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Formed in Wakefield in the mid 70's - Strangeways were probably one of the finest Power-Pop bands ever to walk the earth. The group enjoyed great success in their time, releasing two classic and now ultra-collectable singles and seeing magazines such as ‘Sounds’ raving about them. The band’s powerful live performances were the stuff of legend up and down the country and Power-Pop fans everywhere loved the band. After a while though it all broke down and the band decided to call it a day after only a couple of years. We managed to track down the band - and would you believe it - they had a whole load of unreleased tracks and demos that they wanted the Power-Pop fans of today to hear - so here they are, and now, over 20 years later the songs sound just as powerful and well crafted. Featuring both of their classic singles, a load of unreleased tracks including a rare demo track that was produced by ‘Tommy Ramone’ and great cover versions of The Trogg’s ‘Wild Thing’ (re-titled ‘Chose Sauvage’ the french version) and The Archies ‘Sugar Sugar’ - this is an album that any Power-Pop fan would be glad to have in their collection. As usual, it’s not only the sound archives we have had a dig through - the artwork was put together with help from the band and features rare and unseen photos from their personal collections as well as magazine snippets and pictures of their rare single sleeves. |
