After my post about The Cravens I had to do a follow-up on The Incredible Balloon Thieves.
The Cravens were active between 1991 and 1993. The Incredible Balloon Thieves were active before that. We know that most of their recordings date from 1990, if not all.
The songs are also uploaded in the Soundcloud account of CravenDave. And from the previous post we know The Cravens hailed from Hull. Here it says that The Incredible Balloon Thieves were from Billericay. As far as I know that’s quite south, in Essex, close to Basildon. Did they move afterwards to the north, to Hull? What’s the story here?
The songs available are 7. These are “Drowning (Days like These)”, “What Does Your Village Do For An”, “Autopilot”, “Crystal Rain”, “Flid”, “Candy Coated Katie” and “Ordinary Town”.
I believe the songs were recorded at two studios, the Bungalow X and The Railway. So probably these songs come from two different demo tapes.
And that’s really is. Some very nice songs here, especially the latter ones. My favourite being “Crystal Rain”!
Anyone remember them?
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