BIG UNTIDY
RECORDS
Big
Untidy Records was a DIY label. It managed at least two singles.
It issued singles in BUCP-0 numerical series. Distributed By Big Untidy
Records. Clive Product
Real Name: Clive Snowden. Clive Product (born
Chalfont St Giles, UK 1963) is a "new wave-folk-pop" performer. When Billy Bragg
stood in for John Peel on BBC Radio 1, he ended the show with "...And for those
of you who have written to me asking for The Smiths, who are a bit worried about
what records you're going to take away to college with you when you go away for
the first time, this is my candidate for your turntables. Singing a song that
also expresses a lot of my sentiments: Clive Product, Songs From An Untidy
Bedroom". Thus it was that Clive Product became the second artist after Billy
Bragg to appear on Utility Records. Billy's 1983 album Life's A Riot with Spy vs
Spy had been the label's first release (UTIL 1), but there wasn't a UTIL 2 until
Financial Suicide in 1989. By then Utility was owned by Billy and Peter Jenner
and they were trying to showcase independent acts which had tried hard, but so
far failed, to break through. Clive fitted the bill perfectly, having already
released four albums, to no appreciable commercial success. Since 1990 Clive has
lived in Berlin, Germany. Clive currently spends much of his time working in
music therapy, as well as drawing and writing the occasional song.
87
Clive
Product
Everyone Sees What I
See
BIG
UNTIDY
BUCP
1
88
Clive
Product
The Care Assistant
(Album)
BIG
UNTIDY
BUCP
2
88
Clive
Product
There Goes The Floor
Again
BIG
UNTIDY
BUCP
3