other titles...
PASS THE PAINTBRUSH,
HONEY
1 THERE MUST BE A BETTER
LIFE
2 LOST YOUR DREAMS
3 LOVE AND HATE
4 THE CHOCOLATE
ELEPHANT MAN
5 WATERBOMB!
6 COLIN DOBBINS
7 WOULDN'T YOU?
8 A DAY OUT WITH JEREMY
CHESTER
Bonus Tracks
9 FIFTY YEARS OF FUN
10 THEN WHEN I SCREAM
11 7+(CHOCOLATE
ELEPHANT MAN (Alternative
Mix - Extra Intro)
12 IN THE AFTERNOON (Early
Version) (by Revolving Paint
Dream)
13 THEN WHEN I SCREAM
(Different Longer Version)
***
14 LOST YOUR DREAMS
(Demo)
15 I'M OKAY ME (Demo)
THE GIRL WHO RUNS THE
BEAT HOTEL
1 SOMEONE STOLE MY
WHEELS
2 LOVE'S GOING OUT OF
FASHION
3 SHE NEVER UNDERSTOOD
4 HE DON'T NEED THAT GIRL
5 SHE SHIVERS INSIDE
6 THE BEAT HOTEL
7 THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE
WORLD
8 IF I DIE
9 FIVE MINUTES IN THE LIFE
OF GREENWOOD GOULDING
10 THE WHOLE WORLD IS
TURNING BROUCHARD!
SIXTEEN VELVET FRIDAYS
11 IT MAKES YOU SCARED
12 SUNNY DAYS
13 HE DON’T NEED THAT
GIRL (Early Version) ***
14 BACK TO THE START
15 I NEED OPTIMISM ***
16 SHE’S GONE AWAY ***
Bonus Tracks
17 INSIDE THE MUSHROOM
18 IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
(Alan Vocal)
19 IN THE AFTERNOON
20 THE DEATH OF ENGLAND
21 THE BEAT HOTEL (Alan
Vocal – Different Mix) ***
22 IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME
(Demo – Christine Vocal) ***
23 SHE WENT AWAY TO THE
LOVE (Demo) ***
OBLIVION
1 IN A MOURNING TOWN
2 THERE YOU GO AGAIN
3 7 SECONDS
4 A GIRL CALLED DESTRUCTION
5 SHE'S GOT DIAMONDS IN HER
HAIR
6 THE ONLY COLOUR IN THIS
WORLD IS LOVE
7 BABY SISTER
8 THEN WHEN I SCREAM
9 I SEE THE SUN
10 I'M STILL WAITING FOR MY
TIME
Bonus Tracks
11 SHE'S GOT DIAMONDS IN HER
HAIR (Demo Version)
12 SHE NEVER UNDERSTOOD
(Alternate Version)
13 FIFTY YEARS OF FUN
(Almost Live Version)
DORTMUND, GERMANY,
FEBRUARY 1987
14 THE CHOCOLATE ELEPHANT
MAN ***
15 IN A MOURNING TOWN ***
16 SHE'S GOT DIAMONDS IN HER
HAIR ***
17 7 SECONDS ***
18 LOVE'S GOING OUT OF
FASHION ***
19 LOVE AND HATE ***
20 THERE MUST BE A BETTER
LIFE ***
21 FIFTY YEARS OF FUN ***
22 A GIRL CALLED
DESTRUCTION ***
23 COLIN DOBBINS ***
24 WATERBOMB! ***
25 SHE NEVER UNDERSTOOD
***
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Biff Bang Pow!
A BETTER LIFE - COMPLETE CREATIONS 1983-1991
cherry red
A deluxe six-CD box, boasting the entire recorded output of Biff Bang Pow! with the bonus of everything issued by The Laughing Apple.
Curated with the full support of Alan McGee and other band members, the clamshell set also adds a raft of previously unissued demos and live material. Plus tracks from an abandoned album, ‘Sixteen Velvet Fridays’ and a handful of previously undocumented songs. And a Laughing Apple CD also adds some hitherto unheard demos by Alan with the band Newspeak (pre-Laughing Apple). With sleevenotes including quotes from those involved, this is the ultimate tribute to one of the unsung talents of the C86 generation of indie bands. Biff Bang Pow! were formed by Alan McGee around the same time he founded Creation Records in 1983. Having evolved out of post-punk band The Laughing Apple, which he’d started in 1980 with friend Andrew Innes, Biff Bang Pow! made seven albums and a handful of singles – many of which were indie hits – before they finally dissolved in 1992. To many fans of Creation Records, Biff Bang Pow! were the label’s best-kept secret, fusing ‘60s psychedelia and power pop with beautiful, haunting melodies. Their early sound seemed to reinvent The Jam circa 1980, with a pop art approach reminiscent of the ‘60s band from whom their took their name, The Creation (who recorded the song ‘Biff Bang Pow!’). Albums two and three, ‘The Girl Who Runs The Beat Hotel’ and ‘Oblivion’, captured Biff Bang Pow! at their peak, from the former’s tranquil, ‘60s pop tunes (often with Christine Wanless singing) to the latter’s power pop swagger. Later records adopted an increasingly acoustic bent, essentially solo outlets for McGee, after his discovery of ecstasy, when he was listening to Neil Young and Nick Drake.
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