Sunday, 19 May 2019

Night Shift


The 10 double singles posts experiment seems to be a success, which is great news for you, but a royal pain in the ass for me. Over the next couple of weeks there follows a selection of single, single posts (with a little help from Wiki) that I hope you’ll enjoy. First up, The Names.

After local gigs as The Passengers, the band changed their moniker to The Names in time for their debut single, "Spectators of Life", released by WEA in 1979 to test the Belgian market for home-grown new wave music. The band though was keen to sign to a British label, and connected with Factory Records at a Joy Division gig at the Plan K venue in Brussels. The Names, augmented by new drummer Luc Capelle, recorded "Nightshift" in Manchester in August 1980 with in house producer Martin Hannett. The single was representative of their overall sound: dark, controlled modern rock in the mould of Magazine, Comsat Angels and Joy Division/early New Order. It peaked/stalled at No. 35 on the UK Indie Chart.



Ripped from a pristine copy of the single to MP3 @ 320kbps

The Names; Night Shift 7”

A.     Night Shift
B.     I Wish I Could Speak Your Language


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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous19 May 2019 at 19:49

    I just discovered this band earlier in the year, I really
    liked them. Thank you for the 7', it took a few tries
    with mediafire but I finally got it. Have a good one!
    - Timebender

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    1. AJ21 May 2019 at 18:22

      Sorry that it can be a bit of a hassle with Mediafire, but since the loss of Zippy in the UK, Germany and now Italy I was looking for something that would be suitable for all.

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  2. slovenlyeric19 May 2019 at 23:45

    Those of you who are looking for more from The Names should go to https://timeneedle.blogspot.com/ which just posted a bunch of their 7" recordings, including their first for WEA which is not on the LTM singles Comp.

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    1. AJ21 May 2019 at 18:23

      Thanks for heads up Eric the Sloven.

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  3. Fabio D.20 May 2019 at 01:52

    Thanks!
    I Wish I Could Speak Your Language make me mad.

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  4. jonder20 May 2019 at 01:56

    Thanks AJ and Slovenly Eric. I think I bought the Names' album Swimming when it came out, but never realized that they were from Belgium. Love the b-side of this single!

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    1. AJ21 May 2019 at 18:27

      An old flatmate of mine had Swimming, which frequently found its way into my room. I have the CD of it somewhere, so expect a rip at some point in the future

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