CARDIACS – SUSANNAH’S STILL ALIVE 7″ – Nr MINT 1988 INDIE PUNK PROG

Cardiacs – Susannah’s Still Alive
(Alphabet Records  1988  ALPH009)

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from the odd dust crackle)

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Cardiacs are an English rock band formed in 1977, originally as Cardiac Arrest, led by Tim Smith. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style

Cardiacs were an English rock band formed in 1977, originally as Cardiac Arrest, led by Tim Smith. Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by bands as diverse as Blur, Faith No More and Radiohead.

Cardiacs have released eight studio albums plus a number of live albums, compilation albums and singles between 1980 and 2007, and are best known for the 1988 minor hit single “Is This the Life?” They are also noted for attracting strongly diverse responses: they have remained one of Britain’s leading cult rock bands during their four-decade-spanning career, but have also attracted virulent critical attack (including a lengthy editorial ban from the British music magazine New Musical Express).

The band ended following the 2008 hospitalisation of Tim Smith after a heart attack and series of strokes and his subsequent death in 2020.

“Susannah’s Still Alive” is the fourth single and only cover version ever recorded by Cardiacs. As well as being released as a single, the track was also on the Kinks tribute album, Shangri-La – A Tribute to The Kinks.

Track listing

7″

1. “Susannah’s Still Alive”
2. “Blind In Safety and Leafy In Love””

Lineup

• Tim Smith – Guitar and Vocals
• Jim Smith – Bass
• Sarah Smith – Sax
• William.D.Drake – Keyboards
• Dominic Luckman – Drums
• Tim Quy – Percussion