Can it really be 25 years since this somehow managed to body swerve the charts??Sorry to say folks, but it is.......and when I unearth facts like that I realise that I am getting very old far too quickly for my liking.
mp3 : Win - You've Got The Power
Win were the band formed by Davey Henderson after the break-up of Fire Engines. They were part of the Swamplands label that Alan Horne founded on the mid 80s. They almost made it big, especially when You've Got The Power was used as the soundtrack for a particularly pishy type of lager:-
(and despite what the youtube poster has said, the ad dated from either 85 or 86 and not 89)
This is one of the singles that I have in both 7" and 12" versions, and thought it worth posting the extended version as well as the various b-sides:
mp3 : Win - You've Got The Power (US Dance Mix)
mp3 : Win - In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)
mp3 : Win - Unamerican Broadcasting (7" edit)
And yup, that's a cover of the song written by David Lynch that featured in the movie Eraserhead. Many of you will probably know the version recorded by The Pixies.
Win never got any sort of meaningful chart success and broke up in 1989. Davey Henderson went on to form Nectarine No.9 but that's a story for another day.
11 comments:
All time favourite great call , when are we getting the Fruits of passion.
Son of the rock
Hmm you inspired me to dig out the Win vinyl LP that was buried in a pile!
Great ad that it was it was never gonna get me to buy the stuff. McEwans Lager! Calling it pishy was an understatement.
Win have to be the most underated Scottish band ever.
God it sounds dated now...still like it but. There was a host of great ads that came out around then - I still love the brycream ad with the art of noise 'moments in love', and this was definitely one of my faves back then (25 years - that just cannae be right!)
And what Anonymous said about McEwans (and Tennants/Harp/Carling) and all the other pish I drank when I was 16
Happy memories of bouncing around at Crystals, EK to this. Thanks as always JC.
You continue to do marvelous work, here, JC. So great to hear this again.
Good choice but must admit, Shampoo Tears was always more of a favourite with me. Still remember Davy in his pink leather biker jacket on the wonderful FSD. One day I'll get that VHS footage converted to `MP4 for Youtube!
I went and bought the 7" after hearing it on your blog before...
This is why I love your blog.
Every so often you pull something out the top drawer that I havent heard in ages.
Thanks JC
What ever next? Hipsway??
Regards
Mike
I think it's the same Mr Henderson who now regularly works the sound desk at Trashcan Sinatras gigs.
Ehh where's the link? cannae seem tae find it...
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