Lead guitarist Martin Weaver later fronted Dark, whose 1972 album is one of rock’s most valuable rarities, but initially he flecked Sabbath style proto-metal with the fading strains of psychedelia in Wicked Lady.
Weaver’s Northampton pub rockers never entered a studio, and their reputation might appear inflated by cultish obscurity. But the rough and ready rehearsal room recordings finally released here, and on the companion Axeman Cometh CD, see sixties sunshine fade into seventies darkness on claustrophobically extended workouts, and Wicked Lady stand revealed as a great lost group.
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Gwaites, Digitalspy
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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DVDhth's grandparents, Twitter
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Wharto15, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Meninblack, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Anonymous, don'tstartmeoff.com
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Karen Laidlaw, Edfringe. com.
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Tres Ryan, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Brighton Argus
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12dgdgdgdgdgdg, Youtube
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Cyberbloke, Twitter
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Danazawa, Youtube
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Chez, Chortle.com
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Slothy Matt, Twitter
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Hiewy, Youtube
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Bosco239, youtube
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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World Without End, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Fairy Pingu, Twitter
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter