Needle Drop Goth Project

I've started up a needle drop blog here: http://audiophilegoth.blogspot.co.uk/, specialising in classic goth records.

Party Day - Simplicity LP

A re-upload of Party Day's marvellous Simplicity LP, originally shared by Phoenix Hairpins.

Indie/Post-Punk.

Simplicity LP (Party Day Records-PDLP 501-1986)

1. She May Be Blind
2. Sovereign
3. Stay In My Heart
4. Laughter
5. Simplicity
6. The Other Side
7. Precious One
8. Career
9. A Passing Pain
10. Glorious Days
11. Untitled

N.B. Tracks 4 & 5 ripped as one track.

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The Sisters Of Mercy - Wake (HQ Audio Rip)

"Wake" was a video recording of The Sisters Of Mercy's "last" concert at The Royal Albert Hall, June 18, 1985. This audio rip is sourced from a recently created, high quality 50p transfer made by two members of the Heartland forum.

Wake (1985)

1. First And Last And Always
2. Body And Soul
3. Marian
4. No Time To Cry
5. Walk Away
6. Possession
7. Emma
8. Amphetamine Logic
9. A Rock And A Hard Place
10. Floorshow
11. Alice
12. Fix
13. Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Download (new link + HQ video thread) (Heartland membership required).

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Paint Your Wagon

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry is a rock band that was formed in Leeds, England in early 1981.

The band was formed by guitarist/songwriter Chris Reed and vocalist Mark Sweeney, along with bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown (who would later join The Mission). Sweeney left the band in late 1981 and Reed permanently took over as vocalist, with Martin Fagan joining as a second guitarist. The group's sound, featuring a numbing guitar drone, powerfully throbbing drums, and Reed's cavernous vocal tones, caused the Lorries (as their fans came to call them) to be quickly lumped into the then-developing gothic rock scene by pop journalists, although the band themselves preferred to cite Wire as an influence.

Paint Your Wagon, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's second album, was released in 1986 in the UK on Red Rhino, an independent music record label. It would be the band's final original LP release on the label (excepting a singles collection, Smashed Hits, the following year) before signing to major label Situation Two in 1987. Like the Lorries' debut album (Talk about the Weather), Paint Your Wagon had a very short running time, coming in at under 30 minutes. Two of the tracks, "Mescal Dance" and "Blitz", were instrumentals. Cassette and CD releases/reissues have featured various additional bonus tracks.

This download is taken from my own vinyl copy of Paint Your Wagon, transferred to the computer using a USB turntable. The LP is in near-mint condition, and the recording is fantastic!

Paint Your Wagon (REDLP 65 1986)

1. Walking On Your Hands
2. Jipp
3. Last Train
4. Head All Fire
5. Mescal Dance
6. Shout At The Sky
7. Which Side
8. Tear Me Up
9. Save My Soul
10. Blitz

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Manuskript - I Can't Believe It's Not Goth!

Manuskript are a mid-90s UK Goth band consisting of Christian Tonkin, Michael Uwins, Paul Morris, Tim Chandler, Tom Quick.
This, their self financed début EP, was limited to approximately 500 copies and originally only available at their gigs. The remaining copies were distributed through Resurrection Records. This rip is from the original (non Resurrection) batch.

I Can't Believe It's Not Goth EP (MTSKR 12 1995)

1. Chase
2. Prince Of Fools
3. Flies In The Marzipan
4. Faking Lies

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James Rays Gangwar - Dios Esta De Nuestro Lado

James Ray is a rock singer and band-leader, best known as a member of Andrew Eldritch's side-project The Sisterhood.

He was a founding member of "James Ray And The Performance", a rock band with ties to goth rock. James Ray has also formed the bands "James Ray's Gangwar", "The MK Ultra", and his current band "4080peru".

After James Ray And The Performance, Ray formed James Ray's Gangwar. The band were still contracted to Merciful Release for an album, so the band recorded the Dios Esta De Nuestro Lado LP, a more aggressive sounding album, still with the southern American influence, and a cover of Alvin Stardust's "[My] Coo Ca Choo" closing the album. The opening track, Rev Rev Lowrider was released as a single. Other non-album tracks were released as singles, "Fuel", "Another Million Dollars" and "Without Conscience".

After this, Gangwar released the Third Generation LP on Surgery Records, a much more techno-based album, with fewer guitars, and a more trance-like feel. The song "Fuelled Up" draws heavily from the earlier song "Fuel," which in turn borrows heavily from the melody of Knock on Wood.

The final Gangwar album was 'Psychodalek'.

In recent years, Gangwar have reformed, to play a handful of concerts, such as Wave-Gotik-Treffen.

Dios Está De Nuestro Lado (MRAY 341CD 1992)

1. Rev Rev Lowrider
2. Heart Surgery
3. 35 Thousand Times
4. Badlands
5. Hardwar
6. Cadillac Coming
7. Bad Gin
8. Santa Susana
9. Coo Ca Choo

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Children On Stun - Mondo Weird

Children On Stun is the name of a Gothic rock band from England. Formed in 1991, the original line-up consisted of Neil Ash, Simon Manning, Simon Treen and Pete Finnemore.

1996 saw the band begin to record their new album, Mondo Weird, which was not released until 1997.

Members:

• Pete Finnemore - Guitar (1991-1995)
• Simon Manning - Bass (1991 - 1998)
• Neil Ash - Vocals (1991 - 1998)
• Simon Treen - Drums (1991)
• Kyle Whipp - Bass (1995-1998)

Mondo Weird is a slight departure from the more traditional style of earlier Stun releases as the band discovered computers that go "bleep" sometime before its recording, but it remains a strong a vastly overlooked album.

Mondo Weird (1997)

1. Mondo Weird
2. Building Boxes
3. Flech
4. Style Police
5. Singles And Doubles
6. Twisted
7. Strange Days
8. Outrageous, Outlawed, Outspoken
9. Scum
10. Aunty Crystal Thieves
11. Whiskey A Go-Go
12. Demonica Beatnik

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N.B. Due to Mediafire's upload size limit this download has been split into 3 archives. You will need the free programme 7-Zip to extract them.