Swastikas for Noddy is a 1988 album by English music group Current 93.
This album marks a shift in the band's style, stepping away from their earlier electronic-industrial sound and introducing the acoustic folk elements that would come to characterize Current 93's music. It charted on New Musical Expresss Independent LPs chart in March 1988.
The album was originally issued simultaneously on CD (with poor sound quality) and LP by Crepuscule Records' industrial subsidiary L.A.Y.L.A.H. Records. It was later reissued as a remastered CD by Durtro Records in 1994 (with significantly improved sound) under the slightly revised title "Swastikas For Goddy", the renaming being due to copyright infringement issues involving Enid Blyton's character Noddy.
âÂÂI was obsessed with Noddy,â recalled bandleader David Tibet in a 2011 interview, in reference to the album. âÂÂI took a load of acid on the top of the house where Rose McDowall was living and I had a vision of Noddy crucified in the sky and it really impressed me⦠as you would expect. The next day I just went mad for buying Noddy. Before IâÂÂd seen him crucified I wasnâÂÂt any more interested in him than any other kid whoâÂÂs read Noddy as a child. I was taking such a huge amount of speed at the time that I had a massive amount of energy so I just started hoovering around and would come back with bin-liners full of anything with Noddy on. Rugs, mugs, jugs, didnâÂÂt matter, bought it all, to the extent that I started wandering around London wearing a red Noddy hat with a bell on the end. Which was possibly not a good move to make in terms of fashionâÂÂ.