This email dropped into the TVV inbox a few days ago:-Dear Villain - Longtime listener, first-time caller. At this morning's record swap in Pasadena (Los Angeles) California, I was lucky enough to find Kate Bush's "Wow," which I snapped up based on your recommendation almost exactly two years ago. Revisiting your review, I note that you lack a copy of the B-side Full House. Are you still in need? I could oblige...
Andrew
Andrew was refering to this particular posting from 8 February 2009.
And until just the other day, I didnt have a copy of the b-side.
mp3 : Kate Bush - Full House
Andrew advises that it is taken from a French 7" on Sonopresse and that the sleeve is similar to the UK one which appears above except it has the A-side title beneath her name, same font. The title on both the label and sleeve is "Full House" - two words. Credits are the same as the A-side: writer Kate Bush, prod. and arr. Andrew Powell, assisted by Kate Bush.
It is e-mails like this that remind me why I spend hours on the nonsense that is TVV. And for nostalgia's sake, as well as the fact that its a top tune, here's the a-side:-
mp3 : Kate Bush - Wow
Incidentally, Andrew has asked TVV readers to help him with something that is bugging him....
The 1969 Ken Loach film Kes has a distinctive poster image showing a boy holding up two fingers, apparently in defiance. The image struck him as instantly familiar from an 80's sleeve but he can't remember which one! He's thinking Undertones or Echo and the Bunnymen, but neither of those seem exactly right... "see if it rings any bells, or if your readers can figure it out". Here's the DVD cover:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~ifilm/IMG-Kes.jpg
Over to you dear readers....
13 comments:
Chumbawumba used it for Timebomb. The boy one the cover of the Undertones Jimmy Jimmy does bear a striking resemblance.
I want to say The Bluebells. But I'm not sure.
A different image from the film - Billy with the kestrel on his arm - was the sleeve for The Smiths is Dead compilation.
And the boy on the Jimmy, Jimmy sleeve is, I believe, Feargal Sharkey!
could be this jarvis cocker shot by steve double...
http://www.snapgalleries.com/shop/product.asp?P_ID=684&CAT_ID=20123
not a record sleeve though
I immediately thought "Undertones" but can't find an image to back it up. It is similar in style to the Jimmy Jimmy cover.
What a good question!
I'm pretty sure I remember that image being used for a record sleeve... but sadly, my memory isn't half as good as Andrew's.
It's The Bluebells:
http://www.discogs.com/viewimages?release=1253095
The Bluebells!!!!My memory is not as bad as I feared. :)
Thanks londonlee.
Bluebells indeed it was....well done us!
It's the Smiths tribute album as said above...
Andrew from Burbank here...
Ah, the BLUEBELLS! I'd never have guessed that in a zillion years. I totally used to have this 12" too; wasn't wild about the A-side (a washed-out Aztec attempt) but loved the bonus track "Everybody's Somebody's Fool."
(A-side: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa8voOtRuA)
Kind of a sweet record to be packaged with the kid's defiant "flying V" salute, though, isn't it? Or maybe it was meant as a bold love song to a faithful bird?
You folks are amazing, and thanks for airing my query, JC!
Followup to the above... Upon further Googling, I note that the Kes/Bluebells connection is unknown or at least unchronicled (the movie isn't credited on the sleeve).
I'm guessing that the band were fans of the movie, and perhaps the book as well. Note the opening line of this recent review: is it possible the band even took its name from the flora described in the novel?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/may/23/barry-hines-kestrel-for-knave
This was their debut single, after all, so possibly band name and sleeve art were both chosen in an extended period of Kes-mania.
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