V.A. - The Laughtour EP

 

 

Various Artists

The Laughtour EP

1990 Sire Records

 

01. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White

02. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Forever Home At Heart

03. The Mighty Lemon Drops - Like An Angel (Live Club Version)

04. The Mighty Lemon Drops - At Midnight (Live Club Version)

05. The Ocean Blue - Renaissance Man

06. The Ocean Blue - The Circus Animals (P.A. Mix)

07. John Wesley Harding - The Devil In Me (Acoustic Version)

08. John Wesley Harding - July 13th 1985

 

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The Mock Turtles - Turtle Soup

 

 

THE MOCK TURTLES

Turtle Soup

1990 Imaginary Records

 

01. Kathy Come Home

02. Head Run Wild

03. Lay Me Down

04. Another Jesus Walks On Water

05. Oh Helen How?

06. How Does It Feel?

07. And Then She Smiles

08. The Willow Song

09. Mary's Garden

10. Can You Dig It?

11. Wicker Man

 

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Cabaret Voltaire - Easy Life

 

 

CABARET VOLTAIRE

Easy Life

1990 Parlophone

01. Easy Life

02. Easy Life (Jive Turkey Mix)

03. Fluid

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The 4 Of Us - Mary (Remix)

 

 

THE 4 OF US

Mary (Remix)

1990 CBS

 

01. Mary (Remix)

02. Possessed

03. I Don't Know

 

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The Bridewell Taxis - Give In

 

 

THE BRIDEWELL TAXIS

Give In

1990 Stolen Records

 

Notes :

RIP Mick Roberts (The Bridewell Taxis vocalist) 

 

01. Give In

02. Whole Damn Nation

03. Whole Dance Nation

 

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Parchman - Ride EP

PARCHMAN
Ride EP
1990 City Beat 

01. Ride (Original)
02. Ride (Dub)
03. Let It Flow (Original)
04. Let It Flow (Phased)

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McCarthy - Get A Knife Between Your Teeth

 

 

MCCARTHY

Get A Knife Between Your Teeth

1990 Midnight Music

 

01. Get A Knife Between Your Teeth

02. Nobody Could Care Less About Your Private Life

03. With One Eye On Getting Their Pay

04. Can The Haves Use Their Brains?

 

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Sandkings - Earthwheel (Mixes)

 

 

SANDKINGS

Earthwheel (Mixes)

1990 Sugarbeach Records

 

Notes :

After few years on my most wanted records list, finally i found copies of Manifeto and Sandkings singles, i hope that more records from this list will be posted on the blog, soon.

 

''Walking Backwards'' is madchester inspired single by Manifesto, track taken from their self titled album released in 1992 on Fire Records.

 

I was looking more than 10 years for this CD single from Sandkings with remixes of ''Earthwheel'', i'm very happy that i have copy in my collection to complete their discography.

Great UK indie/baggy band from Wolverhampton who released one album ''Welcome To England'' and few singles, their vocalist was Jas Mann who later formed Babylon Zoo.

 

01. Earthwheel (7'' Mix)

02. Earthwheel (A Cultural Mix)

03. Respect And Criticize

04. Earthwheel (Pushy Mix)

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The Charlatans - BBC Radio Sessions (20-03-1990)

 

 

THE CHARLATANS

BBC Radio Sessions (20-03-1990)

2025 Beggars Banquet

 

01. Then

02. Always In Mind

03. You Can Talk To Me

04. Polar Bear

 

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Red Harvest - Saved

 

 

RED HARVEST

Saved

1990 Public Domain Records

 

Notes :

Great Red Harvest second album and singles from Too Much Texas and The Giraffes, finally arrived on the blog, records that were very long time on my Wanted Records list. I hope that more of this obscure and hard to find records from my list, will be posted on the blog.

 

Madchester Rave On is private again and this time, will stay private for very long time. After two or three warnings to the person who was terrorizing my blog with few thousand connections, every day, from various suspicious sites, it's time to close my blog for public viewing.

 

I'm not sure how many of you who were added to my private list, still following my blog.

So, if you are on my list and still following me, please send email to: evibes72@yahoo.com 

 

01. Take Take

02. World Won't Listen

03. I'm Your Man

04. Falling

05. Set Me Free

06. Spell

07. Angel

08. In My Life

09. Out Of This World

10. Gold Dust

11. Children

12. Eloquence

 

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The Cygnet Ring - Higher (Cassette Promo)

THE CYGNET RING
Higher (Cassette Promo)
1990 Not On Label

Notes :
Obscure and hard to find, self-released cassette promo by The Cygnet Ring.
The Cygnet Ring were a early 90's madchester band band best known for their song "Love Crime". The band was founded by singer Rus Harrison who had previously been in a local indie band called Playing At Trains and had gained a cult following around the late 1980s.
The Cygnet Ring released a number of 7" and 12" singles during their existence and recorded one full-length album called Hopeful Monsters that was never officially released.

