I know its early but i am on Holiday in a week or so's time so make the most of it. This the 10th in the series of Boxerbear mixes is dedicated to that wonderful institution if sticker albums. I never did get Steve Nicol for Liverpool to complete my 1986 book
1) Carnival Art - Ray's Jesus ( From the brilliant Holy Smokes EP. Brian Bell from the went onto become a founding member of the brilliant Weezer and on this track you can tell Brian was due to go onto great things. I only have this ep and one 7" but I believe the band released 2 albums on Beggars Banquet which are now worth a fortune due to his success with Weezer. Saw them on a co headline tour with Hooky's Revenge many moons ago. Enjoy)
2) Pele - Megolamania (Mmmmmmmmmmegolamania. Pele were from Liverpool wrote great tunes releasing a load of singles around 91/92. This is an unashamedly brilliant pop song taken from the excellent Fireworks album. What is it about bands from Liverpool being able to write brilliant pop tunes??)
3) Bedazzled - Summer Song (One of three singles released by the Band on Columbia records in 1992 a lovely summer pop song. I tried to google the band but I found nothing, so I will have to leave you with the interesting fact that the B-Side to this single was a rather ropy version of Kylies Step Back in Time!)
4) Mover - We Got it Going on (This song is another that is on the fringes of my fav 20 songs ever. A fantastic mix of indie/soul and pop featuring co- Vocals from Ruby Turner. Saw them supporting the Bluetones once and have the album which is quite a decent record. This however is the best track by far. Have duetted with Julia in the Car and kitchen many times to this one!)
5) Half Time Oranges - Panini (Keeping the Norfolk link going these football loving boys wrote a couple of albums worth of jangy tunes about various footballing themes and most are excellent. Saw them a couple of times around Norwich in the 90's and always good for a night out. This ode to football stickers is from the Rotterdamnation album)
6) Voodoo Queens - Kenuwee Head (The Riot Girl's tribute the Mr Dude himself Keanu Reeves. Released on Too Pure in 1993 the Voodoo Queens were probably the best of the very small Riot Girl scene and actually had some tunes to boot. I have a limited hand painted 7" of this single at home. Released an album called Chocolate Revenge in 94 before splitting up. Did 3 Peel sessions in 18 months to boot.
7) Afghan Whigs - Something Hot (This is included as I re-visited my Afghan Whigs albums having seen Greg Dulli on Later with Jools last week. This is a great soaring tune from the 1965 album released in 1998 and was the lead single. This track also features on one of the Later Live Loud DVD's that I have.)
8) Diesel Park West - Fall to Love ( Released in 1991 on the Food label this track was the second single from the album decency. DPW have quite an impressive back catalogue and have continued on and off to release music for 20 years. Thoughtful crafted pop)
9) Flowered Up - Egg Rush ( Double A -side to the re-issued version of Its on which reached No38 in 1992. A more downbeat track than Flowered Up normally produce but no less brilliant.)
10) Soho - New Love Generation (A band fronted by two sisters Pauline and Jacqie Cuff whose most famous track was the Smiths sampling Hippychick. This follow-up single should have been a bigger hit than its predecessor. Toured America with Jesus Jones and EMF apparently! Taken from the album Goddess)
11) PWEI - XY and Zee , Electric Sunrise 12" Mix ( One of hundreds of PWEI remixes in the ether. This was from the coloured 12" version of the single and is pretty darn dancetastic. Fact - I met the guys from PWEI at a signing session before a gig aged about 16 and cheekily asked if we could have backstage passes! They obviously didn't want us there but didn't want to seem like bad guys so passed us on to the tour manager in the pub round the corner to ask him. He was an arse and said no! Got signed records and t-shirts though!!)
12) Molly Half Head - Just (Another fine Manchester band from the 90's. This was one of the 93 albums from the album Sulk. A perennial support band and some members went on to form the band Wireless who also released some rather good singles.)
13) Senser - The Key (Senser were(are?) a great live band fusing punk guitars, dance beats and rap together. This single was an NME single of the week in 1993 and taken from the excellent Stacked Up album. Have appeared at virtually every festival you can think of and by the looks of it are back in fields near you this summer!)
14) Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade (One of the bands Julia and I first realise we both loved after meeting at Uni. This is a great song as is most of the back catalogue to be fair if you want a starting point buy Red Letter Day or A-Sides Compilation.)
15) Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't it be Good (Latterly covered by Soulwax this pop gem is included as our track 15 guilty pleasure in its full 1980's 12" extended glory!)
http://rapidshare.com/files/116043769/Boxerbears10.zip
1) Carnival Art - Ray's Jesus ( From the brilliant Holy Smokes EP. Brian Bell from the went onto become a founding member of the brilliant Weezer and on this track you can tell Brian was due to go onto great things. I only have this ep and one 7" but I believe the band released 2 albums on Beggars Banquet which are now worth a fortune due to his success with Weezer. Saw them on a co headline tour with Hooky's Revenge many moons ago. Enjoy)
2) Pele - Megolamania (Mmmmmmmmmmegolamania. Pele were from Liverpool wrote great tunes releasing a load of singles around 91/92. This is an unashamedly brilliant pop song taken from the excellent Fireworks album. What is it about bands from Liverpool being able to write brilliant pop tunes??)
3) Bedazzled - Summer Song (One of three singles released by the Band on Columbia records in 1992 a lovely summer pop song. I tried to google the band but I found nothing, so I will have to leave you with the interesting fact that the B-Side to this single was a rather ropy version of Kylies Step Back in Time!)
4) Mover - We Got it Going on (This song is another that is on the fringes of my fav 20 songs ever. A fantastic mix of indie/soul and pop featuring co- Vocals from Ruby Turner. Saw them supporting the Bluetones once and have the album which is quite a decent record. This however is the best track by far. Have duetted with Julia in the Car and kitchen many times to this one!)
5) Half Time Oranges - Panini (Keeping the Norfolk link going these football loving boys wrote a couple of albums worth of jangy tunes about various footballing themes and most are excellent. Saw them a couple of times around Norwich in the 90's and always good for a night out. This ode to football stickers is from the Rotterdamnation album)
6) Voodoo Queens - Kenuwee Head (The Riot Girl's tribute the Mr Dude himself Keanu Reeves. Released on Too Pure in 1993 the Voodoo Queens were probably the best of the very small Riot Girl scene and actually had some tunes to boot. I have a limited hand painted 7" of this single at home. Released an album called Chocolate Revenge in 94 before splitting up. Did 3 Peel sessions in 18 months to boot.
7) Afghan Whigs - Something Hot (This is included as I re-visited my Afghan Whigs albums having seen Greg Dulli on Later with Jools last week. This is a great soaring tune from the 1965 album released in 1998 and was the lead single. This track also features on one of the Later Live Loud DVD's that I have.)
8) Diesel Park West - Fall to Love ( Released in 1991 on the Food label this track was the second single from the album decency. DPW have quite an impressive back catalogue and have continued on and off to release music for 20 years. Thoughtful crafted pop)
9) Flowered Up - Egg Rush ( Double A -side to the re-issued version of Its on which reached No38 in 1992. A more downbeat track than Flowered Up normally produce but no less brilliant.)
10) Soho - New Love Generation (A band fronted by two sisters Pauline and Jacqie Cuff whose most famous track was the Smiths sampling Hippychick. This follow-up single should have been a bigger hit than its predecessor. Toured America with Jesus Jones and EMF apparently! Taken from the album Goddess)
11) PWEI - XY and Zee , Electric Sunrise 12" Mix ( One of hundreds of PWEI remixes in the ether. This was from the coloured 12" version of the single and is pretty darn dancetastic. Fact - I met the guys from PWEI at a signing session before a gig aged about 16 and cheekily asked if we could have backstage passes! They obviously didn't want us there but didn't want to seem like bad guys so passed us on to the tour manager in the pub round the corner to ask him. He was an arse and said no! Got signed records and t-shirts though!!)
12) Molly Half Head - Just (Another fine Manchester band from the 90's. This was one of the 93 albums from the album Sulk. A perennial support band and some members went on to form the band Wireless who also released some rather good singles.)
13) Senser - The Key (Senser were(are?) a great live band fusing punk guitars, dance beats and rap together. This single was an NME single of the week in 1993 and taken from the excellent Stacked Up album. Have appeared at virtually every festival you can think of and by the looks of it are back in fields near you this summer!)
14) Buffalo Tom - Taillights Fade (One of the bands Julia and I first realise we both loved after meeting at Uni. This is a great song as is most of the back catalogue to be fair if you want a starting point buy Red Letter Day or A-Sides Compilation.)
15) Nik Kershaw - Wouldn't it be Good (Latterly covered by Soulwax this pop gem is included as our track 15 guilty pleasure in its full 1980's 12" extended glory!)
http://rapidshare.com/files/116043769/Boxerbears10.zip
1 comment:
" I never did get Steve Nicol for Liverpool to complete my 1986 book"
For me it was Tottenham Hotspur's goalie, Barry Daines, 1979 panini album. I even remember his number - 333.
Nice blog, btw.
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