Thursday, March 12, 2020

THE SLEEPERS - Angel In A Raincoat EP 1980

Nice Powerpop EP by the Sleepers from Nottingham and the band consisted of Barry (vocals), Carl (guitars), John (bass), Graham (drums) and they released this superb record on BAT Records and the title track is their hymne for which they are known. 500 copies were pressed without sleeve and Queen Mum Records re-released this little nugget 2018 in different colors, each limited & already out of printThey recorded a demo in 1981 and sent it to labels, but they paid little attention to it and ignored it (as with so many bands, some of which are very sought-after classics today), money-hungry morons! Another better demo was recorded but this was not sent to anybody (later released as 7Inch). After many months of travelling, many poorly paid gigs around the country, the Sleepers continued in various forms for a couple of years but didn't really achieve the heights of the early days and by 1984 the band had split. That is their inheritance: four brilliant goodies that the world needs.

- Great Thx to Fredrik -


6 comments:

  1. Wirklich gar wunderbar :-D DANKE!

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  2. Hi, dunno if you occasionnally re-up dead links but if you do could you please re-up this one that I sadly missed? Thank you in advance!
    Phil from Scotland
    ps: Hope you guys beat the English on tuesday!! :-)

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    1. Yeah, I think so, the English haven't beat the Germans in a major tournament since Wembley 1966. We will see, link's fixed!

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  3. Richard Porter31 July 2021 at 16:14

    The Band were from the Grimsby area not Nottingham. Barry Morrice became the vocalist in Exit which released Bite of Winter / No Respect on the Red Beret label

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