The Only Ones – Remains – 1984 - UK - New Wave, Power Pop, Punk, Indie Rock - vinyl rip - 16-48 - flac- Closer Records – CL 0012

 

DR13

Tracklist

A1 - The Only Ones – Prisoners 3:18

A2 - The Only Ones – Watch You Drown 3:51

A3 - The Only Ones – Flowers Die 5:05

A4 - The Only Ones – Devon Song 2:53

A5 - The Only Ones – My Rejection 5:32

B1 - The Only Ones – Babys Got A Gun 2:21

B2 - The Only Ones – Hope Valley Blues 4:29

B3 - The Only Ones – Counterfeit Woman 5:31

B4 - The Only Ones – My Way Of Giving 2:30 

Songwriter – Ronnie Lane, Steve Marriott

B5 - The Only Ones – River Of No Return 6:13

Songwriter – Peter Perrett (tracks: A1 to B3, B5)

A wonderful band, whose debut is one of the greatest masterpieces of MUSIC!

from SHITpedia:

In June 1984, the rarities compilation album Remains was released by Closer Records. The collection combines pre-Only Ones recordings from November 1975 with Only Ones demos, many from August 1976. The 1975 titles — "Watch You Drown", "My Rejection", "Don't Hold Your Breath" and "I Only Wanna Be Your Friend" — also feature the contributions of Squeeze's Glenn Tilbrook, Gordon Edwards, drummer Alan Platt, and John Perry playing bass guitar. These demos pre-date the recording of the first Only Ones single, "Lovers of Today". Subsequent tracks all feature the regular Only Ones line-up.

The CD released in the same period contains 4 more tracks, also present in the promo released on vinyl, while the 1993 CD reissue contains 5 more and 1 less... and has a much lower quality than my rip. I have never seen the first one, if anyone has it, I would be happy if they could share it.

Enjoy!

rawkin' dog

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