The Raincoats are a British punk band. Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the band in 1977 while they were students at Hornsey College Of Art in London. They were inspired after they saw The Slits perform live earlier that year.
The Raincoats signed to the label Rough Trade and the band released three albums.
The band recorded Moving in 1984. Tired of constant touring and "pulling in different musical directions", the band members began work on solo projects shortly after the album's release. The band split up in 1984.
The Raincoats reformed in 1994 due to renewed interest in the band.
Band members:
Ana Paula de Lima Pita da Silva - guitar, vocals
Georgina Mary Birch - bass, vocals
Victoria Marion Aspinall - guitar, violin
Ingrid Weiss - drums
Paloma Romero - drums.
"The Raincoats" is the debut studio album by The Raincoats, released in 1979 on Rough Trade. The album was reissued in 2009 on We Three with one bonus track (track 1).
Tracklisting:
1. Fairytale In The Supermarket
2. No Side To Fall In
3. Adventures Close To Home
4. Off Duty Trip
5. Black And White
6. Lola
7. The Void
8. Life On The Line
9. You're A Million
10. In Love
11. No Looking
VBR ~247K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Odyshape" is the second studio album by The Raincoats, released in 1981 on Rough Trade. The album was reissued in 2011 on We Three.
Tracklisting:
1. Shouting Out Loud
2. Family Treet
3. Only Loved At Night
4. Dancing In My Head
5. Odyshape
6. And Then It's O.K.
7. Baby Song
8. Red Shoes
9. Go Away
VBR ~241K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"The Kitchen Tapes" is a cassette by The Raincoats, released in 1983 on ROIR. The cassette was digitally remastered for CD and reissued in 1998 on ROIR.
The Kitchen Tapes were recorded live at The Kitchen For The Performing Arts, New York City, 12 December 1982.
Tracklisting:
1. No One's Little Girl
2. Balloonacy
3. Oh Oh La La La
4. Only Loved At Night
5. I Saw A Hill
6. Mouth Of A Story
7. The Body
8. Shouting Out Loud
9. Rainstorm
10. Dance Of Hopping Mad
11. Animal Rhapsody
12. Puberty Song
13. No Side To Fall In
14. Honey Mad Woman
VBR ~214K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Moving" is the third studio album by The Raincoats, released in 1984 on Rough Trade. The album was reissued in 1993 on One Little Indian, David Geffen Company and Rough Trade with the addition of the 7" version of "No One's Little Girl". The tracks Dreaming Of The Past, Honey Mad Woman and Avidoso are not issued on the 1993 CD release.
Tracklisting:
1. No One's Little Girl
2. Ooh Ooh La La La
3. Dance Of Hopping Mad
4. Balloon
5. Mouth Of A Story
6. I Saw A Hill
7. Overheard
8. Rainstorm
9. The Body
10. Animal Rhapsody
VBR ~248K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Bad Manners are a British ska band, formed in 1976 while most of the members were together at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School, near Manor House, North London. The band played their first ever gig in January 1978.
After becoming popular in their native London, Bad Manners signed a recording contract with Magnet in 1980. Bad Manners left Magnet in 1983 and joined Telstar releasing a compilation album, "The Height Of Bad Manners".
Bad Manners then went on to sign a contract with Portrait in the United States and "Mental Notes" was released in 1985. For two years the band toured continuously all over the world, but decided to disband in 1987 for a brief spell after their deal with Portrait ended.
During 1988, the reformed Bad Manners line-up started to play a number of shows at universities and at scooter rallies. Bad Manners is still touring the United Kingdom.
Band members:
Douglas Steven Woods/Trendle (Buster Bloodvessel) – vocals
Louis Cook – guitar
Chris Kane – saxophone
Andrew Duncan Marson – saxophone
Paul Hyman – trumpet
Alan Sylvan Sayag – harmonica
Martin Charles Stewart – keyboards
David Robert Farren – bass
Brian Tuitt – drums.
"The Albums 1980-85" is a 5 CD compilation box set, released in 2018 on Pressure Drop.
Discs:
Disc 1 Ska 'N' B
Disc 2 Loonee Tunes!
Disc 3 Gosh It's
Disc 4 Forging Ahead
Disc 5 Mental Notes.
Tracks Disc 1:
1-12 LP Ska 'N' B, released in 1980
13 7" Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu, released in 1980
14-15 12" Lip Up Fatty, released in 1980
16-17 7" Special Brew, released in 1980.
Tracks released on Magnet.
