{"product_id":"vinyl-clinic-deleted-wheeltappers-and-shunters-limited-edition-opaque-red-vinyl-lp","title":"Wheeltappers And Shunters (Limited Edition Opaque Red Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLimited Edition Opaque Red Vinyl!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHear ye, hear ye! Roll up, roll up! Welcome to Wheeltappers and Shunters! \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAfter an unprecedented seven year break, Clinic, Liverpool's cherished post-punk pop experimentalists return with album number eight, released on May 10th, by Domino. The unusual name is taken from the long-forgotten 1970s ITV variety show The Wheeltappers and Shunters Social Club, compered by Bernard Manning, which recreated the smoky, boozy atmosphere of Northern working men's clubs for a sofa-bound audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\"It's been a pisstake thing between us for quite a few years,\" reveals Ade Blackburn, Clinic spokesman, of the show that the album title references. \"Whenever we'd talk about a song sounding too 'cabaret' or too nice, we'd say, 'That's a bit Wheeltappers and Shunters'.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis album is neither a celebration nor a denigration of the culture of the era in which Blackburn and his collaborator-in-chief, Hartley, grew up. \"It's a satirical take on British culture - high and low,\" explains Blackburn. \"It fascinates me that people look back on the 1970s as the glory days. It's emerged that there was a darker, more perverse side to that time. When you look back on it now it was quite clearly there in mainstream culture.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThe first track to be shared from Wheeltappers and Shunters is 'Rubber Bullets', fifties rock'n'roll is the order of the day as Blackburn grunts \"Neanderthal\" over a twanging rockabilly guitar riff à la Scotty Moore.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROCKET LOCAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20378901872738,"sku":"379423","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0024\/9803\/5810\/products\/379423-Product-0-I.jpg?v=1572322881","url":"https:\/\/www.jbhifi.com.au\/products\/vinyl-clinic-deleted-wheeltappers-and-shunters-limited-edition-opaque-red-vinyl-lp","provider":"JB Hi-Fi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}