S U B W A Y ORGANIZATION 3 Dove Lane
************************ Bristol BE2 9HP
England
tel. : 0272 669 882
Contact: Martin Whitehead
Distr. : Revolver / Cartel (UK)
Rough Trade GmbH (Germany)
Style : indie pop / new wave / shoegazer /
* track on 12" format only !
History :
Pollinated by Postcard Records and various other indies of the early 80's , growing out
of the fanzine and cassette scene of the time , Subway finally blossomed in August 1985
with the release of the Shop Assistants debut EP . Spring 1986 also saw the debuts of
The Soup Dragons ans such other established indie stalwarts as The Chesterfields ,
The Flatmates and Razorcuts ,soon followed by releases from The Rosehips and The Groove
Farm.
The Clouds featured a pre-Teenage Fanclub Norman Blake in its line up and Choo Choo
Train later became Velvet Crush . Subway's deals were most often based on no more than
a handshake , which resulted in Pop Will Eat Itself recording just 2 compilation tracks
before departing and Talullah Gosh passing straight through without even visiting the
recording studio.
Subway featured such diverse artist as the teenage strummings of Rodney Allen to the
sonic assault of The Charlottes . From the high tech synth driven pop of Korova Milk
Bar to the low tech garage indie of Bubblegum Splash. It was just a pop thing.
Martin Whitehead , the labels proprietor , was a dyen in the wool pop fan , and it's
whole raison d'etre was simply to make some great pop recordings available to other
music fans. With no business plan , no promotional budget , no business experience
and less common sense , Subway - probably the ultimate bedroom label , was doomed
to crash and burn .
It's a wonder that between 1985 and 1989 it managed to 27 singles and 15 (?) albums
before it did.
(Note : from CD "BEST OF SUBWAY ORGANISATION" ; Cherry Red CDMRED 268 , 03.2005)
SUBWAY 1 SHOP ASSISTANTS All Day Long / All That Ever Mattered 7" 08.1985
/ It's Up To You / Switzerland
(Note : red foldaround picture sleeve in poly bag , later
blue)
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SUBWAY 2 SOUP DRAGONS The Sun Is In The Sky EP 7"EP 02.1986
Quite Content / Swirling Round The Garden With You /
Fair's , Fair / Not For Humbert
(Note : scheduled with fanzine)
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SUBWAY 3 CHESTERFIELDS A Guitar In Your Bath EP 7"EP 04.1986
Sweet Revenge / What's Your Perversion / Love Mountain
/ Best Of Friends
(Note : 7" wraparound sleeve in polythene bag with lyric
sheet)
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SUBWAY 4 SOUP DRAGONS Whole Wide World / I Know Everything 7" 05.1986
(Note : 7" orange or blue foldaround picture sleeve with
insert in poly bag)
SUBWAY 4 T SOUP DRAGONS Whole Wide World / I Know Everything 12" 05.1986
/ Pleasently Surprised
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SUBWAY 5 RAZORCUTS Big Pink Cake / I'll Still Be There 7" 05.1986
(Note : 7" foldaround picture sleeve with insert in
poly bag
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SUBWAY 6 FLATMATES I Could Be In Heaven // Tell Me Why 7" 09.1986
/ So In Love With You
(Note : 7" wraparound sleeve & insert in poly bag)
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SUBWAY 7 CHESTERFIELDS Completely And Utterly/Girl On The Boat 7" 11.1986
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SUBWAY 8 RAZORCUTS Sorry To Embarrass You / Summer In Your 7" 09.1986
Heart
(Note : 7" 2000 copies with insert)
SUBWAY 8 T RAZORCUTS Sorry To Embarrass You / Summer In Your 12" 09.1986
Heart / Snowbirds Don't Fly / Mary Day
(Note : 12" 2000 copies)
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SUBWAY 9 FLATMATES Happy All The Time / I Don't Care 7" 04.1987
SUBWAY 9 FLATMATES Happy All The Time / You're Gonna Get 12" 04.2987
Hurt // Thinking Of You / I Don't Care
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SUBWAY 10 ROSEHIPS Room In Your Heart / Thrilled To Bits 7" 03.1987
/ Dead End
(Note : 7" foldaround picture sleeve with insert in poly
bag)
SUBWAY 10 T ROSEHIPS Room In Your Heart / Middle Of Next 12" 03.1987
Week / Thrilled To Bits / So Naive / Just Another Girl
/ Dead End
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SUBWAY 11 CHESTERFIELDS Ask Johnny Dee // Pop Anarchy ! 7" 03.1987
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SUBWAY 12 CLOUDS Tarnquile 7".12" 01.1988
Tranquil // Get Out Of My Dream / Village Green *
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SUBWAY 13 BUBBLEGUM SPLASH Splashdown EP 7"EP 08.1987
Plastic Smile / Fast Of Friends / Just Walked Away /
One Of Those Things
(Note : foldaround pict. sl. with insert in poly bag)
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SUBWAY 14 FLATMATES You're Gonna Cry / Life Of Crime 7" 11.1987
SUBWAY 14 T FLATMATES You're Gonna Cry / Barbarella Blue 12" 11.1987
/ Life Of Crime / Sportscar Girl
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SUBWAY 15 GROOVE FARM Surfin' Into Your Heart 7" 11.1987
/ Me! Me! Me!
