Maximum Joy

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Searching For A Feeling 04:26 Tools
Dancing On My Boomerang 03:12 Tools
Let It Take You There 06:03 Tools
All Wrapped Up! 06:27 Tools
Stretch 03:50 Tools
Silent Street / Silent Dub 07:42 Tools
Where's Deke? 03:16 Tools
Do It Today 05:03 Tools
In The Air (7" Version) 03:35 Tools
Silent Street 04:47 Tools
Stretch (99 Records Version) 06:12 Tools
Simmer till Done (7" version) 03:32 Tools
Man Of Tribes (12" Version) 03:59 Tools
White & Green Place 05:33 Tools
In The Air 03:35 Tools
Silent Street/Silent Dub 07:39 Tools
Simmer Till Done 03:32 Tools
Building Bridges / Building Dub 06:15 Tools
Temple Bomb Twist 03:37 Tools
Building Bridges 06:15 Tools
Man Of Tribes 06:42 Tools
White & Green Place (Extraterrestrial mix) 05:33 Tools
Stretch - 12 " Version 00:00 Tools
Mouse an' Me 04:53 Tools
Stretch (Disco mix / rap) 06:12 Tools
Stretch (Disco/Rap Mix) 06:12 Tools
Where's Deke 00:00 Tools
White & Green Place (12" Version) 05:33 Tools
All Wrapped Up 00:00 Tools
Stretch (Disco Mix/Rap) 00:00 Tools
Where’s Deke? 03:21 Tools
Stretch (Discomix & Rap) 04:02 Tools
Why Can't We Live Together 03:38 Tools
Mouse 'an Me 06:15 Tools
Stretch - 7 " Version 05:35 Tools
Stretch [Disco Mix/Rap] 03:01 Tools
Silent Street_Silent Dub 07:54 Tools
Stretch (99 version) 06:14 Tools
White and Green Place - Extraterrestial Mix 06:12 Tools
In The Air - 12 " Mix 00:00 Tools
Building Bridges (12" Version) 06:15 Tools
Bonus track 01:13 Tools
Stretch (7" Mix) 00:00 Tools
Stretch - 12" Version 01:13 Tools
Simmer Til Done 07:55 Tools
Why Can't We Live Together - previously unreleased vocal version Janine Rainforth 04:14 Tools
White And Green Place (Extraterrestial Mix) 05:35 Tools
Silent Street | Silent Dub 07:55 Tools
Strech 00:00 Tools
Silent Street Dub 00:00 Tools
Silent Street (7" Version) 07:55 Tools
Silent Dub 05:35 Tools
Stretch [12" version] 06:10 Tools
Strech (99 Records Version) 06:12 Tools
White and Green Place (Extraterrestrial mix) 05:23 Tools
Man Of Tribes - 12 " version 06:11 Tools
In The Air (12" Mix) 06:11 Tools
White And Green Place [Extraterrestrial Mix] 05:36 Tools
Do It Today - Touchdown Version 07:54 Tools
Stretch (Disco 06:12 Tools
In the Air [12" version] 06:23 Tools
In ‚the Air (12" Mix) 04:15 Tools
Why Can't We Live Together [previously unreleased version] 04:15 Tools
Man Of Tribes - 12" Version 05:23 Tools
stretch (disco mix-rap) 06:12 Tools
Medley: Silent Street/Silent Dub 07:54 Tools
Silent Street Silent Dub 07:54 Tools
Fingertrack 675 07:54 Tools
Stretch (7" Version) 06:12 Tools
Stretch (Disco Rap Mix) 00:00 Tools
Silent Street-Silent Dub 07:55 Tools
Stretch (12" Version) 06:11 Tools
Silent Street & Silent Dub 06:12 Tools
Silent Street (Silent Dub) 06:11 Tools
Stretch 12" 06:11 Tools
Building Bridges (Building Dub) 06:24 Tools
Stretch [7" Version] 04:14 Tools
Stretch [Disco Mix] 07:55 Tools
In The Air 12" 06:24 Tools
Stretch (Disco MixRap) 06:12 Tools
Mouse an'me 00:00 Tools
Why Can't We Live Together (feat. Janine Rainforth & Dennis Bovell) [Mastered from Cassette] 00:30 Tools
Silent Street- Silent Dub 05:37 Tools
A. White and Green Place (Extr 00:00 Tools
Stretch (Disco/Rap) 00:00 Tools
Silent Street / Silent Dub - Maximum Joy 07:54 Tools
Why Can't We Live Together [previously unreleased version featuring Janine Rainforth and Nellee Hooper on vocals] 04:14 Tools
In The Air (Extended Version) 04:14 Tools
Summer Till Done (7" Version) 04:14 Tools
Building Bridges/Building Dub 05:58 Tools
