New Hormones
Encyclopedia
New Hormones was an independent record label
founded by The Buzzcocks
and manager Richard Boon
. It was the first independent punk label in the U.K.
, which was the second self-released punk record ever (after The Saints "(I'm) Stranded
" from Australia), and the third English punk single (preceded only by The Damned's "New Rose
", and The Sex Pistols's
"Anarchy in the U.K.
"). The band had to borrow £500 from their friends and families to pay for the record's production and manufacture. The EP quickly sold out its initial run of 1,000 copies, and went on to sell 16,000 copies, initially only by mail order, but also eventually with the help of the Manchester branch of music chain store
Virgin, whose manager took some copies and persuaded other regional branch managers to follow suit. When rereleased (by Virgin Records
) it reached 31 on the U.K. singles chart. After this, the band planned to release another EP, titled Love Bites (eventually the name was used as the title to their second album
), through the label however when drummer John Maher decided that after graduating he was not going to get a day job and instead play in The Buzzcocks for a living they decided to sign to a major label, United Artists
.
After the release of Spiral Scratch, several bands planned to release music through New Hormones however for various reasons did not, this includes The Fall, New Hormones paid for the recording session however they could not afford to release what would become Bingo-Master's Break-Out! EP; Boon put it “I would have put [it] out if I’d had the money. I paid for the tapes. Martin Hannett did a shoddy job and things were getting very difficult. I gave Kay Carroll [the band’s then manager] the tapes, she placed them with Step Forward
." Both Cabaret Voltaire
, and Gang of Four
sent tapes to New Hormones however those too could not be released due to lack of money; he did however invite them to open for The Buzzcocks at the London release party of Another Music in a Different Kitchen (along with John Cooper Clarke
, and The Slits
). Cabaret Voltaire later released music through Factory Records
, Industrial Records
and Rough Trade
, while Gang Of Four signed to Fast Product
and eventually EMI
. Although The Buzzcocks left and the label couldn't afford to release other records, it still existed, run mainly by Richard Boon and made its second release in late 1977; it was not even a record, it was a booklet of collages by Linder Sterling
and Jon Savage
titled The Secret Public.
, to a more experimental Post-punk
sound, Factory already had a roster including Joy Division
, A Certain Ratio
, The Durutti Column
and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
. New Hormones did however manage to sign quite a few bands including Ludus
, The Tiller Boys, Eric Random, and God's Gift among others.
could sell a load of Aztec Camera
and sell 4,000 Robert Wyatt
on the back of it. Daniel
had Depeche
, which meant Mute could put out Diamanda Galás
. Tony
had Joy Division
.”, after signing The Buzzcocks to UA and lacking the means to release music by other hits, New Hormones couldn't find a similar success. Money was scarce, Ludus' Death Came Smilling failed to break even, and New Hormones teetered on bankruptcy constantly, and while it did have future plans, it ceased operation in late 1982, and in summer 1983 Boon went to work for Rough Trade.
Yet another band that New Hormones sadly had to turn back, this one later in the labels existence, was The Smiths
. In late 1982 Morrissey
, who was known around the Manchester music scene, came into New Hormones office asking if they would release Hand in Glove
. Boon realized that New Hormones would not have the money to release something of that magnitude and told him to talk to Rough Trade, which led to the band signing to that label.
, and Tony Wilson
with Martin Hannett
, and with the help of Peter Saville evolved into Factory Records
). The club opened in April 1980 and was on Newgate Street in Shudehill an area that was at the time filled mostly with abandoned building and porn shops, the club was previously a gay bar.
For Eric Random, “One of the reasons for starting The Beach Club was to do things like Certain Random Cabaret [a joint performance with members of A Certain Ratio and Cabaret Voltaire] – entertaining with the films, but also mixing the groups together. Different combinations of people would play at certain times. They were all just little experiments really. Nothing was focused to anything in the future. They were one-off things.” The club itself was not exatcly a high end place, Dislocation Dance drummer, Dick Harrison said “It could have out-seeded the club in Blue Velvet
.” However during its existence The Beach Club gave many shows including preformances by many New Hormones acts along with Section 25
, A Certain Ratio
, U2
and the first preformance of New Order
(then unnammed) on July 29th, 1980.
