A Bus for a Bus on the Bus

"A Bus for a Bus on the Bus"
Single by Cardiac Arrest
B-side
  • "A Cake for Bertie's Party"
  • "Food on the Wall"
Released1979
Recorded25 July 1979
StudioElephant (London)[1]
Length4:33
LabelTortch
Songwriter(s)
Cardiacs singles chronology
"A Bus for a Bus on the Bus"
(1979) 		"Seaside Treats"
(1985)

"A Bus for a Bus on the Bus" is the debut single[a] by English rock band Cardiacs, then known as Cardiac Arrest,[5] released in 1979 under Tortch Records.[9] The song's title recalls "A Pound for a Brown on the Bus" from the Mothers of Invention album Uncle Meat (1969).[10]

Until the release of The Special Garage Concerts Vol II, none of the tracks on the 7-inch single had been reproduced anywhere else. The single was supposed to contain four tracks and not three, but the limited space on the 7-inch format prevented it. The fourth track was to be "Keep Your Dead Mice with You",[11][7] which was later re-recorded as "Dead Mouse" on the Toy World album. The single is one of the rarest Cardiacs items.

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  2. ^ Cardiac Arrest E.P. (Vinyl liner notes). Cardiac Arrest. Tortch Records. 1979. TOR 002.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Larkin, Collin (1997) [1992]. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Eighties Music. Virgin Books. p. 93. ISBN 9780753501597.
  4. ^ Kitching, Sean (24 July 2020). "Remembering Tim Smith Of Cardiacs". The Quietus. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (22 July 2020). "Tim Smith, frontman of cult band Cardiacs, dies aged 59". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  6. ^ Demalon, Tom. "Cardiacs Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b Tagg, Peter (13 September 2005). "Peter Tagg's Testimonial". Cardiacs.com. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Benac was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Mark, Alvin (22 July 2020). "Tim Smith, the Cardiacs frontman, dies at 59". Music Times. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
  10. ^ Sgrignoli, Marco (20 July 2022). "Cardiacs - biografia, recensioni, streaming, discografia, foto". Ondarock [it] (in Italian). Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  11. ^ "The Cardiacs Museum". Cardiacs.org. 10 April 2009. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 17 June 2012.


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