Bristol 'super group' formed by a coming together of the Glaxo Babies and ex-Pop Group members among other right-on Bristolians.
They produced a strain of inoffensive white-boy experimental jazz funk with a post-punk edge......this edge was completely removed for their solitary album "Station M.X.J.Y", which could have been mistaken for one of those smooth Acid Jazz groops from the late eighties, like The Brand New Heavies and stuff like that.....although without that awful club culture awfulness. It was around 1982 that some short-lived Jazz-dance craze sprung up in the UK, spawning chart acts like Matt Bianco, and Blue Rondo a la Turk. Early Maximum Joy, were nothing to do with that trend however, and the early singles were rather magnificent.In fact we could be more than satisfied with just "Stretch" and "Building Bridges" from this selection,but The john peel session is suitably experimental so as not to alienate their fanbase before they got far too funky for 'em the following year.
Ah, bless 'em, they probably wanted a lickle 'hit'......a common graveyard for a legion of alternative musicians over the years.
What's in this RAR file then?:
1. Stretch (12") 1981
A Stretch (Discomix / Rap)6:09
B Silent Street / Silent Dub 7:53
2. White and Green Place (12") 1982
A White And Green Place (Extraterrestial Mix) 5:27
B Building Bridges / Building Dub 6:19
3. In The Air (7") 1982
A In The Air 3:32
4. Peel Session 12-09-1981:
1. Caveman Fly
2. Open Your Heart
3. Slip Into The Fit
5. "Station M.X.J.Y." (Album Y records Y28) 1982
A1 Dancing On My Boomerang
A2 Do It Today
A3 Let It Take You There
A4 Searching For A Feeling
B1 Where's Deke?
B2 Temple Bomb Twist
B3 Mouse An' Me
B4 All Wrapped Up!