The Honey Smugglers - Live At The Borderline 1990

 

 

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS

Live At The Borderline 1990

2025 Ultramarine Recordings

 

01. Pie In The Sky

02. Anyone But You

03. Stay

04. Apple Tree

05. Sad Parade

06. Need

07. Listen

 

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The Honey Smugglers - So Far

 

 

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS

So Far

2025 Ultramarine Recordings

 

01. She Doesn't Know

02. Blind

03. Good Afternoon

04. Greatest Lovers

05. Shake Free

06. Sad Parade

07. Listen

08. Rocking Horse

09. Mrs. C

10. Stay

11. Apple Tree

12. No

 

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The Honey Smugglers - Scruttocks EP

 

 

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS

Scruttocks EP

2024 Ultramarine Recordings

 

Notes :

Recorded in February 1989 at Scruttocks Studios, Old Street, London. Released October 18th 2024.

 

01. You Are The Sun

02. Protean 82

03. Smokey Ice Cream

04. Cremator Operator

 

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The Honey Smugglers - So Far

 

 

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS

So Far

2025 Ultramarine Recordings

 

Notes :

More and more great news i'm receiving in the last few weeks. Early 90's indie rock band The Honey Smugglers will release their long lost debut album ''So Far'' on October 10, 2025.

More info on their bandcamp page, link here.  

 

01. She Doesn't Know

02. Blind

03. Good Afternoon

04. Greatest Lovers

05. Shake Free

06. Sad Parade

07. Listen

08. Rocking Horse

09. Mrs. C

10. Stay

11. Apple Tree

12. No

  

The Honey Smugglers - Listen EP

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS
Listen EP
1990 Non Fiction Records

01. Listen
02. Blind
03. Sad Parade
04. Listen (Reprise)

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The Honey Smugglers - The Honeysmugglers (Demo Tape 1990)

 

 

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS

The Honeysmugglers (Demo Tape)

1990 Acid Tapes

 

Notes :

Obscure and hard to find demo tape from The Honey Smugglers

 

01. Blind

02. You Are The Sun

03. Protean 82

04. Smokey Ice-Cream

05. Flamethrower

06. Anybody But You (Live)

07. Blind (Live)

08. Way (Live)

09. Need (Live)

 

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The Honey Smugglers - 20 Golden Greats

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS
20 Golden Greats
1989 - 1991

Notes :
Compilation of tracks taken from various recording sessions by early 90's baggy band The Honey Smugglers

01. Smokey Ice-Cream (1989 1st Demo)
02. She Doesn't Know (1989 Warners Demo)
03. Apple Tree (1989 Warners Demo)
04. Listen (1989 Warners Demo)
05. Off Season Holiday Town (1990 Warners Demo)
06. Need (1990 Warners Demo)
07. Stay (1990 Warners Demo)
08. Blind (Listen EP)
09. Sad Parade (Listen EP)
10. Shake Free (1990 - Second Single Attempt)
11. Anybody But You (1990 - Second Single Attempt)
12. Greatest Lovers (1990 - Second Single Attempt)
13. Pie In The Sky (1990 BBC Session)
14. Beautiful People (1990 BBC Session)
15. Closer (1991 Besides Which EP)
16. You Are The Sun (1991 Besides Which EP)
17. Good Afternoon (1991 Besides Which EP)
18. Mrs. C (1991 Unreleased Album Sessions)
19. Rocking Horse (1991 Unreleased Album Sessions)
20. No (1991 Unreleased Album Sessions)

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The Honey Smugglers - Besides Which (12'' Single)

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS
Besides Which (12'' Single)
1991 Ultimate Records

The Honey Smugglers emerged on the London scene in late 1988, guided by front man Spence’s enigmatic take on life and powered by a neo-psychedelic backbeat of drums, bass and Vox Continental organ. Their pop sensibilities won them many admirers on the London gig scene, and they were courted by most of the major record labels. In reality however, they were perhaps too eccentric for mainstream consumption.
After several false starts, they were eventually signed by Fiction in the summer of 1990 and immediately recorded the classic `Listen’ E.P. The title track was totally in sync with the `baggy’ times (although more by accident than design, the track had been written nearly two years before). The Smugglers’ live set consisted of a far more varied cornucopia of pop styles than many gave them credit for (witness the B-Sides to the EP).
Following rave reviews in the music press, the band embarked on a British tour with Non Fiction label mates Eat, culminating in a spectacular sell out gig at the London Astoria, and forging inter-band relationships which lasted for many years.
Despite a place in `Sounds’ Magazine Top 50 Singles of the Year for 1990, The Smugglers were unaccountably dropped by Non-Fiction.
After a further EP (`Besides Which’) with new label Ultimate in early 1991, the band suffered an untimely split in the summer of that year in the midst of album sessions produced by Paul Noble from Eat. Chris Spence followed his calling to pursue other avenues.
A loose gathering of personnel including all of the Smugglers and Paul and Max Noble from Eat were to be seen on the London gig circuit in the years to follow in the revamped Honey Smugglers, (Superfine Dandelion), futuristic sci-fi rockers TV Eye, (featuring TV actor Paul Kaye) and Tiny Electric Company (an aggregation of all comers which sometimes featured up to 12 musicians onstage, many of whom had barely met) but never quite recaptured the momentum of those heady times.

