These Charming Pants

One Thousand Violins - Hey Man, That's Beautiful

Ripped from a vinyl album released on Immaculate Records (IMMACLP 1) in 1988 to high resolution 24-bit flac audio.To round off our recent purge of the 1000 Violins back catelogue here's my rip of their only album. Not many bands survive a change of lead singer, but the Violins did thanks to the strong songwriting partnership of Colin Gregory and David Walmsley..even though they were only to last another year before splitting. Vince Keenan's voice didn't quite have the range of the departed John Wood, and this is quite evident on his cover of Halcyon Days as well as a few of the other reworked tracks. He does however come into his own on the splendid If Only Words which was to be the band's swansong single.Enjoy!

A1 All Aboard The Love-Mobile
A2 A Place To Surf
A3 Hey Man That's Beautiful
A4 Halycon Days
A5 Thanks For Nothing
B1 Locked Out Of The Love-In
B2 Let Me Charm The Pants Off Your World
B3 If Only Words
B4 Start Digging My Grave Sugar
B5 No-One Was Saving The World

Loaded

One Thousand Violins - If I Were A Bullet, Then I'd Sure Find A Way To Your Heart

Originally released as a 7" and a 12" vinyl single on Report Records (REPX 1) in 1987. One of the Violins longest song titles backed by their shortest. Poet is a hidden gem which should be loved by all. Look carefully and you may well find a few bonuses....

A1 If I Were A Bullet (Then For Sure I'd Find A Way To Your Heart)

B1 Poet

B2 Almost Dead & Nigh On Forty Years To Go

Hey World, This Is Beautiful

One Thousand Violins - Locked Out Of The Love-In

Originally released as a 7" and 12" vinyl single on Dreamworld Records (DREAM 014) in 1987. The third Violins single evidenced their versatility as it dipped into psyche-pop territory (just check out the last two minutes of Nobody Was Saving The World), but they still kept their thought provoking lyrics, and those wonderful lengthy song titles of course. Each of the tracks on this 12" EP would have made superb singles in their own right.

A1 Locked Out Of The Love-In
A2 Why Is It Always December?
B1 I Was Depending On You To Be My Jesus
B2 No-One Was Saving The World

You Ungrateful Bastards

One Thousand Violins - Please Don't Sandblast My House

Originally released as a 7" and 12" vinyl single on Dreamworld Records (DREAM 008) in 1986. More from the Violins for your pleasure, number two in a brief series of four.

A1 Please Don't Sandblast My House
B1 Through It Poured The Next Day, I Never Noticed The Rain
B2 Ungrateful Bastard

Broomhall, Here We Come....

One Thousand Violins - Halcyon Days

Originally released on a 12" vinyl single on Dreamworld Records (DREAM 002) in 1985. Iconic, non-fussy, unpretentious, yet memorable and dreamy guitar pop from Sheffield's magnificent One Thousand Violins. Kids on the streets were too busy listening to The Smiths, those who knew better were listening to One Thousand Violins. One album, six singles and two Peel sessions is all they left behind when they split in 1989. More to come from me from this lot very soon.
A1 Halcyon Days
B1 Like One Thousand Violins
B2 I Remember When Everybody Used To Ride Bikes... Now We All Drive Cars