Searching For A Feeling (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1982) 05:37 Tools
White and Green Place (eEtraterrestrial Mix) 05:37 Tools
Up Yer Egos (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1982) 05:58 Tools
stretch (1981) 06:11 Tools
Open Your Heart 06:11 Tools
In ≠the Air (12" Mix) 05:58 Tools
Stretch (Discomix / Rap) 06:07 Tools
In The Air (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1982) 05:58 Tools
Silent Street # Silent Dub 06:12 Tools
Stretch [Disco/Rap Mix] 06:12 Tools
Do It Today (Touchdown Version) 06:07 Tools
Untitled 06:07 Tools
Stretch (99 Records U.S. Version) 06:07 Tools
Silent Street (Radio 1 Session, 15 Apr 1982) 00:36 Tools
Stretch (Disco Mix_Rap) 06:07 Tools
Slip Into The Fit 06:12 Tools
Stretch 12" disco dell mix version 06:12 Tools
Let It Take You There (1982) 06:07 Tools
Stretch (Disco Mix) 06:12 Tools
Building Bridges(Building Dub) 06:07 Tools
Caveman Fly 06:07 Tools
All Wrapped Up - BBC Session 22/02/1982 06:07 Tools
maximum joy singles 01 - stretch 06:07 Tools
Stretch (Discomix) 00:36 Tools
Why Ca't We Live Together 00:36 Tools
White and green place(extraterrestrial mix) 05:58 Tools
In The Air (12 Inch Mix) 05:58 Tools
Stretch (Disco Mix Rap) 07:54 Tools
Stretch [7” Version] 07:54 Tools
01 - White & Green Place 00:36 Tools
Building Bridges, Building Dub 00:36 Tools
In the Air 12" version 00:00 Tools
Frankie Goes To Hollywood 07:54 Tools
B. Building Bridges, Building 05:58 Tools
Silent Street _ Silent Dub 07:54 Tools
Summer til Done 07:54 Tools
Why Can't We Live Together (previously unreleased vocal version Janine Rainforth) 07:54 Tools
maximum joy singles 02 - silent street 07:54 Tools
Stretch (Discomix/Rap) 07:54 Tools
Strech (Edit) 07:54 Tools
02 - do it today 07:54 Tools
maximum joy singles 03 - white and green place 07:54 Tools
maximum joy singles 05 - in the air 07:54 Tools
03 - Let It Take You There 07:54 Tools
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Bristol, England's Maximum Joy was formed in 1979 by Janine Rainforth and Tony Wrafter founder members and joined by John Waddington, Charlie Llewellin and Dan Catsis. Blending punk, funk,soul, reggae and jazz they melded their own unique post-punk sound. Maximum Joy signed to the Rough Trade distributed Y Records and their first single, 'Stretch' (with b'side "Silent Street") came out in 1981. In the U.S. the record was distributed by the legendary 99 Records and became and underground NYC club classic. They released a further 2 singles in quick succession - In the Air & White and Green Place. Their LP, 'Station MXJY' was released in 1982 and was produced in part by Adrian Sherwood. Maximum Joy’s last single was a haunting version of "Why Can’t We Live Together", & "Man of Tribes' b-side - it was produced by (and featured backing vocals of) Dennis Bovell, it is a song as relevant today as it was when it was first recorded by Timmy Thomas on 1972. The band split up in 1983. However the interest in their music and the band's back catalogue has not waned - there have been many reissues & they have always been a DJ's favourite - at their inception John Peel was a big fan. And in 2015 Simple Things approached Janine, the lead singer and an original founder of the band to ask them to play - the time was right - she reformed the band along with 2 other founder members - Charlie Llewewllin and Tony Wrafter - and recruited 2 new players also to finalise the line up. Since then Rainforth along with Llewellin and the new players have been making new music - they are performing as a new updated outfit - MXMJoY later in 2018. Dan Catstis performs with the newly reformed The Pop Group and the newly reformed Glaxo Babies Tony Wrafter performs his saxophone and flute across the world with numerous outfits, and is part of the newly reformed Glaxo Babies The other previous band members are keeping on keeping on in their own ways. ‘Maximum Joy is pivotal to the history of post-punk… ‘I Can’t Stand It Here on Quiet Nights’ combines the three EPs Maximum Joy recorded for Y Records in 1981 and 1982, acknowledging the group’s rightful place in the post-punk canon as pioneers of the Bristol Sound.’ Andy Thomas - Bandcamp ‘Like many of their early ’80s UK peers, Maximum Joy mixed punk, funk, disco, and reggae. This new set captures a band carving its own place with two of music’s most powerful tools: muscle and joy…At the nexus of a bunch of different styles, in the shadow of their peers, they struck a spark that still glows.’ Phillip Sherburne, Best Reissue - Pitchfork ‘The emotional range of Maximum Joy was surely one of their greatest strengths, and this collection gives you every shade of their impeccable repertoire.’ Crack Magazine Review – 9/10 "Digging a pivotal point in Bristol’s dub-informed lineage, it reveals the sound of Bristol parties and after-hours blues in the early ‘80s, which would also find success among the punk-funk crowds and hip hop stations of NYC. Fans of Vazz, The Slits, Glaxo Babies, The Pop Group need to check this one!’ - Boomkat ‘Here's an extraordinary collection from pre Massive Attack era Bristol where the sounds of post-punk, dub, jazz and soul collided in a magnificent splash of colour for Maximum Joy. The songs here are vibrant and upbeat and remarkably experimental. It often sounds like you are standing in the middle of the street whilst two soundsystems play simultaneously. 'Silent Street' builds up from tight knit dub sounds as if the Raincoats had collaborated with King Tubby… as essential to the development of post punk/funk as Liquid Liquid or A Certain Ratio.’ Norman Records Recent releases and reissues include: - "I Can't Stand It Here On Quiet Nights" - a compilation of Maximum Joy's early singles - Silent Street Records "Let It Take You There" - Sherwood At The Controls vol. 1 1979-​1984 Crippled Dick Hot Wax released a compilation of Maximum Joy's 12" singles and assorted tracks in October 2005 - 'Maximum Joy Unlimited 1979-1983' (cdhw101). 'Station MXJY' plus bonus tracks (including previously unreleased last single cover of Timmy Thomas classic 'Why Can't We Live Together featuring vocals by Janine Rainforth and Nellee Hooper) released by Beatink in Japan May 2007 BRC-193. Bugz in the Attic's re-mix of 'Stretch' on the 'Back to Mine' on DMC 'Silent Street' on K7! compilation 'Disco not Disco' 'Let it Take You There' re-mixed by Andrew Weatherall, Watch the Ride on Harmless 'Silent Street' re-mixed by DJ Maar on Collection Vol.1 Bijou R.I Sounds on Avex. Maximum Joy's line up was always quite a fluid arrangement - the band was formed by Rainforth and Wrafter and core players at start were: Janine Rainforth (singer /violin/clarinet) Tony Wrafter (saxophonist/trumpeter, previously with Glaxo Babies) Charlie Llewellin (drums, previously of Glaxo Babies) John Waddington (guitar, previously of Pop Group) Dan Catsis (bass, previously of Pop Group and Glaxo Babies) and later: Kev (Ebo) Evan (Bass) Nellee Hooper (b-vocals and percussion/Sin Drum) Jeremy Hirsch (keyboard/Trumpet) Peta (vocals) Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.