The club was very short lived, it closed before February 28, 1981 when Melody Maker
said “[The Beach Club closed] when attendance began to drop.” The club would be an inspiration for The Haçienda
. The location of the club would be torn down and a parking garage would be built in its place. In hindsight Boon said “We didn’t give it a catalogue number, possibly a mistake,”.
, a reference to Wilhelm Reich's
theory on a universal life force.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
founded by The 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...
and manager Richard Boon
Richard Boon
Richard Boon, former manager of Buzzcocks and boss of the record label, New Hormones.Boon, a school friend of Howard Devoto, became the manager for seminal punk group Buzzcocks by default, after organizing gigs for the band. Seeking to release the band's music, Boon started the New Hormones label...
. It was the first independent punk label in the U.K.
Beginnings
The label's first release was The Buzzcocks Spiral Scratch (EP)Spiral Scratch (EP)
Spiral Scratch is a four-track EP by the British punk rock band Buzzcocks, recorded in 1976 and released in January 1977. It was the first punk record to be self-released , and only the third record ever by a British punk band When reissued in 1979, it...
, which was the second self-released punk record ever (after The Saints "(I'm) Stranded
(I'm) Stranded (song)
" Stranded" is the first song released by pioneering Australian punk rock band The Saints. Issued in September 1976, it has been cited as "one of the iconic singles of the era", and pre-dated vinyl debuts by contemporary punk acts such as the Sex Pistols, Buzzcocks, The Damned and The Clash...
" from Australia), and the third English punk single (preceded only by The Damned's "New Rose
New Rose
"New Rose" was the first single by British punk rock group The Damned, released on October 22, 1976. It was the first single by a British punk group, and was released in the Netherlands, Germany, and France in 1977....
", and The Sex Pistols's
Sex Pistols
The Sex Pistols were an English punk rock band that formed in London in 1975. They were responsible for initiating the punk movement in the United Kingdom and inspiring many later punk and alternative rock musicians...
"Anarchy in the U.K.
Anarchy in the U.K.
"Anarchy in the U.K." was covered by American thrash metal band Megadeth for their third album So Far, So Good... So What!, released in 1988.Notoriously, the song has incorrect lyrics...
"). The band had to borrow £500 from their friends and families to pay for the record's production and manufacture. The EP quickly sold out its initial run of 1,000 copies, and went on to sell 16,000 copies, initially only by mail order, but also eventually with the help of the Manchester branch of music chain store
Chain store
Chain stores are retail outlets that share a brand and central management, and usually have standardized business methods and practices. These characteristics also apply to chain restaurants and some service-oriented chain businesses. In retail, dining and many service categories, chain businesses...
Virgin, whose manager took some copies and persuaded other regional branch managers to follow suit. When rereleased (by Virgin Records
Virgin Records
Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...
) it reached 31 on the U.K. singles chart. After this, the band planned to release another EP, titled Love Bites (eventually the name was used as the title to their second album
Love Bites (album)
Love Bites was Buzzcocks' second album, which managed to peak at #13 on the United Kingdom albums chart at the time of its release. In March 1994, an EMI CD version of the original album was released with four additional tracks.-Track listing:...
), through the label however when drummer John Maher decided that after graduating he was not going to get a day job and instead play in The Buzzcocks for a living they decided to sign to a major label, United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
.
After the release of Spiral Scratch, several bands planned to release music through New Hormones however for various reasons did not, this includes The Fall, New Hormones paid for the recording session however they could not afford to release what would become Bingo-Master's Break-Out! EP; Boon put it “I would have put [it] out if I’d had the money. I paid for the tapes. Martin Hannett did a shoddy job and things were getting very difficult. I gave Kay Carroll [the band’s then manager] the tapes, she placed them with Step Forward
Illegal Records
Illegal Records is a record label founded by Miles Copeland III with his younger brother Stewart Copeland and the manager of The Police, Paul Mulligan in 1977. The label released The Police's debut single, Fall Out....
." Both Cabaret Voltaire
Cabaret Voltaire (band)
Cabaret Voltaire were a British music group from Sheffield, England.Initially composed of Stephen Mallinder, Richard H. Kirk and Chris Watson, the group was named after the Cabaret Voltaire, a nightclub in Zürich, Switzerland that was a centre for the early Dada movement.Their earliest performances...
