The Waltones - Downhill 7''

 

 

THE WALTONES

Downhill 7''

1987 Medium Cool

 

01. Downhill

02. Closest To

 

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The Waltones - Spell It Out

THE WALTONES
Spell It Out
1988 Medium Cool

Notes :

The Waltones were a guitar pop band from Manchester, active as part of a scene centred around The Boardwalk club and Dave Haslam's Temperance nights at The Hacienda, and releasing records between 1987 and 1989.
They released four singles (Downhill, She Looks Right Through Me, Spell It Out and The Deepest) and and album (The Deepest) on the Medium Cool label - also home to The Raw Herbs, The Siddeleys and Rain - as well as contributing two tracks (The British Disease and Bold) to the label's sampler album Edge of the Road. They also featured on the Sarah Champion-compiled Bop Cassettes release Manchester: North of England, which also included James, The Milltown Brothers, The Man From Delmonte, The Railway Children, Inspiral Carpets and Dub Sex.
Influences came from the typical indie-pop canon of the day (Orange Juice and The Beatles) although frequent use of a harmonica gave them - along with other of the Medium Cool artists - something of a country rock feel as well. Although firmly in the guitar pop tradition, the band were championed by fanzines and followers of the growing pre-baggy Manchester scene, many of who were also listening to hip-hop and house music. None of these influences seeped into The Waltones' work, although befringed guitarist Mark Collins later went on to success with The Charlatans.
As well as counting as one of Manchester's many 'great lost pop hopes' the band also provided a welcome touch of fun to a city whose music scene often takes itself too seriously. Along with The Man From Delmonte, they were one of few bands of the time and place who appeared to actually enjoy themselves and exhibited very little in the way of Manc 'attitude' - indeed, the album track first released to the public on the Manchester: North of England cassette, was encouragingly titled Smile.
A compilation of pretty much all of their recordings was released on Cherry Red Records in 2007.

01. Spell It Out
02. (I've Got) Nothing
03. Thanks A Million

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The Waltones - She Looks Right Through Me

THE WALTONES
She Looks Right Through Me
1987 Medium Cool

01. She Looks Right Through Me
02. Special 20
03. Burning Conscience

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Candlestick Park - All The Time In The World EP

CANDLESTICK PARK
All The Time In The World EP
1991 Midnight Music

Notes :
Indie band formed in 1990 by the members of 80's indie band from Manchester - The Waltones. Candlestick Park recorded one album "Re-Invent The Wheel" for Midnight Music label but it was never released and the band split. Their guitar player Mark Collins joined The Charlatans in 1991 after Jon Baker's departure.
One single - "All The Time In The World" was issued from the album sessions.

01. All The Time In The World
02. Promised Land
03. Safe (Instrumental)

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The Waltones - You've Gotta Hand It To 'Em (The Very Best Of The Waltones)

 

 

THE WALTONES

You've Gotta Hand It To 'Em (The Very Best Of The Waltones)

2007 Cherry Red

 

 

Notes :

This CD contains the group's four singles, two tracks from "Medium Cool" Sampler, one album and two unreleased tracks.
 

 

01. Downhill

02. Closest To

03. She Looks Right Through Me

04. Special 20

05. Burning Conscience

06. The British Disease

07. Bold

08. Spell It Out

09. I've Got Nothing

10. Thanks A Million

11. Everything's Just Fine

12. The Deepest

13. Don't Understand

14. When It All Turns Sour

15. She's Everywhere But Here

16. Smile

17. A Million Different Ways

18. Rainfall

19. What's Going Wrong

20. I've Got Nothing

21. Falling In Love

22. Black & Blue

23. Get Off Your Knees

24. Listen To Your Heart

 

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V.A. - Edge Of The Road - Medium Cool Sampler

VARIOUS ARTIST
Edge Of The Road - A Medium Cool Sampler
1988 Medium Cool

01. The Raw Herbs - The Storm
02. The Raw Herbs - At My Funeral
03. The Waltones - The British Disease
04. The Waltones - Bold
05. The Corn Dollies - Mouthful Of Brains
06. The Corn Dollies - What Do I Ever
07. The Rain - Seven Red Apples
08. The Rain - Dry The Rain

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The Waltones - Deepest

THE WALTONES
Deepest
1989 Medium Cool

Notes :
One of the most beautiful albums from late 80's period is ''Deepest'' by great Manchester band The Waltones.
Any band that have members as Mark Collins (later The Charlatans) on guitar and Clint Boon (later Inspiral Carpets) on organ (two of the most talented musicians from madchester era), must be great.
Clint Boon organ sound  is evidenth on tracks as ''She's Everywhere But Here'', ''What's Going Wrong'', ''I've Got Nothing'', etc.

I've tried to find some info about this album on the net, here's most interesting :

'' The band consists of Alex Fyans (drums), Mark Collins (guitar), James Knox (vocals, harmonica) and Manny Lee (bass, backing vocals). Their debut release was the "Downhill" single, released by Medium Cool Records in April 1987, which, like the follow-up, "She Looks Right Through Me", placed on the UK Independent Chart. Third single "Spell It Out" gave them their biggest success, peaking at number 20 on the Indie Singles Chart. Debut album ''Deepest'' eventually saw a release in 1989, by which time they had lost momentum. The band also recorded a session for BBC Radio 1's John Peel Show in August 1988.
In 1990, the band moved to the Midnight Music label, and recorded a second album ''Re-invent the Wheel'' co-produced by Kevin Harris. After recording was completed, Fyans left the group to be replaced by Adrian Donohue. The band relaunched themselves as Candlestick Park. One single, "All the Time in the World", was issued from the album sessions, and a collaboration with Manchester-based House producers K-Klass was mooted. However the album was never issued and the band split, as Collins went on to greater success with The Charlatans. ''

'' The all-pervasive rise of Madchester stars The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and Inspiral Carpets has latterly overshadowed the fact that the Manchester hinterland was nurturing its fair share of quality jangly guitar pop in the mid-to-late 80s. Along with The Railway Children and early Creation hopefuls The Bodines, The Waltones tilted at greatness in this post-Smiths/pre-baggy void, recording four singles and one album, The Deepest, for Andy Wake’s Medium Cool label circa 1987-89.
Ironically, it wasn’t the advent of Madchester that would directly sink The Waltones. Medium Cool’s distributor, Red Rhino, went bankrupt after The Deepest sold out its first pressing, leaving band and label to flounder before guitarist Mark Collins quit and joined The Charlatans. ''


01. Everything's Just Fine
02. The Deepest
03. Don't Understand
04. When It All Turns Sour
05. She's Everywhere But Here
06. Smile
07. A Million Different Ways
08. Rainfall
09. What's Going Wrong?
10. I've Got Nothing

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The Waltones - The Deepest (12'' Single)

THE WALTONES
The Deepest
1988 Medium Cool

Notes :
Track 01 - vox continental organ by Clint Boon (Inspiral Carpets)

01. The Deepest
02. Falling In Love
03. Black & Blue

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V.A. - Manchester North Of England

VARIOUS ARTISTS
Manchester North Of England
1988 Bop Cassettes

Notes :
Limited to 1000 copies, contains 14 tracks all of which were unreleased at that period

01. The Man From Delmonte - Australia Fair
02. Inspiral Carpets - Joe
03. Peppelkade 14 - Uptown
04. New Morning - Working For The Payroll
05. The Waltones - Smile
06. Jean Go Solo - In Salford The Sun Doesn't Shine
07. Penny Priest - Sometimes
08. James - Sky Is Falling
09. Bradford - Lust Roulette
10. The Railway Children - Sunflower Room
11. Johnny Dangerously - Subway Life
12. Milltown Brothers - Janice Is Gone
13. Raintree County - Nice Time At The Disco
14. Dub Sex - Instead Of Flowers (Dub Mix)

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