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THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS – DAY 1: CUD

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On the first day of Christmas 3 Loop gave to me…..

…. a CUD Goodie Bag!


WIN a CUD Goodie Bag


Yes, we are giving you the chance to win a goody bag with a CUD mug, a signed copy of the Complete BBC Sessions 4CD boxset and more…

To enter, head over to over to our Facebook page here, like our page and share the CUD post.

You can also enter on Twitter by following us here and retweeting the CUD tweet

We’ll pick a winner from all you sharers and tweeters…

Good luck!

Explore the world of CUD!


It’s been a busy 2014 for CUD, with their a new EP and a nationwide tour and plans for 2015 are coming together. Below you can explore the world of CUD from an appearance on John Peel’s On A Personal Note TV show in 1998, a film about CUD and Leeds which Carl made especially for 3 Loop, the superb video for Victoria from the new EP and more!

Watch CUD on John Peel's On A Personal Note
Watch CUD - Carl's exclusive Leeds, City Of CUD film
Watch CUD - Exclusive Eau Water Rehearsal


Watch CUD - Victoria - the new song
Watch CUD BBC Boxset Unboxing
Order CUD's Complete BBC Boxset

CUD – THE COMPLETE BBC SESSIONS BOXSET



CUD’s Complete BBC Sessions does what it says on the tin! A 4CD set featuring 69 tracks including alternative versions of all of their hits, a smattering of covers including inimitable takes of Like A Virgin, Urban Spaceman and Down Down, plus the full Carefree Sud session in all its psychedelic glory.

Also included are the 3 John Peel sessions, some extremely rare regional radio recordings and a full gig from Sheffield Sound City in 1993, it’s a captivating catalogue of CUD’s career from 1987 to 2006.

The lavish boxset includes 4 exclusive postcards and a poster designed by the band plus a booklet with brand new sleevenotes from Carl, William, Mike and Andrew Collins.

For those of you who are thoroughly more modern, a download album of The Complete Peel Sessions is available too. It is the same as CD1 of the 4CD Boxset in the below tracklist.


CD1 – The Complete Peel Sessions

John Peel Show 1987
1. Mind The Gap
2. You’re The Boss
3. Don’t Bank On It
4. You Sexy Thing

John Peel Show 1988
5. Treat Me Bad *
6. Punishment-Reward Relationship *
7. Living In The Past
8. Everybody Works So Hard

John Peel Show 1989
9. Only (A Prawn In Whitby) *
10. BB CUDn’t C
11. (I’m The) Urban Spaceman *
12. Epicurean’s Answer *

On A Personal Note 1988
13. Slack Time *
14. I’ve Had It With Blondes *

CD2 – The Local Radio Sessions

On the Rocks 1987
1. You’re The Boss *
2. Mind The Gap *
3. Make No Bones *
4. Don’t Bank On It *
5. Van Van Van *
6. You Sexy Thing *

Carefree Sud 1989
7. Vocally Speaking
8. Wobbly Jelly
9. Price Of Love *
10. Starry Eyes
11. Mind The Gap *
12. Only (A Prawn In Whitby)

Jerry Hibbard’s Groove Web 1991
13. Pink Flamingo *
14. Down Down *

GLR 1994
15. Purple Love Balloon *
16. Slipaway *


CD3 – The National Radio Sessions

Radio 5 Mark Radcliffe’s Hit The North 1991
1. Robinson Crusoe *
2. Hey, Boots *
3. Possession *

Radio 1 Mark Goodier 1991
4. Profession *
5. Oh No Won’t Do *
6. Purple Love Balloon *
7. Sometimes Rightly Sometimes Wrongly *

Radio 5 Mark Radcliffe’s Hit the North 1992
8. Easy *
9. Pink Flamingo *
10. Strange Kind Of Love *
11. No Smoking *
12. Through the Roof *

Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe Show 1994
13. Neurotica *
14. The Mystery Deepens *
15. Slipaway *
16. Ski Bum *

Radio 1 Collins and Maconie’s Hit Parade 1994
17. One Giant Love (Acoustic) *
18. Like a Virgin (Acoustic) *

6Music Gideon Coe Show 2006
19. Only (A Prawn In Whitby) *
20. Love In A Hollow Tree *
21. The Dream Is Killing Me *

CD 4 – Live

Sheffield Sound City 1993
1. Rich And Strange *
2. Waving And Drowning *
3. Strange Kind Of Love *
4. The Mystery Deepens *
5. Love In A Hollow Tree *
6. Robinson Crusoe *
7. Purple Love Balloon
8. Possession
9. Slipaway *
10. Easy *
11. Through The Roof *
12. Eau Water *
13. Hey, Boots *
14. Ski Bum *
15. Vocally Speaking *
16. My Need To Hurry *
17. One Giant Love *
18. I’ve Had It With Blondes *

CUD announce Ned’s Atomic Dustbin support dates

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CUD live dates 2013

The news that the CUD Band have been teasing us with has finally been announced.

