Ed Kuepper – Singles ’86-’96 2xLP

The Saints’ Ed Kuepper’s first ever collection of 45s – RPM if you will – although CD singles are also included. From the spaghetti-western influenced opener of cult-fave ‘Also Sprach The King Of Euro-Disco’ (’86) through the baroque overtones of penultimate track ‘All Of These Things’ (’96) – an overlooked classic in anyone’s language – via the coulda-been should-been of the much covered (and much coveted) ‘The Way I Made You Feel’ (’92) these tracks and the other 17 collected here point to Kuepper’s seemingly effortless ability to roll out classic after classic during a decade that was arguably his most prolific. Interestingly, Kuepper, normally comfortable in his non-conformity, gave the green light for this collection to be sequenced chronologically, a first for the legendary baird. But what does Sir Ed make of this clearly commercial manoeuvre? “I didn’t mind it one bit… in fact I quite like it” he says, from the comfort of his Oxley bunker. No exclamation mark though. He’s not that excited.