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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Bang Bang Machine - Love It Bleeds

BANG BANG MACHINE
Love It Bleeds
1995 Ultimate Records

01. Love It Bleeds (Edit)
02. Sourpuss
03. Sonic
04. Moon Jelly (Ambient Version)

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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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Purple Under Melted Pink - Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)

PURPLE UNDER MELTED PINK
Barabajagal (Love Is Hot)
1991 Ultimate Records
 

Indie dance / madchester cover of Donovan hit from 1969 by Purple Under Melted Pink, remixes by Steve Proctor, great stuff !!!

Tracks 01 & 02 - remixed by Steve Proctor

01. Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) (12'' Mix)
02. Barabajagal (Love Is Hot) (Proctor Indulgent Mix)
03. Love Come Raining Down On Me

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Bang Bang Machine - Breathless EP

BANG BANG MACHINE
Breathless EP
1995 Ultimate Records

Notes:
Single taken from their album "Amphibian" (1995), track 2 remixed by Strange Brew, track 3 remixed by J.B.

01. Breathless (Radio Edit)
02. Breathless (Strange Brew Mix)
03. Breathless (Lost In Space Mix)
04. Breathless (Album Version)

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Bang Bang Machine - Give You Anything

 

BANG BANG MACHINE
Give You Anything
1994 Ultimate Records

01. Give You Anything
02. Say It Again Joe
03. Justine
04. Give You Anything (Club Version)

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Bang Bang Machine - Love It Bleeds (The Acoustic Sessions Part 2)

BANG BANG MACHINE
Love It Bleeds (The Acoustic Sessions Part 2)
1995 Ultimate

Notes :
Limited edition acoustic sessions, recorded at Merlyn's Cave, Malvern.
The electrifying version of ''Love It Bleeds'' appears on ''Amphibian'' album from 1995.
Track 3 is unavailable elsewhere.

01. Love It Bleeds (Acoustic)
02. Tough Delilah (Acoustic)
03. Nothing Lasts (Acoustic)

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Bang Bang Machine - Breathless (The Acoustic Sessions Part 1)

BANG BANG MACHINE
Breathless (The Acoustic Sessions Part 1)
1995 Ultimate

01. Breathless (Acoustic)
02. A Charmed Life (Acoustic)
03.1 Mailbox Spit (Acoustic)
03.2 (silence)
03.3 Breathless (Radio Edit)

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Bang Bang Machine - Show Me Your Pain

BANG BANG MACHINE
Show Me Your Pain
1996 Ultimate

01. Show Me Your Pain (Single Mix Edit)
02. Pink Spiritual Love
03. Show Me Your Pain (JB Mix Full Version)
04. Godstar (Extended Version)

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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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The Belltower - Flight

THE BELLTOWER
Flight
1992 Ultimate

01. Flight
02. Digital Kettle
03. My Church

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The Belltower - Exploration Day EP

THE BELLTOWER
Exploration Day EP
1991 Ultimate

01. Outshine The Sun
02. Beatnixon Blues
03. Solstice
04. Never Going Home

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The Candy Skins - You Better Stop

THE CANDY SKINS
You Better Stop
1998 Ultimate

01. You Better Stop
02. Just Another Day
03. She Don't Use Jelly

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Blue Seed - Special Care And Spare Change EP

BLUE SEED
Special Care And Spare Change EP
1998 Ultimate Records

Notes ;
Late 90's indie band from Liverpool formed by Howie Payne (The Stands). They released two singles: ''The Only Ones (1997)'' & ''Special Care And Spare Change EP (1998)''.

Two tracks (01 & 04) on this single are produced by Martin Carr from The Boo Radleys.

01. Untitled 9th
02. Queen Glycerine
03. In My Own Time
04. Can't Be Satisfied

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Bang Bang Machine - Amphibian

BANG BANG MACHINE
Amphibian
1995 Ultimate

01. Show Me Your Pain
02. Breathless
03. Love The Things
04. Tough Delilah
05. When Love Comes Down
06. Love It Bleeds
07. Slide
08. Fantasia
09. Requiem Of Silence

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Levitation - Coppelia EP

LEVITATION
Coppelia EP
1991 Ultimate

01. Nadine
02. Smile
03. Paid In Kind
04. Rosemary Jones

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The Belltower - In Hollow EP

THE BELLTOWER
In Hollow EP
1991 Ultimate

01. (Lost) In Hollow
02. Plastic Man
03. Mercurial
04. Elements Of Place

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Submarine - Dinosaurs

SUBMARINE
Dinosaurs
1993 Ultimate Records

01. Dinosaurs
02. Learning To Live With Ghosts
03. Smile

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Levitation - The After Ever EP

LEVITATION
The After Ever EP
1991 Ultimate Records

01. Firefly
02. Attached
03. Bedlam

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