As debuts go, this is really rather splendid:-mp3 : The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
So popular that it was voted #1 in the 1989 Peel Festive 50.
So few folk bought it that it stalled at #45 in the UK charts. But truth be told, that was actually a very good position for most singles released on Rough Trade Records. It has the catalogue number RTT 218 if you're remotely interested.
Here's yer promo
One of the b-sides also appreared on the debut LP, Reading Writing and Arithmetic:-
mp3 : The Sundays - I Kicked A Boy
But there's a real gem tucked away on the 12". It sounds as if Harriet Wheeler is being backed by messrs Joyce, Marr and Rourke.....
mp3 : The Sundays - Don't Tell Your Mother
Bloody marvellous.
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Thanks I really adore the Sundays.
Did anybody notice how much the first notes of "Here where's the story ends" is similar to "The cemetry gate" from The Smiths?
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yes, a great 12" .... and the whole album is really good as well!
Ah, Harriet.
Will you be giving us catalogue numbers for all posts from now on? I do hope so.
By the way, its "I kicked a BOY" ;)
What do you have in mind ? ;)
Sorry Eric.....dreadful error. But that's how tired I am just now when I'm writing these posts up. No concentration at all.
If you don't fall in love with Harriet Wheeler when you hear her sing there's something wrong with you and you're a bad person.
I remember buying this on 12" back in 1989. Also love 'summertime' that came out aroun '96
Rightly deserves its place at the top of the Festive 50. A great single.
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