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Member	Item		Review/Comment
nboldock 2nd Jan 2016		Cassette Single Giants Will Fall - No Deal (1994)	Sides labelled "A" and "1".
nboldock 2nd Jan 2016		Cassette Single The Sonnet - Perfect Sunday / Someone, Smiling, Somewhere (1998)	Another one for which I only have the cassette, no cover. The telephone number on the label suggests The Sonnet must have been from the Scarborough area.
nboldock 30th Dec 2015		Cassette Single Lithium Joe - Stolen Summer (1992)	Available with blue, green or pink inlay (I have all three - scans to follow in due course).
nboldock 30th Dec 2015		Cassette Single Milkfloat - Rule And Thumb / Taste (1991)	I assume this is a demo, although the first two tracks were released as a 7" single on Clawfist Records - see 45Cat entry. I only have the tape, no cover. The tape doesn't appear to be a Clawfist issue. Not sure whether the tracks are the same versions as the vinyl release or not.
nboldock 26th Dec 2015		Cassette Album Giantkind - Conspire/Aspire (1993)	I have two copies of this, one with a "temporary inlay sleeve" (printed black ink on white card, hand labelled tape) and one with a proper inlay and printed cassette labels. Scans coming... soon. I saw Giantkind live, back in the day. Good band - heavily influenced by REM.
nboldock 26th Dec 2015		Cassette Single Fog - Who Pilots The Flying Saucers? (1992)	Really good tape, this. Fog were a Hull band active in the early/mid 90s and were well-known locally. I saw them live a few times and liked them a lot. Unusually they had an accordian player which was something of an oddity in Hull in them days, especially given that they weren't a folk band. Frontman Grant Davison is still a well-known face on the local music scene, these days as a member of both The Gherkins and Humba Rumba. I've no idea what became of the other members. Fog were immortalised in the song "Bongos For Fog" by fellow Hullies Crazy Uncle - a not entirely complimentary song, but delivered with tongue in cheek (and Fog certainly saw the funny side - the two bands shared a stage on at least one occasion).
nboldock 24th Dec 2015		Cassette Single Reuben - 05. 11. 98 (1998)	Another one I only have the tape for, no inlay.
nboldock 24th Dec 2015		Cassette Single Gnome - Venus / Sweet Dreams (1997)	I only have the tape for this one, no inlay unfortunately.
nboldock 23rd Dec 2015		Cassette Single Waltzer - Side 1 High On Life / One In A Million (1997)	I don't think I have the cover/inlay for this one - only the tape (unless the rest shows up in another box somewhere... I still have quite a few of these to go through). EDIT: Found it! Will scan at some point.
nboldock 23rd Dec 2015		Cassette Single The Pogues - 1 Title (1986)	Nice!
nboldock 23rd Dec 2015		Cassette Album Dog Muck - Dog Muck	The mind boggles... I haven't listened to this one yet but I'm guessing it might be a bit "out there" to say the least. More on this when I get the time/courage to play it!
nboldock 14th Dec 2015		Cassette Album Spinnin' Room - Demo No. II	I have two copies of this, with different artwork. (Scans to follow).
nboldock 7th Dec 2015		Cassette Album Various Artists - Playing On The Inside	There's no tracklisting or track info here, just a note on the inlay naming the artists. I will give it a play sometime soon and see if I can figure out the playing order etc. EDIT: Listened to the beginning but not the rest as yet so still no tracklisting, although the first track is the Purple Gang playing... "Cocaine".
nboldock 7th Dec 2015		Cassette Album Various Artists - Upriver (1992)	I think this is a compilation of artists from Goole (East Yorkshire). EDIT: Wave were Doncaster-based I believe.
nboldock 7th Dec 2015		Cassette Album Various Artists - DTNA (1994)	Rare Hull dance music compilation released to raise money for anti-racist causes. Features Fila Brazillia and The Solid Doctor (aka Steve Cobby, of Fila B). From the sleevenotes - "This compilation was inspired by the disgusting success of the BNP and their threat to stand for more council seats".
nboldock 7th Dec 2015		Cassette Album Various Artists - Stab	Philip Barnes was a well known Hull artist, musician, writer, poet and performer. He sadly passed away in 2010 at the age of 36. This tape features three of his many incarnations. Obituary here.
nboldock 7th Dec 2015		Cassette Album The Part Time Pop Stars - Fishy	Martin Fish, for the uninitiated, was the chairman of Hull City and target of the "Fish Out" campaign (he went, eventually, thank God). Dolan is Terry Dolan, manager of Hull City during the Martin Fish era.
nboldock 20th Nov 2015		Cassette Album The Housemartins - Glastonbury 22.6.86	Clearly track 2 should be "Reverend's Revenge" and track 4 should be "Think For A Minute", and track 15 should be "I'll Be Your Shelter". Scans to follow.
nboldock 17th Nov 2015		Cassette Album Dave Bryant - God Likes Me (1982)	Does the back of his t-shirt say, "Everyone Else Thinks I'm A Bit Of A Dick"?
nboldock 1st Nov 2015		Cassette Single The Psychotics - Don't Care About You / My Needle (1990)	I only have the cassette for this one, I don't have the inlay. EDIT: Now got hold of a second copy, with the inlay... I'll add it here eventually.
nboldock 29th Oct 2015		Cassette Single Joyce [Hull] - Skinhead McVitae (1991)	Hull band occasionally also known as Joyce Victoria.
nboldock 25th Oct 2015		Cassette Album Nine Play Hendrix - Adelphi Sessions (1990)	Longstanding (and much respected) Hull-based Hendrix tribute band. No longer together, sadly.
nboldock 25th Oct 2015		Cassette Album The Purple Gang - Live At The Jailhouse (1991)	Recorded live at The Jailhouse, Hull.
nboldock 13th Oct 2015		Cassette Single Mr. Ed - Secret Of The Sunken Sattelite (1998)	Tape title is misspelt on the release itself, it's not my typo.
nboldock 12th Oct 2015		Cassette Album Various Artists - Tower Compilation (1986)	Compilation of Hull bands - notably including The Velvetones and The Gargoyles, both featuring members of The Housemartins and (in the case of The Velvetones) future members of The Beautiful South. Function 1 was a well-known alternative clothes shop (where I bought numerous band t-shirts back in the day) which was originally based above the legendary Offbeat Records (part of the Chain With No Name back then)... where I also spent much pence. Both moved to a more central location some years later, and both are now closed down.
nboldock 12th Oct 2015		Cassette Album Various Artists - Children Of Jaffa! A Compilation Of 10 Scarborough Bands (1993)	With insert correcting tracklisting on inlay - Electric Jester and Hoopstick are the wrong way round on the original inlay (correct as shown here). Tape labels say "Children Of Max".
nboldock 11th Oct 2015		Cassette Album The North Pole - 4 Track Demo (1998)	I can find out easily enough - they're both friends of mine. You might be right...
nboldock 11th Oct 2015		Cassette Album The North Pole - 4 Track Demo (1998)	It is indeed called "4 Track Demo" and it does have six tracks...
nboldock 11th Oct 2015		Cassette Single Lithium Joe - S.O.S. Bombs E.P. (1997)	Also released on 7" vinyl but with four tracks instead of six.
nboldock 8th Oct 2015		Cassette Album Wings - London Town	It's Footprint. I'll amend :-)

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