TYMON DOGG – Battle Of Wills (Expanded Edition) – 2LP – Vinyl [JUL 28]

2LP – Limited Edition Black Vinyl.The original Y Records album with 13 bonus tracks, including rare and unreleased studio material and liner notes from Folk Roots editor Ian A Anderson.

Tymon Dogg‘s bewildering career has taken him from the classic pop-psych single he recorded as a teenager, “The Bitter Thoughts Of Little Jane” to a session at Apple Records which saw him abscond with the masters when he felt they were trying to turn him in an idol la “Herman of Herman’s Hemots“, which preceded a brief foray on The Moody Blues’ Threshold land with a solitary Justin Hayward-produced 7″ through to his tutelage of Joe Strummer before and during The 101’ers across large parts of The Clash and The Mescaleros‘ careers . . . ironically seeing some of his most popular years opening shows for the like of Poison Girls, and recording for Dick O’ Dell’s amazing Y Records, also home to The Pop Group, Sun Ra, Shriekback, Glaxo Babies, The Slits and many others.

In fact, Tymon’s 1982 album for Y “Battle Of Wills” was the last release from from any artist on the pioneering independent label. It remains the only Tymon Dogg release to have received even meagre distribution, but we aim to change that!

This greatly-expanded reissue consists of the twelve songs from the original album, a rare b-side, “Indestructible” plus five other studio rarities, and a blistering seven-song set from a 1980 show at NYC’s Danceteria, featuring the only extant recording of the first song ever performed by Joe Strummer’s band The 101’ers, “Dog Dirt On Your Shoe“.

This reissue features extensive liner notes from Ian A Anderson, editor of Folk Roots / fRoots and is fully-authorised by Tymon himself.

Tracklist:

LP 1:
1-01 Firefishes
1-02 Once You Know
1-03 Safeway People
1-04 Locks & Bolts & Hinges
1-05 Battle Of Wills
1-06 Sirens
1-07 Brandy Love
1-08 Too Far To Touch The Ground
1-09 Low Down Dirty Weakness
1-10 Get Your Hands Off Me
1-11 Legal Thief
1-12 Golden Rain

LP2:
2-01 Indestructible
2-02 Cold Wind Blows
2-03 Oil.
2-04 Guantanamo.
2-05 Lose This Skin (2009 Version)
2-06 Travelling Man (Re-Visited)
2-07 Get Your Hands Of Me (Live)
2-08 Indestructible (Live)
2-09 The Wheel Of Life And Death (Live)
2-10 Johnny Is A Wanderer (Live)
2-11 Safeway People (Live)
2-12 Lose This Skin (Live)
2-13 Dog Dirt On Your Shoe (Live)