Ain't That Far From Boothill

 

CD

 

"Fire up the Tardis. Back we go in time to 1983, when the streets of London are the preserve of dapper New Romantics, posing at Blitz, reading The Face and spending ozone frightening amounts on hair lacquer. Well, to be fair, Camden’s Boothill Foot-Tappers got through a fair amount of hair lacquer too, one of their three female singers was a professional hairdresser, after all, but in every other way they were the antithesis of the 80s style over content ethos. Instead, the Booties played hundreds of gigs, often in support of left wing causes, but were always tremendous fun rather than preachy.

The music was famously described as Cow-Punk , and, alongside the Pogues, The Men They Couldn’t Hang and a handful of others, they rejuvenated the live scene. Songs drew on traditional roots elements (banjo, fiddle, squeezebox) but injected the DIY/Anti-Authoritarian mindset of punk, leading to riotous live gigs and this, their sole album, which has been packaged with attendant singles and bonus tracks".

 

Tracklisting

 

 1  Love And Affection

 

 2  Jealousy

 

 3  Pride Takes A Fall

 

 4  Nothing Ventured

 

 5  Feelings

 

 6  Sunday Evening

 

 7  Get Your Feet Out Of My Shoes

 

 8  Have You Got The Confidence For The Trick?

 

 9  Stand Or Fall

 

10  What's The Matter?

 

11  There's No Way (I Can Leave You Alone)

 

12  Too Much Time

 

 

13  Milk Train

 

14  True Blues

 

15  People Get Ready

 

16  Chasing Women

 

17  Bringing In The Georgia Mail

 

18  A Bowl Of Porridge

 

19  Come See About Me

 

20  Too Much Time

 

21  How's Jack

 

22  Coloured Aristocracy

 

23  New River Train

 

24  Get Your Feet Out Of My Shoes (single version)