sarahnewsletter number 9 october 1994 free!!!

I know,I know,itts late, but things kept had read them. yourd know the answers. I happening,or not happening, itrs hard to il!'pose it's'these short attention spdns exp1ain... basically (to fall backon metaphor everybody'sgot these days.. . So - I rl I try for a moment)it was as if hugegreat slabs of choppingthis one up into shorter paragraphs, rock kept suddenlymaterialising out of thin even break someparagraphs mid air to block our way across the mountaintop sentenceif that helDs, and throw in a few while evil black carrion birds swoopeddown pictures, mapsand pie-charts. low trying to peck out our eyes. - You really Anyway,HEAVET{LY; canrt imaginewhat itrs like sometimes.These fab London-basedlabels have it sq easy. ANDthey and their new get to go to parties and ridilon tirbe trains. A Pie-Chart LP whichi s called "TheDecline & Fall Anyway,never having been ones to let our of Heavenl,v"and spiri ts get daunted by hobgobli ns or foul not what we you 'I told fi ends and the l i ke, werre now ful l steam ect f imo hocarrDavid Gedge l{ov lst 27th &t (Incidentally, we had a demo'last weekfrom a band who said they wanted t0 be on our rostrum. A rostrum i s something el se P3&drJloilb-oi:i#iA 0ct entirely, usually circular and about tvio feet IIEUYORK high, and we donrt haveone. Andwe wouldnrt tladronaHill tfinery Acne 5th ilov 29th oct I,ASHINGT0I'IDC 1et you on it if we did. Somebodyalso just SAI{ FRANCISCO CHICAG0 9:30 Club rang up - and I swearthis is true - to ask if lThirsty swede Enpty Bottle our records would work on American record- / L 7th ilov players, becauseAmerican A.C. is 110v not 6th' r{ov\- Los AI{GELES I.IOI{TEREY 240v, so she wasnrt sure if theyrd still play llonterey at 33rpm... you rneet al I sorts in thi s Brewin9 business, you reall-y do; I guess thatrs why Company rnost seemto have brains with an inner core BoyracerVisit America -[hatts 100%liquorice.) So ANYWAY...thatrs rvhy"Avenge" is playing in the backgroundand went to see them at The Fenton, and was so lvhy therers a photo of "new Indy band lvy" on imoressedhe there and then demandedStewart l:he cover, coyly obscuring Mark Goodier ' s openup for him. So to speak. I hope. The groin - 'leave letrs breakour kids in gently, we can Leeds SiS seems to have been especial 1y warning them about the perils of sex eventful, with Stewartmanaging to destroyTWO with smugfat people for somefuture cassette. bass guitars ANDset fire to Gedgersguitar The only downside,of course, is that we have amp...Meanwhile Nicola, havinghad to work to release the next Haddawaysingle. late, arriyed at the venuehalf-way into the set; pushingher waythrough the audience,she Incidentally, Ird like to point out that climbedonstage and plugged-in,only to find our involvementwith this is purely cynical - her basshanging limp in two halves- rather it's 150,000free copies, after all - and that like a strangledgoose, I wouldimagine. SARAHREC0RDS in no way condonesanything whatsoever about Mark Goodier, Blue Peter, Thereally interestingthing, though,is TottenhamHotspur or Newsat Ten. And, as far that supEF on the rest of the Wedding as drugs go, feel free to snort, smoke,suck, Presenttour was provided by another of our eat, imbibe, inject or smearyourselves with bands,IW - there's somedubious connection wlrateveryou want. Itrs your 1ife, donrt 1et in the dim past betweenthe two groups... I all these o1d people patronise you. 0h and shan't go into it, as it will only give away buy the IW records... hoviold everybodyis, including you if you ... thatrs "l'lish YouWould" and rrAvengerr- actually think a tour supportingThe Wedding SARAHS91 and 92; 92CDincludes all 4 songs... Presentis somethingto