Too Much Texas - Juvenilia

TOO MUCH TEXAS
Juvenilia
2006 New Memorabilia

Notes :
Too Much Texas were an English indie rock band, best known as the band that Tom Hingley was in before joining Inspiral Carpets.
The band formed in 1984 in Manchester, by singer Tom Hingley, who was studying English, along with fellow Abingdon natives Gordon MacKay and Raymond Breckon, all of whom worked part-time at The Haçienda nightclub as glass collectors. After a split flexi disc released with Debris magazine, they released their debut single "Hurry on Down", on Ugly Man Records in 1988, and supported New Order, The House of Love and The Beloved.
Hingley joined Inspiral Carpets in 1989 and the band continued with a new singer, releasing the ''Smart EP'' in 1989, eventually splitting in 1992.
A retrospective collection ''Juvenilia'', was released in 2006 on Hingley's New Memorabilia label and the band re-formed for a UK tour.


01. Hurry On Down
02. Jayne
03. Anchor
04. Volcano
05. Eve
06. Harp
07. You Blister My Paint
08. Game Of Love
09. Rogue
10. Plaything
11. Compact Discs
12. Fixed Link
13. Cinema
14. Patrick Mower
15. Infelice
16. Operation Margarine
17. Portugal
18. Paisley Pants
19. One More Nail
20. Jayne #2
21. Anchor #2

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Guernica - Auditorium

 

 

GUERNICA

Auditorium

2025 Not On Label

 

Notes :

For me, one of the most anticipated albums in the last few years was ''Duke Street'', unreleased album from late 80's Dublin indie rock band Guernica. They released three great 12'' singles ''Orange And Red'', ''Deep Sea Diving'' and ''Humming Of The Engine'', all previously posted on the blog. Before few years i've read somewhere that band recorded album titled ''Duke Street'' in 1988 and that band members planning to release it.

Finally, waiting is over, ''Auditorium'' is amazing collection of tracks from their 3 singles, Duke Street album and unreleased tracks and demos.

First half of the album is compilation from their three 12'' singles & unreleased tracks.

Second half features recordings from their unreleased LP from 1988. 

 

01. Orange And Red

02. Deep Sea Diving

03. Humming Of The Engine

04. Missionary

05. New Boy

06. Queen Of Our Country

07. Veil Of Tears

08. Summerville

09. Americano

10. Muscle Lover

11. Angel Of Life

12. Auditorium

13. Sweet Genius

14. Stampede

15. Cold Shoulder

16. Inclination Of Her Step

17. Duke Street

18. Collapsible Man

19. Driver's Seat

20. Taking Me In

21. Here's July

22. Rain On My Parade

 

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New Fast Automatic Daffodils - Kitchen Demos

 

 

NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS

Kitchen Demos

2023 Not On Label

 

Notes :

Cassette tape recreation of the original New Fast Automatic Daffs demos recorded in two sessions at The Kitchen in Hulme, Manchester in 1988.
Features the original demos of their first three singles "Lions", "Music is Shit (Pt 1&2)" & "Big".
Features the original artwork image by Joe McCullough and five previously unreleased tracks. 
Recorded At The Kitchen, Hulme, Manchester
9/12/88 

 

01. Wake Up Man

02. Music Is Shit (Pt.1 & 2)

03. Lifetime In The Sun

04. Kev & Gaz

05. Lions

06. Small Mercies

07. Wake Up & Make Love Before Half-Past Eight In The Morning

08. Big

 

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Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up! Sucker (This Is Pop Will Eat Itself On 10'' Remix)

 

 

POP WILL EAT ITSELF

Wise Up! Sucker (10'' Single)

1989 RCA

 

01. Wise Up! Sucker (10'' Version)

02. Wise Up! Sucker (12'' Version)

03. Wise Up! Sucker (7'' Version)

 

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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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Medalark Eleven - Snake (12'' Vinyl)