The band will be supporting Ned’s Atomic Dustbin at London’s Shepherds Bush Empire and the Birmingham O2 Academy and 22nd and 23rd November 2013. Completing the bill is Republica – ready to go? Yes, we certainly are!

Tickets are available here from 1st May.

We’ll see you down the front!

CUD – The Complete BBC Sessions Press

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CUD – The Complete BBC Sessions

Mojo Review


CUD – The Complete BBC Sessions

Graham Rickson – theartsdesk.com

Do we really need multiple live versions, in variable sound quality, of songs such as “Purple Love Balloon” or the Morrissey inspired “Only (a Prawn in Whitby)”? Yes, we do. Cud completists won’t need convincing, and newcomers will find plenty to enjoy in this beautifully produced four-disc package, containing material recorded for local and national radio from 1987 to 2006. Cud began life when a group of fine art students from Leeds Polytechnic retrieved a battered drum kit from a skip. Lead singer Carl Puttnam sent a demo to John Peel, leading to their first BBC session. Cud’s rise was meteoric, but the band split in 1995, reforming in 2006 to publicise a greatest hits compilation. They’re still going strong. So many of these songs are still very, very funny – Puttnam’s lyrics are consistently witty, and his larger than life vocal style never irks. The best Cud songs are noisy flashes of poetic gold, wearing their erudition lightly. One listen to “I’ve Had it With Blondes” should convert the uninitiated.


CUD – The Complete BBC Sessions

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CUD Christmas Dates

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OK, OK, it’s a bit early to start talking about Christmas already, but as we know, the mighty CUD band are always one step ahead.

The band have revealed that they will be playing 2 intimate gigs which should be very special indeed.

The first is a return to the Leeds Cockpit on 14th December, followed by a trip down the M1 on Santa’s sleigh for a show at the Water Rats, Kings Cross, London on the 15th.

Tickets are available from the links below.
Leeds
London

CUD’s 6Music Session

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Our pals Carl, William, Mike and Gogs crossed the Penines and dropped in for a session with 6Music’s Marc Riley.

While we can’t bring you the songs from the session due to the vagaries of the BBC, you can listen again here to the in depth chat putting some of those old Wikipedia myths to rest.

CUD – The Complete BBC Sessions

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BBC Sessions

Graham Rickson – theartsdesk.com

“Do we really need multiple live versions, in variable sound quality, of songs such as “Purple Love Balloon” or the Morrissey inspired “Only (a Prawn in Whitby)”? Yes, we do. Cud completists won’t need convincing, and newcomers will find plenty to enjoy in this beautifully produced four-disc package, containing material recorded for local and national radio from 1987 to 2006. Cud began life when a group of fine art students from Leeds Polytechnic retrieved a battered drum kit from a skip. Lead singer Carl Puttnam sent a demo to John Peel, leading to their first BBC session. Cud’s rise was meteoric, but the band split in 1995, reforming in 2006 to publicise a greatest hits compilation. They’re still going strong. So many of these songs are still very, very funny – Puttnam’s lyrics are consistently witty, and his larger than life vocal style never irks. The best Cud songs are noisy flashes of poetic gold, wearing their erudition lightly. One listen to “I’ve Had it With Blondes” should convert the uninitiated”.

Malarky – A William Potter Exclusive Playlist

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We were chatting about our favourite music, bands and songs with the boys from CUD a few days ago. It turns out that William Potter, their bouncing bass player, has exceptional and exceptionally wide ranging musical tastes from hip hop pioneers Eric B & Rakim to the queen of folk rock Sandy Denny via the Monkees and Peanuts!

You can listen to William’s playlist on Spotify below

And here’s William to talk us through his choices…
Mick Ronson – Only After Dark
I knew this first as a Human League cover (Travelogue) but here’s the non synth only original from the Ziggy Stardust guitarist who defined the sound of glam.

The Monkees – Circle Sky
Relentless and slightly mental song from The Monkees suicidal, freakout movie Head. When Michael Nesmith took the reins he came up with some country-rock classics

Fleet Foxes – Lorelei
And relax. Been trying to get my fingers round the guitar cycle on this lovely piece from the Seattle folksters. Helplessness Blues was my favourite album of the year, whenever it came out.

