Well folks, in keeping with their approach of “cashing-in” on Artists they formerly had on their books Universal (Mercury Arrgghhh!) have decided to release a “new” live Compilation from The Housemartins. The new album will be released on 18th September.
Pre-order this at Amazon for £7.99
Although it should be said that there’s quite a generous 24 tracks:
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1. Drop Down Dead (John Peel 21/07/85) |
| 2. Flag Day (John Peel 21/07/85) |
| 3. Stand At Ease (John Peel 21/07/85) |
| 4. Reverends Revenge (Janice Long 6/11/85) |
| 5. Shelter (Saturday Live 04/01/86) |
| 6. People Get Ready (Saturday Live 04/01/86) |
| 7. Over There (John Peel 06/04/86) |
| 8. Caravan Of Love (John Peel 06/04/86) |
| 9. Happy Hour (John Peel 03/06/86) |
| 10. Heaven Help Us All (John Peel 03/06/86) |
| 11. Pickin’ The Blues (Peel Show Theme Tune) (John Peel 03/06/86) |
| 12. Mercy (Janice Long 11/12/86) |
| 13. So Glad (Janice Long 11/12/86) |
| 14. He Brought Me Out (Janice Long 11/12/86) |
| 15. Sunday Isn’t Sunday (John Peel 03/11/87) |
| 16. Build (John Peel 03/11/87) |
| 17. We’re Not Deep (Glastonbury 29/11/86) |
| 18. Me And The Farmer (Glastonbury 29/11/86) |
| 19. The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death (Nottingham Concert 30/09/87) |
| 20. The Light Is Always Green (Nottingham Concert 30/09/87) |
| 21. The World’s On Fire (Nottingham Concert 30/09/87) |
| 22. We’re Not Going Back (Nottingham Concert 30/09/87) |
| 23. Johannesburg (Nottingham Concert 30/09/87) |
| 24. Five Get Over Excited (Nottingham Concert 30/09/87) |
 Read on for the full press release…
Compiled by band member Stan Cullimore, ‘Live at the BBC’ is a wonderful retrospective of The Housemartins’ recordings for the BBC.
The Housemartins, the “fourth best band in Hull†and the only one to begat both the Beautiful South and Fat Boy Slim, were regular visitors to the BBC’s Maida Vale studios, recording seven sessions there as well as having their Glastonbury and Nottingham concerts broadcast. This album contains most of the material recorded for the BBC from the very beginning to the very the end of the band’s brief but brilliant career. It’s a superb snapshot of a group of artists doing what they do best with a minimum of fuss.
This is the first time that most of these recordings have been available, and for many die hard fans it’s the missing piece of the puzzle. There are songs here that never made it onto record or CD, as well as a generous chunk of a classic 1987 live set recorded in Nottingham, and a couple of numbers from their near-legendary Glastonbury performance of 1986
And as Phill Jupitus, who as ‘Porky The Poet’ frequently supported the group on the road, points out in the sleeve notes, they were at least the second best band in Hull!