, and Gang of Four
Gang of Four (band)
Gang of Four are an English post-punk group from Leeds. Original personnel were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were fully active from 1977 to 1984, and then re-emerged twice in the 1990s with King and Gill...
sent tapes to New Hormones however those too could not be released due to lack of money; he did however invite them to open for The Buzzcocks at the London release party of Another Music in a Different Kitchen (along with John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke
John Cooper Clarke is an English performance poet who first became famous during the punk rock era of the late 1970s when he became known as a "punk poet"...
, and The Slits
The Slits
The Slits were a British punk rock band. The quartet was formed in 1976 by members of the bands The Flowers of Romance and The Castrators. The members were Ari Up , who died of cancer in October 2010, and Palmolive , with Viv Albertine and Tessa Pollitt replacing founding members, Kate Korus and...
). Cabaret Voltaire later released music through Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...
, Industrial Records
Industrial Records
Industrial Records was a record label established in 1976 by art/music group Throbbing Gristle. The group, fronted by Genesis P-Orridge, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Chris Carter, and Peter Christopherson, were to release their experiments in non-entertainment sound and multimedia through the label; in...
and Rough Trade
Rough Trade Records
Rough Trade Records is an independent record label based in London. It was formed in 1978 by Geoff Travis who had opened a record store off Ladbroke Grove...
, while Gang Of Four signed to Fast Product
Fast Product
Fast Product was an independent record label, established in Edinburgh by Bob Last in December 1977. Its first release was also the first single by the Mekons, released on 20 January 1978....
and eventually EMI
EMI
The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...
. Although The Buzzcocks left and the label couldn't afford to release other records, it still existed, run mainly by Richard Boon and made its second release in late 1977; it was not even a record, it was a booklet of collages by Linder Sterling
Linder Sterling
Linder Sterling is a visual artist, performance artist and musician from Liverpool, England. She spent her teen years in Manchester. She also uses the single name "Linder".-Early life:...
and Jon Savage
Jon Savage
Jon Savage , real name Jonathon Sage, is a Cambridge-educated writer, broadcaster and music journalist, best known for his award winning history of the Sex Pistols and punk music, England's Dreaming, published in 1991.-Career:...
titled The Secret Public.
Most Productive Preiod
After that New Hormones did not release anything for more than two years, then in early 1980, after The Buzzcocks became less of a serious commitment, and Boon found he had much more money and spare time, and so New Hormones started releasing music again. Over the next two years it released 21 records and three cassettes. Unfortunately, New Hormones could not escape the shadow cast on them and other Manchester independents by Factory Records, “Factory was the hip Manchester label in everyone’s mind so we were always fighting that a bit especially with press, which was so important then,” said Pete Wright, who managed Dislocation Dance and later helped run New Hormones, since Spiral Scratch music had changed, many Manchester bands had gone from three-chord punkPunk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, to a more experimental Post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
sound, Factory already had a roster including Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
, A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio are a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. While originally part of the punk rock movement, they soon added funk and dance elements to their sound. They are sometimes referred to as "post punk funk"...
, The Durutti Column
The Durutti Column
The Durutti Column are an English post-punk band formed in 1978 in Manchester, England. The band is an ongoing project of guitarist Vini Reilly who is often accompanied by drummer Bruce Mitchell. Other current members are Keir Stewart and Reilly's girlfriend Poppy Morgan...
and Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark are a synthpop group whose founding members are originally from the Wirral Peninsula, England...
. New Hormones did however manage to sign quite a few bands including Ludus
Ludus
Luduș is a town in central Romania in Mureș County, 44 km south-west from the county's capital Târgu Mureș.Six villages are administered by the town: Avrămeşti , Cioarga , Ciurgău , Fundătura , Gheja and Roșiori .-History:* 1330 - First mentioned as Plehanus de...
, The Tiller Boys, Eric Random, and God's Gift among others.
The Death of New Hormones
In the early eighties many independent record labels in England had a system of finding a large band that would score top 40 hits so that the label would have money to release more obscure material, as Boon put it “You have an artist who sells and makes enough money for you to do all the fringe peripheral stuff. GeoffGeoff Travis
Geoff Travis is the founder of both Rough Trade Records and the Rough Trade chain of record shops. A former drama teacher and owner of a punk record shop, Travis founded the Rough Trade label in 1978.-Biography:...
could sell a load of Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera
Aztec Camera were a Scottish New Wave band from the Glasgow suburb of East Kilbride, formed in 1980 and centered around teenage singer-songwriter, Roddy Frame. Their album Love was among the nominations for Best British Album at the 1989 BRIT Awards....
and sell 4,000 Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt is an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career...
on the back of it. Daniel
Daniel Miller
Daniel Miller may refer to:* Daniel Miller , anthropologist at University College London* Daniel Miller , cricketer for Surrey County Cricket Club...
had Depeche
Depeche Mode
Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...
