 5:05 |
| L1 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Crossroads | 4:43 |
| L2 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Don't Explain | 3:25 |
| L3 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Better Blood | 4:54 |
| L4 | –Nikki Sudden & Rowland S. Howard | Debutante Blues | 8:12 |
| Dead Men Tell No Tales | |||
| M1 | –Nikki Sudden | When I Cross The Line | 4:29 |
| M2 | –Nikki Sudden | Before I Leave You | 2:44 |
| M3 | –Nikki Sudden | Dog Latin | 0:35 |
| M4 | –Nikki Sudden | Wooden Leg | 5:01 |
| N1 | –Nikki Sudden | Dog Rose | 0:34 |
| N2 | –Nikki Sudden | How Many Lies | 3:11 |
| N3 | –Nikki Sudden | Cupful Of Change | 3:52 |
| N4 | –Nikki Sudden | Kiss At Dawn | 6:15 |
| Bonus 7" | |||
| O | –Nikki Sudden | Back To The Start | |
| P | –Nikki Sudden | Ringing On My Train | |