showoff about. Back in the Grim North, BOYRACERTSnew 5 But speakingof IW... if yourre between track EP (SARAH96) is nowout, and they also the agesof 8 and12 andinterested in taking d'id a fine Peel Session, featuring the wryly- drugs, you might have comeacross a rather titled "New Wave0ld Hat", "Advice To Young wonderfulcassette producedby the Department BandsAbout Publishing Dea1s", "Love SongFor of Health as part of EuropeanDrug Prevention Henri Mancini" and "Pretentious Headline Band l'leek,narrated by MarkGoodier and called, um, "Goodier Eg;oProblem"... and therers also a new 7" GivesIt To YouHard And Straight" or irnminent on the French Lo-Fi label featuring something...and featuring various people that "5 - songsrecorded live in a drunkenstupor in 8 12 year olds look up to as role-models, Bordeaux" (on this summerrsFrench tour) and like, er, MarkGoodier, Diane thingy off Blue glorying in the name"The Best Flip-Star EP", Peter, Andi Peters, BadBoys Inc, GaryMabbutt a joke thatrs so rrin" even Stewartrs forgotten (ot Spurs) and, rather surreally, Trevor wh'y - itrs funny. 0h and they have a new McDonald and they al1 line-up to tell you drummercalled Jed - a good, drummer-yname. howbad drugs are, exceptfor Diane,who tells There was a piece on them in MelodyMaker too, you howto makea superre-usable syringe out makingmuch play of their homo-eroticguitars. of an old squeezybottle. Anyway,Justin fron Like a semi-acoustic,only it plugs in round IW works as a youth-counsellorand, due to the back. I didnrt say that. the last-minutewithdrawal of Eurobeatstars Haddaway,M were asked to provide the Stewart was al so most excited to be backingtrack, they beingthe nearestthing on stcpped and recognisedin the street last week the SARAHroster to a Eurobeat act. by two American women (actually, they one other possible major event this year recognisedhis EdselAuctioneer T-shirt, but 'is point). on December2nd when the I{0RTHERi|PICTURE that's not the Themerry-go-round of (i.e. Famewhirls ever faster. I myselfwas stopped LIBRARYmight be checkfirst) supporting in The Gaileries The Raincoats and The Pastels at The Venue. this morningby two wornen y. y handingour leaflets for the Bristol & West Get there earl . . conceivabl a1so I eave Building Society who wantedto tell me how early... Doors open 8pm, nearest tube, New goodTMI{I|AY were. I just foundthat bizarre, Crossor NewCross Gate. Furthest. Chesham. andran away,thus forfeiting mychance to win f'|000 and be used in Bristol & West llorthern Picture Library DromotionalI iterature. Visit GreaterLondon Backto HEAVET{LY...once returned from the USA,they kick their heels and wiggle their The first 2nd Dec toes in the UKfor a bit beforeheading off to of the t{oRTHERil NEwCRoSS The Landof the Falling ExchangeRate and a PICTURELIBMRYIS The Venue Decembertour of Japan...but while theyrre two autunn 7"s came here, theyrll be doing a few weekendsaround out Iast month,by the way - "Paris"/"Norfolk the country, and that Windmills". Andthe second('rLast September's meansanother FarewelI Kiss"/"Signs" ) i s out on october 17th; the CDincludes both tracks off "Paris". The other ilPL news is that thev have a new bassist, called l'lichael,which -uriously was 29th oct the nameof THEFIELD I4ICErs bassist... 28th HULL LEEOS phi Next up, on 7th November,is EASTRIVER HeavenlYVisit Enqland Fenton "Poor I PIPETSmuch-delayed second LP Fricky'. and Gwent a 1zth tlov ( -\artlorrltlcHAr'1 Irm not sure why itrs draggedon so... all the "qthlL -. Britannla RowingClub final tweakingin the studio took longer than Gc (gpposite Forest ground) expected, and then the master-tape went sxerrttLo.-SHEFFIELD.