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Limited 2LP : Purple / Gold Vinyl
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2LP
Double vinyl that includes their critically acclaimed and highly sought after debut album ‘Glasshouse’ from 1985 and the 1986 follow up ‘Simplicity’. Presented in a gatefold sleeve adorned with the artwork from the Glasshouse EP, which features in the Prints & Drawings collection at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
With printed inner sleeves and a download code for all 31 tracks on the double CD. Including all tracks from the singles and EP’s plus unreleased recordings.
2CD
31 track Double CD of all of their vinyl releases plus unreleased recordings. includes their critically acclaimed and highly sought after debut album ‘Glasshouse’ from 1985 and the 1986 follow up ‘Simplicity’
Formed in Barnsley in 1981. Party Day, with their bass led rhythms and sharp powerful drums gigged extensively and released their debut single ‘Row The Boat Ashore’ in 1983.
Their brand of Post-Punk Indie Rock with Gothic overtones soon got the attention of DJ John Peel and sold out almost immediately.
The follow up single ‘Spider’ from 1984 again received extensive airplay from John Peel and received rave reviews from the national music press. “Mouthy pellets of malevolence” NME “Excellent punk junk howl” Sounds.
Their self released debut album ‘Glasshouse’ was released in 1985 to glowing reviews and has gained popularity over the years. Now very collectable, it exchanges hands for big money on the second hand market.
The Glasshouse EP followed later in 85 heralding a more commercial approach and widening appeal.
Their second album ‘Simplicity’ was released in 1986
“Proving that they’ve grasped more than an inspirational nettle, the recurrent throb finds their trousers igniting during the quite punctilious rawk of the title track, the urgent prodding of ‘Career’, which reminded me uncomfortably of early Killing Joke and the attractive, though slightly over-wrought black sheep, ‘Glorious Days’, which could have brought a lump to Mario Lanza’s trousers.”
Party Day Split in 1987.
Tracklist
2LP
SIDE ONE
1 Rabbit Pie
2 Firehorse
3 Carousel
4 Athena
SIDE TWO
1 Boredom
2 Grace
3 Row The Boat Ashore
4 Atoms
SIDE THREE
1 Sovereign
2 She May Be Blind
3 Stay In My Heart
4 Laughter
5 Simplicity
SIDE FOUR
1 The Other Side
2 Precious One
3 Career
4 A Passing Pain
5 Glorious Days
2CD
CD1
Rabbit Pie
Firehorse
Carousel
Athena
Party Day
Glasshouse
1982
Opium Gathering
Tin Sky
Row The Boat Ashore
Poison
The Spider
Flies
Boredom
Grace
Atoms
CD2
Borderline
Glasshouse 1985
My Heroine
Let Us Shine
Smile
Sovereign
She May Be Blind
Stay In My Heart Laughter
Simplicity
The Other Side
Precious One
Career
A Passing Pain
Glorious Days
Surge
Soundwave
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