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Three brilliant albums by the Buff Medways, neatly contained in one box, complete with booklet! The albums are Steady The Buffs, 1914, and Medway Wheelers. Buffs leader Billy Childish kindly answered a few questions about the band… The Buff Medways were formed quickly after Thee Headcoats split. The group split after ‘The Last of The Buff Medways’ 7” on Damaged Goods, with Billy Childish forming the Musicians of The British Empire soon after. How do you feel about the group looking back? Do you ever listen to the Buffs LPs? “I listen to some tracks if I have to learn them (I don’t know any of my songs and can’t remember words or how to play them, even live). I like the group a lot.” Were The Buff Medways the greatest group ever to be named after a breed of chicken? According to all accounts indeed they were. 

STAFF COMMENTS

Barry says: A lovely little collection of three releases from Wild Billy Childish and The Buff Medways. Two of the LP's here were originally released on Graham Coxon's Transcopic label and have been unavailable for some time. A timely and welcome box set.

TRACK LISTING

STEADY THE BUFFS

Troubled Mind
Dawn Said
A Strange Kind Of Happyness
Archive From 1959
Time’s Up
Sally Sensation
Vanessa Does Favours
Strood Lights
Misty Water
Well Well
You Piss Me Off
Ivor

1914

Unable To See The Good
All My Feelings Denied
Sonya Fagg
Evidence Against Myself
The Least Disappointing Man
Just 15
Nurse Julie
Saucy Jack
Mons Quiff (instrumental)
Barbara Wire
You Are All Phonies
Caroline

MEDWAY WHEELERS 

The Man I Am
A Distant Figure Of Jon
Karen With A C
22 Weeks
Dustbin Mod (instrumental)
Medway Wheelers
(i’m A) Lie Detector
Private View
The Poet’s Dream
You’re Out The Band Sunshine
Poundland Poets
I’m Glad I’m Not Like David Wise