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John's Children - Orgasm (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Killer Ben 2:29
  2. Jagged Time Lapse 3:13
  3. Smashed Blocked 3:20
  4. You're a Nothing 3:35
  5. Not The Sort of Girl 2:05
  6. Cold On Me 2:50
  7. Leave Me Alone 3:12
  8. Let Me Know 3:27
  9. Just What You Want Just What You'll Get 3:40
  10. Why Do You Lie 5:05
  11. Smashed Blocked (Single Version) 2:57
  12. Strange Affair (Bonus Track) 2:08
  13. Just What You Want Just What You'll Get (Single Version) 2:58
  14. But She's Mine (Bonus Track) 2:03

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John's Children, formerly "The Silence", were a Leatherhead, England 1960s pop-art/mod band featuring future T.Rex frontman Marc Bolan, whose 1967 single "Desdemona" was banned by the BBC for the controversial lyric, "Lift up your skirt and fly". Bolan was with the band for about four months. His main roles were to be the band's composer and play electric guitar (until then, he only played acoustic guitar). His singing voice is sometimes lead in "unofficial" recordings only (demos, BBC radio sessions). (His voice is clearly heard on "Desdemona", "Midsummer's Night Scene", "Sarah Crazy Child" and on Andy Elison's 'solo' single "Cornflake Zoo".) Throughout their short career, they were not known for musical precision.

Their manager was Simon Napier-Bell (who also devised their white stage outfits) and they were also famous for an outrageous stage act which included fighting each other and Bolan whipping the stage with a chain. An account of Napier-Bell's time with John's Children and Bolan is given in his book You Don't Have To Say You Love Me.

Despite having little success, John's Children were a heavy influence on punk rock, with their shambolic stage presentation and headline-grabbing controversies. The group still have a cult following, and still play and record sporadically.

The band recorded in June 2006 with original members Ellison, Hewlett and Townson plus guitarist Trevor White (a former member of Sparks).

Orgasm is John's Children's sole studio album, projected for release on March 18, 1967, and eventually released in September 1970. It was recorded (before Marc Bolan joined the band) at Advison Studios in London, England. Originally intended as a regular studio album, it was transformed into a fake "live" album by producer Simon Napier-Bell by dubbing audience screams lifted from The Beatles' movie A Hard Day's Night.

According to the liner notes by Chris Donovan in the 1982 Cherry Red Records reissue of the album, its release in the United States was stopped by the Daughters of the American Revolution, who objected to the title.

In Australia it was released as simply John's Children.

01."Killer Ben" - (Hewlett/Ellison)
02."Jagged Time Lapse" - (McClelland/Hewlett)
03."Smashed Blocked" - (Nappier-Bell/Hewlett)
04."You're a Nothing" - (Hewlett/McClelland/Ellison/Townson)
05."Not the Sort of Girl" - (Hewlett/Ellison)
06."Cold On Me" - (Hewlett/Ellison)
07."Leave Me Alone" - (Hewlett/Ellison)
08."Let Me Know" - (Hewlett/Ellison)
09."Just What You Want - Just What You'll Get" - (Hewlett/McClelland/Ellison/Townson)
10."Why Do You Lie" - (Hewlett/McClelland/Ellison/Townson)
+ 4 Bonus Tracks