Label: Bradford Noise Records
Release date: 12.04.2024
The Missing Music 8 is another limited edition CD that presents more ‘missing’ tracks from Bradford-born or based artists that were not included on any of the previous CDs that accompany Bradford‘s Noise Of The Valleys Volumes One and Two. This CD is dedicated to the memory of Andy ‘Tiddy’ Wells - keyboardist extraordinaire of Bradford-based bands including Bolyne, Baby Tuckoo, Verity and Voyager UK. Special thanks to Richard Brass, Sharon Helliwell and Andy Wells. This latest CD in the series covers a thirty-year period spanning four decades of changing styles and fashions in music. It begins with the classic sound of the sixties, through seventies singer-songwriters into the indie pop songs of the eighties. The next stop is a delve into the local reggae scene before sampling an earful of nineties Bradford rock/metal.
Another volume of his superb Missing Music series see's yet more Bradfordian music get unearthed.
If you've got the books then this is essential, if you haven't then you need them.
1 John’s Followers - Crystal Mountain © 1968
2 Zenith Band - So Far Away © 1970
3 Catherine Howe - Hot Night © 1975
4 Roger Sutcliffe - Slow Drag © 1976
5 The Yorkshire Miracle - The Redeeming Grace © 1977
6 Bracken - Land O’ The Leal © 1979
7 The Negatives - We’re From Bradford © 1980
8 Kit Rolfe - The Wizard © 1980
9 Ocean - Don’t Want You To Love Me © 1980
10 Chainsaw - Lonely Without You © 1980
11 Rockabilly Rebs - Boothill Boogie © 1981
12 Tea House Camp - To Kill: Stab In The Back © 1985
13 The Word - Schoolboy Saint © 1985
14 Happiness Ad - Love Can Be Cruel © 1985
15 FM - I Belong To The Night © 1986
16 Voyager UK - Rock This Town © 1987
17 Excalibur - Lights Go Down © 1990
18 Primate - Open Your Head © 1995
19 Poppy Factory - Fabulous Beast © 1992
20 Detrimental - Informer © 1995
21 Bad Dudes - Make A Move On Me © 1996