- <,/\4,.r'\. missing becausethe band sent jt ExpressPost Hal lamshire I lth trlov to hurry things along, which completely threw 0ct the RoyalMail, who panickedand hjd it under I'IE}'PORT Jug of Ale znd oec a desk in the sorting-office and hoped werd TJs 8th Dec HARLOH( T8C ) forget about it. But we didntt. Instead,.we 26th Nov loHo-on-o Square went down there and beat them up savagely. YEOVI The Garage product - QuicksilverMail-. Irm afraid werre a of our times. So I shanrt bore you again, letrs just say it's 0ec got 11 new songs, including both their last SOUTHAII,IPTON two U.S.-on1y7"s, a fuli-colour sleeve and a Joinerrs Arms 3nrnspine. 41so, "GoodbyeCaiifornia" is now out in the U.S., with addedsingles and stuff, Plusmaybe some others, so keepyour wits under the name"Shining Hours in A Can", on aboutyou, or somebodyelsets if you havenrt Ajax Recordsof Chicago,the tlindy City. Hic. got any... and Irli give you those Japanese yearrs yourre And the final release, apart from dates too, in case Japanese,and Haddawayrs becauseIrm getting into maps: Christmassingle,.js our next label these compilation, "Gaol Ferry Bridge" (SARAH530), and - heck, I knowIrm cynical and biassedand jt HeavenlyVisit Japan great fun to be with and al I that but really does soundto me like the best we've done, which is weird whenyou rememberSARAH's 22nd Dec not as good as it used to be. Bandsfeatured SEI\|DAI aTe SECRETSHI[E, THE SI,GARGLIDERS,ACTIOI{ 18th Dec Eeeb OSAKA PAII{TING!,BLUEBOY, EAST RIVER PIPE, BOYRACER, ClubQuattro ?0th/21st Dec EVEI{AS YE SPEAKand HEAIEI{LY,and itrs out on November21st, providing the rajn holds off 17th Dec Club FUKUOKA. Quattro long enoughfor meto take somephotos for the 16th Dec labels - the problemwith numberingit after t,IAGOYA j ClubQuattro the 530 bus i s that t's a Sunday-only service,and there's only onean hour. Life' loitered aroundin the background.Melbourne God,who needs it? Incidentally,speaking of i s a pretty i ncestuous p1ace; hence, I public transport, we mentionedin one of our suppose,the jaw structuresand body hajr. 7" inserts that the Bristol Ferry BoatCompany PAIl{flilG!meanwhile continue to get Temple I'ileads ACTIO|| had extendedthei r service to ' dousedwith praise from manyquarters, and now andthat this wouldmake a big differencefor DamagedGoods (who gave - amendyour havea single out on Saropoly' buffs. So herershovr to you HelenLove's wonderful "Punk Boyrr) called board. Thosenot possessinga SARAH50 will i'Laying andit!s on whitevinyl, well as despised. TheLodger", be bemusedand intrigued' as so wili showthe dirt. More jmportantly, didn't guitarist Lee look good posing with Shampooon Top of the Pops? The day after their first T0TPappearance, Lee got kicked out of hi s bedsit i n Brighton and made homeless.Rocktn'roll is a hardmattress. I mean rnistress. Incidentally' people occasionallylaunch themselves acrobatically -o.L -l at us in shopping-centresand say: "Sumup the ethos behind SARAHREC0RDS in words we can understand"- and I never knowwhat to say, beyond"please go away"... but I do knowthat El sewhere... THE SIJGARGLIDERS,as l{e year whilnShahpoo appeared on the sam6-editionof announcedlast time, decidedearlier this ToTPas DinosaurJnr, anyonewho genuinely that enough was enough and voluntarily fed "FeelThe Pain" was a thoughtthe tediumrock of themselvesinto Popts 8-speed Moulinex; by splendidpop pout of "Trouble" food+rocessing, superiorto,the bizarre miracle of modern is not someonelle wantbuying our records... however, they found themselves not being shreddedfor eternity as intended, but instead Continuing our traitorous theme, Tlf forming a moist pastry-like ball which, once HARI,ESTIIIilISTERS' next release might well be rolled flat and baked,puffed up into a whole on Setanta,spiritual homeof all things