John Cooper Clarke - Innocents E.P.

This fantastic single was released on Rabid Records in 1977. Wonderfully produced by Martin "Zero" Hannett in typically brilliant fashion, this is one of the best JCC records that there ever was.

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Doves - Jetstream; Lindstrøm and The Time And Space Machine Mixes 12"

Hello? Is that GOD on the line? Oh, hi, Babe. Listen, I know you do miracles and shit, but hey, why not really push the boat out. Let's go nuts! How about we get a remix 12" organised which has Lindstøm on one side and The Time And Space Machine on the other? I know! It's a brilliant idea isn't it. You don't even have to give me any credit. You will? Dude, you rock! Now how about turning some of this water into wine. It is Easter after all. Laters.

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Electronic - Getting Away With It 12"

One of the best 12" singles ever?

A wonderful collision of expert studio production techniques, brilliant songcraft and Johnny Marr's guitar. Not to mention the wonderful Peter Saville sleeve.

Marr, Sumner and Tennant. Now THAT was a SUPERGROOP!


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The Sundays - Goodbye CDS

I've posted a 7" of this before, but here's the shiny CD single with an additional rare track, "Noise", which is brief but fucking lovely.

This in addition to the jangle-spectacular that is "goodbye". Also let us not forget that this EP features their cover of The Stones' "Wild Horses". I'm not going to spoil it by mentioning the recent cover version of this track, but for those in any doubt, rest assured that this is the version that you will return to. There is beauty here. All you have to do is turn it up.

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Virginia Astley - Love's A Lonely Place To Be 7"

Beautiful synth/chamber pop from former Ravishing Beauty, Virginia Astley.

I saw the Ravishing Beauties supporting the Teardrops at Lancaster University about a hundred years ago. Kate St. John was also in the band and went on to play on Julian's immense first solo record to earth shattering effect. I was definitely a little bit in love with Virginia.

I met her at the Armoury Show gig where I got this. She was going out with former Skid and Armoury show bassist, Russell Webb. Look! There she is on the left, stood next to Webb and my mate, Michelle.



This is a wonderful, lovely song with a truly great lyric.

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The Housemartins - There Is Always Something There To Remind Me 12"

Late period brilliance from the wonderful Housemartins.

I saw them live in Manchester and they blew the roof off. An amazing band. Some of that energy is captured on the three live tracks featured as B sides on the twelve, taken from a BBC recording in Nottingham from Septemeber '87. The very month I moved to London.

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Spider And The Flies - Something Clockwork This Way Comes

This seven track mini-album is a massively underrated offshoot project from Spider and Tomethy Furse from The Horrors, with typically insane synth abuse production from Barry 7 of Add n to (x).

"Spider And The Flies are the result of a freak accident in which two scientist explorers and their clockwork laboratory were sucked into a cataclysmic black hole only to emerge in a foreign universe as monstrous half-human-half-insect creatures. On their adventures they recorded these many reverberations and sonic fluctuations of the galaxy and the strange planets and life which do inhabit it. Their sound is one that mixes the basic and minimal sounds of Daniel Miller's The Normal with the weird and wonderful world of Delia Derbyshire's work with the Radiophonic Workshop and Joe Meek-produced instrumentals."

In summary, it's beautifully horrible. You will fucking love it.


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