SUBWAY 15 T GROOVE FARM Surfin' Into Your Heart / Me! Me! Me! 12" 11.1987
/ Hawaii Five Seconds / Turning Me Upside Down / What
Better Way To Be No Friend Of Mine
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SUBWAY 16.T ROSEHIPS I Shouldn't Have To Say / Loophole 7".12" 07.1987
/ Wastin' My Time / All Mine / Sad As Sunday
(Note : 7" format with insert)
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SUBWAY 17 FLATMATES Shimmer / On My Mind 7" 03.1988
SUBWAY 17 T FLATMATES Shimmer / On My Mind / If Not For 12" 03.1988
You / Bad
(Note : picture sl. with flat sharing guide)
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SUBWAY 18 T RODNEY ALLEN CIRCLE LINE EP 12" 07.1988
Circle Line / Will It Rain Tomorrow ? /// Julianne (New
vers.) / Picture / Sometimes
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SUBWAY 19 T GROOVE FARM The Big Black Plastic Explosion / 12" 05.1988
Nancy Sinatra / Red Dress / Baby Blue Manne / Riot On
Sunset Strip
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SUBWAY 20 CHOO CHOO TRAIN THE BRIAR ROSE EP 12"EP 07.1988
Briar Rose / Big Blue Buzz / Nothing Else! /// Flower
Field / Every Little Knight / Catch Another Breath
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SUBWAY 21 FLATMATES Heaven Knows / Don't Say If 7" 09.1988
SUBWAY 21 T FLATMATES Heaven Knows / Don't Say If / Turning 12" 09.1988
You Blue / My Empty Head
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SUBWAY 22 GROOVE FARM Drive In Your New Car 10" 10.1988
Driving In Your New Car (mini mix) / Expanding Reindeer
/ I Can't Dance With You / Epistle To Duppy
(Note : plus 12 " format promo only)
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SUBWAY 23 CHOO CHOO TRAIN High // Wishing On A Star 7".12" 11.1988
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SUBWAY 24 FASTBACKS In The Winter 7" 12.1988
// It Came To Me In A Dream
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SUBWAY 25 KOROVA MILKBAR Do It Again 12" .1989
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SUBWAY 26 FASTBACKS Wrong Wrong Wrong // In America 7" .1989
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SUBWAY 27 T THE CHARLOTTES LOVE IN THE EMPTINESS EP 12" 05.1990
Love In The Emptiness // Be My Release / Could There Ever
Be
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SUBORG 1 V / A TAKE THE SUBWAY TO YOUR SUBORG LP 01.1987
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SUBORG 002 RODNEY ALLEN HAPPY SAD LP 03.1987
Happy Sad / Saturday The If / The Cost Of Living / No-One In Particular / Decisions
Like These / Julianne / Coming Up For Air / Come Around Suzy / Thrills On Wheels (The
Moped Song) / Bittersweet 16
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SUBORG 003 THE CHESTERFIELDS : KETTLE LP 06.1987
Nose Out Of Joint / Ask Johnny Dee / Two Girls And A Treehouse / Shame About The Rain /
Everything A Boy Could Ever Need / Kiss Me Stupid //// Thumb / Storm Nelson / Holiday
Hymn / Oh Mr.Wilson! / The Boy Who Sold His Suitcase / Completely & Utterly
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SUBORG 4 V / A SURFIN IN THE SUBWAY LP 12.1987
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SUBORG 5 THE CHESTERFIELDS : WESTWARD HO ! LP 12.1987
Sweet Revenge / What's Your Perversion ? / Love Mountain / Best Of Friends ////
Completely And Utterly / Girl On A Boat / Ask Johnny Dee / Pop Anarchy !
