Needle Time

  World Of Twist - Sweets [YRT 72 UK 1991 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] World Of Twist bowed out with this infectious slab of indie-synthpop back in 1991 - Sweets is a deliciously catchy pop single, a far cry from their groovy psychedelic earlier releases, it did sustain the fact that Tony Ogden was a fine songwriter and a great frontman. All that started to go wrong soon after when the record label lost interest, and without warning, Ogden decided to step back from leading the band. Tracks were laid down for a follow up album and singles, however these were all shelved when the band finally split. A1 Sweets (Album Version) B1 Sweets (Barrett 200 Mix) B2 This Too Shall Pass Away (Chat)

  World Of Twist - The Storm [YRT 55 UK 1990 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Digitalia blog followers will have access to my World Of Twist mega-post from a few weeks back, but for Needle Time, here is the first of a few of their original twelve inch singles in 176.4kHz FLAC. The Storm was their debut single for Virgin Records' subsidiary Circa Records. If you like a good rock-biog book, then I strongly recommend WoT guitarist Gordon King's book, When Does The Mind-Bending Start? as an insight into early eighties Manchester & Sheffield sounds, plus one of the most underrated bands to come out of Northern Britain in the eighties and nineties. No other band was able to blend psychedelia and Manchester like World Of Twist, for a few brief years, they were the best band on the planet, the only problem was that hardly anybody was paying attention as they were all so wasted. You also get the band's mind bending interpretation of the Martin Hannett produced She's A Rainbow as a b...