The first of three fantastic Pastels singles for Creation brings us in contact with a true pillar of pop music, Stephen Pastel. Not only do we get into the details of the release of this single and the band’s history prior to Creation, we dip into the full span of the still-active band’s career. Listen for Stephen’s Alan McGee impersonation; we’re gathering a compilation of those for future release.

The band’s early works are only spottily available on streaming services, but the band is currently in the process of reissuing various albums. Most of the band’s post-1990 catalog is available on streaming services through Domino Records.

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Links:

Songs:

“Something Going On”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FWayIxCGcY

“Stay With Me”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r63N1phPO5E

“Truck Train Tractor”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8AtJnYwEuI

Pastels’ Links:

Band page: thepastels.org

Twitter: https://twitter.com/pastels_the

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Stuff that comes up:

Creation Records

The Pastels

Television Personalities

Buba & The Shop Assistants

The Paintings

Orange Juice

Fire Engines

Teenage Fanclub

My Bloody Valentine

Alan McGee

Bobby Gillespie

Primal Scream

Andrew Innes

Loop

Glass Records

Joe Foster

John Rivers

The Loft

Jesus & Mary Chain

The Legend!

Jerry Thackray

Everett True

Rough Trade

Geoff Travis

Richard Boone

New Hormones

Buzzcocks

QQQ Magazine

Strawberry Switchblade

Rose McDowall

The Roches

Formica Tops

This is Memorial Device (Book by David Keenan)

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