I don't often post up singles and EP's but il make an exception here.... This was a 10" 'bootleg' EP by Thousand Yard Stare,Recorded at London's ULU it given away free with the LP Hands On. Never quite understood how it was classed as a bootleg given it was an official release but hey its a treat as live the band were fantastic...
Anyway lets get to the point
You think Blur invented britpop...... you are wrong my friends. Thousand Yard Stare were forerunners of the britpop scene by at least 3 years.... TYS as im going to call them were lumped in with the shoe gaze scene primarily because they came from the Thames Valley and supported bands such as Ride and Chapterhouse however listen to the debut album Hands On and see where the band were heading... its pure pop heaven strewn with English references, if they had come along 4 years later and drank in the good mixer its a fair bet you would have heard more than 2 albums. As mentioned earlier live the band were amazing so enjoy this, I still do and Buttermouth remains one of my all time top 10 singles.
Twice Times
Village End
Three Doors Down
Buttermouth
LOVED TYS. Got into them when i was in college in 1994....a bit late....they had already released a sort of rubbish 2nd album (which at the time i thought was brilliant! lol).....couldn't find "Hands On" for the longest time....and then all of a sudden....i found a copy for $1 somewhere. it blew my mind! I then bought lots of vinyl and singles....i used to have the 10" for this Live Bootleg....but don't have it anymore. Thanks for posting it here! You have a great blog......you and i must have a lot of the same records, man!
ReplyDeletei think we must have! i used to buy every format of every release... proper fanboy!
ReplyDeletehands on was amazing but mammamundi was a major disappointment (i actually thought it was good at the time too!)