Welcome back, my friends, to the show that (seemingly)
never ends. Apologies for being missing in action last week, but we were moving
house and I was without internet access for a few days.
Still, let’s get back to work. The oddity I present for
you today does push the boundaries a little in as much as this is clearly a
novelty record – albeit it a particularly bad one. I usually try to avoid novelties but as long
time followers of The World’s Worst Records
will know, sometimes they are simply unavoidable.
This particular disc ‘celebrates’ the crimes of one Dennis Andrew Nilsen, serial killer and
necrophiliac who is also known as the Muswell
Hill Murderer. Nilsen murdered 15 young men in London between 1978 and 1983,
retaining his victims' bodies before dissecting their remains and disposing of
them via burning or flushing the remains down a lavatory. Convicted of six
counts of murder and two of attempted murder in November 1983, he became known
as the Muswell Hill Murderer as a number of his crimes were committed at his
home at 23 Cranley Gardens in the Muswell Hill district of North London.
Released before Nilsen was found guilty (which is why the murderer is never name checked), Somebody’s In My Drain (they got the
title right on the label if not the sleeve) and its pointless sub-dub B-Side Somebodies Parts 1 & 2 (Chopped
version) were issued on Secret
Records by the unknown Dinah Rod
and the Drains - a play, for those who didn’t immediately get the sledgehammer-subtle
humour, on the name of Dyna Rod, the
nation’s favourite drain unblocking service. Secret was better known, at that
time, for issuing records by acts involved in the second wave of British punk: the Exploited, Info Riot, 999, the 4 Skins and Chron Gen among them. It’s widely
believed that Dinah Rodd was either one of these groups masquerading under a
pseudonym or a ‘supergroup’ made up of members of some of them. Unfortunately
no-one has dared own up to committing this audio crime. Secret also released a 45 by Keith
Chegwin and his brother Jeff. Wouldn’t it be wonderful…
The unnamed singer/lyricist of these tasteless tracks clearly hasn’t
done his homework. He mentions living at 22 Melrose Avenue, Cricklewood, yet Nilsen
began his crime spree at 195 Melrose
Avenue. He was arrested after problems in the drains at 23 Cranley Gardens,
Muswell Hill. Still, what do facts have to do with anything?
Anyway, here
are both sides of this rightfully-obscure 45. Enjoy!
My oh my, well at least the rhythm section (bass & drums) is quite good!
ReplyDeleteOh dear. To what depths people will sink. Truly dreadful. Thanks :-)
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