Motorcycle Boy- re-post
It’s a funny old world. Six months ago, I posted the Motorcycle Boy singles, which prompted one reader, David, to say why didn’t I do 17 Seconds Records? Here we are six months later, and whilst I have yet to licence the back catalogue of Motorcycle Boy, I do have 17 Seconds Records up and running.
I’ve been asked about reposting Motorcycle Boy’s back catalogue so here is a folder which has it all in. Hope you enjoy it…
‘Big Rock Candy Mountain’ 12″ single
1.’Big Rock Candy Mountain (Velocity Dance Mix).’ mp3
2.’Room At The Top.’ mp3
3.’His Latest Flame.’ mp3
4.’Big Rock Candy Mountain (7″ mix).’ mp3
‘Trying To Be Kind’ 12″ single
1. ‘Trying To Be Kind (extended mix).’ mp3
2. ‘World Falls Into Place.’ mp3
3. ‘Will You Love Me Tomorrow.’ mp3
4. ‘Trying To Be Kind (1000cc version).’ mp3
‘You And Me Against The World.’ 12″ single
1. ‘You And Me Against the World.’ mp3
2. ‘Under The Bridge.’ mp3
3. ‘Some Girls.’ mp3
4. ‘You And Me Against the World. (extended mix).’ mp3
(Note: the last two singles were due to be on the band’s album, Scarlet, which never appeared.)
‘The Road Goes On Forever.’ 12″ single
1. ‘Starlight.’ mp3
2. ‘Starlight (Paradise a go-go mix).’ mp3
3. ‘The Road Goes On Forever (Overdrive Karma mix).’ mp3
4. ‘Salvation.’ mp3
5. ‘The Road Goes On Forever.’ mp3
‘Here She Comes’ 12″ single
1. ‘Here She Comes.’ mp3
2. ‘Everything I See.’ mp3
3. ‘The Road Goes On Forever (live).’ mp3
I have a copy of Scarlet taken from a tape copy given to the band after the sessions had finished. I promised never to share it though…..
As for licensing their stuff Cherry Red tried and failed!
Sorry, Tom, I should have mentioned it was your kindness which enabled me to post these in the first place. You have a tape copy of Scarlet?!? Fair enough if you promised never to share it, will have to scour the ‘net.
Do you know why Cherry Red failed?
As far as I understood it Cherry Red couldn’t find out who owned the licenses. Simple as that I believe.
Seems to be the problem for a lot of acts. Hmm. Shame…
Aw shucks Ed…
Actually, the Motorcycle Boy post was a long-time dream come true for me - I had a few odds and ends but knew there was more out there. TMB are still showing at 35 in my Last FM all-time chart, all down to that original post.
Cheers indeed!
Forza 17 Seconds Records
Cheers…it was that comment which set the whole thing in motion, so God bless ya!
Well well. Someone has posted the unreleased album here:
http://marvik.blogspot.com/2009/02/motorcycle-boy-scarlet-unreleased-album.html
Cheers for that, Tom, will check it out!
Ed
These have been hard songs to find. Thanks for posting. After all these years, this band seems to have a scant loyal few trying to find their stuff. California
You’re welcome! And the album mentioned above is worth checking out too… : )
i have the peel sessions on cassette…..
some girls - under the bridge and 2 others i cant remember what they are. nice acousticy jangley versions too… they were a breath of fresh air at that time ( like 1987 or something… )
i have the peel sessions on cassette…..
some girls - under the bridge and 2 others i cant remember what they are. nice acousticy jangley versions too… they were a breath of fresh air at that time ( like 1987 or something… )
-scarlet and valentine i think, now i look at the titles..
It’s time their stuff got a proper re-issue. Mind you, there have been rumours of a proper comp of Shop Assistants stuff for a while and I am still waiting…
Interested and useful article. Already bookmarked this site, worth to visit again.
The quantity of Motorcycle lover is keep growing day by day. Let’s stay in touch.
…you wouldn’t be trying to SPAM my site, would you? Motorcycle Article has nothing to do with the band and everything to do with bikes themselves. Which is fine, but not what this site is about!
Thanks for those downloads - got everything on vinyl but now can burn it onto CD. There was also a 12″ single of `Hey Mama’ that was never released. Not sure what the b-sides were but at least now the single is available on the `Scarlet’ download, which I’ve waited 20 years to be able to hear in its entirety. I’ve also got the Motorcycle Ride 7″ here which has Alex singing Blondie’s `Union City Blue’ and `Atomic’ with Ride as her backing band. Somewhere in the attic I have a cassette of that whole concert they did together - for Ride’s manager’s birthday as I remember.
Does anyone have any idea at all what happened to Alex? Last I knew was early-90s when she worked in Our Price in London. Surely if the Shoppies album has been re-released again, someone must have got hold of her for licensing and royalties? A talent like shouldn’t be lost forever.
I was in the original line up of The Motorcycle Boy. As far as I know it’s Chrysalis that holds the licence for the songs that were recorded for “Scarlet”. It has crossed my mind to contact them to see if they still hold the master tapes.
There are 2 mp3’s in the Scarlet download that have skips in them: Valentine at around 2:30 and You are going to be mine at around 1:40.
Anyone know if there are good copies of these anywhere.
I really like this band and these skips drive me crazy!
A long time ago I transferred my tape copy of Scarlet to a CDR, then transferred that to my hard drive. By the time I transferred the tape it was not in the greatest condition. At some point I’ll put what I have in my hard drive through Adobe audition, to see if I can spruce it up.
@Nephronic,
Any luck with sprucing up the mp3s?
Thanks in advance.
http://rs559l35.rapidshare.com/#!download|559l3|202502407|the_motorcycle_boy_-_scarlet__unreleased_1989_album_.rar|71276|R~FDE91E9D8A92402545D58690B5083C94
After what seems like a million years searching I stumbled across this site.
Thank you for the mp3s.
It’s like being back at Rock City c1987/88.