MEDALARK ELEVEN
Snake (12'' Vinyl)
1991 3 Bass Records

Notes :
Big thanks to Francis from great Francosonic blog, for sending me top quality rip of his 12'' vinyl copy of ''Snake'', amazing debut single by Medalark Eleven, that was originally released on 3 Bass Records

01. Snake
02. Diving
03. I Call Your Name

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Crystal Trip - Somewhere EP

 

 

CRYSTAL TRIP

Somewhere EP

2020 Emotional Clive Records

 

01. Somewhere

02. Misunderstand

03. Elevate

04. Come Down Heavy

05. Jumblehead (Bonus Track)

06. Elevate (Remix) (Bomus Track)

 

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Rig - Spank EP

 

 

RIG

Spank EP

1991 Dead Dead Good

 

Notes :

On Monday blog going private for few weeks and will available only for people who are on my list. Re-opening will be at the middle of October and if not getting better it will stay closed for the rest of this year.

I've tried few things to get rid of the problem, but it's not working. There is no option in blogger (google) to ban or block this user with US IP address. I must wait for him, somehow to leave my blog and stop this security attacks from various non-related sites on my blog. This option worked few times before, i hope it will solve problem again.

 

If you need help with any band or record, or anything related to the blog, you can always contact me at my emails: evibes72@yahoo.com  or  marvik72@yahoo.com 

 

01. Spank

02. Perfect

03. Mango

04. Mango (Mouse Mix)

 

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Kirks Equator - Mormon Death Squad

KIRKS EQUATOR
Mormon Death Squad
1992 Chapter 22

01. Mormon Death Squad
02. Work Hard (To Enjoy Yourself)
03. M.D.S. (Paper Rose Mix)

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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

  

WANTED: This Ragged Jack - Untitled Album (Unreleased)

 

 

THIS RAGGED JACK

Untitled Album (Unreleased)

1992 Island Records

 

Notes :

The completed and mixed unreleased album by This Ragged Jack.

This album was meant to be the first of a 5 album deal with Island Records. The band split, the deal fell apart.

The album was recorded at Loco Studios in Wales in Nov 1991, produced by Donald Ross Skinner.

 

One of the most exciting things lately was discovering that early 90's indie dance / baggy band This Ragged Jack recorded debut album in 1991 for Island Records. Album was mastered and completed, ready for official release in 1992 but band split up and nothing happenned.

I'm receiving some great news that album will be released at the end of this year. I hope everything will be ok and we will have chance to listen this lost album, after 34 years.

 

You can listen snippets of the album on this link.

 

Everybody who is interested please follow their facebook page to let them know, that we are interested about this lost album. Link here      

 

01. I Believe

02. Strange Girl

03. Party's Over (Rock Mix)

04. Big Lie

05. Primal Emotion

06. I'll Be Your Dog (The Dog)

07. Fire On

08. Get Radical

09. JC's Lovechild

10. Messiah

11. Cabbaged In The Garage

12. Poser's Flu 

 

 

Madchester Rave On - Temporarily Closed

 

 

I'm sorry my friends, Madchester Rave On will be closed again on temporarily period. Starting on Saturday or Sunday blog will be closed for public viewing, but i hope problem will be solved and i will be back after few days or one week.

 

Last few weeks i'm receiving some worrying stats on my blog. Every day i have few thousands views from IP addresses from these three countries: Singapore, Hong Kong and Mexico. Also hundreds clicks from suspicious sites and pages.

 

If you are the person who is using VPN and connecting on my site from these three countries, please remove my blog address from your bookmarks. It's possible that you have problems with your browser and without your knowing, it's connecting on my blog all day long.

 

I had this problem few times before and closing blog worked very well to get rid of it.

 

See you soon

 

UPDATE (09.09.2025)

Unfortunately, in the last few days, after i re-opened blog, same old problems, thousands connections from same ip address, security of this blog is at high risk and i'm afraid that i will be forced to close blog for longer period, maybe few weeks or months. It will be available only for the users who are on my private list.

