Housemartins - A Short History - demo tape

Copyright The Housemartins.
An 11 track demo tape by The Housemartins, the 4th best band in Hull.
1 Singapore
2 Drop Down Dead
3 All Men Are The Same
4 You
5 Skatsburg
6 Flag Day - reprise
7 Time Spent Thinking
8 The Day I Called It A Day
9 Stand At Ease
10 Too Many Cooks (Relax Mix)
11 Sheep - live
Genre: Pop
Style: Britpop
Duration: Album
Cassette Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Inlay Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Case Condition: Excellent (EX)
Edition: 1st Edition
Release Year: 1985
Artist: The Housemartins
The Housemartins (From Outer Space) - A Short History.
In the mid-1980s in the UK synth music and new wave waned in popularity as R&B continued its chart dominance and guitar-driven rock started to reassert itself. There was a return in appeal for the more traditional guitar, bass, and drums of the earlier rock eras, giving rise to bands playing a jangly, infectious form of pop music, not the least of which was The Smiths from Manchester. On the opposite coast in Hull, a new band issued their first single in 1985 with a similar mix of biting, social and political commentary juxtaposed with a bright pop sound. In their short time, The Housemartins would become one of the top pop acts in the UK.
Formed in 1984 by singer Paul Heaton and guitarist Stan Cullimore, who had been playing together in a couple prior incarnations, The Housemartins (assumed to be named after the bird, the House Martin) came together when Norman Cook joined on bass and Hugh Whitaker settled in on drums. They signed to indie label, Go! Discs and released their first single, “Flag Day.” Two more singles followed in 1986, “Sheep” and “Happy Hour” before their debut LP, London 0 Hull 4, was issued in October 1986. Thanks to exposure from recordings with John Peel, “Happy Hour” caught on and reached #3 in the UK singles chart. This success pushed the album to the same spot in the UK album chart, putting The Housemartins at the front edge of the new pop sound.
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