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Ted Kessler

To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish

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The story of Billy Childish, the most famous artist you have never heard of, by legendary music journalist Ted Kessler.

From Fossilised Cretaceous Seams: A Short History of His Song and Dance Groups

Thee Mighty Caesars – You Make Me Die
The Buff Medways – Archive from 1959
The Milkshakes – For She
The William Loveday Intention – You Gotta Move
Thee Headcoats – Fingers in the Sun
The Spartan Dreggs – Headlong Fly the Achaens
Thee Headcoats – Punk Rock Ist Nicht Tot
CTMF – Last Punk Standing
CTMF – Bob Dylan’s Got a Lot to Answer For
The Buff Medways – Troubled Mind
Billy Childish and The Singing Loins – I Don’t Like the Man I Am
Billy Childish and Holly Golightly – Upside Mine
The Guy Hamper Trio feat. James Taylor – Moon of the Popping Trees
CTMF – All Our Forts are With You
The Musicians of the British Empire – Christmas 1979
The Delmonas – I Feel Like Giving In (French)
The Musicians of the British Empire – Thatcher’s Children
Thee Mighty Caesars – Lie Detector
The Pop Rivets – Fun in the UK
Thee Headcoatees – Hurt Me
CTMF – A Song for Kylie Minogue
The Shall I Say Quois feat. CTMF – It’s so Hard to be Happy
Jack Ketch and The Crowmen – Brimful of Hate
CTMF – Failure Not Success (ALT)
Thee Headcoats – Davey Crockett
The Musicians of the British Empire – Joe Strummer’s Grave
The Buff Medways – Medway Wheelers
CTMF – You Can’t Capture Time (Slight Return)
The Spartan Dreggs – A Shropshire Lad
The William Loveday Intention – Sex and Flies
Thee Headcoats – The Same Tree
Thee Mighty Caesars – Cowboys are Square
Billy Childish and The Singing Loins – Song of the Medway

Wild Billy Childish

From Fossilised Cretaceous Seams: A Short History of His Song and Dance Groups

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A compilation to celebrate the release of the book: "To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish" written by Ted Kessler.

When the idea for the book was mooted Billy wanted to put a succinct double album compilation together to summarise his 47 years of making music. This is the result.