Final Vinyl (The Teardrops album)
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Final Vinyl was the only album released by Manchester
, England New Wave
band The Teardrops
. It was released in January 1980, shortly before the band dissolved.
The band were formed by Buzzcocks
bassist Steve Garvey, ex-The Fall bassist Tony Friel
, Trev Waine, Helen Barbrook and Bok Bok. The latter could be a two-people pseudonym of Karl Burns
, who also was in The Fall and was in The Teardrops, but was not credited, and Dave Price; they added Steve Garvey in the project called as that probably stage name, releasing one single, Come Back To Me, in May 1980.
Steve Huey, of Allmusic, declared it reflects its members' involvement in such groups as the Buzzcocks and the Fall, while Ira Robbins, of Trouser Press, wrote it is very inconsistent—too much mucking about in the studio ruins the decent tracks with spurious talking and noises—but there is some fine music here that hovers between the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols.
The first disc song, "Everything's O.K.", is the other version of the B-side song of the Seeing Double
single, "Teardrops And Heartaches".
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, England New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band The Teardrops
The Teardrops (band)
The Teardrops were a Punk/New Wave band formed in Prestwich, Greater Manchester, England, in 1978. The founders and always the core of this band were Trevor Wain, John Key and Jimmy Donnelly with various good friends from the Prestwich music scene:- Buzzcocks bassist Steve Garvey, members of The...
. It was released in January 1980, shortly before the band dissolved.
The band were formed by Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks
Buzzcocks are an English punk rock band formed in Bolton in 1976, led by singer–songwriter–guitarist Pete Shelley.They are regarded as an important influence on the Manchester music scene, the independent record label movement, punk rock, power pop, pop punk and indie rock. They achieved commercial...
bassist Steve Garvey, ex-The Fall bassist Tony Friel
Tony Friel
Tony Friel is a bass guitarist known for his role in different New Wave bands.He attended Heys Boys Secondary School, where met Martin Bramah and got, along him, Art O Level. He and Bramah shared many interests. In mid-1970s, they were introduced, by their friend Barbara Smith, to her brother Mark E...
, Trev Waine, Helen Barbrook and Bok Bok. The latter could be a two-people pseudonym of Karl Burns
Karl Burns
Karl Burns is a British musician best known as drummer for The Fall, featuring in many incarnations of the band between 1977 and 1998....
, who also was in The Fall and was in The Teardrops, but was not credited, and Dave Price; they added Steve Garvey in the project called as that probably stage name, releasing one single, Come Back To Me, in May 1980.
Steve Huey, of Allmusic, declared it reflects its members' involvement in such groups as the Buzzcocks and the Fall, while Ira Robbins, of Trouser Press, wrote it is very inconsistent—too much mucking about in the studio ruins the decent tracks with spurious talking and noises—but there is some fine music here that hovers between the Buzzcocks and the Sex Pistols.
The first disc song, "Everything's O.K.", is the other version of the B-side song of the Seeing Double
Seeing Double (single)
Seeing Double is the first 7" single of the New Wave band The Teardrops, released on TJM Records, in 1979.The band comprised John Key, Trev Wain, Karl Burns and Jim Donnelly, being credited in the black sleeve of the single...
single, "Teardrops And Heartaches".
Personnel
- Steve Garvey
- Tony FrielTony FrielTony Friel is a bass guitarist known for his role in different New Wave bands.He attended Heys Boys Secondary School, where met Martin Bramah and got, along him, Art O Level. He and Bramah shared many interests. In mid-1970s, they were introduced, by their friend Barbara Smith, to her brother Mark E...
- Bok Bok (probably Karl BurnsKarl BurnsKarl Burns is a British musician best known as drummer for The Fall, featuring in many incarnations of the band between 1977 and 1998....
and Dave Price) - Trev Waine
- Helen Barbrook