Wigan Peers
Verve - She's A Superstar [HUTT 16 UK 1992 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC]
A hop across the Pennines from Yorkshire to the red rose county of Lancashire, and to Wigan, famous for its northern soul, and also the home of Verve. Once a psychedelic indie-rock band who accidentally went mainstream with thanks to a Rolling Stones sample in 1997, Verve were forced into a subtle name change to keep the corporate lawyers at bay. They achieved moderate commercial success on Virgin Records, before front man Richard Ashcroft parked his attitude and became a housewife's favourite on daytime radio playlists.
The first four Verve indie singles are stunningly created wall of sound productions and courtesy of penguinflight, we have three of them on original vinyl. Here is their second, and my personal favourite, She's A Superstar backed with the even better Feel.
A1 She's A Superstar
B1 Feel
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ReplyDeleteMany thanks, I agree: their The first indie singles are the best the've done ! Really appreciated
ReplyDeleteLovely tracks
ReplyDeleteIf anyone thought Creedence were hard done by, and royalties on "Happy Birthday" were a scandal, Alan B. Klein and Abko are the Exhibit A to show there's far worse out there. And over a song that for many years omitted the correct writers' credits, as Pops Staples pointed out. From memory, the Verve's best option at one point was to get Klein declared a vexatious litigant.
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Some time ago, Verve were given back rights and credits back (by Jagger & Richards). But that happened after Kleine's death. Anyone who knows the whole story, knows how much was that injust.
ReplyDeleteCheers mate
ReplyDeleteThank you. Thank you.
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