Irish new band called THE STEINBECKS(after John, or EdwynCotlins. Nobody,on the other hand, author of "The Grapesof Wrath" and its much wantsBLUEB0Y, whorve been squatting somewhat gned "The Pl ums of Love") . . . uncomfortablyon their haunchesever sincethe ma1i sequel "Unisex". there's a tape on its way, but itrs not here release of There might be some yet, rnaybebecause the Post Office have hidden gigs, but nothingtsorganised yet. Andafter it undera cushjonwhich they're nowtaking it that, a newsingle, or a mini-LP'or babies' 'in turns to sjt on, so all I can te11 you is or maybea nice lie-down. Theyare recording that it's "more of a band thing" than THE a PeelSession, though, on 30th 0ctober... (there's ANdthAt SUGARGLIDERS 5 STEINBECKS), Andnow our BIGGESTnews (though you wonrt Summershineare releasing whatrs beenrecorded "At realise howbig for now):oRLANDO,who seemed so far as a albumentitled HomeAnd Abroad nothing morethan legend- a very near future. destined to be l,JithThe Stejnbecks"in the red felt-tip heart scribbled in the margin Speakingof which (Summershine,that is' whensomebody finally gets roundto writing a - prophecy - have at not The Future I mean, I can do if book'last about the Chalk FarmMonarch you want, second-sight is part and parcel of agreedto let us release somesongs but - being a SuperIndie Being, after al1 - I just becauseORLlflDO still exist andare developing wouldn't want to scare you, especially if you in newdirections, they wonrt comeout under intend being in the East Midlands around the the 0RLAI{Doname - imagine, perhaps, an end of November)- there's a Summershine octoDuswhich has had its armshacked off in sampler CD out on Slumberlandfeaturing three sone sort of domesticincident, growingnew "Give early SUGARGLIDERSrecordings ("Stay", one5.. . Me SorneConfidence" and "Police Me") as welI as other bobsand bjts, incl uding Summershine 001, a 7" by RIPEentitled "}lerre All Trying An octoDus To Get There" - gadzooks,the very sametitle as our SUGARGLIDERScompilation! 0r not s0 gadzookswhen you knowthat Ripers MarkMurphy playedon a coupleof the songs,and generally (CD well, 82 HEAVEI'ILY:Atta Gir] 7"/CD includesSARAH 81) those new arms are 0RLAND0,and the old 83 THESUGARGLIDERS: iJill Ie Ever Learn?7"/CD deadbits that wervescooDed uD to sell are..- 84 THEHARVEST MINISTERS: If It Kills lle 7"lCD SHELIiIERDIISE- those who know thei r Vi rgi ni a 85 BoYRACER:From Purity To Purgatory7"/C0 Woolf will understand. 0r possibly SHELLEY 86 THESUGARGLIDERS: Top 40 Sculpture 7" (guitar/vocals), 87 ACTIONPAINTINGI: Mustard Gas 7../CD for short. So, that's Dickon 88 BLUEEoY:River 7" Tim (vocals) and Stephen(guitar), and the EP " 89 SECRETSHIITE: Greater Than God 10"/CD Reproduction j s PolI uti on"/'rHero"/'rPrej udi ce" 90 THEHIT PARADE:Autobiography 7"/CD will be out in the NewYear, andwhen you play 91 M: Uish Youwould 7" jt your 92 M: Avenge7"/CD (CD includes SARAH 9l) alone in frosty bedsit room, beautiful 93 ABERDEEN:Eyron 7"/C0 19 year old poets will materialise out of the 94 I{0RTHERi{PICTURE LIERARY: Paris 7" soft misty dusk, throwing stones up at your 95 NPL:Last SeDtemberrsFarewell Kiss 7"/CD(C0 includes windowand demandingthat you comedown and 96 B0YRACER:Pure Hatred 96 7"/CD SARAH94) pa1ms. HID-PRICELPs read their l4etaphorically speaking. :I0T-THftICFTDS:Lyceum 10,, Lp SARAHFUN DAY 403 ST.CHRISToPHER:Eacharach 10" LP 404BRIGHTER: Laurel ,l0" LPIMC t^,ethought next Tuesday. 