Ever wondered what the soundtrack to an evening of fondue, snowballs and hot knives with Noddy Holder, Can, Bruce Forsyth, The Who and Roy North would sound like? The answer is here in ‘Supersmash’, an album of smash ups cooked up by Matt Button of Mongo Shakers.
Each song has been plotted, compiled, cajoled and blended on a laptop using Garageband and You Tube. Additional guitar and bass seasoning is from Ayr’s finest, Richard “Fergusonics” Ferguson. Arrangements, samples, editing, mixing and production and extra rhythm tracks are by Matt Button. 
The album features walloping double drums, fuzz bass, big men handclapping, TV adverts, theme tunes, idents and audio tomfoolery. There are 7 tracks and over 35 different artists sampled, repurposed, reconstituted and generally made fun of. But this is not po-faced Post Modernism, it’s a heartfelt celebration and rewriting of a fondly mis-remembered 70s childhood.

Super Smash

Where Slade meet Sadé – a collision of Smooth Operator, Gudbuy to Jane, Cum on Feel the Noize and Coz I Luv U, with dialogue from Slademania. Lock up your daughters!

Slade Operator

An episode of ITV’s finest children’s rock show with guest stars including Cleckheaton’s finest, Excel) and John “Highfly” Miles plus written requests on postcards, in under 5 minutes featuring the unabashed Roy North and indefatigable Linda Fletcher.
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Get It Together

In which the King gets way on down, down, deeper and down with SE23’s be-denimed kings of man-sized boogie that melts You’re So Square into Softer Ride, with In the Ghetto, Way on Down and Down Down. Look out for brief guest appearances from Les Gray, Donny Hathaway, Sugar Minott and the Jordanaires.

Status Presley

A riotous soundcrash featuring Bruce Forsyth singing his famous theme tune with The Who thundering through My Generation. Hear Anthea Redfearn cite Derek Nimmo and Jackie Pallo, Roger Daltrey endorse American Express on his trout farm and Pete Townshend describe Roger as a Shepherd’s Bush geezer. Didn’t he do well?

The My Generation Game

A Deutsche stomp down Liebezeit Drive that asks the all-important question whether German rock legends, CAN, are able to Can the Can as vigorously as Suzi Quatro in 1973. That's the same year that Can released Future Days which featured Moonshake, just one of the Kosmische legends’ canon featured here alongside Spoon, Mushroom, You Doo Right and I Want More. Maybe it will make the Top Tin after all?

Can CAN Can The Can?

another all-in-one episode from ITV’s hipper response to the hegemony of Biddy Baxter featuring Jenny, Dougie and Mick’s potted history of jazz but with adverts (the mint with hole, no less). Two for Joy!

Magpie Smashpie

A faithful reproduction and homage to two of the 1970’s greatest instrumentals and theme tunes. No samples here: all instruments played live by Matt Button and Richard Ferguson.

Weekend World In Action

Husband, Father, Muso, Drummer, Producer, Founding member of Mongo Shakers, Marketing Man, Friend and Defender of the Snazz