Stump

7-24-08 Stump

Just when you thought that everything that has been said about the Scottish / Irish group Stump has already been said…

There is a recently released 3CD boxed set on Sanctuary Records in England called “Stump: The Complete Anthology”! Two entire discs (24 tracks; “Mud On A Colon” and “Quirk Out”; Disc 3 is all post-”Pancake” songs) making their CD debut! And, yes, the set includes the entire “A Fierce Pancake” CD. No, it doesn’t contain their massive “Peel Sessions” tracks, alas – so it ain’t quite ‘complete’.

To recap, there are apparently no female Stump fans. And thus far, here’s what I’ve managed to hold on to:

BUFFALO ENSIGN UK ENYX 619 12"

1988 3 TRKS with pic sleeve

CHAOS ENSIGN UK ENYX 612 12"

1988 3 TRKS with pic sleeve

CHARLETON HESTON ENSIGN UK ENYX 614 12"

1988 4 TRKS with pic sleeve

FIERCE PANCAKE, A CHRYSALIS US VK 41641 CD

1988 12 TRKS U.S. version

FIERCE PANCAKE, A CHRYSALIS US BFV 41641 LP

1988 12 TRKS U.S. version

FOUR TRACK SAMPLER promo ENSIGN UK FRIZ 2 12"

1988 4 TRKS with pic sleeve, promo

MUD ON A COLON RON JOHNSON ZRON 6 12"

1986 4 TRKS with pic sleeve

PEEL SESSIONS, THE STRANGE FR UK SFPS 019 12"

1987 4 TRKS with pic sleeve ('86 recording)

QUIRK OUT STUFF UK STUF/U2 12"

1986 6 TRK EP; with pic sleeve, insert

I have also searched out the solo CD’s by their bassist, Kev Hopper:

SAURUS DRAG CITY US DC 223CD CD 2001 6 TRK EP

SPOOMBUNG THOOFA UK THOOFA 1 CD 1998 13 TRKS

STOLEN JEWELS GHETTO UK GHETTD 4 CD 1990 14 TRKS

WHISPERING FOILS DRAG CITY US DC 201CD CD 2000 11 TRKS

I urge you to check out this amusing band! I once saw them interviewed on MuchMusic, the Canadian MTV. Very funny guys. I read that they had a brief re-union in Ireland in ’06 – oh, I would’ve liked to have seen that!

Is Stump somewhere between XTC and Captain Beefheart? Throw in a handful of Holger Hiller, some Mick Karn, even some Monochrome Set…they’re very British, despite being both Scottish and Irish!

Long live the massive STUMP!