Legend has it that a chance meeting with John Peel in the Rough Trade record shop set Bob on the road to becoming a true indie favourite in the late 80s and early 90s, with Peel championing the band throughout their career.
Read MoreLegend has it that a chance meeting with John Peel in the Rough Trade record shop set Bob on the road to becoming a true indie favourite in the late 80s and early 90s, with Peel championing the band throughout their career. Starting life in 1986, the band released a series of acclaimed singles, and with each single release, they toured and promised an album. Eventually they got enough money together to release Leave The Straight Life Behind on their own House Of Teeth label in 1991. The album met with rave reviews but due to the collapse of Rough Trade Distribution it was frustratingly difficult to find. Now available again for the first time in many years, the album has been expanded to 2CDs, with a second disc including all four of their Radio 1 sessions, 3 for John Peel and 1 for Simon May.
Barcode | 5013929351844 |
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Label | 3Loop |
Format | 2CD |
Artist | Bob |
CD 1
Original Album
1. DYNAMITE
2. SKYLARK III
3. NOTHING FOR SOMETHING
4. WHO YOU ARE
5. OLD JEAN BLUES
6. TAKE, TAKE, TAKE
7. SKYLARK II
8. TROUSERCIDE
9. SAYING GOODBYE
10. 95 TEARS
11. THE BELLY
12. LEAVE THE STRAIGHT LIFE BEHIND
Bonus Tracks
13. MANY STRINGS
14. COME WINTER *
15. BLOODLINE *
16. ANOTHER CROW *
* previously unreleased
CD 2
John Peel Show #1 – 7th January 1988
1. TROUSERCIDE *
2. KIRSTY *
3. ESMERELDA BROOKLYN *
4. BRIAN WILSON’S BED *
Simon Mayo Evening Show – 2nd March 1988
5. TIMES LIKE THESE *
6. JUST LIKE YOU *
7. SMELLY SUMMER *
8. IT WAS KEVIN *
John Peel Show #2 – 5th February 1989
9. WHO YOU ARE *
10. SCARECROW *
11. SO FAR, SO GOOD *
12. IT WAS KEVIN *
John Peel Show #3 – 3rd September 1989
13. EXTENSION ‘BOB’, PLEASE *
14. THROW AWAY THE KEY *
15. BLOODLINE *
16. WILD WEST 9 *
BBC Radio Humberside Session – 16th October 1989
17. CONVENIENCE *
18. DEMONS *
19. UPHILL DOWN *
20. SCARECROW *
* previously unreleased