{"title":"Bog-Shed","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-official-bog-set","title":"The Official Bog-Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eFull \u003cem\u003eBog-Shed\u003c\/em\u003e back catalogue available on CD for the first time, in clamshell box. Audio remastered for the first time, with restored original artwork. Includes the complete John Peel Sessions \u003cem\u003eTried and Tested Public Speaker\u003c\/em\u003e, 14 tracks of which have never been released. Also includes \u003cem\u003eWho Scoffed The Trill?\u003c\/em\u003e a compilation of live performances and rarities, only in the box set. 28-Page booklet featuring writing from John Robb, Rhodri Marsden, and the original members of \u003cstrong\u003eBog-Shed\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the beginning of the year it was reported that Tesco was phasing out CDs and DVDs in its UK stores, with plans to stop selling physical media altogether by the end of February 2022. So obviously the time is right to finally commit \u003cstrong\u003eBog Shed\u003c\/strong\u003e's recorded output to CD for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe band formed in 1983 and over the next four years released their debut EP \u003cem\u003eLet Them Eat Bog Shed\u003c\/em\u003e, followed by two albums; \u003cem\u003eStep On It\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBrutal\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as a compilation of their John Peel Sessions (\u003cem\u003eTried and Tested Public Speaker\u003c\/em\u003e, originally a 6-track EP). The version of \u003cem\u003eTried and Tested Public Speaker\u003c\/em\u003e released here features 20 of their John Peel session tracks, 14 of which have never before been released.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMike\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMark\u003c\/strong\u003e were born in Liverpool in 1961 but met at school in Ormskirk aged 9. Their 70s were T.O.T.P, Top 20, Fluff Freeman, John Peel, Probe, Eric's and the peculiar hippy\/ punk crossover of the free festivals. Every Saturday they would play rubbish guitars through a home made amp. After leaving Polytechnic \u003cstrong\u003eMike\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eMark\u003c\/strong\u003e moved to Hebden Bridge soon to be followed by \u003cstrong\u003ePhil\u003c\/strong\u003e who moved into Northwell Cottage in Heptonstall. This was an ideal space to play and rehearse. Stone-built and clinging to a hill with the toilet in a shed down a steep path next to a well for your water. Drummers were tried, but were either temporary or just plain wrong. \u003cstrong\u003eTris\u003c\/strong\u003e, who befriended the others drinking in the Trades Club, got the job having never played the drums. The Bradford gig on \u003cem\u003eWho Scoffed The Trill?\u003c\/em\u003e was 2 weeks later and these live songs are early tunes that never got recorded. There were many more, but C90's got recycled and we will never again hear \u003cem\u003eOpen Up In The Name Of Fred Feast\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eI saw Cleo Laine In A Phonebox\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eWho Scoffed The Trill?\u003c\/em\u003e's 22 tracks are exclusive to this box set and won't be available on streaming platforms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTheir debut EP \u003cem\u003eLet Them Eat Bog Shed\u003c\/em\u003e was released on John Robb's Vinyl Drip label in 1985 and led to their track \u003cem\u003eRun To The Temple\u003c\/em\u003e appearing on the NME's now-legendary C86 cassette. However, this was the age of DIY and \u003cstrong\u003ePhil\u003c\/strong\u003e decided they should be even indie-er and start their own label, Shelfish, having declined offers from the Creation and Abstract labels.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhil\u003c\/strong\u003e was technically the best musician in the band, he could play and sing every Beatles song. John Robb describes him and the cottage, 'A total one-off, \u003cstrong\u003ePhil\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Stanley Baxter lookalike with flared nostrils and a flared mind who was funny as fuck and had a brilliant quirky worldview. His house was an extension of his unique personae. Every morning at breakfast a horse from the neighbouring field would poke its head through the kitchen window and nibble bits of toast and listen to the clatter of cans being swept up.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhil\u003c\/strong\u003e still organised gigs in Britain and Europe but the well-known stresses of travelling in the back of a van for miles and miles to be manic for an hour started to tell. What had been creative tension just became tension So in 1987 it stopped. \u003cstrong\u003ePhil\u003c\/strong\u003e died of throat cancer in 2006 having fallen out with \u003cstrong\u003eMark\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eTris\u003c\/strong\u003e. \u003cstrong\u003eTris\u003c\/strong\u003e went on to play with A Witness before joining Jackdaw with Crowbar. He played in many side projects on a variety of instruments until he died of brain cancer in 2008. \u003cstrong\u003eMike\u003c\/strong\u003e still draws and came up with the new sleeve artwork.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melodic","offers":[{"title":"CD | x5","offer_id":50469587845451,"sku":"1170398","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/b478c3a1-ad99-4673-b210-f78158b859a5_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727363667"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/bog-shed.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}