Denigration Now

* Original Artwork
* 1985 re-issue

***Denigration Now*** is a mini-album by Chris Sievey, released following the demise of The Freshies in February of 1982, sent to members of Sievey's mail-order club 'The Whispering Campaign.' A VHS version of the album also exists, which serves at the introduction. of Frank Sidebottom.

## Background

When The Freshies announced their demise in February of 1982, Sievey announced that he had already started his solo career, and had recorded some new songs, which would be available through his new 'Whispering Campaign' mail-order fan club. Seemingly, the only music release available through the whispering campaign was the mini-album Denigration Now, recorded at a 8-track studio.

The mini-album features several new songs by Sievey, as well as re-recordings of older songs, such as shorter versions of 'I Am The Walrus,' 'Amoco Cadiaz' and a re-recording of 'Hey.' A full video version of the mini-album was released on VHS. It was re-released in 1985 through the 11:37 label, limited to 250 copies.

## Track Listing

***Side One (14:58)***

1. Camouflage (4:24)
2. Off Key Siren (2:45)
3. Warning To Women (3:56)
4. I Am The Walrus (3:53)

***Side Two (14:00)***

1. Amoco Cadiz (2:03)
2. Hey (2:15)
3. Return To Thunder City (2:02)
4. On A Bender (3:43)
5. Under Water (3:57)

## VHS liner notes

>    *Goodbye… he is burning of The Freshies band rest spot that Chris Sievey is doing what he is calling “Denigration Now.*
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> *He is saying go to start in the 1982 January when into a studio of track eight going is here to play all the instruments but not all at once, but one after each other himself. Twelve is being the songs numbered doing is he there… nine is being new brand… two being old brand new again… and one is not of his thinking but he is doing it anyway now.*
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> *Next he do crazy thing, he take his microphone singing away and also he take away the guitar bass off tape songs and on the February of 20th he is saying to blue orchids band “Please, ‘blue orchid band,’ please I am going on your stage to sing microphone and bass play with tape of songs without those there” ? And ‘blue orchids band’ say ‘Please yes you’*
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> *First he sing and bass again… but he only being one band himself but he like more people band… I no understand.*
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> *Anyhowway he is six weeks doing of the microphone singing bit with ‘beau leisure band.’ ‘French band,’ ‘torpedoes band,’ ‘Nico lady’, eveners band’ and ‘Salford jest band’ all Manchester round areas over, and all are going into pictures on how you say ‘VHS veedeeyo.’*
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> *Between all this, Chris he is at home doing pictures with colours lots of times with a machine he should using be for titles on picture, but he abuse machine to make patterns and faces not colour properly, what he do I no see before.P…why he do this I no know, but do it he do.*
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> *Then he say to me ‘Samuel’ he say ‘Samuel, I am of doing the first three dee pictures test on twelve’.. ‘mama Mia’ I cry ‘you are impossible being’ but say ‘no’ and he is giving me the eye glass of red on one twelve but he make-a-de-fool… ‘I say ho-hee, you plain loco’ but he say ‘no’ and he see things come out of tee-vee. ‘You loose are screw’ I say but he keep saying ‘Is true… is true’.. he I think I yesterday born pregnant… me too smart*
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> * *Then Sievey he plan edit to together vee-dee-yo of singing microphone and colour pictures to be showing ‘Denigration now’ but he has problems three.*
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> 1. *The veedeeyo she no how you say ’sink up’ and Chris he sing and the sound she come behind when Chris no sing… no look right.*
> 2. *The colour she no ‘get lock,’ me no understand but Chris he say it is ver bad.. anyhow way.. picture no quite look right..*
> 3. *But the third problem, by far being biggest is Frank! Frank is being fan numero one of Chris Sievey… he all his records buy… but Chris he say ‘Frank he is basteedo’ and also he say ‘Frank is behind in pain’ Frank he no stop try to be singing microphone and bass play with Chris Sievey band but Chris he say ‘No Frank band’*
> 4. *He no self ‘Denigration Now’. All to say now…*
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> *Does Frank join Chris on singing microphones?*
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> *Will women understand warning?*
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> *Does three-dee she really work?*
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> *How old is professor?*
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> *Did Chris title ‘Off-key siren’?*
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> *I see finished vee-dee-yo, I still no understand… but still she veer good. Samual.*
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> *S.P where is Freshies band? Hello.*
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1. ↑ The Last Freshies Mail-Out (Feburary, 1982)
2. ↑ "DENIGRATION NOW - Selected excerpts from this little known Chris Sievey solo project, only ever released on cassette and VHS in 1982."

- Frank Sidebottom & Chris Sievey's Big Page
3. ↑ Cassette Album - Chris Sievey - Denigration Now - The Songs
4. ↑ Chris SIevey - Denigration Now (1985, Cassette) - Discogs