The Box - Discography

I received a good few requests after the Clock DVA rarities, to post some The Box vinyl, so here's the entire back catelogue and the only Peel session they recorded AFAIK.

After the seminal Clock DVA Thirst album, Adi Newton literally sacked the remaining band members. Paul Widger, Charlie Collins and Roger Quail linked up with bassman Terry Todd and singer Peter Hope. The Box were the first group to sign for Go! Discs for whom they released 2 LPs and several singles. The band split in 1985 and their final output was a live recording of their final gig mastered by Richard H. Kirk.The Box "sound" carries on from where Thirst left off, with with a twisted mix of art-funk-jazz-rock. Hope's vocal style is much more quirky than Newton's gravelly drone.

This is classic stuff from a long lost, long forgotten band. I have some of Peter Hope's other stuff which I'll post soon as well as the balance of the DVA output.

The Box EP : ripped from a 12" vinyl EP released on Go! Discs (VFM 1) in 1983
A1. No Time For Talk
A2. Burn Down That Village
B1. Unstable
B2. Hazard
B3. Limpopo

Old Style Drop Down : ripped from a 12" single released on Go! Discs (VFM 3) in 1983
A1. Old Style Drop Down (Extended Remix)
B1. Old Style Drop Down
B2. Momentum

Secrets Out : ripped from a 12" vinyl album released on Go! Discs (VFM 4) in 1983
A1. Water Grows Teeth
A2. Skin, Sweat And Rain
A3. Something Beginning With 'L'
A4. Strike
A5. The Hub
A6. Hang Your Hat On That!
B1. I Give Protection
B2. No Sly Moon
B3. Slip And Slant
B4. Old Style Drop Down
B5. Swing
B6. Out

Great Moments In Big Slam : ripped from a 12" vinyl album released on Go! Discs (VFM 5) in 1984
A1. Walls Come Down
A2. The Flatstone
A3. Big Slam
A4. Stop
B1. Low Line
B2. Breaking Strain
B3. Small Blue Car
B4. Still In The Woodwork

Muscle In EP : ripped from a 12" vinyl EP released on Doublevision (DVR 10) in 1984
A1. Low Commotion
A2. Curfew
B1. Crow Bar
B2. Spade Work

Muscle Mix : ripped from a 12" vinyl single released on Doublevision (DVR P1) in 1984
A. Crow Bar (Muscle Mix)
B. Low Commotion (Muscle Mix)

Live - Muscle Out : ripped from a 12" vinyl album released on Doublevision (DVR P3) in 1985
A1. Bottle Drips Dry
A2. Big Slam
A3. Jaw Clamp Sunshine
A4. Pawn Walk
A5. Rose High
B1. The Hub
B2. Breaking Strain
B3. Deeper Blue
B4. Stop
B5. Momentum
B6. Old Style Drop Down
B7. No Time For Talk



The Box : First John Peel Session

Recorded 24th Jan 1983
First broadcast 3rd Feb 1983

1. Out
2. Strike
3. The Hub
4. Water grows teeth

Paul Widger - guitar
Charlie Collins - saxophone, flute
Roger Quail - drums
Peter Hope - vocals
Terry Todd - bass

BBC Producer - Dale griffin
Engineer - Martin Colley

Part One : Part Two : Part Three

You must download all three RAR files, then extract as one folder