 

Every day i'm receiving few thousands connections from someone with IP address from US, also hundreds clicks from these reffering sites: Behance, Cloudflare, Oracle, Capcom, Kayak, Supercell, Healthline, Pexels, Arxiv, Lazada, Nvidia, Skillshare, Lenovo, Mayoclinic, etc.

 

I think that this person have some spyware or malware in his browser (Chrome) that causing these problems on my blog. Same is on my other blog Higher Than The Sun, that i also closed for few days.

 

I will wait for few days and if situation is not better, i'm closing this blog on Monday. 

The Honey Buzzards - Mark Goodier Evening Session 1992

THE HONEY BUZZARDS
Mark Goodier Evening Session
October 1992

01. Drifting
02. I Want Everything
03. France
04. At The End Of The End

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Eat - Demos 1991

EAT
Demos
1991

Notes:
Great Eat demos from 1991, most of them later appeared on ''Epicure'' album that was released in 1993

01. Belly Town
02. Fecund
03. Bottle Blue
04. Ice Pond
05. Out People
06. Fist
07. First Time Love Song
08. Golden Egg
09. How Does It Feel

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Frazier Chorus - Cloud 8 (US Single)

 

 

FRAZIER CHORUS

Cloud 8 (US Single)

1991 Charisma

 

01. Cloud 8 (Future Mix)

02. Cloud 8 (Raid Mix)

03. Dream Kitchen (12'')

04. Typical (12'')

05. Anarchy In The UK

 

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Poppy Factory - Fabulous Beast EP

POPPY FACTORY
Fabulous Beast EP
1991 Chrysalis

01. Fabulous Beast
02. Strawberry Fool
03. Acceleration
04. Dreamsick

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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 Levellers - Too Real

THE LEVELLERS
Too Real
1998 China Records

01. Too Real (Steve Osborne Radio Mix)
02. Too Real (Morcheeba Mix)
03. Too Real (Indian Rope Man Future Of Sound Mix)
04. Too Real (Lean Fiddler Mix)
05. Too Real (Morcheeba Instrumental)
06. Too Real (Bliss Fake Mix)

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The Railway Children - Nicky Campbell Session (18th April 1990)

 

 

THE RAILWAY CHILDREN

Nicky Campbell Session (18th April 1990)

2010 Virgin

 

01. What She Wants

02. It Won't Be Long

03. Every Beat Of The Heart

04. Music Stop

 

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V.A. - Presentation

VARIOUS ARTISTS
Presentation
1991 Sheer Joy

Notes :
White label sampler. A collection of alternate mixes from the forthcoming singles on Sheer Joy label. With the release, 4 postcards were included. 

01. The Honey Buzzards - Sympathy (For Two Girls) (5AM Mix)
02. Lovekittens - I Don't Know
03. The 3rd Bardo - Timebomb
04. The Honey Buzzards - Easy (Electro Premix)
05. Lovekittens - What Goes On? (Orbient Mix 2)
06. The 3rd Bardo - Lost In Space

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The Daniel Grade - Pest EP

 

 

THE DANIEL GRADE

Pest EP

1991 Train Of Thought

 

Notes :

Obscure early 90's indie rock band from UK, band members were : Graeme Gill (vocals), Adam Pitt (guitar), Gareth Moyle (vocals), Brian Monger (vocals & keyboards) and Tim Hall (drums).

They released one great single ''Pest EP'' in 1991 for Brighton label Train Of Thought.

Another single with previously unreleased tracks was recorded in 1992, four tracks demo EP called ''Severance''.

 

01. Suntrap

02. Crush

03. Melt

 

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The Bed Bugs - Fused EP

 

 

THE BED BUGS

Fused EP

1992 T.S.D.

 

Notes :

Obscure early 90's UK indie band from York. Released one single ''Fused EP'' and few demo tapes.

01. Fused

02. Exorcist

03. Catherine Wheel

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