After checking their Playing At Trains page on Discogs i found that they also released this ''Higher" demo tape in 1989 as Playing At Trains, with same tracklisting for Adventure Cassettes label.
You can find info here.
As Playing At Trains they released two singles and recorded one album "Go!" only as cassette promo, also for Adventure Cassettes label. It was probably their own label, i think that this album was never officially released.

01. 18 Daze
02. Do You Know
03. Rainforest
04. I Don't Know
05. Nehal
06. Don't Run Away From Heaven
07. Higher

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The House Of Love - A Spy In The House Of Love

 

 

THE HOUSE OF LOVE

A Spy In The House Of Love

1990 Fontana

 

01. Safe

02. Marble

03. D Song '89

04. Scratched Inside

05. Phone

06. Cut The Fool Down

07.  Ray

08. Love II

09. Baby Teen

10. Love III

11. Soft As Fire

12. Love IV

13. No Fire

14. Love V

 

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WANTED: This Gigantic World - Hoover Bag & Swagger

Notes :
I'm looking for obscure early 90's indie / baggy band from Manchester called This Gigantic World.
They released two singles: ''Hoover Bag / Raft (1990)'' & ''Swagger (1993)''.
If anyone have mp3 copies please leave comment here or send email to: evibes72@yahoo.com


THIS GIGANTIC WORLD
Hoover Bag / Raft
1990 World In Action

01. Hoover Bag
02. Raft

THIS GIGANTIC WORLD
Swagger
1993 Lola Records

01. Swagger
02. Swansong
03. Swagger (Big Hair Mix)
04. Swagger 6.45

The Jerks - Butterflys Oldham Soundcheck Aprli 1990

 

 

THE JERKS

Butterflys Oldham Soundcheck April 1990

1990 Not On Label

 

01. Happy Comedown

02. Trapped By A Sunshine Dream

03. King Of The Wild Banjos (Take 1)

04. King Of The Wild Banjos (Take 2)

05. King Of The Wild Banjos (Take 3)

06. Poor Man

 

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Hollow Sunday - Wait For It

 

 

HOLLOW SUNDAY

Wait For It

1990 Sense Records

 

Notes :

Amazing single from Hollow Sunday, obscure early 90's indie rock band from Manchester. 

They released only one single ''Wait For It'' in 1990 for Sense Records, short lived 1990's sub-label of Island Records. Single was produced by Ed Buller, famous UK producer who was working with Suede, Spiritualized, The Primitives, The Boo Radleys, That Uncetain Feeling, Catwalk, etc.

01. Wait For It

02. Water Falling

03. Monkey

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The Waiting Sound - Give Her Tomorrow

 

 

THE WAITING SOUND

Give Her Tomorrow

1990 Engergy-Vent

 

Notes :

Great obscure early 90's UK indie rock / shoegaze band, released only one, fantastic single called ''Give Her Tomorrow'' on unknown label Engergy-Vent, probably their own. Single was produced by Adrian Borland, singer/guitarist and main songwriter with 80's post-punk band The Sound.

Band memers of The Waiting Sound were: Wayne Kennedy (vocals), Chris Conklin (guitar & backing vocals), Dean Lewis (guitar), Karl Mault (bass) and Pete Martin (drums).

I also read somewhere that they released demo tape, if anyone have any demos or unreleased tracks, some info about this hard to find band, please leave comment or send email.

 

01. Give Her Tomorrow

02. Astounding

 

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The Soup Dragons - Backwards Dog (US CD Promo)

 

 

THE SOUP DRAGONS

Backwards Dog (US CD Promo)

1990 Big Life

 

Notes :

Tracks 01 & 03 - remixed by Marius De Vries & Steve Sidelnyk 

 

01. Backwards Dog (7'' Remix)

02. Backwards Dog (LP Version)

03. Backwards Dog (Remix)

 

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Lush - Sweetness And Light EP

 

 

LUSH

Sweetness And Light EP

1990 4AD

 

01. Sweetness And Light

02. Sunbathing

03. Breeze

 

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The Mekons - F.U.N. '90

 

 

THE MEKONS

F.U.N. '90

1990 Blast First

 

01. Makes No Difference

02. Having A Party

03. Sheffield Park

04. One Horse Town

05. Hashish In Marseilles

06. One Horse Dub

 

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Riverhead - Alpharetta EP

RIVERHEAD
Alpharetta EP
1990 Avalanche Records

01. Looking At The Sky
02. She Can
03. Strange
04. My Truth

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