Wednesday, 25 March 2026

The March Violets - Snake Dance 12''

No ’80s goth mix is complete without The March Violets driving single “Snake Dance” a classic of the era that still sounds pretty good today. They’re largely forgotten now, but in their time the Violets got music-press front covers, record sessions for John Peel and Janice Long and release a succession of 12-inch singles, the best of which (Snake Dance and Walk Into The Sun) deserve to stand shoulder to shoulder with She Sells Sanctuary, Bela Lugosi’s Dead and Alice as classics of the time. Snake Dance has been a guaranteed club floor-filler for over twenty years, and more than any other factor it's probably the reason why The March Violets can stage a comeback in the twenty-first century and find an audience waiting for them. Anything is possible, everything is to play for, and the omens are good. 



Ripped to frighteningly groovy 12”s of MP3

The March Violets; Snake Dance 12”

A1.  Snake Dance
A2.  Slow Drip Lizard
B1.  Snake Dance (Extended)
B2.  It’s Hot


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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 January 2019 at 09:53

    good summary. it certainly stands up today. one of the first records i ever bought (in the first 50 for sure). snakeskin sleve must have cost a bomb to make - outstripping its sales i bet.

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    1. AJ3 January 2019 at 13:40

      Thanks Anon. I think that there was a limited run of Snakeskin sleeves otherwise it would have been too expensive to continue with.

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  2. Anonymous3 January 2019 at 19:01

    my copy of "walk into the sun" came with a free sticker. much less costly for the record company.

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    1. AJ4 January 2019 at 20:05

      I don't remember if my copy had a sticker. Can you remember what the sticker was?

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  3. Anonymous5 January 2019 at 10:08

    just a black and white version of the front of the sleeve, iirc, about 2 inches square

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    1. AJ5 January 2019 at 13:28

      Deffo don't remember anything in my copy...but that's nothing unusual for me

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  4. Greyhoos25 March 2026 at 22:49

    Is this revived blog on autopilot? Every time I try to dl something from a bestfile.io link (like March Violets and Xmal D), I keep getting a "This Site Cannot Be Reached" error page.

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    1. AJ9 April 2026 at 09:23

      Greyhoos, the blog has been running on autopilot since the begining of March, well spotted. let me know if there are any d/load links that are down and I'll get them fixed asap

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