Prehistoric Sounds
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| Studio album by The Saints | ||||
| Released | October 1978 | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Studio | Wessex Sound Studios, London | |||
| Genre | Punk rock, pop rock | |||
| Label | Harvest | |||
| Producer | Chris Bailey, Ed Kuepper | |||
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Prehistoric Sounds is the third album released by the Australian punk rock group The Saints in October 1978. This was the final album to feature founding lead guitarist, Ed Kuepper, who left the band shortly after its release. In October 2010, the album was listed in the top 50 in the book, 100 Best Australian Albums with their debut, (I'm) Stranded, at No. 20.
Australian punk rock group, The Saints, had relocated to the United Kingdom in mid-1977. They released their second album, Eternally Yours, in May the next year on EMI/Harvest with band members Chris Bailey (also on lead vocals) and Ed Kuepper (also on lead guitar) producing. The other members of The Saints were Ivor Hay on drums and Algy Ward on bass guitar. The album reached the Top 100 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart.
The jazz-blues influenced third album, Prehistoric Sounds, followed in October 1978 (January 1979 in Australia). Its commercial failure led EMI to drop the band. During 1978, relations between Kuepper and Bailey had deteriorated, with Bailey preferring rock and pop songs and Kuepper pursuing less commercial and more intellectual material. Bailey later admitted Prehistoric Sounds was, "not one of my personal favourite records." Finally Hay, Kuepper and Ward left the group in early 1979.
Kuepper returned to Australia and followed a more avant-garde direction with Laughing Clowns, which would frequently feature brass. Hay briefly returned to Australia to join Sydney-based The Hitmen and then rejoined Bailey in London for a later version of The Saints. Ward became a member of English gothic punk band, The Damned. Bailey continued the group with Mark Birmingham on drums, Bruce Callaway on guitar, Barry Francis on guitar and Janine Hall on bass guitar.
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