This MP3 marks the 50th week of the Teenbeat MP3 of the week. How should it be markedt? What should be used? The obvious would be pull out something from an old Unrest/Air Miami cassette, or something from Andrew Beaujon's long history...

But no; this time I dig into the seedy past of Teenbeat, when a band didn't even need to know about the release for it to come out: The Crispy Ambulance Cassette (TB 18)

Crispy Ambulance. Alan Hempsall (Vocals), Robert Davenport (Guitar), Keith Darbyshire (Bass) & Gary Madeley (Drums).

I won't try to illustrate the history of Crispy Ambulance, as James Nice of LTM has already done this quite nicely, here.

In 1985, Teenbeat Records released (about) 15 copies of a "best of" Crispy Ambulance without the bands knowledge or permission and included at the end of side two was a track by post-Crispy Ambulance band Ram Ram Kino.

Click on 12" to hear 64 kb/s Real Media file of
1. Advantage 2. Advantage (Basket Mix) 3. Into the Bush.
"Special" was the 2nd track on the b-side.

Ram Ram Kino (German for Sex Cinema) formed in November 1982 with all the original CA members and the addition of Kirk Tallis (Guitar, Vocals) and Mark Norton (Percussion). In 1985, Anthony Middleton replaced Gary Madeley on drums.

They would release only one record Advantage: Tantric Routines 1-4 (Temple Records TOPY 006). Two years later, in 1987, Ram Ram Kino disbanded.

Though there was a live Crispy Ambulance in 1985, CD reissues in 1990, and a slight increase in interest after Unrest covered the song "Deaf" on A Factory Record (Sub Pop / TB 63) in 1991. It was on November 5th, 1999 when the band reformed to help launch LTM's 1999 reissues, and remained together recording two further albums (one due for release this spring).