Post-Rocktoberfest: Butterfly Child – The Peel Session
October 7, 2009
Butterfly Child
Bubblegum Cage III is proud to present the first of two sessions that Joe Cassidy’s band recorded for the John Peel show. As previously mentioned, these 1992 recordings feature a line-up identical to the one that appeared on Papa Sprain’s one-and-only Peel session – Cassidy, Gary McKendry of Papa Sprain and Rudy Tambala of A.R. Kane. Cassidy’s guests certainly make their collective presence felt – the session includes some of the most aggressive, noisy material Butterfly Child ever recorded. Perhaps that’s why Peel was so effusive in his praise for these songs when the session was originally broadcast. He got particularly hot under the collar about “Led Through the Mardi Gras”.
These MP3 were recorded from the same cassette that yielded the Papa Sprain session files. The cassette was provided by erstwhile electronica artiste FortDax – to whom this here blog is eternally grateful. The tape will be mailed back to you soon Darren. Honest.
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Tim | October 14, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Wow, I have had a cassette of this for years but with a tape flip in the middle of Neptune’s Fork. Thank you so much for letting me hear the full song.
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Biggie Samuels | October 14, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Hey, that’s what I’m here for! “Neptune’s Fork” is great.
Coincidentally, when your comment rolled in, I was actually listening to the Ghetto Speak EP, for the fist time in years. Must say, it’s startlingly better than any of the band’s other releases and – like the Peel session – it seems to feature Gary McKendry quite prominently.
Doubtless, this little gem is now out-of-print, so I don’t feel too bad about leading you to a blog you can download it from. Be warned though, the download link is said to be more-then-usually pop-up laden.
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Biggie Samuels | October 14, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Hmmm… My attempt to HTML a hyperlink into that last comment didn’t seem to work. Here’s where you can score the EP:
http://dirkwearswhitesox.blogspot.com/2007/11/butterfly-child-ghetto-speak.html
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Tim | October 14, 2009 at 11:39 pm
Thanks for posting the link, I already have this EP, plus everything else Butterfly Child ever released!
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rudy | November 4, 2009 at 10:07 am
long time since i heard this – pretty damn good, i reckon!
rudy kane
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duulmusik | February 5, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Dead link. Ugh! I have been searching for both Butterfly Child peel Sessions since I first heard BC on Rock Over London in ‘93!! Any way to re-up this and the other session? I love their 90’s material and the early stuff is so rare. I actually have Eucalyptus on cd as well as the Rough Diamonds Rough trade singles on japanese import if anyone needs! thanks!