Chapterhouse - Rownderbowt

CHAPTERHOUSE
Rownderbowt
1996 Dedicated

CD 1:

01. Falling Down
02. Sixteen Years
03. Something More
04. Satin Safe
05. Rain
06. Pearl
07. Mesmerise
08. She's A Vision
09. We Are The Beautiful
10. Frost
11. For What It's Worth
12. Breather
13. Don't Look Now
14. There's Still Life
15. Then We'll Rise
16. In My Arms

CD 2:

01. Losing Touch With My Mind
02. Ecstasy II
03. Dream On (Demo)
04. Until You Try (Demo)
05. Kane (Demo)
06. More Then I Can Take (Demo)
07. Brighter (Demo)
08. Feel (Demo)
09. Don't Look Now (Sitar Trance Mix)
10. We Are The Beautiful (Spooky's Ugly As Sin Mix)
11. Picnic
12. Die, Die, Die

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Kitchens Of Distinction - Strange Free World

KITCHENS OF DISTINCTION
Strange Free World
1991 One Little Indian

01. Railwayed
02. Quick As Rainbows
03. Hypnogogic
04. He Holds Her, He Needs Her
05. Polaroids
06. Gorgeous Love
07. Aspray
08. Drive That Fast
09. Within The Daze Of Passion
10. Under The Sky, Inside The Sea

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Q. Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses

Q. LAZZARUS
Goodbye Horses
1991 Posh Music For Kids Ltd.

Notes :
Q. Lazzarus (Diane Luckey) is mysterious singer who is most well-known for the song "Goodbye Horses," featured first in the 1988 film Married To The Mob and then again (and most famously) in the 1991 film The Silence Of The Lambs.

Lazzarus worked as a taxi driver in New York City before being discovered as a singer. She has also contributed music to the films Philadelphia (performing a stunning soul version of Heaven by Talking Heads) and Something Wild. To this day, not much is known about her or her backing band, but "Goodbye Horses" has become a sort of cult synth pop classic.

01. Goodbye Horses (Extended Version)
02. Goodbye Horses (7'' Version)
03. White Lines

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Wonky Alice - Atom EP

WONKY ALICE
Atom EP
1993 Pomona Records

01. Atom
02. Son Of The Sun (1293 A.D.)
03. Moneybox
04. Son Of The Sun (1993 A.D.)

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Beef - Lazen Hags 7''

BEEF
Lazen Hags 7''
1989 Artlos

01. Lazen Hags
02. Heaven Is...Not A Bus Full Of Noise

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The Rosemarys - The Rosemarys

THE ROSEMARYS
The Rosemarys
1994 Fox Records

Notes :
The jangly and echoing guitars on The Rosemarys produce a joyous kaleidoscopic atmosphere, yet, via the lyrics, everything is heartbroken. Songs are devoted to girls ("Dizzy Girl," "Catherine," "Dear Margaret") and thoughts of floating above the clouds ("Spaceman," "Higher"), all of which are deceivingly optimistic thanks to the soft vocals of Tim O. The true uplifting highlights belong to "Sparkle," with backing vocals by Sonya Waters (a deadringer for Kate Bush) and "Spaceman," which grooves with a bouncey bassline. Quite simply, this is prototypical dream pop that will appease most of its adherents.
(Review by Kenyon Hopkin - allmusic) 

01. Dizzy Girl
02. Catherine
03. Dear Margaret
04. Sparkle
05. Sediment
06. Katherine
07. Dissolve
08. Spaceman
09. Higher
10. Colorwheel
11. Saccharin
12. Frozen

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Pop Will Eat Itself - Def.Con One

POP WILL EAT ITSELF
Def.Con One
1988 Chapter 22

01. Def.Con One (The Doomsday Power Mix)
02. Def.Con One (Radio Edit Remix)
03. Def.Con One (Twilight Zone Mix)

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Presence - All I See (Mixes)

PRESENCE
All I See (Mixes)
1991 Reality Records

01. All I See (Radio Mix)
02. All I See (Butler-Walsh Mix)
03. All I See (Dub Mix)

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Grape - In The Family Of Dreams

GRAPE
In The Family Of Dreams
1993 Vinyl Japan

Notes :
Great early 90's UK indie band formed by ex-Chesterfields member Mark Barber, brother of Simon Barber (The Chesterfields & Basinger vocalist).
They released one album and couple of singles on Vinyl Japan label.

01. Family Of Dreams
02. Blzbub
03. Hallowed Be
04. Another Baby
05. Consumerama
06. With A Woman
07. Break
08. God (sic)
09. Handshake From Hell
10. Doris Day
11. Man Of Wisdom
12. These Dreams

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Ultramarine - Every Man And Woman Is A Star (US Album)

ULTRAMARINE
Every Man And Woman Is A Star
1992 Brainiak Records

01. Discovery
02. Weird Gear
03. Pansy
04. Honey
05. Stella
06. British Summertime
07. Saratoga
08. Geezer
09. Nova Scotia
10. Panther
11. Lights In My Brain
12. Gravity
13. Canoe Trip
14. Skyclad

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The Woodentops - Children Of Today (White Label Promo)

THE WOODENTOPS
Children Of Today (White Label Promo)
1991 Not On Label

01. Children Of Today
02. Don't
03. Conehead

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One Dove - White Love (US CD Promo)

ONE DOVE
White Love (US CD Promo)
1993 Boy's Own Recordings

Notes :
Track 4 remixed by Slam

01. White Love (Guitar Paradise Edit)
02. White Love (Radio Mix)
03. White Love (Guitar Paradise Mix)
04. White Love (Slam Mix)

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The Mighty Lemon Drops - Laughter (US Album)

THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS
Laughter (US Album)
1989 Sire

01. At Midnight
02. Into The Heart Of Love
03. Were Do We Go From Heaven
04. The Heartbreak Thing
05. One In A Million
06. Written In Fiction
07. The Real World
08. All That I Can Do
09. Second Time Around
10. Beautiful Shame
11. Rumbletrain?

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Blow-Up - Good For Me

BLOW-UP
Good For Me
1987 Creation Records

01. Good For Me
02. 125
03. I Won't Hurt You

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Sun Dial - Reflecter

SUN DIAL
Reflecter
1992 UFO Records

01. Reflecter
02. Easy For You
03. I Don't Mind
04. Slow Emotion
05. Tremelo
06. Never Fade
07. Sunstroke
08. Mind Train

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New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Pigeonhole

NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS
Pigeonhole
1991 Play It Again Sam

01. Get Better
02. Fishes Eyes
03. Woking For Him
04. Part 4
05. Big
06. You Were Lying When You Said You Loved Me
07. Amplifier
08. Reprise
09. Partial
10. Penguins
11. I Found Myself In Another Room
12. Pigeonhole

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Spitfire - Free Machine EP

SPITFIRE
Free Machine EP
1991 Eve Recordings

Notes :
Early 90's indie rock band from Crawley, West Sussex, England. Formed by brothers Jeff and Nick Pritcher from the remnants of another Crawley band Bobby Scarlet.

01. Wild Sunshine
02. Slide
03. Rock And Roll Part Rocks Off Baby

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The Hinnies - Doodle EP

THE HINNIES
Doodle EP
1992 Bad Girl

01. Jesus In The Driving Rain (Edit)
02. Doodle
03. With You
04. Jesus In The Driving Rain

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The Wonder Stuff - Sleep Alone

THE WONDER STUFF
Sleep Alone
1991 Polydor

01. Sleep Alone
02. El Hermano De Frank
03. The Takin' Is Easy

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Power Of Dreams - American Dream EP

POWER OF DREAMS
American Dream EP
1991 Polydor

Notes :
Track 3 taken from the album Immigrants, Emigrants And Me
Track 4 recorded live at Euro Rock '90 in Cork

01. American Dream
02. Not Enough
03. Talk
04. Never Told You (Live)

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Gear - Bed & Breakfast

GEAR
Bed & Breakfast
1993 Hair Records

Notes :
First two tracks, ''Star'' & ''Lights Out'' are ripped as one track, great unknown album from early 90s period.

One of the most obscure albums i've ever posted on the blog, released on mysterious UK label Hair in 1993. I have this album for few years, i was waiting to find any info about this unknown band Gear, before i post copy on the blog. Before few weeks i played album again after long time and i'm pretty sure that they are somehow connected with early 90's UK indie band Basinger.
One of The Basinger songs ''Hey Holly J'' from ''Boomerang EP'' is reworked here on ''Bed & Breakfast'' album. And i'm sure that singer is the same, Simon Barber or Stuart Harris, i don't know if other Basinger members are involved here, maybe they changed their name from Basinger to Gear and released album & 7'' single for Hair label.

Bassinger released their 7'' single ''Handsome'' for Hair label in February 1993. Band members were Simon Barber (ex-The Chesterfields, vocals, bass guitar), Stuart Harris (vocals, guitar), Jaz Wiseman (bass) and Stephen Stickley (drums).

Maybe someone can help me and remembers this band.

01. Star
02. Lights Out
03. How Should I Paint It?
04. The Morning After
05. Hair
06. Pop
07. Momoko
08. Hey Holly J
09. Still Waiting
10. The Only One
11. Nail
12. You Don't Need To Tell Me

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Ever - Virginize

EVER
Virginize
1991 Midnight Music

Notes :
Early 90's baggy single by Ever released on great Midnight Music label. Very obscure band, members were Lyndon Dempsey (vocals), Peter Whittick (guitar), Andy Prosser (bass) and Fin Scott Kenny (drums).
This is probably same band that in 1988 together with The Grooveyard released split flexi single ''Summer / Sleepyhead'' on Playroom Discs. For the same label they recorded single in 1988 called ''Carousel EP'' but was never released. I think i have somewhere copy. At this period they were jangle pop band.
In 1991 one of their tracks ''Really Tired'' was released on great ''Forever Changing'' compilation, this is my favourite Ever track, i wish they released more stuff like this one.

01. Virgin Eyes
02. Svg
03. Interstate
04. Schizo Vigin Girl

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Wonky Alice - Jelloid

WONKY ALICE
Jelloid
2001 Not On Label

Notes :
Really obscure self released single by Wonky Alice. Great stuff, probably material recorded in early 90's, real shame it was not officially released earlier on any label.

01. Jelloid
02. Bluesix
03. Insect Eyes

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The Mighty Lemon Drops - Sound...

THE MIGHTY LEMON DROPS
Sound...
1991 Sire

01. Too High
02. Unkind
03. My Shadow Girl
04. Barry's Poem
05. Always
06. Big Surprise
07. Cold, Cold Heart
08. Annabelle
09. You Don't Appreciate Anything
10. Colorful-Loving-Me
11. Ready, Steady, No!

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Kissing The Pink - Dalai Lama Loves You All

KISSING THE PINK
Dalai Lama Loves You All
1993 Custer's Last Stand Records

Notes :
Really obscure single by Kissing The Pink, 12'' vinyl promo with remixes of ''Dalai Lama Loves You All'' by UK dub/electronic band Zion Train. Track taken from their amazing album ''Sugarland'', this was their last officially released single.


01. Dalai Lama Loves You All
02. Dalai Lama (Zion Train Mantra Mix)
03. Mantis Mantra - Counteraction 2

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