Conference marvin::uk_music

   Russell,

   Try phoning Adrians Records in Wickford, Essex.  Their phone
   number is 0268 733318.

   If they've got a copy of it, let me know, I live near there and will
   gladly collect the copy for you.

   Jane.

    I asked about this (574.33). It's on the album 'Thirty thousand feet
    over China'
    
    				Andy. (if you hear anything, let us know,
      				       'cos I've been looking for ages with
    				       no luck)

    Oldies Unlimited might be worth calling, but I can't remember the
    number.  Its in this conference somewhere.
    
    Mikef (who doesn't even know his name)

   If nobody beats me to it, I'll check the current Oldies Unlimited
   catalogue tonight and tell you tomorrow whether they have it. I can also
   get the record catalogue number (because I've got the record heh-heh).

   �Paul�

   Since you live in London.. 

   I recommend you try Notting Hill Gate Record Exchange. Which, incidentally,
   is where I bought my copy. Try the top floor first.

   Dave

Catalogue number is POSP 222. I forget the label however.

Until recently I thought I was the only one who heard of this single!
Ed

   It's on Polydor and it's in the latest Oldies Unlimited catalogue at 99p.
   If you're interested, they're at:
 
   Oldies Unlimited
   Dukes Way
   St.Georges
   Telford
   Shropshire
   TF2 9NQ
   Tel: 0952 616915

   They do credit card orders, but only for a minimum of �10. 

   �Paul�

    It was a hit in the winter of 1980/81 as I recall - it got at least
    top 30 I think.

    God, that's my formative youth you're talking about - and now it's
    available from "oldies unlimited". Sigh.
    
    It's a great song, it meant a lot to me at the time, and I saw the
    Passions live at the Edinburgh Nite Club in 1981 and they were just
    fantastic.
    
    
    Rod

     Surely a classic record

    
    "He played a real trouble maker, but I didn't care.
    He really moved me..."
    
    Great record with some good memories.
    
    Did they have any other hits?
    
    Mark

No.

But they had other singles.

"The Swimmer" is just as good as "I'm in love..".

Dave

THE PASSIONS

"Michael and Miranda" (Fiction) 1980
"Thirty Thousand Feed Over China" (Polydor) 1981
"Sanctuary" (Polydor) 1982

Introduced on "Michael and Miranda", the Passions - most of whom had been in
a London punk band called Derelicts - appeared to by part of the post-punk
movement, characterized by spare arrangements, stark vocals and fairly
unmelodic - though lyrically intersting - songs. Subjects like unhappy love
(``Oh No, It's You'') and frustrated attempts at relationships and
communication (``Palava''), along with ``Obsession'', ``Suspicion'', fear
(``Man on the Tube'') and neuroses (``Absentee''), make the world of
"Michael and Miranda" a particularly anxious one.

"Thirty Thousand Feet Over China" is less bleak, though still tainted with
anger, deceit and suspicion. With a new producer, Nigel Gray, and a new bass
player, the Passions sound smoother and more melodic (as on ``Someone
Special'', ``Runaway'', and the nicely poppy ``Bachelor Girls''). Lyrics are
as sharp and offbeat as ever - check the clever, almost tongue-in-cheek
``I'm in Love with a German Film Star''.

Between "Thirty Thousand Feet" and "Sanctuary", the Passions released a
single, ``Africa Mine'', arguably their best song. It's a pretty, haunting,
bitter and impassioned condemnation of colonialist exploitation but could
really be applied to greed by any name. ``Africa Mine'' foreshadowed the
sound of "Sanctuary", which is smooth without being bland, sophisticated
without being smug, and pretty without being soppy. Barbara Grogan shows
growing confidence as a singer; her new expressiveness and the addtion of a
synthesizer serve to fill in and soften what used to be rough edges. The
soaring title track is especially memorable.

Historical footnotes: Barbara Grogan's sister Susan, who had been in the
Derelicts (but not the Passions) later surfaced as the mastermind of a
bizarre record under the name pragVEC. Before the Passions, guitarist Clive
Timperly had been in the 101ers. [ks]


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Extracted from the bible ("Trouser Press Record Guide").

I've only got the one single...Ed

    ....
    I once saw in a bar
    Playing the part of a real troublemaker...and so on
    
    Yup, I remember it:-)

So what happened to Barbara and The Passions.

Sanctuary is a great album.

grahame

I don't know the bible was published in 1989...no further mention. Ed

    I picked up "30,000 feet over China" on cd on the strength of "..German
    Filmstar" - It was worth it.
    
    Alex.