Rarities (2)

Johnny Moped - Basically, The Original Johnny Moped Tape.
(PROMO 3, 1978)
This is basically a vinyl version of the tape that got Johnny Moped signed to Chiswick in the first place. Part live and rehearsal recordings, it also features all kindsa weird interludes by the Moped-one himself and last for almost half an hour thanks to a bizarre mono/one-sided groove technique.
According to the previously mentioned article in Record Collector (issue 196, Dec 1995) only 300 copies of this were made. I've seen this listed as bein' given away with initial copies of 'Cycledelic', but never seen any "official" mention of this.
Part of these recordings can now be found on the Basically; the Best Of Johnny Moped CD.