Paint Your Wagon, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry are a rock band that were formed in Leeds, England in early 1981.- History :The band was formed by guitarist/songwriter Chris Reed and vocalist Mark Sweeney, along with bassist Steve Smith and drummer Mick Brown...

's second album, was released in 1986 in the UK

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 on Red Rhino, an independent music record label

Record label

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. It would be the band's final original LP release on the label (excepting a singles collection, Smashed Hits, the following year) before signing to major label Situation Two

Situation Two

Situation Two, aka Situation 2, was a record label created in 1981 by Peter Kent as an offshoot of the larger Beggars Banquet label. At the time, Beggars Banquet records were distributed by WEA Records; so, to appeal to the indie audience and to get releases into the indie charts, the Situation Two...

 in 1987. Like the Lorries' debut album (Talk about the Weather

Talk about the Weather

Talk About The Weather is the debut album of British rock band Red Lorry Yellow Lorry. It was released in 1985 in the UK on Red Rhino, an independent music record label...

), Paint Your Wagon had a very short running time, coming in at under 30 minutes. Two of the tracks, "Mescal Dance" and "Blitz", were instrumentals. Cassette and CD releases/reissues have featured various additional bonus track

Bonus track

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Track listing

1. Walking On Your Hands – 2:40
2. Jipp – 3:00
3. Last Train – 2:21
4. Head All Fire – 2:40
5. Mescal Dance – 2:42
6. Shout At The Sky – 3:04
7. Which Side – 2:07
8. Tear Me Up – 2:31
9. Save My Soul – 2:44
10. Blitz – 3:50

All tracks were written by Chris Reed and David Wolfenden, except for "Head All Fire", "Tear Me Up", and "Save My Soul", written by Reed.

Personnel

Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were:

• Chris Reed - vocals, guitar
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• David Wolfenden - guitar
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• Leon Phillips - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
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• Chris Oldroyd - drums
  Drum kit
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