Discography

THE PRIMMERS – ON RECORD

AK79 – 12”
Vinyl released Dec 1979, CD Released 1993 on Flying Nun/Propellor Records
Includes ‘Funny Stories’ and ‘You’re Gonna Get Done’.

HATE YOUR NEIGHBOURS – CD
Includes ‘Love Sprouts’ and The Features performing The Primmers’ song ‘Police Wheels’.

AK79 – Limited Edition double album, vinyl 12”
2009
Featuring ‘Funny Stories’, ‘You’re Gonna Get Done” and ‘Police Wheels’.

PENKNIFE GLIDES – LIVE AND ON RECORD – 1980–2010

Penknife Glides – Laugh or Cry – Taking The Weight Off – 7“ single
Produced by Alistair Riddell at Mascot Studios, Auckland, on Warrior Records, distributed by WEA Records 1980.

A ripping reggae tune, ‘Taking The Weight Off’, the B side of their first single was to become the band’s torch song live and a natural successor to ‘You’re Gonna Get Done’, an earlier co written ‘Skeats’ song from the AK79 compilation album.

NERVOUS – 12” EP
Reaction Records. Produced by Glyn Tucker Jnr at Mandrill Studios, Auckland.
Reached number 30 in September 1981. Three weeks in the charts. No trace of the PKG mod or punk beginnings here. This is a very English-sounding piece of post punk.

SOUND OF DRUMS - 12” EP
Reaction Records. Produced by Paul Crowther and engineered by Phil Yule at Mandrill in Auckland, 1982.
Reached number 38 in March 1982. Two weeks in the charts. This EP showed a darker side to the band, displaying a fine piece of smooth white reggae – one of the sounds of 1981 in Auckland, proving the band as a bold and confident live group.

MORE HITS AND MYTHS – 12” Compilation LP
featuring the track 'Pleasure Thru Tears’. Distributed by CBS Records for the XSF label 1982.

BIGGER THAN BOTH OF US – 12” Compilation LP
featuring ‘Taking the Weight Off’. Released on Propeller Records 1988.

THE WYRD THINGS – LIVE IN LONDON DVD
featuring Cliff ‘Skeats’ Gravelle, Nasty Suicide, Dave Tregunna, Terry Chimes and James Vane. A little-known underground act with some big names from the UK 1987/88.

A STAB IN THE DARK – 10-track CD
produced by Cliff ‘Skeats’ Gravelle 2010. Released on the Cliffhanger label. Featuring seven previously unrecorded tracks and three updated classics.


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