Wally Pops

 

Minny Pops - The Factory Singles

Dolphin's Spurt [FAC 31 UK 1981 24-Bit FLAC]

A1 Dolphin's Spurt

B1 Goddess

Time [FAC BN 11 BEL 1982 24-Bit FLAC]

A1   Time

B1   Lights

Secret Story [FAC 57 UK 1982 24-Bit FLAC]

A1   Secret Story

B1   Island

Just in case anybody needs an antidote to my previous post, Amsterdam electro-wavers Minny Pops released three singles and one album for Manchester's Factory Records. The label even convinced Martin Hannett to produce their very first Dolphin's Spurt in its splendid seventies Philips-style sleeve. Emerging from the dutch-art-wave scene, Wally van Middendorp was a key figure in The Netherlands with his Plurex record label before he released these three singles on the Manchester label.

Minny Pops supported the fledgling New Order on many of their European dates, however I would guess their manic & zany electronica was lost on many of the gloomy raincoat brigade who followed New Order at the time.