The autographs are from: Tim Smith, Jim Smith, Sarah Smith, Tim Quy, Bill Drake, Dominic Luckman, The Consultant, Miss Swift.

Alan's story:

In 1986, after showing me a video of Cardiacs performing Tarred and
Feathered on 'The Tube', I was initially put off. Before I wrote them off as
a bunch of piss-taking weirdos, my friend persuaded me to go see them
perform a gig. We went to see them play at a pub in Walthamstow, and I was
so amazingly impressed with what I witnessed that I became, at the time, to
be one of their most avid fans.

 
I can recount seeing them some 30 plus times between that first fateful gig
and about 1993(ish). Admittedly, the natural process of growing old and lazy
has tarnished my reputation of being there for every gig I could possibly
get to. I do, however, remain a huge fan.
 

Right, the point of my email is this: Some 22 years ago, my friend and I
went to see Cardiacs play at a venue in Wood Green, London. From memory, I'm
pretty sure that the venue was called 'The Dog Club'. After arriving in Wood
Green some 2-3 hours before the gig was due to start, we made our way to the
venue, proudly wearing our Cardiacs t-shirts. We crossed paths with a bunch
of people who gave us knowing looks of acknowledgement. After initially
wondering 'what was that about?' we suddenly realised that these people were
most of the members of the band!!! Being 17 years old and cringe-worthy, we
double backed to catch up and introduce ourselves as Cardiacs 'biggest
fans'. Rather than being told to piss off, we got invited to the pub with
them where we were allowed to buy Tim as many bottles of Grolsh as we could
afford!!!

Now for the interesting bit: During out time at the pub, I managed to secure
on a single piece of scrap paper, the autographs of every member of the
Cardiacs at that time. This included:

 

Tim Smith

Jim Smith

Sarah Smith

Tim Quy

Bill Drake

Dominic Luckman

The Consultant

Miss Swift