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Hi Folks - Ken Brilliant here with a hot and long-awaited item - yes (!) Laughing Clowns' - Cruel, But Fair 3 CD Anthology is in production - at last - and we expect delivery any day!!!

To Ed's dedicated followers we'd like to offer a special touch. The first 200 people who order Cruel, But Fair direct from Hot/Didgeridoo will receive a Numbered and Signed copy - hot-off-the-press, literally, at a special price of $60.00 including free postage and packaging.

Ed and Jeffrey have just completed a phenomenal pit-stop tour and added bass player, Peter Oxey, for their Sydney and Melbourne shows and I've been told they have a few more suprises on the way for their next series of Live shows.

Eternally Yours Ken Brilliant and the crew at Hot Records / Didgeridoo

HOT RECORDS • CAT HOT1088 • BC 5035135108807 • $60.00

3 CD SET WITH EXTENSIVE LINER NOTES, SUPERB PACKAGING AND PHOTOS IN A 24 PAGE BOOKLET

In 1973, while still at high-school, formed The Saints. After 3 seminal albums The Saints split whilst in the UK in 1978. While carried on using The Saints’ banner as his own, Kuepper returned to Australia to form an even more progressive group, Laughing Clowns.

It was the Clowns, alongside The Birthday Party and The Go-Betweens that helped throw off Australia’s cultural cringe in the ‘80s. They were original, a collision of guitar and brass that amazed and challenged audiences around the world.

The Clowns’ legacy may be forgotten by most, but Hot Records now rectifies this with the release of Cruel, But Fair, a beautifully packaged 3-CD Set containing every Laughing Clowns recording with track by track notes by Ed Kuepper. These albums sound as fresh and exciting today as when first released and remind us how powerful innovative & wildly experimental rock 'n' roll can be.

After the demise of Laughing Clowns in 1985, Kuepper has gone on to enjoy a fruitful solo career, but more on that in a month or two ...

COMING SOON ON RECORDS THROUGH DIDGERIDOO

ED KUEPPER ED KUEPPER The Man, The Music, This Is The Magic Mile The Magic 3CD Set Digipack (HOT1099)

DVD (HOTDVD001) Beautiful packaging - with all the lyrics in a 24- page booklet to boot!!! Featuring never-before-seen clips ED KUEPPER KATALOGUE

Title Catalogue No Barcode Price Quantity

LAUGHING CLOWNS - CRUEL, BUT FAIR (3CD) HOT1088 5035135108807 $60.00 ELECTRICAL STORM HOT1020 CD 5021456000609 $15.00 TODAY WONDER HOT1032-R CD 5035135103246 $20.00

HONEY STEEL'S GOLD 2000 RE-ISSUE HOT1036-R CD 5035135103697 $20.00 This honeyed, steely, golden matrix of acousto-electric splendour was companion to The Aints' Ascension and the extension to the previous Today Wonder. All were recorded and released within a few months of each other - and sound so vastly different. Featuring the hook-laden The Way I Made You Feel and one of Ed's all-time greats Everything I've Got Belongs To You this album became the most successful of Ed's career at the time and was the first-ever Independent album to debut in Australia's notoriously conservative Top 50, hovering there for 12 weeks, peaking at #28. This 2000 Re-issue features 7 bonus tracks.

BLACK TICKET DAY HOT1040 CD 5021456005604 $20.00 SERENE MACHINE HOT1042 CD 5021456014309 $15.00 THE BUTTERFLY NET HOT1045 CD 5021456013906 $15.00 EVERYBODY'S GOT TO HOT1044-R CD 5035135104403 $20.00 CHARACTER ASSASSINATION HOT1049 CD 5021456018406 $15.00 A KING IN THE KINDNESS ROOM HOT1052 CD 5021456056606 $15.00

ED KUEPPER SINGS HIS GREATEST HITS FOR YOU HOT1057 CD 5035135105769 $20.00 For this man who cares about his music, one can hear in this collection why so many of his compositions have become classics. Whether it's the hot- roddin' sound of Pissed Off, the swingin' If I Had A Ticket, the bossa-nova bongo-beat of Black Ticket Day, the symphonic sound of Everything I've Got Belongs To You, or the mellow candle-lit croon of This Hideous Place, for starters, there's something here to please young and old, shakers and swingers, loyal fans and casual listeners alike! Don't wait, make a date with Ed - and let him Sing His Greatest Hits Just For You!

FRONTIERLAND HOT1058 CD 9320467121201 $15.00 STARSTRUCK HOT1064 CD 5024545043228 $15.00 THE WHEELIE BIN AFFAIR HOT1065CD 5024545043822 $15.00 WITH A KNAPSACK ON MY BACK HOT1066 CD 5035135106612 $20.00 ED KUEPPER & HIS OXLEY CREEK PLAYBOYS ~ LIVE! HOT1070 CD 5035135107053 $15.00 THE BLUE HOUSE HOT1071 CD 5035135107183 $15.00 REFLECTIONS OF OL' GOLDEN EYE HOT1072 CD 5035135107251 $20.00 SMILE...PACIFIC HOT1073 CD 5035135107381 $15.00 OUT-TAKES CASTAWAYS PIRATE WOMEN & TAKEAWAYS HOT1078 5035135107824 $15.00 I WAS A MAIL ORDER BRIDEGROOM MAIL1 N/A $15.00 CLOUDLAND MAIL7 N/A $15.00 the aints

ASCENSION HOT1035CD 5016557023527 $15.00 AUTOCANNIBALISM HOT1037CD 5021456001309 $10.00 SHELF LIFE UNLIMITED!! HOTTER THAN BLAZING PISTOLS!!! HOT1054CD 50214560608302 $15.00 S.L.S.Q. AINTONECD 9320467121423 $15.00 the saints

ETERNALLY YOURS AHOYCD127 5032556112727 $30.00 I'M STRANDED AHOYCD129 5032556112925 $30.00 THE MOST PRIMITIVE BAND IN THE WORLD...LIVE FROM THE TWILIGHT ZONE, HOT1053 5021456063901 $5.00 BRISBANE 1974

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