Record Store Day Residuals
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1989: It's nine years since John Lennon died, and five years since The Television Personalities have had an album released.Visit product page →
Fire Records sign the latest incarnation of the TVPs and let them loose in a proper studio.
Dan Treacy's muse is overcome by the versatility of Swatch watches and Back To The Future II, he doesn't allow the songs on Privilege'to bend to temptation.
The world is still wrong; it's still unreal; as evidenced by the guest list at Salvador Dali's Garden Party'. Elsewhere there's a hint of 60s soap operas, from Cathy Come Home to The Wicker Man.
Remastered on limited edition black and white marbled vinyl. 1500 copies.
Tracklisting:
1. Paradise Is For The Blessed
2. A Good And Faithful Servant
3. Conscience Tells Me No
4. My Hedonistic Tendencies
5. All My Dreams Are Dead
6. Salvador Dali's Garden Party
7. The Man Who Paints The Rainbows
8. What If It's Raining?
9. Sad Mona Lisa
10. The Engine Driver Song
11. Sometimes I Think You Know Me Better Than I Know Myself
12. Privilege -
Closer To God', as with all TVP albums, is mightily personal. Dan Treacy provides the antidote to the opening of the ill-fated Disneyland Paris and the first McDonald's in China - it's a white knuckle ride through his innermost hopes and fears with off stage giggling, half heard dialogue and feedback that sounds like an opera is expiring in an adjoining L-shaped room.Visit product page →
Closer To God'is a spiritual rollercoaster that sounds as poignant and pressing as ever.
Remastered double LP on limited edition on marbled black and white vinyl.
1500 copies.
Tracklisting:
LP 1:
1. You Don't Know How Lucky You Are
2. Hard Luck Story Number 39
3. Little Works Of Art
4. Razorblades & Lemonade
5. Coming Home Soon
6. Me And My Big Ideas
7. Honey For The Bears
8. I See Myself In You
9. Goodnight Mr. Spaceman
LP 2:
1. My Very First Nervous Breakdown
2. We Will Be Your Gurus
3. You Are Special And You Always Will Be
4. Not For The Likes Of Us
5. You're Younger Than You Know
6. Very Dark Today
7. I Hope You Have A Nice Day
8. This Heart's Not Made Of Stone
9. Baby, You're Only As Good As You Should Be
10. Closer To God -
Released in 1984, The Painted Word is TVP's fourth studio album is 'one of the most wanton and willful cases of self-immolation you're ever likely to hear' (Melody Maker).Visit product page →
Breaking up two year's prior, TVP's returned with this stunning dark comeback shares the same name as the Tom Wolfe novel.
With the formidable Daniel Treacy at its core, Television Personalities remain one of new wave's longest serving and seminal artists with a career spanning over three decades.
The indie pop visionaries influenced many people across the industry including Battles, Black Dice, Crystal Stilts, MGMT and Creation Records'Alan McGee.
'a stark, unforgiving look at the despair of a man lost in his own world.' Alan McGee - Creation Records
'There's still no album quite like it' Exclaim
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Stop and Smell the Roses
2. The Painted Word
3. A Life of Her Own
4. Bright Sunny Smiles
5. Mentioned In Dispatches
6. A Sense of Belonging
7. Say You Won't Cry
Side B:
1. Someone to Share my Life With
2. You'll Have to Scream Louder
3. Happy All the Time
4. The Girl Who Had Everything
5. Paradise Estate
6. Back To Vietnam -
Sold outLimited edition, black on white marbled vinyl, DL card, 1000 only.Visit product page →
Returning with psychedelic dark masterpiece, Television Personalities'transitional second record Mummy Your Not Watching Me'was originally released in 1982 on Dan Treacy's Whaam!'label.
The album features If I Could Write Poetry', Painting By Numbers'and includes songs reminiscent of their earlier sound that can be heard on 'Magnificent Dreams'.
With the formidable Daniel Treacy at its core, Television Personalities remain one of new wave's longest serving and seminal artists with a career spanning over three decades.
The indie pop visionaries influenced many people across the industry including Battles, Black Dice, Crystal Stilts, MGMT and Creation Records'Alan McGee.
Mummy Your Not Watching Me'is reissued for Record Store Day 2017 it will be available on black and white marbled vinyl alongside The Painted Word', And Don't The Kids Just Love It'and They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles'
'It's a gawky, charming collection of great little pop tunes, clever bits and embarrassing bits, superb songs' Sounds, 1982
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Adventure Playground
2. Day In Heaven
3. Scream Quietly
4. Mummy Youre Not Watching Me
5. Brians Magic Car
6. Where The Rainbow Ends
Side B:
1. David Hockneys Diaries
2. Painting By Numbers
3. Lichtenstein Painting
4. Magnificent Dreams
5. If I Could Write Poetry
