Hands In The Till: The Complete John Peel Sessions

At the peak of media attention over the NME's C86 cassette, The Wolfhounds recorded three four-song sessions for the BBC's legendary John Peel Show between March 1986 and January 1987, capturing all the excitement and youthful exuberance of a band just catching the public imagination. With an energy born of sweaty, rammed gigs in London pubs and a willful experimentation nurtured in suburban bedrooms and garages away from watchful eyes, The Wolfhounds blasted their raw live sound straight to tape with little in the way of overdubs or the more considered studio Polish of their excellent albums. Every song from these sessions is now gathered together on "Hands In The Till," making a surprisingly coherent whole despite the heady disorganized thrust of the times and a couple of line-up changes in the meantime. More wiry and angular than most of their C86 peers, The Wolfhounds had more in common with The Fall than The Byrds, and "Hands In The Till" shows them at their caustic best.1. The Anti-Midas Touch2. Hand In The Till3. Me4. Whale On The Beach5. Boy Racers, RM16. Disgusted, E77. Rule of Thumb8. Sandy9. Happy Shopper10. Non-Specific Song11. The William Randolph Hearse12. Son of Nothing