Mr Thing Kidkanevil Tall Black Guy Eric Lau – Nothing Leaves The House

RSD14 ltd edition release.

On a Saturday morning at the start of November 2013, First Word Records took 3 of their favourite producers out of London to spend the day browsing through the vinyl shelves of the biggest record nerd they knew – the incomparable Mr Thing. This was the culmination of an idea that first manifested itself on Record Store Day 2012. Like most ideas it was a natural conclusion to a conversation about records and music – kidkanevil had expressed a desire to dig through Mr Thing’s sizeable collection for some inspiration. Chatting to Mr Thing it seemed unfair to limit this to only one producer – Tall Black Guy and Eric Lau were top of their wish list. So – a double 7″ (Mr Thing would make a beat too – they are his records after all) in time for Record Store Day 2013 (yes, they are a year late). There was however one stipulation about the records from the usually mild-mannered Mr Thing: ‘The guys can sample anything they like, but Nothing Leaves The House….’