Are You Scared To Get Happy?: May 2008

An Ace Bonk!

0 Comments Published by Tom on Monday, May 26, 2008 at 9:15 AM.

Today see's the posting of a flexi which was originally distributed with the So Naive fanzine in 1987 (88?) which features an early working of the Darling Buds favourite Spin alongside a long forgotten Bubblegum Splash track.

It had the delightful serial number BONKON001!

The Darling Buds - Spin

Bubblegum Splash - If Only

You can read all about Bubblegum Splash here where you can also download the Splashdown EP.

Originally posted on indie mp3

The Housemartins

0 Comments Published by Tom on Saturday, May 3, 2008 at 8:19 AM.

I am not even going to attempt to write about the Housemartins when there are far better qualified sources than me. See here and here for instance.

The two tracks here are taken from the 12" versions of Caravan Of Love and Me And The Farmer respectively. They also appear on the Raise The Flag bootleg album which comprises all the bands b-sides which should get an official release in some guise now the BBC sessions have been released!

The Housemartins - Heaven Help Us All
The Housemartins - He Will Find You Out

The Housemartins - Live At Glastonbury 1986 (34mb Zip File)

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Are You Scared To Get Happy takes it's name from the Bristol fanzine of the same name that was produced by Matt Haynes who later co-founded Sarah Records.

This little blog is just my tribute to the indie pop scene of years past and I hope you enjoy it. This blog is created in the spirit of my original indie-mp3 site which existed between 2002 - 2005 and is now a fully fledged music review site.

I endeavour to update it on a weekly basis with tracks posted by me being available for a limited period. Feel free to leave comments or contact me. If posting a track offends get in touch and I will take it down.