THE MILKSHAKES - Milkshakes IV: The Men With The Golden Guitars (Reissue) - LP - Vinyl

LP - Black Vinyl (2025 Repress). 

Having endured no less than three long-players and a brace of singles featuring the caterwauling of Messrs Hampshire and Childish, the Milkshakes’ audience figured it might be time for an instrumental outing. In response the group gave them just that. But this was to be no run-of-the-mill effort – no Dick Dale-esque surf marathons or Shadowsy twangers are apparent here. These tunes are more ‘rhythm-and-mood’-based compositions; occasionally leaning more towards the Link Wray end of the spectrum – as you would probably expect. This IVth album (hence the name) was recorded in 1983 at Oakwood Studios – as were all previous releases – but this was the first in their new facilities in a converted church near Canterbury, which opened up a whole new golden vista of shimmering, silvery sounds in atmospheric conditions. Of course, the Milkshakes were having none of that. We suggest you plonk the wax on your gramophone and let whatever happens happens. Hasty bananas.

• Instrumental album from 1983!
• The band’s 4th LP, finally back on vinyl!
• The 'Track Withdrawn' from previous issues has now been reinstated in the form of 'The Wrong Man'!

Tracklist: 

A1.        Chatham Drive
A2.       General Belgrano
A3.       Scapa Flow
A4.       The Klansmen Kometh
A5        The Wrong Man
A6.       Thunderbird
A7.        Mumble The Peg

B1.        The Yorkshire Ripper
B2.        Flatfoot
B3.        Dogwatch On Monkey's Paw
B4.        Every Corner
B5.        Can You Tell?
B6.        Dreadnaught
B7.        Shed Country '83