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From this page you can download a collection of Platinum Needles tracks in Windows Media Format. All tracks have been encoded from the original sources. All tracks are © The Platinum Needles, you are free however to download them and play them on your PC. Digital Re-Mastering by Kevin Ruscoe. |
| To listen to each track you will need the Windows Media Player installed if you have a high speed connection you can listen to the tracks directly from this page if you are using a dial up connection I would recommend you right click the file and choose "save as" to save to your hard drive and listen from there. Please note if you have a pop up blocker it may stop this page working properly. Go to settings and allow pop ups from this page. |
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| These are the first recordings by the Platinum Needles. Recorded in Gary's garage they feature the original line up of:- Gary Sewell - Guitar, Shane Henderson - Vocals, Stuart Muir - Bass, Donald Eley - Rhythm Guitar and Nicky Blase - Drums.
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In July 1980 we rescued over 100 promotional 5 minute tapes from a rubbish tip. We decided to put them to good use by recording these two songs live during rehearsal and releasing them as a cassingle. The double A Side Maybe & Monotone was released on the 1st August 1980 and sold around 100 copies at 50p each raising enough for a new microphone for Shane. The Line up for this session was:- Gary Sewell - guitar, Shaun Evans - Drums, Shane Henderson - Vocals and Stuart Muir - Bass.
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These are without doubt the best of the Platinum Needles recordings. The first session in September 1980 was for the Cry Havoc album and featured the two tracks which made it on to the album - Telford & Organised Disruption the third track recorded was Violence. The second session recorded in December 1980 again featured three tracks - War & Peace, Monotone & Back to my Video. The Line up for these sessions was:- Shaun Evans - Drums, Shane Henderson - Vocals, Stuart Muir - Bass and Gary Sewell - guitar. MP3 Versions of these tracks are available for download from the bands MySpace page
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The Midlands Heat of Opportunity Rocks held at the Lanchester Polytechnic in Coventry on Monday 9th November 1981. These tracks were recorded straight from the mixing desk. The Platinum Needles were selected from this heat to appear in the final a month later. The songs featured for download are Situations, Hostage (Bondage) and Gimme The Push. Situations and Hostage (Bondage) were written around the time the band moved to a 5 piece. Gimme the Push was first performed at the Cry Havoc gig at the Victoria Hall Stoke in february 1980 The line up for the gig was:- Shane Henderson - Vocals, Gary Sewell - Guitar, Kevin Yale - Keyboards, Conrad Tracey - Bass and Rob Wardell - Drums.
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Movie Star (horror show mix) - Originally recorded In September 1981 at the Keele University Studio's this song coupled with Situations was to be the bands first single release on Slip Records. Unfortunatly due to the unstable finances of the label this never came to be. This track has been especially remixed from the rough original demo by Kevin Ruscoe. The Line up for this song was:- Kevin Yale - Keyboards, Conrad Tracey - Bass, Gary Sewell - drums, Shane Henderson - Vocals, Gary Sewell - guitar and Kevin Ruscoe - Backing Vocals & Production!
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All Music © 1980,81 The Platinum Needles All Rights Reserved.
