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Subway Organization Records (4)

Head Gone Astray, Belshill Indie Scene

Head Gone Astray

The Belshill Scene. Belshill a town associated with some of the UK's top indie acts of the day such as The BMX Bandits, Teenage Fan Club and also this band... The Soup Dragons From Hang Ten! 'Slow Things Down' released on single in '86 on the RAW TV Label The band naming themselves after a 1970's children's T.V. character in 'The Clangers'. The Soup Dragons were: - Sean Dickson (vocals, guitar) - Jim McCulloch (guitar) - Sushil K. Dade (bass)…

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Happy All The Time

Happy All The Time

Songs About Bats & Coffins?🦇 So, here is one that got away at the time, I must admit back in '85/'86 I hadn't listened to The Flatmates, perhaps I was too 'bogged down' in other sounds or listening to songs about 'bats' and 'coffins' (goth), I really can't remember. Anyway, some years later I somehow managed to catch one of their songs and became really quite hooked. They were kind of lumped in the jangle pop/C-86 scene at the time…

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Tranquil

The Clouds, Tranquil, Indie Pop

The Clouds, Tranquil. Released in 1987 on the Subway Organisation Records Label and sounding quite a lot like The Stone Roses (maybe that's where the Roses got their inspiration?). Anyway this particular track appears to be the only single by the band fronted by two brothers John and Bill Charnley. The single itself reaching the dizzy heights of #13 in the UK Indie Chart. They were: The tracklisting: They did release another track 'Jenny Nowhere' on the B Side of…

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Shame About The Rain

Shame About The Rain

Yeovil Indie Pop The Chesterf!elds were formed in Yeovil in 1984 and were with Subway Organization Records until about 1987 when Simon Barber from the band set up the 'Household Records' label. By 1989 they had called it a day, but were re-united again in 2016. Have a listen to the track 'Shame About The Rain' at the link. The track is taken from the album 'Kettle' released on Subway Organization Records which was in turn distributed by 'The Cartel' an…

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