Recorded in London in 1976, Major Surgery’s lone album is mid-Seventies jazz rock, Jimmy Roche’s electric guitar funkily truncating behind Don Weller’s Kojak sax, but not as we know it.
The quartet weren’t the smooth operators soon to characterize UK jazz, nor the anti-melodic improvisers already embedded in the scene’s underbelly, though drummer Tony Marsh was to become a mainstay of the movement. Instead, they suggest a beer goggle Mahavishnu Orchestra, micro-budget mystics surging towards nirvana on pub palette stages, defiantly rattling the bars.
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Stokeylitfest, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Idrie, Youtube
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Stuart, Chortle
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Bosco239, youtube
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Brighton Argus
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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World Without End, Twitter
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Rudeness, Youtube
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John Robins, Comedian
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com