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Sad Day We Left The Croft

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Legendary Hebridean punk album recorded in 1980 and released in 1981 in glorious vinyl - now lovingly restored and reissued on CD with six bonus tracks by the Honcho label.
Release date: 25 September 2007.
Order online from Honcho's new Amazon shop for £11.25 (P&P in UK £1.24, overseas varies - please check) at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X4ZYYU

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Music:

Member Since: 17/08/2007
Band Members: A cast of thousands including Noise Annoys/The Rong/
The Bland/Addo/The Subjects/ Bruce Wayne Band/Dirty Girls/Battery Boys

Sad day We Left The Croft
Track listing

Side one

1 Living (in the world today) 1:28
Noise Annoys
2 Treatment 3:38
The Rong
3 River Creed 4:28
The Bland
4 Deep down inside 5:56
Addo
5 Paradise 5:14
The Subjects
6 First year fear 2:53
Bruce Wayne Band

Side two

7 Love or lust? 1:34
Dirty Girls
8 Union Jack 2:29
The Rong
9 Letters while travelling 2:43
The Bland
10 Ocean of love 6:07
Addo
11 Coming to save you? 4:14
The Subjects
12 Nightmares 2:04
Bruce Wayne Band
13 New heroes 1:25
Noise Annoys

All tracks recorded in 1980 at Tong Studio, Isle of Lewis
c. Adult Entertainments 1981
ADD 1LP

Bonus tracks (only on CD reissue 2007)

Single (released 1981)

14 Tomorrow 2:18
Noise Annoys
15 Cheap Local Talent 2:51
Battery Boys

The Croft Sessions (1979 - previously unreleased)

16 Fun Fun Fun 1:08
The Bland
17 Heads Blown Off in Slow Motion 02:45
The Bland
18 Passions 2:39
The Bland
19 River Elbe 4:09
The Bland
Record Label: Honcho
Type of Label: Indie

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ORDER ONLINE!!

NOW you can order Sad Day We Left The Croft online from Honcho's new Amazon shop at: http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000X4ZYYU The CD costs £11.25 (plus P&P in UK £1.24, overseas varies - ple...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:17:00 GMT

You Tube! Sad Days on Telly Ma!!

Hah! Someone's had the good sense to put something worthwhile on Youtube - check it out Sad Day tv documentary - part 1 Sad Day tv documentary - part 2 Sad Day tv documentary - part 3
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:42:00 GMT

"certainly not for anyone of a sensitive disposition": SYGazette reviews Sad Day 27 years later

Stornoway Gazette - review of Sad Day reissue CD Punk returns to the croft 20 years on 'AON, dha, tri, ceithir.' Hearing a Gaelic count in to a punk anthem ('Union Jack' by The Rong) is rather jarri...
Posted by on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:52:00 GMT

Roddy, Union Jack and Oi Polloi

So I got this email from my old pal Roddy who was jointly responsible for the masterpiece that if Union Jack: Malky... I watched the programme and taped it for posterity. I thought it was brilliant ...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 13:37:00 GMT

Interview for Stornoway Gazette, September 2007

Malky Burns interviewed by Eilidh Whiteford for Stornoway Gazette, September 2007Eilidh Whiteford: I understand that the compilation CD 'Sad Day We Left the Croft' was recorded and released in 1982/83...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 20:46:00 GMT

Sad Day hits the shops! You can buy it HERE! NOW!

From: Honcho promotions Date: Sep 25, 2007 12:36 PM Subject: sad day we left the croft ,hits the shops Sad Day original album cover Body: We are reissuing "sad day we left the croft" + 6 bonus tra...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 05:51:00 GMT

Wikipedia entry

Here's a link to the Wikipedia ntry on Sad Day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sad_Day_We_Left_The_Croft
Posted by on Sat, 22 Sep 2007 07:19:00 GMT

BBC2 TV show

A BBC documentary on the making and impact of the Sad Day We Left The Croft album will be shown on BBC2 Scotland on Thursday 27 September, at 7.30pm. The programme is in the Gaelic arts series Ealtain...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:15:00 GMT

What is this anyway?

It's Hebridean Punk. Or more specifically, it's a compilation album of punk bands from the Hebridean island of Lewis, recorded in 1980 and released in 1981.We did this here.The original vinyl album is...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:55:00 GMT