The Fall Of Saigon
1979 · Piano THIS-1 · UK: England
- Artist
- This Heat
- Title
- The Fall Of Saigon
- Release
- This Heat
- Year
- 1979
- Label
- Piano # THIS-1
- Format
- LP · Album
- Language
- English
- Country
- UK: England
- Genre
- Rock · Art Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation
Fall of Saigon, The (This Heat) Track Formed 1975, Camberwell, Greater London, United Kingdom Disbanded 1982
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Notes
Released September 1979. Recorded February 1976 to September 1978 at The Workhouse and Cold Storage, Camberwell; 2 and 24 track recordings; includes live performances; side B ends in a locked groove. Producers Anthony Moore, David Cunningham, This Heat. Members: Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, voice, tape), Gareth Williams (keyboards, guitar, bass, voice, tape), Charles Hayward (percussion, keyboards, voice, tape). Published by Blackhill Music. There are two other 1979 UK pressings and a German one. From the debut album released September 1979 and recorded 1976-78 at Cold Storage, Camberwell; a grotesque scene of the embassy staff eating the embassy cat during the fall of Saigon.
About the artist
Experimental group formed in 1975 in Camberwell, London, of Charles Bullen, Gareth Williams and Charles Hayward, disbanded in 1982.
Themes
Fall of Saigon · Saigon · Satire · Russia