Close Lobsters 10" Bundle

This bundle includes the following three 10" records:

1. Close Lobsters Janice Long Session 7/15/86 10" (Precious Recordings of London/UK)
2. Close Lobsters John Peel Session 4/1/88 10" (Precious Recordings of London/UK)
3. Bonus 10" Close Lobsters Radio Clyde session from March 1989 (Precious Recordings of London/UK)

Get both sessions ten-inchers by Close Lobsters – PRE 036 and PRE 037 – plus all the postcards … and an added bonus disc featuring their Radio Clyde session from March 1989.

This is unavailable elsewhere and will not be sold on its own away from this bundle – and it includes an ultra-rare cover version of Soft Cell's Say Hello Wave Goodbye ! Also features Lovely Little Swan, La Grande Ennui [Knee Trembler] and Nature Thing.

They Say:

1) A year and a half after their first BBC session, Close Lobsters returned to Maida Vale at the behest of John Peel.

What emerged was a stunning session including three songs destined for their next single ‘What Is There To Smile About?’ – among them the Lobsters classic, ‘Loopholes’ – plus a cover with near-legendary status among fans: their version of ‘Mirror Breaks’ by anarcho-punk outfit The Mob.

Never before released in any shape or form, this is a ten-inch vinyl EP with download codes, a set of postcards (full of previously unseen images from days of yore) and a sleeve essay from The Ferocious Apache.

Songsheet: Loopholes, What Is There To Smile About?, From This Day On, Mirror Breaks

2) Even before the release of the debut single from off-kilter Scottish indie-pop legends Close Lobsters, the late, lamented Janice Long got them in for their first outing at the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios. They recorded a session featuring four staples from their blistering live set at the time – which was peak-hour C86.

Two of the songs included here in early versions ended up re-recorded as A-sides of singles, paving the way to a close shave with stardom via their incredible debut album ‘Foxheads Stalk This Land’, released a year later.

Ten-inch vinyl limited edition of 350 copies featuring a set of postcards plus download codes – and a sleeve essay by The Ferocious Apache, Paisley’s answer to the Cappuccino Kid.

Songsheet: Never Seen Before, Pathetic Trivia, Heaven … Rains [Going To Heaven To See If It Rains], Nothing Really Matters

3) Radio Clyde session from March 1989.

This 10" is unavailable elsewhere and will not be sold on its own away from this bundle – and it includes an ultra-rare cover version of Soft Cell's Say Hello, Wave Goodbye ! Also features Lovely Little Swan, La Grande Ennui [Knee Trembler] and Nature Thing.