01. Closer
02. You Are The Sun
03. Good Afternoon

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V.A. - Suburbia Psychedelicised Vol 1: Shoegaze, Madchester And Neo-Psychedelia 1990-93

 

 

 

VARIOUS ARTISTS

Suburbia Psychedelicised Vol. 1: Shoegaze, Madchester And Neo-Psychedelia 1990-93

2009 Secret Psychedelic Society

 

Notes :

Limited edition of 30 copies given away free to members of the SPS (Secret Psychedelic Society)

01. World Of Twist - Sons Of The Stage

02. The Telescopes - Flying

03. The Honey Smugglers - You Are The Sun

04. Sun Dial - Easy Fazer

05. Blind Mr. Jones - Dolores

06. Polyphemus - Morton's Botanical Garden

07. Spitfire - Sunflow

08. 8 Storey Window - Under Your Wheels

09. Clot - Dream

10. Surge - Hear

11. The Daniel Grade - Suntrap

12. Fury Things - Flame

13. Langfield Crane - I'll Have You

14. Teenage Filmstars - Apple

15. State Of Grace - Camden

16. Wonky Alice - Astronauts

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V.A. - Indie Top 20 Vol. 11

Various Artists
Indie Top 20 Vol. 11
1991 Beechwood Music

01. Carter USM - Anytime Anyplace Anywhere
02. My Jealous God - Pray
03. The Bridewell Taxis - Spirit
04. New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Fishes Eyes
05. Flowered Up - Phobia
06. The Honey Smugglers - Listen
07. Cud - Magic
08. Moonflowers - Get Higher
09. The Charlatans - Then
10. Teenage Fanclub - God Knows It's True
11. Pale Saints - Half Life, Remembered
12. Welfare Heroine - Cry Blood (Dub)
13. The Shamen - Oxygen Restriction
14. Front 242 - Tragedy For You
15. The Boo Radleys - Keleidoscope
16. Buffalo Tom - Birdbrain
17. Pixies - Dig For Fire

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The Honey Smugglers - Apple Tree (7'' Flexi-disc)

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS
Apple Tree (7'' Flexi-disc)
1990 Ultramarine Recordings

01. Apple Tree
02. Beautiful People

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TV Eye - Killer Fly

TV EYE
Killer Fly EP
1993 Free

Notes :
TV Eye was UK indie rock band formed by ex-Eat members Paul & Max Noble & ex-Honey Smugglers member Steve Dinsdale. Other members of the band were Louis Jones and British actor and comedian Paul Kaye as vocalist.
They released only one single ''Killer Fly EP''.

01. Killer Fly
02. Eradicator
03. Space Junk

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V.A. - The Ultimate Recording Company Story Volume 1 (1991 - 1993)

VARIOUS ARTISTS
The Ultimate Recording Company Story Volume 1 (1991 - 1993)
1993 Ultimate

01. The Werefrogs - Nixie Concussion
02. Levitation - Smile
03. The Honey Smugglers - Closer
04. Sidi Bou Said - Twilight Eyes
05. Submarine - Chemical Tester
06. The Belltower - Plastic Man
07. The Werefrogs - Lazy
08. The Honey Smugglers - Rocking Horse
09. 8 Storey Window - I Thought You Told Me Everything
10. Sidi Bou Said - Buzz
11. Submarine - Dinosaurs

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WANTED: TV Eye - Killer Fly EP

TV EYE
Killer Fly EP
1993 Free

Notes:
TV Eye was UK indie rock band formed by ex-Eat members Paul & Max Noble & ex-Honey Smugglers member Steve Dinsdale. Other members of the band were Louis Jones and British actor and comedian Paul Kaye as vocalist.
They released only one single ''Killer Fly EP'', if anyone have mp3 copy please leave comment.

Before T.V. Eye, Paul and Max Noble formed another band called U.V. Ray and released one single ''Sunburn EP'' in 1991 for Lemon Records. I'm also looking for mp3 copy of this single.

Paul Noble and Louis Jones from T.V. Eye went on to form Warm Jets, while Max Noble emerges from time to time with The Blue Aeroplanes.

01. Killer Fly
02. Eradicator
03. Space Junk

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The Honey Smugglers - BBC Session 03-11-1990

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS
BBC Session
03.11.1990

01. Beautiful People
02. Pie In The Sky
03. Apple Tree
04. Listen

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The Honey Smugglers - State Free (Unreleased Single)

THE HONEY SMUGGLERS
State Free (Unreleased Single)
1990

Unreleased single from 1990 that The Honey Smugglers planned to release after "Listen EP". All three tracks are great, must have in your collection.

01. State Free
02. Anybody But You
03. Greatest Lovers

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