Some Kind Of Happening: Singles 1978-1989

by Television Personalities

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usafcool101 Love having these tunes on Vinyl and the added single just is the icing on the cake.

Dirk Was looking forward to this. Highly disappointed with the sound quality, sounds numb and compressed. It's shocking. I am a huge fan of the TVPs but this is just a let down.

numanoid1979 Most of these songs were available on the 1995 "Yes darling, but is it Art?" CD release. I'm assuming the masters are gone, which is fine if you do a good transfer from the original records. When I saw these were remastered, I was looking forward to some light de-clicking and removal of rumble from the original transfers. This isn't the case. Instead they added some weird super loud "tape hiss" for lack of a better term, and it makes it sound harsh. Very disappointed in the "remastering". Favorite track: 14th Floor.

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1.	14th Floor 02:17	buy track
2.	Oxford St, W1 01:51	buy track
3.	Part Time Punks 02:37	buy track
4.	Where's Bill Grundy Now 02:14	buy track
5.	Happy Families 02:23	buy track
6.	Posing At The Roundhouse 02:17	buy track
7.	The Prettiest Girl In The World 02:41	buy track
8.	If That's What Love Is 02:51	buy track
9.	Miracles Take Longer 03:45	buy track
10.	Apples And Oranges 03:14	buy track
11.	Smashing Time 02:40	buy track
12.	King And Country 03:36	buy track
13.	I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives 02:47	buy track
14.	Arthur The Gardner 03:38	buy track
15.	The Gifted Children - Painting By Numbers 03:26	buy track
16.	The Gifted Children - Lichtenstein Girl 03:13	buy track
17.	Three Wishes 03:34	buy track
18.	Geoffrey Ingram 02:15	buy track
19.	And Don't The Kids Just Love It! 02:28	buy track
20.	Biff, Bang, Pow! 02:04	buy track
21.	A Picture Of Dorian Gray (Live) 02:41	buy track
22.	A Sense Of Belonging 05:11	buy track
23.	Paradise Estate 04:16	buy track
24.	How I Learnt To Love The Bomb 05:03	buy track
25.	Then God Snaps His Fingers 04:24	buy track
26.	Now You're Just Being Ridiculous 04:05	buy track
27.	She's Only The Grocer's Daughter 03:48	buy track
28.	A Girl Called Charity 03:08	buy track
29.	Salvador Dali's Garden Party 03:31	buy track
30.	The Room At The Top Of The Stairs 03:40	buy track
31.	This Time There's No Happy Ending 02:22	buy track
32.	Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations 01:49	buy track
33.	I Still Believe In Magic 02:59	buy track
34.	Respectable 03:24	buy track
35.	Privilege 03:42	buy track
36.	Me And My Desire 06:34	buy track
37.	My Imaginary Friend 02:38	buy track
38.	I Remember Bridget Riley 02:14	buy track

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A comprehensive remastered collection of all of the Television Personalities’ ground-breaking single releases from the Peel-approved 14th Floor through to the effervescent Salvador Dali’s Garden Party EP. Includes the super rare Creation flexi, the TVPs as The Gifted Children, and the even rarer Caff 45 where the band tackle Stock, Aitken And Waterman. Purists will also find two shelved 45s for the Dreamworld label plus their take on Syd Barrett’s Apples And Oranges from the Beyond The Wildwood tribute album. Features the seminal Where’s Bill Grundy Now and the self-effacing Part Time Punks alongside a host of pop culture-bating gems. A celebration of the songwriting of Dan Treacy.

2000 Copies Only. Gatefold Sleeve, Double LP plus 7".

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