As mentioned in the last Woodentops post, in 1989 the band stopped working together, although they didn't actually split up, but as their record company fell apart around them, this triggered the collapse of the whole band. Everybody agreed it was time to do something different, as the original members had worked through their entire twenties for the Woodentops and they all felt individual desires to do something else, and so a final concert took place at Subterrania in London in 1992. Rolo McGinty had become heavily involved in the dance/rave scene, and so he linked up with Les Lawrence and Benny Staples to provide rhythm tracks, while guitars were courtesy of Simon Mawby, Skip Macdonald, and McGinty himself, who also added the bass, while reggae singer Bim Sherman was invited to provide backing vocals. Along with producer Ian Tregoning, this collective had allegedly been working on a double album in the early 1990's, but this never saw the light of day, although there were some white label techno crossover 12" records released around this time, with 'Conehead' becoming a hit on the northern techno scene, and 'Tainted World' being popular on NYC radio. While the other members of The Woodentops started to do different things, McGinty was releasing dance music under the name Pluto, and also as Dogs Deluxe with Rob Miller, although the rumoured double album remained elusive. Various recordings have since leaked, and so by adding these to the 'Conehead' and 'Tainted World' singles we can actually make up a double album of McGinty's dance/club recordings, which I've housed in a sleeve based on a painting by Woodentops' resident artist Panni Bharti, and which I've titled after a deliberately(?) mis-named Japanese fruit. Just because you love the Woodentops won't necessarily mean that you'll like this music, as it is a real departure from their trade-marked hypno-beat, but it's still from the pen of Rolo McGinty, and it's great in its own way, so do give it a try.
Track listing
Disc One
01 Smokin'
02 You Could Be Happy
03 Because Of You/Dub
04 Ombooshi Plum
05 Children Of Today
06 Pleasure
07 Tainted World
Disc Two
01 Conehead
02 I'd Love You Again
03 Zoom Zoom
04 Don't
05 Back To Work 2
06 Stay Out Of The Light
