After we spoke with Mark Automaton for our episode on Deleted Records and the Instant Automatons, he kindly shared his recollections of the music and bands presented on the legendary “Deleted Funtime” compilation, released by Deleted Records in 1980.

Originally compiled by Martin “Protag” Naish of the Automatons, and featuring 34 tracks by various outsider musicians and misfits from across the booming cassette network in the UK. 

Filling a c90 cassette and in 1980, available for 60p and a self-addressed envelope direct from the band - we’ve omitted a few tracks where they were by the same band or sometimes where we had no recollections to share.

The tape hiss you’ll hear on the music tracks is original, mostly due to the sometimes third generation tape copies that were the sources for the compilation.

IN THIS EPISODE

VOICES
Martin Franklin
Mark Lancaster

MUSIC
Missing Persons "Chemical Solutions"
Colin Potter "Power"
Stabmental "Thin Veil Of Blood"
The Midnight Circus "Obsession"
391 "Prisoner Of The Living Room"
The Door And The Window "Habits"
The Digital Dinosaurs "Fingers And Thumbs"
Lurch "Single Symphony Excerpt"
The Mystic Umbrellas "Journey To The West"
The Digital Dinosaurs "Walking Out"
Merz "Spud-Dream"
Duo Elettronica "Duo Elettronica Tape Excerpt"
Mic Woods "Little Girl"
The Instant Automatons "Disillusion"
Alien Brains "Alien Brains Excerpts"
Heddon Street W1 "We Wanna Pogo"

LINKS
https://www.waterden.net/
https://markautomaton.bandcamp.com/
The Luxury Of Dreams: An Autobiography, by Mark Automaton
https://amzn.asia/d/bS6PSxt

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