RFI: C/D: S/D - Sudden Sway

Oh yeah, that's what I did, but explained a lot better!

The 12" single was the V8 Andy Hill 'commercial' version, which made it to the album. b-side was an instrumental version, and the 7" bside 'marketing message' b-side.

There was also one Retail/Media promo 12"

Posted, mainly because of finding this;

http://castlesinspace.blogspot.com/2009/01/sudden-sway-spacemate.html

Found myself wondering whatever became of Michael McGuire when I stumbled across his interesting pre-Sudden Sway history, specifically the punk band The Now, who recorded a reunion album in 2005!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIrdrzeyK6M

Thatcher's Britain!

Revive, because I just bought a "Spacemate", the box a bit shab but its all in one piece, and everything is in it, MVEBerwick Street, £10 can't be bad.

A while ago I finally got some decent mp3s of Ko-opera after finding out it was released on cd which somehow I missed. Fucking great album. And someone recently put the whole thing on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCKaA6-H7ew

I'm still looking for the 12" single of remixes for not daft price.

The "Between You and Me" one? I wish. I wish I had everything by them on vinyl.

I have pretty much the lot on nice CDR discs, labels and art done.

I did a 4 disc 'spesh' on that Spacemate set, 1 per side, with the 'singsong' set as disc 5,

Revive, because I just bought a "Spacemate", the box a bit shab but its all in one piece, and everything is in it, MVEBerwick Street, £10 can't be bad.

wow score, median £77.50 on Discogs! that album is brilliant, I only listened to this band in the last couple of years and it's strange how little talked about they are for how good they were

As an aficionado of punk stuff, Colonel, I wonder if you're aware of Michael McGuire's pre-Sudden Sway punk band the Now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDdD0FoLtQk

yes, I have their Fuzztone Fizzadelic compilation - but I had no idea there was a connection between the 2 bands before!

I remember Let's Evolve from it being on peel and then on a tape I listened to a lot after grabbing bits off his show.
I think the studio sound was pretty different wasn't it?

I've never heard the Peel session but it looks like it was from 1983 - they did a couple of singles 81-82 then there's a gap from 83-86, so maybe they changed their sound during that hiatus?

Oh man, you HAVE to hear the two Peel sessions.

I remember tuning into that peel session 2 minutes into "Let's Evolve" and thought it rub.

Obviously, I have it now (the cassette single because trendy, 50p recently), its OK.

It's good but it's getting better.

aher heh heh woine bar aher heh heh cosy place between town and countroy

Just when i thought nobody cared, i found this thread..

Every couple of years i have the 'i wonder what Sudden
Sway are up to now' thought, and the last time that happened
i went down a 'where is Mike McGuire' rabbithole and i found this:

https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/michael-mcguire

certainly looks like him
so i sent him an email to see if he knew anything about sudden sway,
this was his reply

"Nothing is impossible.

Even logical contradictions can be accommodated, according to the dialetheist."

so there's that :)

Just from the photograph, it's him. Senior Lecturer in Criminology!

... and if you needed any more proof.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpWbCjz1lxA

Oh my giddy aunt...
(sits down to watch video like it's the new single)

I burst out laughing as soon as i heard the voice, good work, how many sway references can you invent? Love that the screenshot is very Spacemate. I think this an elaborate scheme for the 23 remaining sudden sway stans.