Simon and Garfunkel – The Only Living Boy In New York
Nu folk led me back to Paul and Art amongst others. Now I live in an idyll of orchards and fairies sweet harmonies and strumming. Till the next tour

Milagres – Glowing Mouth
And from New York… Something more recent, grabbed from a 6Music playlist as is most everything new I get to hear. Less keen on the rest of the album this came from, but this track charms me

Vince Guaraldi – Peppermint Patty
Jaunty electric piano jazz noodles from the Charlie Brown cartoons. I love how it starts a repetitive cycle midway through. A joy. Draws a smile on Chuck’s face

LiliPUT – Split
Nonsense lyrics but tonnes of spirit from this Swiss all-female punk band. They were called Kleenex till the tissue makers called time. Nothing to sneeze at

Scraping Foetus Off The Wheel – Lust For Death
Extreme surf music from one-man band Jim Thirlwell whose crucifixion poster ‘If you want to get down, get down and pray’ used to adorn my student lodgings. Also know as You’ve Got Foetus on Your Breath. Cuddly

Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band – Dropout Boogie
It all starts here. Inventive song structure, abstract lyrics, immaculate playing, a wealth of inspiration from Mr Don Van Vliet

The Castaways – Liar, Liar
Every home should have the Nuggets compilation Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era. ‘Nuff said

Alan Vega – Every 1’s A Winner
The second-best Hot Chocolate cover, this a pounding electro version from the Suicide vocalist. Saw Vega live at Leeds Uni Riley Smith Hall yonks ago. Mumbling the words as a career choice

Caetono Veloso – Tropicalia
I love a bit of Brazilian Tropicalismo and getting my fingers round those time-signatures. This tune is from one of the founders who, like Gilberto Gil, was exiled from Brazil by the right-wing military government of the time for their views and ‘avant-garde’ music

Mr Bloe – Groovin’ With Mr Bloe
A northern soul classic put together by session musicians, apparently including the harmonica player who later recorded the theme from Last of the Summer Wine

Emerson. Lake and Palmer – Fanfare For The Common Man
I’d never heard the full-length version till I added this to the playlist. I am happy to stick with the edited single version of this pomp romp for sanity’s sake

Eric B and Rakim – Follow The Leader
I prefer my rap old-school, when trousers were worn above the knees and traffic violations were the worst crimes bragged about. Listened to a lot of Def Jam in the early CUD days

Cashier No.9 – Oh Pity
Something else more recent. Vocals remind me of Laurence from Felt/Denim but otherwise a catchy 5 minutes from this Belfast band

Sandy Denny – Who Knows Where The Time Goes
Back in the land of mandolins and cider, I feel myself withdrawing into the pub snug to weep into my pint. Lovely. No excuses

Dennis Wilson – It’s Not Too Late
I’m very fond of The Beach Boys at their most twisted. This is from the overlooked croaky Lothario Dennis, backed by angel-voiced Carl Wilson. Sublime.

Sublime indeed. Thanks William

Carl Puttnam’s Summer Playlist

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CUD’s very own Carl Puttnam has compiled an exclusive YouTube playlist for 3 Loop.

And it’s over to Carl to let you know why he’s chosen these tracks.
1. Il Velero – Lucio Battisti
I originally picked this up in a Shetland charity shop. Sounds like a disco version of..

2. Discord – The Fire Engines
..which is the noisiest record ever made.

3. Blood and Honey – Amanda Lear
Another holiday purchase, but not sure when.

4. Les Coups – Johnny Hallyday
I heard this first on a French radio show, coupled with Stevie Wonder’s “Uptight”. I had no idea who it was. It’s Stevies’s tune but the lyrics make the opposite meaning. Not “everything’s alright”, but tout le monde is Merde..

5. The Garden – Nino Ferrer
I found this amongst the records that my partner was bequeathed by her Grandfather. Where he lived is the place in this record.

6. Amarsi Un Po – Lucio Battisti
Battisti again. Nice trance-y thing going on here.

7. Seeing Out The Angel – Simple Minds
I read an interview with Simple Minds back when I was at school, and they said that they liked Deodato, Kraftwerk and Dusseldorf amongst others, so here is..

8. La Dusselforf – la Dusseldorf
Crazy drumming. I know everyone says that now, but I first heard this in around 1980; back then it really was “crazy”. And the football is good too.

9. Computer Love – Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk make me think that there is a God. Something like the Sufi’s ecstatic state.

10. Prelude to the afternoon of a faun – Deodato
Who does a great cover of a Steely Dan song…

11. I Got The News and 12. Fire In The Hole – Steely Dan
Steely Dan piss on the Beatles and most everybody. If I do this again, i might just a top20 Dan chart..

