Richard John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, went missing in 1974 after having killed his childrens' nanny. He was officially declared dead in 1999 (which seems arbitrary), although plenty of loonies and fanatics have sighted him since. Some people are obsessed with him. The Dodgems, who began as "Jet-Slag", wrote this song four years later (a far superior version to this appears on Vaultage 78, and can be found on that Youtube here. Also, a weird cover version by Black Box Recorder), and made it their second and final single. Drummer Charlie Zuber said the song was about "how irrelevant the news is to our lives. It really doesn't matter whether Lord Lucan is missing or not." I was surprised by the strength of the b-side here, a song about smoking, but it's nothing on Lucan. There might be a few crackles on the track, because it came straight from the ol' vinyl (remember that, folks?).
1980, Criminal Records
1980, Criminal Records
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