Part of the vibrant Edinburgh indie scene in the late 1980s, The Vultures were gone almost before they had arrived, releasing just a solitary 12-inch single on the famed Narodnik label (the ‘Good Thing’ EP was NRK 006 – the final release on that classic imprint).
So there’s not a lot of material available – but now there is this four-song blast for Radio 1’s early-evening show in June 1988. None of them reaches the two-minute limit, and only ‘Good Thing’ has been previously released in any format.
As such, this is an unmissable document of a much-loved era, sounding as fresh today as it did in the late 80s … plus there’s a cover version of the Dickies’ ‘You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)’, here retooled as ‘I Go Ape’.
So there’s not a lot of material available – but now there is this four-song blast for Radio 1’s early-evening show in June 1988. None of them reaches the two-minute limit, and only ‘Good Thing’ has been previously released in any format.
As such, this is an unmissable document of a much-loved era, sounding as fresh today as it did in the late 80s … plus there’s a cover version of the Dickies’ ‘You Drive Me Ape (You Big Gorilla)’, here retooled as ‘I Go Ape’.
TRACK LISTING
1. Good Thing
2. Something New
3. I'll Kill That Girl
4. I Go Ape