Aztec Camera talk about doing a bit of rehearsing.

Excellent document from Smash Hits, August 30th 1984. Features several band shots and a run down on their time in Manchester recording the 'Knife' album. An article also in which Roddy Frame reckons that Aztec Camera "don't really fit in with anything" and that he "can't be bothered with the pop star life-style."
Smashing stuff indeed.

Words: Kimberley Leston
Images : ©uncredited

Documents courtesy of & ©Brian McCloskey

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The Jesus And Mary Chain - Family Tree

A rather interesting document from the New Musical Express, 15  September 1990. Pages 20-21 of that week's issue featured a Jesus ★ And ★ Mary ★ Chain family tree compiled by Paul Barber. Fascinating stuff where you'll find a complete rundown of all the Mary Chain line-ups (as well as those of Bobby Gillespie's Primal Scream) from the band's inception to the 'Automatic' tour of '89.

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Source & Image ©Fremsley

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Some Cat Was Laying Down Some Rock 'n' Roll...

Some Cat Was Laying Down Some Rock 'n' Roll...

Orange Juice
Lovesick / Blueboy (reissue)
Postcard Records (1993)
DUBH 934

Vinyl reissue of Orange Juice's finest Postcard single. Reissued at the same time as 'The Heather's on Fire" compilation. This single features the same artwork on the label as on the compilation sleeve.

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Paul Haig : Heaven Sent (poster)

Poster for Paul Haig's 'Heaven Sent' release from1983.
This was a UK release on Island Records only; you can see the Island Records logo in the bottom right corner. However, Les Disques du Crépuscule allocated it's own internal Cat. N° for it : TWI 149.
The back sleeve of the original vinyl features photography by Sheila Rock but there's no mention of who did the artwork on the front cover -as featured on this poster. I have the Les Disques de Crépuscule/Ariola version (Cat. N°600 817) and the artwork isn't credited on it either.

Poster image: Courtesy of & ©ROL UK/PaulHaig 

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Blue Hoops & Leather Breeks

Up For A Bit



A seemingly gobsmaked Stephen Pastel in fetching blue-hooped sweater and leather breeks.
Circa 1984-1985.












Source: Tim Sliwinski
Image: ©Paul Groovy (apparently)

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The Wake : Testament (Best Of)

Forthcoming release from the recently revived Factory Benelux label is a highly-desirable Best-Of from The Wake. A must have for any fan of this very fine Glasgow band which will be available in early September.

See the release sheet below, provided by Les Disques du Crépuscule / Factory Benelux, for more details.

TESTAMENT (BEST OF) - CD / vinyl LP + bonus CD - FBN 95 CD / FBN 95 - 8 September 2014

"Factory Benelux presents Testament, a comprehensive ‘best of’ collection by influential Scottish group The Wake, including tracks recorded for cult labels Factory and Sarah Records.
The Wake formed in Glasgow in early 1981 after singer/guitarist Caesar left future pop stars Altered Images. Joined by Carolyn Allen (keyboards), Steven Allen (drums) and Bobby Gillespie (bass), the band joined Factory the following year, recording debut mini album Harmony at Strawberry Studios in Stockport and subsequently hailed as the missing indiepop link between Factory and Postcard Records. After Gillespie departed for Primal Scream and the Jesus and Mary Chain, The Wake issued second album Here Comes Everybody in 1985, with standout track O Pamela later covered by artful French ensemble Nouvelle Vague.

After leaving Factory the group joined cult Bristol imprint Sarah Records, releasing a brace of indiepop singles and albums in the Nineties before going on hiatus. Caesar and Carolyn reconvened as The Wake in 2009, releasing fifth album A Light Far Out three years later, with more new material due in 2015.

Testament combines key album tracks with popular singles including On Our Honeymoon, Something Outside, Talk About the Past, Of the Matter and Crush the Flowers. Also included are a previously unreleased 7” edit of Pale Spectre, and (on the CD only) 2012 outtake Clouds Disco. The vinyl edition includes a 54 minute bonus CD featuring 21 early live and demo recordings from 1981/82, preserved in the tape archive of Joy Division/New Order manager Rob Gretton. Among these priceless lost recordings are 7 songs never before heard even on bootlegs.

The artwork for Testament is based on the artwork for an unreleased cassette edition of Here Comes Everybody, designed by Peter Saville."  (Text courtesy of Factory Benelux)

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The Boy Hairdressers : Golden Shower (label detail)

The Boy Hairdressers
Golden Shower (label detail)
53rd & 3rd (1987)
AGARR 12T

Tracklist:

- Golden Shower

- Tidalwave

- The Assumption As An Elevator

Artwork by Jim Lambie.

A bit of a rarity this 3-track EP by The Boy Hairdressers on Stephen Pastel's 53rd & 3rd label. From the ashes of this band rose the mighty and fabulous Teenage Fanclub. World-renowned, contemporary visual artist, Jim Lambie, was also a member of this short-lived outfit. Lambie's most recent installation is 'The Album Pathway'; created as part of the commission for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Cultural Programme. In total more than 2000 bands are referenced in the work.

I've already featured this disc in a previous post but this one is a shot of the label on the actual vinyl. I've also updated the photo of the cover art at my Flickr page.

Will be back soon with some news on the upcoming Testament release; a comprehensive 'best of' collection by The Wake on Factory Benelux.

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