The Versatile Newts (Lawrence & Nick Gilbert from FELT )- the original 1980 7"
  £   200
  $   265

 


£ 200 Sold For
May 28, 2023 Sold Date
May 21, 2023 Start Date
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NEWTRITION/BLIMP
by THE VERSATILE NEWTS 1980 7-inch single Shanghai Records No. 2
Very cool and very scarce original 1980 single from Lawrence ('New Noise') and Nick Gilbert of FELT.
The vinyl looks like new. The sleeve is excellent too. Check out the pix.
Some background info: "Nick Gilbert and Lawrence [never a last name] were chums from age 11. When Iggy Pop played the Hippodrome with David Bowie on keyboards (in March of '77) Nick and Lawrence fell in love with the opening band, the Vibrators. They started hanging out with Gary Jones [Cult Figures], Roger Taylor and Jeff Thomas [Duran Duran], and became confirmed fans of the Prefects. Lawrence bought a guitar and recorded his own single onto a cassette, which he released in September '79 under the name of "Felt" (past tense of "feel") [Shanghai #1]. Next, Lawrence and Nick decided to make a record together, and with two drums and three chords, the Versatile Newts debuted in early 1980 with 'Newtrition' b/w 'Blimp'. Presently Maurice Deebank joined on [more competent] guitar, and they began playing together as Felt. In the meantime, however, Nick had mailed the 'Newts single to his heroes the Fall - who adored it, and invited the Versatile Newts to open for them in Manchester. Nick nervously advised Mark E. Smith of the name change (fortunately Felt and the Fall had a certain euphony) and the first-ever Felt gig was pronounced a success. (Sadly, Felt never performed the Newts songs)." Source: hyped2death.com/Messthetics
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