MASONICS - Masonry: 1994 - 1997 - LP

The Masonics’ Masonry: 1994–1997 brings their scarce early EPs back into circulation on Wonderlamp Records, capturing the rough, tough garage rhythm & blues of the original Toe Rag Studio.

This collection documents the trio of Mick Hampshire, Bruce Brand and Liam “Toe Rag” Watson, connecting The Milkshakes, Thee Headcoats and the wider British garage underground. Hampshire wrote 14 of the 15 tracks, making this an essential introduction to his songwriting as well as the band’s formative sound.

The LP also features Miss Ludella Black’s first solo recording, adding another link to Thee Headcoatees’ legacy. Beyond the title’s timeframe, “Ooh-Poo-Pa-Doo” joins the selection from a scarce 2003 Sympathy for the Record Industry compilation.

For collectors chasing elusive EPs and DJs drawn to raw British R&B, Masonry gathers key early material into one LP. Primitive drive, strong songs and serious scene pedigree.

Also included is a twelve-page booklet with many rare and unpublished pictures, liner notes, and the long-awaited introduction to the secret rites of The Masonics.

- All rare and deleted 1990s Toe Rag EPs (from three corners of the globe) on one record for the first time ever (twenty years in the making), exclusively licensed by The Masonics

- High-quality 140g pressing, inside-out cover, 12-page full-color booklet included

-15 tracks, masonically rebalanced for mass consumption from original session sources by Roland Heinrich Rumtreiber for Wonderlamp Fuel, Sound and Magicke, Co.

TRACKS:

SIDE A
Empty Shell of a Man
You Just Don‘t Care
Tell That to a Hungry Man
Why Did She Have To Go
In a Man‘s Heart
Hey Calinda
She Cut Me to the Bone
Ooh- Poo-Pa-Doo

SIDE B
Mumbo Jumbo
Good or Bad
Don‘t Complain
A Creature Called Doubt
Earl of Hell
Upside-Down Man
Never So Sad (featuring Ludella Black)