(Note : compilation of SUBWAY 3 / SUBWAY 7 / SUBWAY 11)
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SUBORG 6 V / A Never Mind , Forget It LP .1988
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SUBORG 7 SEX CLARK FIVE STURM AND DRUM LP .1988
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SUBORG 8 FASTBACKS ...AND HIS ORCHESTRA LP 09.1988
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SUBORG 9 GROOVE FARM ALVIN IS KING LP 10.1988
(Out Of My Mind) Over You / An Average Day In The Life / What Better Way To Be? / Empty
Heart / Back Of My Mind / imebomb / Sad For You / Driving In Your New Car / The Time Is
Now / (I Can't Stand) Another Sunny Day
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SUBORG 10 COWBOY AND SPINGIRL : COWBOY AND SPIN GIRL LP .1989
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SUBORG 11 V / A Oh Forget That One As Well LP .1989
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SUBORG 12 THE CHARLOTEES LOVE HAPPY LP 07.1989
Are You Happy Now / Cold / Keep Me Down / Stubborn //// See The Danger Shine /
Everything To Me / In My Hair / Love Happy
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SUBORG 13 KOROVA MILKBAR TALKING'S BORING LP .1989
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SUBORG 14 THE FLATMATES LOVE AND DEATH LP.CD 04.1989
Don't Say If / Happy All The Time / Heaven Knows / I Could Be In Heaven / I Don't Care
/ Is It Me / Life Of Crime / Never Coming Down / On My Mind / Shimmer / So In Love With
You / Tell Me Why / This Thing Called Love / You're Gonna Cry
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SUBORG 15 CHOO CHOO TRAIN : BRIAR HIGH (THE SINGLES 1988) LP.CD .1992
Briar Rose / Big Blue Buzz / Nothing Else ! / Flower Field / Every Little Knight /
Catch Another Breath //// High / Wishing On A Star / My Best Friend / When Sunday
Comes (She Sighs) / Parasol
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SUBORG 16 V / A WHOLE WIDE WORLD VOL.1 1986-1990 CD .1993
THE SOUP DRAGONS Whole Wide World
THE CHESTERFIELDS What's Your Perversion?
RAZORCUTS Big Pink Cake
THE FLATMATES I Could Be In Heaven
THE CHESTERFIELDS Completely And Utterly
RAZORCUTS Sorry To Embarrass You
THE FLATMATES Happy All The Time
POP WILL EAT ITSELF Orgone Accumulator
THE CLOUDS Tranquil
ROSEHIPS Room In Your Heart
THE CHESTERFIELDS Ask Johnny Dee
COWBOY AND SPINGIRL White Lies
THE GROOVE FARM Big Black Plastic Explosive
FASTBACKS In The Winter
THE FLATMATES Shimmer
THE CHARLOTTES Are You Happy Now ?
CHOO CHOO TRAIN Briar Rose
CHOO CHOO TRAIN High
FASTBACKS Wrong Wrong Wrong
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SUBORG 17 V / A WHOLE WIDE WORLD VOL.2 1986-1990 CD .1994
THE FLATMATES Trust Me
CHOO CHOO TRAIN Big Blue Buzz
THE SOUP DRAGONS I Know Everything
THE CHESTERFIELDS Sweet Revenge
RAZORCUTS Summer In Your Heart
KOROVA MILK BAR Do It Again
THE CLOUDS Village Green
THE GROOVE FARM Driving Your New Car
BUBBLEGUM SPLASH Just Walked Away
THE FLATMATES Don't Say If
RODNEY ALLEN Circle Line
THE CHESTERFIELDS Love Mointain
RAZORCUTS Mary Day
THE FLATMATES On My Mind
ROSEHIPS Shouldn't Have To Say
THE GROOVE FARM Red Dress
THE SOUP DRAGONS Pleasantly Surprised
CHOO CHOO TRAIN When Sunday Comes
THE CHARLOTTES Could There Ever Be
RODNEY ALLEN Glastobury
THE FLATMATES Nothing Kills
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