Should have news this week. Please check the blog on Wednesday and Friday. Tomorrow I should be posting an interview too. Busy here!
The Bachelors: The Blue-Very label keeps releasing top quality music, unearthing indiepop legends from Japan’s past. The latest is the pre-Bridge band The Bachelors! The label is putting out a cassette tape retrospective called “River and Road” that includes 13 wonderful songs. How I wish it was available on CD though.
Soda Pop: this duo from Lille, France, have a new release out. It is a tape called “L’été, Danger” that consists of 11 tracks recorded at home. The album is being released on October 29 on tape and at the moment 3 songs are available to preview, “Night 03”, “Elton on Tape” and “Ascension to Heaven”.
Optic Sevens 2.0: this is not the newest news perhaps but I think I should tell everyone on the blog not to miss the new collection of classic 7″s Optic Nerve is putting out starting November. 12 7″s that will include the Wee Cherubs, Revolving Paint Dream, Metro Trinity, The Loft, James Dean Driving Experience, The Vaselines, Bob and more. Not to be missed!
The Go-Betweens: this is also not to be missed, the new Go-Betweens boxset “G Stands fro Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology Volume 2”! This one comes with 5 LPs, 5 CDs and a 112 page booklet. So many many things for $180 dollars plus shipping. A bit pricey, I know, but any fan of The Go-Betweens will cherish this!
Patio Solar: lastly the band from Chile is back with a new 9 song album “La Fuente”. If you are not familiar with them Patio Solar might be the best jangle pop band from the southern country. Sadly this release doesn’t seem to have a physical format, just digital, but well, we can stream the songs on Bandcamp all the time! Very nice!
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Well, another record I want on today’s post. I feel lately I am only sharing my wantlist with everyone here on the blog. I wonder if making this known will better my chances or the opposite. Who knows. But I am very curious about these bands and their music. So, even if I don’t end up finding a copy ever I would have learned a little bit more about these great bands.
The Single Factor is one of those obscure bands that I know nothing about. I know I want their sole 7″. But that is really all I know. I’ve heard the A side but haven’t yet heard the B side. The A side is called “Fresh Upon Her Lips. The B side is “Think I’m Falling in Love”. Just so you know.
The 7″ was released in the UK in 1984 by SF Records (SINFAX 001). This is the only release listed on this label. When you stumble upon something like this you end up thinking that the label was probably run by the band (or a friend of the band). Just set up exclusively for this release.
The front cover has a photo of a girl. It is printed in black and white. On the back sleeve it says that this girl is Suzanne Sunda. The photographer is Carol Sunda. Perhaps they were siblings?
Then the band members are listed.
Arnie Carter on keyboards and vocals
Tim Southern on guitars and backing vocals
Neil Anzani on bass
Brendan Lynch on drums
The two songs were recorded at Sheen Machine on April 1984 and were produced and engineered by Martin Turner.
At the bottom there’s an address in West Kensington in London.
Then I stumble upon a great find. A website for the bands Most People and Single Factor! Who would have thought? In it it is mentioned that before The Single Factor, Arnie and Neil were in a band called The Snorkels in the early 80s. Then Tim and Lloyd from Most People joined them and that’s when the band was established. Their A side, “Fresh Upon Her Lips” was played by John Peel and it is said they almost appeared on the TV show The Tube. The band got some lineup changes, gigged a lot and finally split sometime between 1986 and 87.
Brendan Lynch, the drummer on the 7″, was originally in the Snorkels too.
Now I am curious, would like to hear some music by The Snorkels.
Something quite interesting is that it seems that on Sunday September 11th 2011 the band performed again at The Vestry in Salisbury. It may have been there last gig.
After that silence, more silence.
I am sure there must have been demos recorded by the band. There must be more songs. Not just the two. Also I would love to hear the B side. And also The Snorkels and Most People. Who can help with that?
Who remembers them?
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