, which meant Mute could put out Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás
Diamanda Galás is an American avant-garde composer, vocalist, pianist, organist, performance artist and painter.Galás has been described as "capable of the most unnerving vocal terror", with her three and a half octave vocal range. She often screams, hisses and growls...
. Tony
Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC....
had Joy Division
Joy Division
Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band primarily consisted of Ian Curtis , Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris .Joy Division rapidly evolved from their initial punk rock influences...
.”, after signing The Buzzcocks to UA and lacking the means to release music by other hits, New Hormones couldn't find a similar success. Money was scarce, Ludus' Death Came Smilling failed to break even, and New Hormones teetered on bankruptcy constantly, and while it did have future plans, it ceased operation in late 1982, and in summer 1983 Boon went to work for Rough Trade.
Yet another band that New Hormones sadly had to turn back, this one later in the labels existence, was The Smiths
The Smiths
The Smiths were an English alternative rock band, formed in Manchester in 1982. Based on the song writing partnership of Morrissey and Johnny Marr , the band also included Andy Rourke and Mike Joyce...
. In late 1982 Morrissey
Morrissey
Steven Patrick Morrissey , known as Morrissey, is an English singer and lyricist. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as the lyricist and vocalist of the alternative rock band The Smiths. The band was highly successful in the United Kingdom but broke up in 1987, and Morrissey began a solo career,...
, who was known around the Manchester music scene, came into New Hormones office asking if they would release Hand in Glove
Hand in Glove
"Hand in Glove" is a song by the British alternative rock band The Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. It was released as the band's first single in May 1983 on independent record label Rough Trade Records. "Hand in Glove" peaked at number three on the UK Indie Chart,...
. Boon realized that New Hormones would not have the money to release something of that magnitude and told him to talk to Rough Trade, which led to the band signing to that label.
The Beach Club
Boon and several others related to New Hormones founded a club, The Beach Club, to showcase “cult, weird films with cult, weird bands” said Boon. Eric Random, Sue Cooper (accountant for Buzzcocks and New Hormones), Lindsay Reade (née Lindsay Wilson, Factory Records founder Tony Wilson’s ex-wife) and Suzanne O’Hara (Martin Hannett’s girlfriend). The club followed after the closure of several other Manchester clubs including The Electric Circus and The Factory (which was founded by Alan ErasmusAlan Erasmus
Alan Erasmus was the co-founder of Factory Records with Tony Wilson, which signed Joy Division and Happy Mondays.He started off his career as an actor, appearing in Coronation Street and the TV film Hard Labour by Mike Leigh....
, and Tony Wilson
Tony Wilson
Anthony Howard Wilson, commonly known as Tony Wilson , was an English record label owner, radio presenter, TV show host, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC....
with Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett
Martin Hannett , sometimes credited as Martin Zero, was a record producer and an original partner in Factory Records with Tony Wilson...
, and with the help of Peter Saville evolved into Factory Records
Factory Records
Factory Records was a Manchester based British independent record label, started in 1978 by Tony Wilson and Alan Erasmus, which featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, The Durutti Column, Happy Mondays, Northside and James and...
). The club opened in April 1980 and was on Newgate Street in Shudehill an area that was at the time filled mostly with abandoned building and porn shops, the club was previously a gay bar.
For Eric Random, “One of the reasons for starting The Beach Club was to do things like Certain Random Cabaret [a joint performance with members of A Certain Ratio and Cabaret Voltaire] – entertaining with the films, but also mixing the groups together. Different combinations of people would play at certain times. They were all just little experiments really. Nothing was focused to anything in the future. They were one-off things.” The club itself was not exatcly a high end place, Dislocation Dance drummer, Dick Harrison said “It could have out-seeded the club in Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet
Blue Velvet is a 1986 American mystery film written and directed by David Lynch. The movie exhibits elements of both film noir and surrealism. The film features Kyle MacLachlan, Isabella Rossellini, Dennis Hopper, and Laura Dern. The title is taken from the 1963 Bobby Vinton song of the same name...
