RELEASES 1980 - 1989

Local bands have had a fine tradition of releases over the years. Here is an incomplete list between 1980 and 1989:

1980
Exposure, "Style & Fashion" / "Video Eyes" (7 inch single, Angular Music)
The Battlefield Band (featuring Brian McNeill), "Preview" (12 inch vinyl, Temple Records)
Fiddler's Dram (featuring Ian Telfer), "Beer Cart Lane" (7 inch vinyl single, 1980)
Andy MacKenzie & John MacPhail, "Andy MacKenzie & John MacPhail" (vinyl album, Loudon Records)
Who's George?, "Didn't Catch Your Name" (7 inch vinyl, Impact Records)
Fiddler's Dram (featuring Ian Telfer), "Fiddler's Dram" (vinyl album, 1980)
Who's George?, "Shu Shu / I'm Not Leaving" (7 inch vinyl single, Impact Records)
The Battlefield Band (featuring Brian McNeill), "Home Is Where The Van Is" (vinyl / cassette album, Temple Records)

1981
The Liberators, "Scream & Shout" (cassette single, Sharko 2 Records)
Isla St Clair, "Songbird" (7 inch single, Ariola Records)
Fiddler's Dram (featuring Ian Telfer), "Black Hole" (7 inch vinyl single)
Brian McNeill & Alan Reid, "Sidetracks" (vinyl album, Topic Records)
Who's George?, "Who's George" (7 inch vinyl single, Impact Records)
Isla St Clair, "Sings Traditional Scottish Songs" (vinyl / cassette album, Tangent Records)
The Neon Barbs, "Break Your Chains" (7 inch single, Logical Step Records)
Fiddler's Dram (featuring Ian Telfer), "Little Ray Of Sunshine" (7 inch vinyl single)
Dick Gaughan (featuring Brian McNeill), "Handful Of Earth" (vinyl album, Topic Records)
Isla St Clair, "The Song and The Story" (vinyl album, Clare Records)

1982
The Battlefield Band (featuring Brian McNeill), "The Story So Far" (vinyl / cassette album, Temple Records)
Mikifin, "Riding The Wind" (cassette single)
The Cocteau Twins, "Garlands" (vinyl album, 4AD)
Isla St Clair, "Christmas Dream" (7 inch single, Stiletto Records)
Ann Williamson, "When You & I Were Young, Maggie" (7 inch single, Emerald Records)
The Battlefield Band (featuring Brian McNeill), "There's A Buzz" (vinyl / cassette album, Temple Records)
The Cocteau Twins, "Lullabies" (12 inch vinyl, 4AD)

1983
Pastis 51, "Long Summers" (cassette single)
The Cocteau Twins, "Peppermint Pig" (7 inch vinyl e.p., 4AD)
Dead Neighbours, "Hell's Own" (cassette e.p., Sharko II)
Isla St Clair, "Still No Sign Of The Lifeboats" (7 inch single, Dingles Records)
The Cocteau Twins, "Head Over Heels" (vinyl album, 4AD, UK charts #51)
Ann Williamson, "LIke Strangers" (7 inch single, Emerald Records)
This Mortal Coil (featuring Liz Fraser & Robin Guthrie), "Song To The Siren" (7 inch vinyl / 12 inch vinyl single, 4AD, UK charts #66)
The Cocteau Twins, "Sunburst & Snowblind" (12 inch vinyl, 4AD)

1984
New Germany, "Need" (cassette single)
The Cocteau Twins, "Pearly Dewdrops Drops" (7 inch vinyl, 4AD, UK charts #29)
Blackout, "Is There Anything?" (7 inch vinyl single)
This Mortal Coil (featuring Liz Fraser & Robin Guthrie), "It'll End In Tears" (vinyl cassette album, 4AD, UK charts #38)
Dead Neighbours, "Harmony In Hell" (vinyl album, Sharko 2 Records)
The Cocteau Twins, "Treasure" (vinyl album, 4AD, UK charts #29)

1985
Dead Neighbours, "Strangedays, Strangeways" (vinyl album, Sharko 2 Records)
The Cocteau Twins, "Aikea-Guinea" (7 inch EP, 4ADUK charts #41)
Chewy Racoon, "Don't Touch Me" (7 inch vinyl, Shift Records)
The Cocteau Twins, "Tiny Dynamite" (12 inch EP, 4AD, UK charts #52)
Brian McNeill, "Unstrung Hero" (vinyl album, Temple Records, 1985)
The Cocteau Twins, "Echoes In A Shallow Bay" (12 inch EP, 4AD, UK charts #65)
Colenso Parade (featuring Terry Bickers), "Down By The Border" (12 inch vinyl single, Goliath Records)
The Wolfgang Press (featuring Liz Fraser & Robin Guthrie): "The Legendary Wolfgang Press and Other Tall Stories" (vinyl album, 4AD)
Lowlife, "Rain" (vinyl mini-album, Nightshift Records)
The Cocteau Twins, "The Pink Opaque" (vinyl / cassette album, USA only)
Dead Neighbours, "Wild Women vs Rubber Fish" (vinyl album, Sharko 2 Records)

