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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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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World Without End, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Jackmumf, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Bosco239, youtube
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Mearecate, Youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Alwyn, Digiguide.tv
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Stuart, Chortle
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Kozzy06, Youtube
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Sidsings000, Youtube
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Robert Gavin, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Mpf1947, Youtube
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Sam Rooney, Youtube
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Foxfoxton, Youtube
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Idrie, Youtube
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Guest1001, Youtube
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Ishamayura Byrd, Twitter
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Horatio Melvin, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Brighton Argus
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter