The Parachute Men - Leeds Station

THE PARACHUTE MEN
Leeds Station
1989 Fire Records

01. Leeds Station
02. Maybe If I'd Said
03. So Mistaken

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Revenge - 7 Reasons (12'' Single)

 

 

REVENGE

7 Reasons (12'' Single)

1989 Factory Records

 

01. 7 Reasons

02. Love You Too

03. Jesus... I Love You

 

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The Doves - I Wouldn't Know You From The Rest (US Promo)

 

 

THE DOVES

I Wouldn't Know You From The Rest (US Promo) 

1991 Elektra

 

01. I Wouldn't Know You From The Rest (MC John Paul Club Mix)

02. I Wouldn't Know You From The Rest (Bonnie And Clyde Mix)

03. I Wouldn't Know You From The Rest (Florida Beachcomber Mix)

 

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Pop Will Eat Itself - X, Y & Zee

POP WILL EAT ITSELF
X, Y & Zee
1991 RCA

Notes :
Produced by Flood, remixed by John Waddell

01. X, Y & Zee (The Electric Sunshine Mix)
02. X, Y & Zee (The Intergalactic Mix)
03. X, Y & Zee (Sensory Amplification Mix)

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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 Wonder Stuff - Caught In My Shadow

THE WONDER STUFF
Caught In My Shadow
1991 Polydor

01. Caught In My Shadow
02. Caught In My Shadow (Extended Version)
03. Gimme Some Truth (Live)

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The Darkside - Waiting For The Angels (12'' Single)

 

 

THE DARKSIDE

Waiting For The Angels (12'' Single)

1990 Situation Two

 

01. Waitiing For The Angels (Demo)

02. Sweet Vibrations

 

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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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The Bodines - Decide

THE BODINES
Decide
1989 Play Hard Records

The Bodines, comprising of Mike Ryan, Paul Brotherton, Tim Burwood and Paul Lilley, emerged from Glossop, England, near Manchester, in 1985. Fronted by the floppy-fringed Ryan, they became one of the better-known outfits from a crop of jangly indie bands that sprang up around that time. They made their debut with “God Bless”, an early release by Creation Records. Shortly afterwards, Lilley was replaced on drums by John Rowland. Two further singles followed; their second, “Therese”, was included on the famous C86 compilation album. Like their contemporaries Primal Scream, The Mighty Lemon Drops and the Weather Prophets, The Bodines went on to sign up with a major label with great hopes of transferring their success to the mainstream charts. The group joined Magnet Records, where a remix of “Therese” became their major label debut.

The Bodines’s debut album, Played (produced by Ian Broudie, later to enjoy success as a recording artist as the Lightning Seeds) was a fine jangly pop artifact, but it only scraped in to #94 in the album charts, in the summer of 1987. Sadly, none of the Bodines’ singles for Magnet got into the top 75. Under pressure for failing to deliver the hit record that their major label backers required, the Bodines split up, albeit temporarily. Rowland went on to play with The Rainkings.

In 1989, a reformed line-up of Ryan, Brotherton, new bassist Ian Watson, and new drummer Spencer Birtwistle released the single “Decide” on Manchester’s Play Hard label and contributed a further new track to the same label’s Hand To Mouth compilation. A couple of years later, Ryan reappeared with a new band called Medalark Eleven (mis-named after Harlem Globetrotters’ Meadowlark Lemon), assisted by Gareth Thomas on bass and Adrian Donohue on drums. Reunited with Creation Records, they released a couple of singles ahead of Shaped Up, Shipped Out, an album of pleasant, if rather unexceptional indie pop.

01. Decide
02. Hard On
03. The Groove

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The Headmen - Kissed To Pieces

THE HEADMEN
Kissed To Pieces
1990 Positive Records

UK indie band formed in 1989 in Huddersfield, released two singles, Kissed To Pieces (7'') and Reach The Sky (12'') on Positive Records. A further EP "Bridge To The Stars" was recorded but never released.
Band members were Simon Eskriett (vocals/guitar), Nick Keene (guitar), Matthew Slater (drums) and Dave Pattern (bass).

01. Kissed To Pieces
02. Roundabout

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The Cygnet Ring - 18 Daze

THE CYGNET RING
18 Daze
1990 North South Records

01. 18 Daze
02. Do You Know ?

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International Resque - So Way Down

INTERNATIONAL RESQUE
So Way Down
1990 Groovy Tunes

Notes :
Debut single by Resque, in this period they were called International Resque and released two baggy singles ''So Way Down'' and ''Yeah''

01. So Way Down (Extended)
02. I'm Doin' Fine
03. Inside

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Jefferson Airhead - Scrap Happy

JEFFERSON AIRHEAD
Scrap Happy
1991 Korova

01. Scrap Happy
02. Take My Train
03. Scrap Happy (Demo Version)

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Renegade Soundwave - Biting My Nails (7'' Reissue)

 

 

RENEGADE SOUNDWAVE

Biting My Nails (7'' Reissue)

1990 Mute

 

01. Biting My Nails

02. Biting My Nails (El Gets It Wrong Mix)

 

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Echo & The Bunnymen - Nothing Lasts Forever (CD 1)

 

 

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN

Nothing Lasts Forever (CD 1)

1997 London Records

 

01. Nothing Lasts Forever

02. Watchtower

03. Polly

 

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Audioweb - Personal Feeling (CD 2)

 

 

AUDIOWEB

Personal Feeling (CD 2)

1998 Mother Records

 

01. Personal Feeling

02. Personal Feeling (Lionrock Remix)

03. Personal Feeling (Lionrock Dub)

04. Personal Feeling (Nuthin Na Gwan)

 

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A.R. Kane - Rem'i'xes EP

 

 

A.R. KANE

Rem'i'xes EP

1990 Rough Trade

 

Notes :

Tracks 01, 03 & 06 - remixed by Robin Guthrie (Cocteau Twins)

Tracks 02, 04 & 05 - remixed by A.R. Kane 

 

01. Miles Apart

02. Sugarwings

03. Crack Up

04. Love From Outer Space

05. Catch My Drift

06. Crack Up (Space Mix)

 

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Supermarket - Supermarket

SUPERMARKET
Supermarket
1992 Icerink

Supermarket was formed by Lawrence Hayward from Felt and Denim, the voice in Supermarket is from Sarah Cracknell. Excellent single released on Icerink label including two great breakbeat techno mixes by Mad Q and Ray Keith.

01. Supermarket (Radio Edit)
02. Supermarket (Full Length)
03. Supermarket (Mad Q Mix)
04. Supermarket (Ray Keith Mix)

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A Certain Ratio - Shack Up Remixes (Unreleased DJ Promo)

A CERTAIN RATIO
Shack Up Remixes (Unreleased DJ Promo)
1990 A&M Records

Notes :
Promo only. A&M never gave this an official release. 

01. Shack Up - Machine
02. Shack Up - Man
03. Shack Up (Norman Cook Mix)
04. Party Up - Shack Up

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The Lab - Ultra EP

THE LAB
Ultra EP
1992 Ra Records

Notes:
The Lab was indie dance band formed by Australian DJ and producer Paul Mac, together with Warwick Hornby & Yolanda Podolski. He was involved in many other bands in the 90's, made success with techno/trance project Itch-E & Scratch-E.
''Ultra EP'' is great single, ''A Thousand Miles'' is one of best tracks i've heard from Australian band.

01. A Thousand Miles
02. Heaven (Purgatory Mix)
03. Hollow Room
04. Just Like That
05. Flying

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Sex Industrie - Get Lost

SEX INDUSTRIE
Get Lost
1994 Phonogram

Notes :
Sex Industrie was indie dance band from Australia formed by Russell Kilbey (The Crystal Set) & David Thrussell (Black Lung, Soma). They released two singles ''Gonna Be Big (1990)" & ''Get Lost (1994)"

01. Get Lost (Regular)
02. Get Lost (Super Deluxe)
03. Get Lost (Double Whammy)
04. Never You Mind
05. Lost In The Belly Of The Beast

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Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Premonition (Beaumont Hannant Mixes) (12'' Promo)

 

 

NED'S ATOMIC DUSTBIN

Premonition (Beaumont Hannant Mixes) (12'' Promo)

1995 Not On Label

 

Notes :

Ned's Atomic Dustbin excursion in techno waters, all tracks remixed by Beaumont Hannant, great 90's UK techno producer 

 

01. Premonition (Need To Know Mix)

02. Premonition (Dirty Caller Mix)

03. Premonition (As I Thought Mix)

 

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Insides - Clear Skin (12'' Promo)

 

 

INSIDES

Clear Skin (12'' Promo)

1994 Guernica

 

Notes :

Promo release for the ''Clear Skin'' cd single, Apparently this 12" promo was released without the approval of the band, which resulted in Insides leaving Guernica. Limited to 700 copies.

 

Insides are a two-piece consisting of J. Serge Tardo (guitar, samples, programming and piano) and Kirsty Yates (vocals and bass guitar), both formerly of Earwig.

 

01. Skinned Clean

02. Further Distractions

03. Clear Skin (Second Style)

 

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The Colour Of Love - England's Dreaming

THE COLOUR OF LOVE
England's Dreaming
1992 Blanco Y Negro

Notes :
Early 90's UK indie dance band, The Colour Of Love were Rachel Ayers on vocals, Gilbert Gabriel (ex-Dream Academy) on keyboards and Timothy Broughton on guitar.
They released two singles in 1992 : ''England's Dreaming'' and ''Living Love'', both on Blanco Y Negro.

01. England's Dreaming (7'' Version)
02. England's Dreaming (Dream Mix)
03. ''New'' Jerusalem
04. ''New'' Jerusalem (The Journey)

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Catwalk - Damascus

CATWALK
Damascus
1991 Dedicated

Notes:
Catwalk was great early 90's UK indie band fronted by late 80's/early 90's Melody Maker journalist Chris Roberts. They released two singles ''Damascus'' & ''Ballerina Country'', featuring guest musicians Kim Deal and Tanya Donelly, also produced by Ed Buller.
''Damascus'' featured on Indie Top 20 Vol. 14 in 1992 and that's how i find out about this obscure band. For more than 8 years i was looking for this two singles, finally i received copies and both will be posted on the blog.

After Catwalk, Chris Roberts together with Richard Bell (ex-The Blue Aeroplanes) formed Scalaland and released one album and two singles in 1995 for Mother Records.


01. Damascus
02. Shudder
03. Love Child (Volcano Kisses)

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