405 EASTRIVER PIPE: Goodbye California 10" LPlCo 406HARVEY l{lLLIAfilS: Rebellion 10" IP/CD 602 THEI{AKE: Make It LoudLPlilC SI NGLES 603 HEAVEiILY:Heavenly Vs. SatanilC TrSfTHRIST0PHER:You Deservel,lore Than A t|aybe 7', 604 TALULAHGoSH: Theyrve Scoffed The Lot LP 19 BRIGHTER:Around The llor'ld In Eighty Days7" 606THE FIELD MICE: Coastal comDilation LP/CD/UC 20 ST.CHRISToPHER:All 0f A Tremble7" 608 THESIIEETEST ACHE; Jaguar LP|CD|nC 23 THEoRCHI0S: l,,hat tJill t{e Do tl€xt? 7" 609THE SEA URCHINS: Stardust comDilation LPlCD 27 BRIGHTER:floahrs Ark 7,, 610 HEAVET{LY:Le Jardln de HeavenlyLP/CD|nC 29 THE0RCHIDS: Sorcthing For The Longing7" |! 612 BLUEBOY:If Wishesllere HorsesLP 33 THESEA URCHINS: A Morning odyssey 7" 613 ANoTHERSUl,ll'lY DAY: London tJeekend comDilation LP 34 ST.CHRISToPHER:Antoinette 7" 614 EVEI{AS IJESPEAK: Feral PopFrenzy LP/CD 35 AI'I0THERSUIINY DAY: Rio 7rr 615SECRET SHINE: Untouched LPlCo 36 THESI{EETEST ACHE: If I CouldShine 7" 619THE SUGARGLIDERS: cornpilatlon LPICD 37 EVEiIAS l{E SPEAK:Nothing Ever Happens7" 623 HEAVET{LY:The Decline t Fall of Heaven'lyLP/CD 38 THEFIELD MICE: So Said Kay10" Or 376TEI{PLE CLoUD 15 songcompilation tP (15-28) (29-40) 39 THESI{EETEST ACHE: Tell lte HowIt Feels 7" tt 501 GLASSARCADE 16 songcornpilation IPICD/MC 42 THE0RCHIDS: Penetration 12" Ot 583 F0UI{TAII{ISLAIID 15 songcompllatlon LP/CD(41-53) 43 TRAltl'lAY:Maritime City 7' 628 EI'|GItiECollMoll 16 songcompilatlon LP/CD(54-69) N (71-85) 44 THEFIELD l',llcE: September's l{ot So Far Away7" t/1 530GAoL FERRY BRIDGE 16 songcompilation LP/C0 45 GENTLEDESPITE: Tonnent To },Ie7., Ol FULL-PRICELPs 46 ST.CHRISToPHER:Say Yes To Everything7" 60fTHll0ICt-tE's : unholy soul LplCD/ilC 607 THEFIELD filICE: (eeps 47 THESWEETEST ACHE: Sickening 7" J For CD/l,lC 48 THEIiAKE: ilajor John 7" fa 611THE oRCHIDS: EDlcurean comDilation LP/CD/},IC 51 HEAVEI{LY:So Little Deserve7" e o 616 THEHARVEST tlll{ISTERS: Lltt]e Dark MansionLP/CD/MC 52 TRAl,lllAY:Sreet Chariot 7" 617 THEoRCHIDS: Striving For The Lazy Perfection LP/CD 53 SECRETSHINE: After Years7" 618 THEI{AKE: Tlda] Wave0f HypeLPICD 54 THEFoREVER PEoPLE: Invisible 7" l! an 620 BLUEBoY:Unisex LPIC0 55 BLUEB0Y:Clearer 7" N 621EAST RMR PIPEIPoor Frlcky LPICD 56 BRIGHTER;Half-Hearted 7" 622 THEHIT PARADE:The Sound0f The Hit ParadeLPICD 58 THEHIT PARADE:In Park 4 Gunnersbury 7" N SARAHMAIL-ORDER 59 EVEI1AS tJESPEAK: Beautiful Day7" 60 NoTHERSUNNY DAY: New Yearrs Honours7il Al'l prices'inc]ude p&p - p]ease makecheques/P0s payableto SARAHRECoRDS, If wrltjng from abroad, please 61 SECRETSHItIE: Epherneral 7" - 62 THERoSARIES: Fonever 7" make sure all cheques/noney-ordersare ln PoUllDS no chequeson non-UKbank accounts! Cashis sent at your orn 63 THESUGARGLIDERS: LetteT FTOnA Lifeboat 7,' - 64 THEHARVEST MII{ISTERS: You Do lilv Horld The tlorld rlsk register lt if possible, and please add extra to allow for bankcharges if you must sendforeign currency! 65 ELUEBOY:PoDKiss EP 7,' 0f Good 7" U) gt - THE Thaunaturgy7"/CD o The SARAHI|EI{SLETTER ls quarterly send an SAElf 66 0RCHIDS: you 67 THE SUGARGLIDERS:Seventeen 7" want the next one, or f'l for the next four. 68 THEHARVEST I'IINISTERS: Six 0rClock Is Rosary 7" U.(. EUROPEI.IORLD 69 BRIGHTER:Disney EP 1o"/CD 71 SECRETSHINE: Loveblind 7"/CD x 72 THESUGARGLIDERS: Ahprahran 7"/CD CDSII'IGLE or 10"/12"SII,|GLE t3.25 t4.25 15.00 73 ACTI0NPAINTING!: Classical l'lusic 7"/CD i.|ID-PRICELP [vinyl/cassette] t5.00 f6.00 f8.00 74 BLUEBoY:l'leet Johnny Rave 7"/CD I,|ID-PRICECD f7.00 f8.00 f10.00 75 EASTRIVER PIPE: Helmet On 7''lCD FULL-PRICELP Ivlnyl/cassette] i6.50 f7.00 f9.50 76 B0YRACER:B is for Boyracer 7"/C0 FULL-PRICECD f9.00 f10.00 f12.00 77 THESUGARGLIoERS: Trunpet Play 7"/CD Also, for all 7"s up to and includingSARAH 60: 78 EASTRIVER PIPE: She's A Real GoodTime 7"/CD 79 EVENAS lJE SPEAK:BIue Eyes Deceiving Me CD l,lumberof 7r's ordered U.K. EURoPE lIORLD 80 BLUEBoY:Some Gorgeous Accident 7"/CD 5 or more t1.50 t1.80 f2.50 81 HEAVENLY:P.U.N.K. Gir] 7" l0 or more f1.00 f1.50 f2.00