.” However during its existence The Beach Club gave many shows including preformances by many New Hormones acts along with Section 25
Section 25
Section 25 is an English post-punk band, best known for its single "Looking from a Hilltop" and its association with the Manchester record-label, Factory Records.-Early recordings 1977 - 1982 :...
, A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio
A Certain Ratio are a Post-punk band formed in 1977 in Manchester, England. While originally part of the punk rock movement, they soon added funk and dance elements to their sound. They are sometimes referred to as "post punk funk"...
, U2
U2
U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
and the first preformance of New Order
New Order
New Order are an English rock band formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner , Peter Hook and Stephen Morris...
(then unnammed) on July 29th, 1980.
The club was very short lived, it closed before February 28, 1981 when Melody Maker
Melody Maker
Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...
said “[The Beach Club closed] when attendance began to drop.” The club would be an inspiration for The Haçienda
The Haçienda
Fac 51 Haçienda was a nightclub and music venue in Manchester, England. It became most famous during the "Madchester" years of the late 1980s and early 1990s, during the 1990s it was labelled the most famous club in the world by Newsweek magazine...
. The location of the club would be torn down and a parking garage would be built in its place. In hindsight Boon said “We didn’t give it a catalogue number, possibly a mistake,”.
Notable Facts
The labels greatest sellers were: The Buzzcocks' Spiral Scratch, Dislocation Dance's Rosemary and, Ludus' The Seduction. New Hormones also set up tours for bands on the label, one, titled I Like Shopping, featured Ludus, Dislocation Dance, The Diagram Brothers, Eric Random and the Mudhutters. None of the bands wanted to release a record with the ID Org13.The term Org originated with Org1 (the release ID for Spiral Sratch) or orgoneOrgone
Orgone energy is a theory originally proposed in the 1930s by Wilhelm Reich. Reich, originally part of Sigmund Freud's Vienna circle, extrapolated the Freudian concept of libido first as a biophysical and later as a universal life force...
, a reference to Wilhelm Reich's
Wilhelm Reich
Wilhelm Reich was an Austrian-American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, known as one of the most radical figures in the history of psychiatry...
theory on a universal life force.
Records
- Org1 01/77 BuzzcocksBuzzcocksBuzzcocks 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...
- "Spiral Scratch EPSpiral Scratch (EP)Spiral Scratch is a four-track EP by the British punk rock band Buzzcocks, recorded in 1976 and released in January 1977. It was the first punk record to be self-released , and only the third record ever by a British punk band When reissued in 1979, it...
" (7" EP) - Org2 12/77 Linder/Savage - "The Secret Public" (A3 Collage)
- Org3 03/80 The Tiller Boys - "Big Noise From The Jungle" (7" EP)
- Org4 03/80 LudusLudusLuduș is a town in central Romania in Mureș County, 44 km south-west from the county's capital Târgu Mureș.Six villages are administered by the town: Avrămeşti , Cioarga , Ciurgău , Fundătura , Gheja and Roșiori .-History:* 1330 - First mentioned as Plehanus de...
- "The VisitThe Visit (Ludus album)The Visit is the debut EP by post-punk Manchester group Ludus. Recorded in late 1979, it was released on the New Hormones label in 1980. It is currently available on CD as a double-issue with the later Ludus album The Seduction...
" (12") - Org5 07/80 The DecoratorsThe DecoratorsThe Decorators were a post punk band from Acton, London, England, formed in 1980. They released two albums before splitting up in 1984.The initial line-up of the band was Michael Bevan , Johnny Gilani , Steve Sandor , Joe Sax , and Allan Boroughs...
- "Twilight View"(7") - Org6 09/80 Eric Random - "That's What I Like About Me"(12")
- Org7 07/81 Dislocation DanceDislocation DanceDislocation Dance were a post-punk band from Manchester, England. The group's original line-up is obscure; their first EP, a self-titled 7" as a co-release between two labels, Delicate Issues and New Hormones recorded in May 1980, lists its line-up as 'B' on vocals and keyboard; 'Dick' on drums;...
- "Perfectly In Control"(7" EP) - Org8 07/81 Ludus - "My Cherry Is In Shelly/Anatomy Is Not DestinyMy Cherry Is In SherryMy Cherry Is In Sherry is an 1980 7" single by Manchester post-punk band Ludus, released on New Hormones. The title song has been described by band's singer and lyricist Linder Sterling as a two-minute pop song about hormonal victory. This song was later included in all Ludus compilations: 1982...