Tracklisting:
1. Ne-Ne Na-Na Na-Na Nu-Nu
2. Here Comes The Major
3. Fattie Fattie
4. King Ska-Fa
5. Monster Mash
6. Caldonia (What Makes Your Big Head Hard)
7. Magnificent Seven
8. Wooly Bully
9. Lip Up Fatty
10. Special Brew
11. Inner London Violence
12. Scruffy Was A Huffy Chuffy Tug Boat
13. Holidays
14. Night Bus To Dalston (Instrumental Version)
15. Lip Up Fatty (12" Extended Version)
16. Special Brew (7" Version)
17. Ivor The Engine
VBR ~278K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks Disc 2:
1-12 LP Loonee Tunes!, released in 1980
13-14 12" Lorraine, released in 1980.
Tracks released on Magnet.
Tracklisting:
1. Echo Four-Two
2. Just A Feeling
3. El Pussycat
4. Doris
5. Spy I
6. Tequila
7. Lorraine
8. Echo Gone Wrong
9. Suicide
10. The Under Sea Adventures Of Ivor The Engine
11. Back In '60
12. Just Pretendin'
13. Lorraine (12" Extended Version)
14. Here Comes The Major (New Improved Version)
VBR ~276K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks Disc 3:
1-12 LP Gosh It's, released in 1981
13 7" Can Can, released in 1981
14-15 12" Walking In The Sunshine, released in 1981
16-18 7" Special 'R 'N' B' Party Four E.P., released in 1981
19 7" split with Altered Images Little Town Flirt, released in 1982 on A&M Records
20 7" split with Chas And Dave Elizabethan Reggae/Auld Lang Syne, released in 1982 on A&M Records.
Tracks released on Magnet, except track 19 and 20.
Tracklisting:
1. Walking In The Sunshine
2. Dansetta
3. Can Can
4. Weeping And A Wailing
5. Casablanca (Rags And Riches)
6. Don't Be Angry
7. Ben E. Wriggle
8. Runaway
9. Never Will Change
10. Only Funkin'
11. End Of The World
12. Gherkin
13. Armchair Disco
14. Walking In The Sunshine (12" Extended Version)
15. Night Bus To Dalston (Vocal Version)
16. Buono Sera
17. The New One
18. No Respect
19. Yakety Yak
20. Elizabethan Reggae
VBR ~275K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks Disc 4:
1-12 LP Forging Ahead, released in 1982
13 7" Got No Brains, released in 1982
14 7" My Girl Lollipop, released in 1982
15 12" My Girl Lollipop, released in 1982
16 7" My Girl Lollipop, released in 1982
17-18 7" Samson And Delilah, released in 1982
19 12" Samson And Delilah, released in 1982 (As Used On The "Hold Tight" TV Theme)
20-21 7" That'll Do Nicely, released in 1983
22 12" That'll Do Nicely, released in 1983.
Tracks released on Magnet.
Tracklisting:
1. Salad Bar
2. Tonight Is Your Night
3. Samson And Delilah (Biblical Version)
4. Exodus
5. Got No Brains
6. Rose Of Italy
7. My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) (Extended Lick Mix)
8. Falling Out Of Love
9. Seventh Heaven
10. Educating Marmalade
11. What's Up Crazy Pup
12. Your
13. Psychedelic Eric
14. Flashpoint
15. Ben E. Wriggle (Remix)
16. My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) (7" Version)
17. Samson And Delilah (7" Version)
18. Good Honest Man
19. Your (Instrumental Version)
20. That'll Do Nicely
21. Monster Love (Dub)
22. That'll Do Nicely (12" Express Version)
VBR ~277K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
Tracks Disc 5:
1-10 LP Mental Notes, released in 1985
11-12 12" My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop), released in 1982 on Magnet
13 12" That'll Do Nicely, released in 1984 on Magnet
14 12" My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop), released in 1982 on Magnet
15-17 12" Blue Summer, released in 1985
18 12" What The Papers Say, released in 1985
19-20 12" Bang The Drum All Day, released in 1985.
Tracks released on Portrait, except track 11 to 14.
Tracklisting:
1. What The Papers Say
2. Blue Summer
3. Body Talk
4. Tossin' In My Sleep
5. Tie Me Up
6. Bang The Drum All Day
7. Destination Unknown
8. Mountain Of Love
9. Work
10. Saturday Night
11. My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) (Extended Lick USA Re-Mix)
12. My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) (Extended Instrumental USA Re-Mix)
13. That'll Do Nicely (USA 7" Re-Mix)
14. My Girl Lollipop (My Boy Lollipop) (USA 7" Re-Mix)
15. Blue Summer (Re-Mix)
16. Mr. Jordan (Louie Louie)
17. Blue Summer (Dub)
18. What The Papers Say (12" Mix)
19. Bang The Drum All Day (Extended Re-Mix)
20. Bang The Drum All Day (Dub Version)
VBR ~279K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
