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█▓█ General Info :
█▓█ Title .........: They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles
█▓█ Artist ........: Television Personalities
█▓█ Music Style ...: Indie
█▓█ Type ..........: Album
█▓█ Release Date ..: Jun-15-2003
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█▓█ Used Tools :
█▓█ Grabber .......: EAC
█▓█ Encoder .......: FHG Radium MP3 Codec v.1.263
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█▓█ Additional Info:
█▓█ Source ........: CDDA
█▓█ No. Of Songs ..: 16
█▓█ Size ..........: 79,3 MB
█▓█ Playtime ......: 57:38 min
█▓█ URL ...........: www.firerecords.com
█▓█ Label .........: Fire
█▓█ Quality .......: 192kbps / 44,1kHz / HQ / Full Stereo
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█▓█ 01 ::: Three Wishes ::: 05:26
█▓█ 02 ::: David Hockney's Diary ::: 02:50
█▓█ 03 ::: In A Perfumed Garden ::: 03:50
█▓█ 04 ::: Flowers for Abigail ::: 03:38
█▓█ 05 ::: King and Country ::: 06:01
█▓█ 06 ::: The Boy in the Paisley Shirt ::: 03:51
█▓█ 07 ::: Games for Boys ::: 02:40
█▓█ 08 ::: Painter Man ::: 02:48
█▓█ 09 ::: Psychedelic Holiday ::: 03:16
█▓█ 10 ::: 14th Floor ::: 02:20
█▓█ 11 ::: Sooty's Disco Party ::: 02:22
█▓█ 12 ::: Makin' Time ::: 02:52
█▓█ 13 ::: When Emily Cries ::: 04:18
█▓█ 14 ::: The Glittering Prizes ::: 03:14
█▓█ 15 ::: Anxiety Block ::: 03:07
█▓█ 16 ::: Mysterious Ways ::: 05:05
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█▓█ 2002 re-release.
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█▓█ Britain's Television Personalities enjoyed one of the new wave era's
█▓█ longest, most erratic and most far-reaching careers. Over the course
█▓█ of a musical evolution which led them from wide-eyed, shambling pop to
█▓█ the outer reaches of psychedelia and back, the group directly
█▓█ influenced virtually every major pop uprising of the period, with
█▓█ artists as diverse as feedback virtuosos the Jesus and Mary Chain,
█▓█ twee-pop titans the Pastels and lo-fi kingpins Pavement readily
█▓█ acknowledging the TVPs' inspiration. The Television Personalities were
█▓█ the brainchild of singer/songwriter Dan Treacy, who grew so inspired
█▓█ by the nascent punk movement that he recorded a 1977 single, "14th
█▓█ Floor," with his friends in the group O Level. The BBC's John Peel
█▓█ became a vocal supporter of the group ù soon dubbed the Television
█▓█ Personalities ù and a year later they issued an EP, Where's Bill
█▓█ Grundy Now?, which featured their lone hit, "Part-Time Punks." Always
█▓█ a loose-knit group, the first relatively stable TVP line-up consisted
█▓█ of Treacy, organist vocalist Ed Ball and guitarist Joe Foster, who
█▓█ recorded the band's 1980 debut And Don't the Kids Just Love It, a step
█▓█ into psychedelic pop typified by songs like "I Know Where Syd Barrett
█▓█ Lives." Treacy and Ball soon founded their own label, Whaam! (later
█▓█ renamed Dreamworld after threats from George Michael's attorneys), to
█▓█ issue 1981's Mummy Your Not Watching Me, which made the Personalities
█▓█ one of the figureheads of a London psychedelia revival. Ball exited
█▓█ around the time of the release of 1982's They Could Have Been Bigger
█▓█ Than the Beatles, a collection of re-recordings along with renditions
█▓█ of the Creation's "Making Time" and "Painter Man." 1984's dark, moody
█▓█ The Painted Word was followed by the 1985 live set Chocolat-Art, by
█▓█ which point the TVPs were in dire straits; broke and without a label,
█▓█ the group could do little but infrequently perform live for several
█▓█ years, and were forced to watch the C-86/anorak pop groundswell ù a
█▓█ movement they directly presaged ù from the sidelines. Comprised of
█▓█ Treacy, ex-Swell Map Jowe Head and drummer Jeffrey Bloom, the band
█▓█ finally won a contract with Fire Records in 1989, and resurfaced later
█▓█ that year with the EP Salvador Dali's Garden Party, followed in 1990
█▓█ by the mod-flavored Privilege. After a handful of singles and EPs, the
█▓█ Television Personalities issued the 1992 double-LP Closer to God;
█▓█ despite critical approval, the album failed to find an audience, and
█▓█ Treacy reportedly fell prey to depression and drug problems. After
█▓█ several more years of occasional singles, they issued the harrowing I
█▓█ Was a Mod Before You Was a Mod, followed in 1996 by Top Gear. Treacy
█▓█ went missing in the summer of 1998; his whereabouts currently remain
█▓█ unknown.
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