" - Org9 07/81 Diagram Brothers - "Bricks/Postal Bargains"(7")
- Org10 07/81 Dislocation Dance - "Slip That Disc"(12")
- Org11 05/81 Eric Random - "Dow Chemical Co./Skin Deep"(7")
- Org12 07/81 Ludus - "Mother's Hour/PatientMother's HourMother's Hour is a 7" single by Manchester post-punk band Ludus, released in 1981 on New Hormones. It was pronounced "the single of the week" in Sounds, but "formidably unlistenable" by Melody Maker...
"(7") - Org14 07/81 God's Gift - "God's Gift"(12" EP)
- Org15 07/81 Dislocation Dance - "Music,Music,Music"(LP)
- Org16 09/81 Ludus - "The Seduction"(2×12" LP)
- Org17 11/81 Diagram Brothers - "Some Marvels Of Modern Science"(LP)
- Org18 03/82 Eric Random - "Earth Bound"(LP)
- Org19 06/82 Dislocation Dance - "Rosemary/Shake"(7")
- Org20 09/82 Ludus - "Danger Came SmilingDanger Came SmilingDanger Came Smiling was the final LP released by Manchester post-punk group Ludus. It was first issued by New Hormones in September 1982.The album stands apart in the band's discography, being a lot more experimental, improvisational and intentionally less accessible than their other work. It...
"(LP) - Org21 07/82 Diagram Brothers - "Discordo"(10" EP)
- Org22 10/82 Dislocation Dance - "You'll Never Know/You Can Tell"(7")
- Org25 10/82 God's Gift - "Discipline/Then Calm Again"(7")
- Org30 12/82 Alberto y Lost Trios ParanoiasAlberto y Lost Trios ParanoiasAlberto y Lost Trios Paranoias were a comedy rock band, formed in Manchester, England in 1973. Their story is told in the book When We Were Thin...
- "Cruising With Santa"(7") (A Christmas charity record for the CNDCampaign for Nuclear DisarmamentThe Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament is an anti-nuclear organisation that advocates unilateral nuclear disarmament by the United Kingdom, international nuclear disarmament and tighter international arms regulation through agreements such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty...
)
Limited addition cassettes
In 1981, New Hormones released a series of limited edition cassettes (500 each), each came with a booklet, badge, stickers and a sweatshirt offer.- Cat1 07/81 Ludus - "PickpocketPickpocket (album)Pickpocket was a six-track cassette tape by Manchester post-punk band Ludus, released by New Hormones in 1981. It came packaged with a limited-edition booklet and badge....
" - Cat2 08/91 C.P.Lee - "Mystery Guild Radio Sweat"
- Cat3 09/81 Biting Tongues - "Live It"
Records
- ORG23 Ambrose ReynoldsAmbrose Reynolds-Early years:Began making music as a chorister at Liverpool Cathedral at the age of 7. A few years later, teaming up with David Knopov in a street busking band called The O'Boogie Brothers. The O'Boogie Brothers expanded its membership to include an Ian Broudie on Guitar and Nathan McGough...
: The World’s Greatest Hits (mini-LP) – later issued by Zulu records - ORG24 Reserved for Ludus
- ORG26 Biting TonguesBiting TonguesBiting Tongues were a post-punk band formed in Manchester, England in 1979, whose members went on to join Simply Red, Yargo, and 808 State.-History:...
: Libreville (LP) – later issued by Paragon Records - ORG27 Dislocation Dance: Remind Me (single) – later issued by Rough TradeRough TradeRough Trade may refer to:*Rough Trade Records, a record label*Rough Trade , linked but independent London record stores*Rough Trade , a Canadian new wave rock band*Rough Trade , an episode of American Dad!...
- ORG28 Reserved for Ludus
- ORG29 Gods Gift: Clamour Club
Further reading
- Savage, Jon. England's Dreaming: Sex Pistols and Punk Rock. Faber and FaberFaber and FaberFaber and Faber Limited, often abbreviated to Faber, is an independent publishing house in the UK, notable in particular for publishing a great deal of poetry and for its former editor T. S. Eliot. Faber has a rich tradition of publishing a wide range of fiction, non fiction, drama, film and music...
. 2001. - Reynolds, Simon. Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984. Faber and Faber. 2006.
- Robb, John. The north will rise again: Manchester music city 1976-1996. AURUM PRESS. 2009.
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