13. The Chess Game from “The Thomas Crown Affair” – Michel Legrand
and relax…

14. Forest Life from “Brendon Chase” – Paul Lewis
Never released on DVD, but I have a pirate copy. It’s got to be the best kid’s TV show ever… and the book’s cool too.

15. Can Can Del “Filly” from “Quando Le Donne Avevano La Coda” – Ennio Morricone
16. Jesus Christ – Johnny Hallyday
Someone once said that Johnny was/is the French Cliff… Come on?

Let’s end with some Rock!!
17. Boogie No More – Molly Hatchett
18. Dancing Madly Backwards – Captain Beyond
19. The Camera Eye – Rush
20. Time We Left This World Today – Hawkwind
Not a lot of people know that in our earliest days we covered this song and to some success. Mike The Hippie (from Jumbo records) was particularly fond…

and then something a little more mellow
21. Down Deep Inside – Donna Summer
With John Barry

22. Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – Dionne Warwick and John Barry from “Thunderball”
Dedicated to John and Donna and underwater-set movies everywhere…

Now that’s what I call a playlist – Thanks Carl!

CUD BBC tracklist confirmed – order now!

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We are delighted to announce the full tracklist for the upcoming CUD BBC Sessions 4CD set.


As previously mentioned the 4CD set features 69 tracks including alternative versions of all of their hits, a smattering of covers including inimitable takes of Like A Virgin, Urban Spaceman and Down Down, plus the full Carefree Sud session in all its psychedelic glory.

Including their 3 John Peel sessions, some extremely rare regional radio recordings and a full gig from Sheffield Sound City in 1993, it’s a captivating catalogue of CUD’s career from 1987 to 2006.

The set is released on 10th September and is available for pre-order here.

The set also comes with postcards and a poster designed by the band plus a booklet with brand new sleevenotes from Carl, William, Mike plus 6Music DJ Andrew Collins.

Tracklist


CD1 – The Peel Sessions

John Peel Show 1987
1. Mind The Gap
2. You’re The Boss
3. Don’t Bank On It
4. You Sexy Thing

John Peel Show 1988
5. Treat Me Bad *
6. Punishment-Reward Relationship *
7. Living In The Past
8. Everybody Works So Hard

John Peel Show 1989
9. Only (A Prawn In Whitby) *
10. BB CUDn’t C
11. (I’m The) Urban Spaceman *
12. Epicurean’s Answer *

On A Personal Note 1988
13. Slack Time *
14. I’ve Had It With Blondes *

CD2 – The Local Radio Sessions

On the Rocks 1987
1. You’re The Boss *
2. Mind The Gap *
3. Make No Bones *
4. Don’t Bank On It *
5. Van Van Van *
6. You Sexy Thing *

Carefree Sud 1989
7. Vocally Speaking
8. Wobbly Jelly
9. Price Of Love *
10. Starry Eyes
11. Mind The Gap *
12. Only (A Prawn In Whitby)

Jerry Hibbard’s Groove Web 1991
13. Pink Flamingo *
14. Down Down *

GLR 1994
15. Purple Love Balloon *
16. Slipaway *


CD3 – The National Radio Sessions

Radio 5 Mark Radcliffe’s Hit The North 1991
1. Robinson Crusoe *
2. Hey, Boots *
3. Possession *

Radio 1 Mark Goodier 1991
4. Profession *
5. Oh No Won’t Do *
6. Purple Love Balloon *
7. Sometimes Rightly Sometimes Wrongly *

Radio 5 Mark Radcliffe’s Hit the North 1992
8. Easy *
9. Pink Flamingo *
10. Strange Kind Of Love *
11. No Smoking *
12. Through the Roof *

Radio 1 Mark Radcliffe Show 1994
13. Neurotica *
14. The Mystery Deepens *
15. Slipaway *
16. Ski Bum *

Radio 1 Collins and Maconie’s Hit Parade 1994
17. One Giant Love (Acoustic) *
18. Like a Virgin (Acoustic) *

6Music Gideon Coe Show 2006
19. Only (A Prawn In Whitby) *
20. Love In A Hollow Tree *
21. The Dream Is Killing Me *

CD 4 – Live

Sheffield Sound City 1993
1. Rich And Strange *
2. Waving And Drowning *
3. Strange Kind Of Love *
4. The Mystery Deepens *
5. Love In A Hollow Tree *
6. Robinson Crusoe *
7. Purple Love Balloon
8. Possession
9. Slipaway *
10. Easy *
11. Through The Roof *
12. Eau Water *
13. Hey, Boots *
14. Ski Bum *
15. Vocally Speaking *
16. My Need To Hurry *
17. One Giant Love *
18. I’ve Had It With Blondes *

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