1986
The Signals, "The Signals" (cassette album)
The Cocteau Twins, "Victorialand" (vinyl / cassette album, 4AD, UK charts #10)
Two Helens, "Reflections In Red" (vinyl album, Sharko 2 Records)
Lowlife, "Permanent Sleep" (vinyl album, Nighshift Records)
The Rainpals, "Circle Dream" (cassette album)
The Cocteau Twins, "Love's Easy Tears" (7 inch single, 4AD, UK charts #53)
The Silencers, "Tell Me" (cassette single)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "Step Outside" (vinyl / cassette album, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1986)
Colenso Parade (featuring Terry Bickers), "Hallelujah Chorus" (12 inch vinyl EP, Fire Records)
Tommy Whittle & Alan Barnes, "Straight Eight" (vinyl album, Miles Music)
We Free Kings (featuring Colin Blakey), "Death Of The Wild Colonial Boy" (7 inch single, Howl Records)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "Hal-An-Tow" (7 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1986)
Harold Budd, Liz Fraser, Robin Guthrie & Simon Raymonde: "The Moon & The Melodies" (vinyl / cassette album, 4AD, UK charts #46)
Starfleet Command, "Tell Me You Love Me" (cassette mini-album)
Lowlife, "Vain Delights" (12 inch single, Nightshift Records)
Colenso Parade (featuring Terry Bickers), "Glentorran" (vinyl album, Fire Records)
Dif Juz (featuring Liz Fraser, produced by Robin Guthrie): "Extractions" (vinyl album, 4AD)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "The Old Dance" (7 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1986)
The Wolfgang Press (featuring Liz Fraser): "Standing Up Straight" (album, 4AD)
AR Kane (produced by Robin Guthrie): "Lollita" (single, 4AD)
Outlaw Tribe, "Shit Rap" (cassette mini-album)
The Fun Section, "I Hate The Fun Section" (Cassette single)

1987
Two Helens, "Silver & Gold" (7 inch vinyl, Sharko 2 Records)
The Rainpals, "A New Day" (single)
Lowlife, "Swirl, It Swings" (12 inch single, Nightshift Records)
The Influx, "Ralf" (cassette single)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "Rose Of England" (7 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1987)
The House Of Love (featuring Terry Bickers), "Shine On" (12 inch vinyl single, Creation Records)
Tommy Whittle, "More Waxing With Whittle" (vinyl album, Esquire Records)
We Free Kings (featuring Colin Blakey), "Oceans" / "Wipe Out Gang" (7 / 12 inch single, D.D.T. Records)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "Wide Blue Yonder" (vinyl / CD album, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1987)
Lowlife, "Eternity Road" (7 / 12 inch single, Nightshift Records)
The House Of Love (featuring Terry Bickers), "Real Animal" (12 inch vinyl single, Creation Records)
This Scarlet Train, "Fimbrai" (vinyl album, Nightshift Records)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "Ballad Of A Spycatcher" (7 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1987)
Hearts & Minds, "Turning Turtle" (7 inch vinyl, CBS)
Lowlife, "Diminuendo" (vinyl album, Nightshift Records)

1988
The Godsend, "False Emotions" (cassette single)
We Free Kings (featuring Colin Blakey), "T-Shirt" / "Still Standing" (12 inch single, D.D.T. Records)
The House Of Love (featuring Terry Bickers), "Christine" (7 inch vinyl single, Creation Records)
We Free Kings (featuring Colin Blakey)"Hell On Earth & Rosy Cross" (vinyl / cassette album, D.D.T. Records)
The Cocteau Twins, "Blue Bell Knoll" (vinyl / cassette / dat album, 4AD, UK charts #15)
Victor & Barry, "Glasgow" (7 inch single, Jammy Records)
The House Of Love (featuring Terry Bickers), "The House Of Love" (vinyl / CD album, Creation Records)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "The Early Days Of A Better Nation" (7 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1988)
The Waterboys (featuring Colin Blakey), "Fisherman's Blues" (vinyl / cassette / CD album, Chrysalis Records)
Lowlife, "The Black Sessions & Demos" (cassette album, Nightshift Records)
Iain MacKintosh (featuring Brian McNeill), "Gentle Persuasion" (CD / vinyl album, Greentrax Records)
The House Of Love (featuring Terry Bickers), "Destroy The Heart" (7 inch vinyl single, Creation Records)
Harold Budd (produced by Robin Guthrie): "The White Arcades (album)
The Cocteau Twins, "Carolyn's Fingers" (7inch single, 4AD)
Victor & Barry, "Hear Victor & Barry and Faint" (cassette album, Jammy Records)

1989
The Godsend, "The Mirror Haze" (cassette single)
The House Of Love (featuring Terry Bickers), "Never" (7 inch vinyl / 12 inch vinyl / CD single, Fontana RecordsUK charts #41)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "I Fought The Law" (7 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1989)
Ian McCulloch (featuring Liz Fraser), "Candleland" (album)
Lush (produced by Robin Guthrie), "Scar" (e.p., 4AD)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "Ride" (vinyl / CD album, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1989)
Lowlife, "Godhead" (CD / vinyl album, Nightshift Records)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "The Lost And Found" (7 inch / 12 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1989)
The House Of Love (featuring Terry Bickers), "I Don't Know Why I Love You" (7 inch vinyl / 12 inch vinyl / CD / cassette single, Fontana Records, UK charts # 41)
Noise Annoys, "When The Box Is Open" (cassette single)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "New York Girls" (7 inch / 12 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1989)
Chapterhouse (one track produced by Robin Guthrie), "Whirlpool" (album)
The Oyster Band (featuring Ian Telfer), "Love Vigilantes" (7 inch / 10 inch vinyl single, Cooking Vinyl Records, 1989)
Boxing Clever, "Toy Soldiers" (12 inch single, BMG)