RATHER RECORDS Meadowbank
************** Hall Lane
Harbury
Leamington
Spa , Warwicks
Dir. : A.N.Godfrey / K.P.Godfrey
Distr. : Rough Trade
Style : punk / indie
GEAR 1 SWELL MAPS Read About Seymour 7" 10.1977
// Ripped And Torn / Black Velvet
(Note : reissued on Rough Trade RT 010 , 12.1977)
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GEAR 2 STEVE TRAETMENT 5 A-SIDED 45 7" 11.1978
Hooked On A Trend / Danger Zone / Negative Nights /
Taste Your Own Medicine / The Hippy Posed Engrossment
(Note : Swell Maps member)
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GEAR 3 SWELL MAPS Dresden Style 7" 02.1979
/ Ammunition Train / Full Moon (dub) / (Mystery Track)
(Note : Co-release with Rough Trade RT 012)
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GEAR 4 CULT FIGURES Zip Nolan (Highway Patrolman) 7" 07.1979
/ Playing With Toys / Zip Dub
(Note : co-release with Rough Trade RT 020 , Birmingham
duo Gary Jones & Jonny Hodgson)
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GEAR 5 SWELL MAPS SWELL MAPS EP 7"EP .1979
Lion Of The Surf / Doctor At Cake / Steven Does /
Bronze & Baby Shoes
(Note : die-cut sleeve , free with LP "A TRIP TO THE
MARINEVILLE" , TROY 1 / Rough Trade ROUGH 2)
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GEAR 6 SWELL MAPS Real Shocks 7" 06.1979
/ Monologues / An English Verse
(Note : co-release with Rough Trade RT 021)
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GEAR 7 SWELL MAPS Let's Build A Car / Big Maz In 7" 01.1980
The Country / ... Then Poland
(Note : co-release with Rough Trade RT 036)
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GEAR 8 CULT FIGURES IN LOVE EP 7"EP 05.1980
I Remember / Almost A Love Song / Laura Kate
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GEAR 9 PHONES SPORTSMAN BAND I REALLY LOVE YOU EP 7"EP .1980
I Really Love You / Get Down & Get With It
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GEAR 10 NIKKI SUDDEN Beau Geste cass. .1983
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GEAR 11 NIKKI SUDDEN Back To The Start Again 7" 06.1981
/ Running On My Train
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GEAR 12 V / A : What A Nice Way To Turn Seventeen # 2 7" 07.1984
A1 Rag Dolls Sparrows
A2 Nikki Sudden Missionary Boy
B1 The Jazz Butcher The Chinese Envoy
B2 Sad-Go-Round Elephant Flowers
(Note : 7"/33.3 RPM plus 16 p. magazine)
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GEAR 13 V / A : What A Nice Way To Turn Seventeen # 3 LP 07.1984
(Note : plus magazine)
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TROY 1 SWELL MAPS A TRIP TO THE MARINEVILLE LP 07.1979
Another Song / Vertical Slum / Spitfire Parade / Harmony
In Your bathroom / Don't Throw Asthrays At Me / Midget
Submarines / Bridge Head (Pt.9) / Full Moon In My
Pocket / Blam ! / Full Moon (reprise) / Gunboats /
Adventuring Into Basketry / My Lil' Shops Round The
Corner
(Note : co-release with Rough Trade ROUGH 2 , plus free
GEAR 5 EP)
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TROY 2 SWELL MAPS JANE FROM OCCUPIED EUROPE LP .1980
Robot Factory / Let's Buy A Bridge / Border Country /
Cake Shop / The Helicopter Spies / Big Maz In The Desert
/ Big Empty Field / Mining Villages / Collision With A
Frogman / ..Vs.The Mangrove Delta Plan / Secret Island
/ Whatever Happens Next / Blenheim Shots / Raining In My
Room
(Note : co-release with Rough Trade ROUGH 015 ; reissued
by Mute Rec. MAPSCD 2 , plus 8 extra tracks , 1989)
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TROY 3 SWELL MAPS WHATEVER HAPPENS NEXT 2LP 06.1981
Read About Seymour / Fashion Cult / Armadillo / (I Am)
The Greatest Pluming0Radio Ten / Here's The Cupboard
(Trash) / Terribly Insect / Midget Submarines / Whatever
Happens Next / Clearasil Record / Blam!! / Down With
Tractors / Amphibious Landing Craft / Paul's Dead /
Sheep Dip / Havoc All Ended / The Himalayas / You And
The Night And The Music / The Stairs Are Like An
Avalanche / Vertical Slum / Forest Fire / Midget Sub
marines 2 / Armadillo 2 / Bandits On Fire
(Note : co-release with Rough Trade ROUGH 021 ; this
is a collection of home recordings and out-takes plus
a John Peel session )
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