Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk about the Weather (1985)

"Beating My Head" by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry


Red Rhino Records distributed Inspiral Carpets's first recordings for Playtime before it went bust, but during a good part of the eighties it had solid success publishing and distributing some of the highest charting indie acts, in particular, the early output of post-punk band Red Lorry Yellow Lorry.  Vocalist and guitarist Chris Reed formed The Lorries in 1981 with the first solid line-up including guitarist Dave Wolfenden (of the short lived Expelaires), bassist Paul Southern, and drummer Mick Brown.  (Steve Smith and Martin Fagan recorded on the band's early singles).  The group's thunderous bass lines, dissonant chords, and Reed's cavernous voice conditioned critics to group them with the burgeoning goth rock movement of the early eighties, but the band saw themselves in the honest punk traditions of Wire.  Red Lorry Yellow Lorry were critical darlings and a constant presence on the UK indie charts with their 1985 debut album Talk about the Weather peaking at #3.

Here is the discography surrounding Red Lorry Yellow Lorry's debut album:

To See You (1979 single by Expelaires)
John Peel Sessions (1979 John Peel Sessions by Expelaires)
Sympathy (1980 single by Expelaires)
Beating My Head (1982 single)
John Peel Sessions January 1983 (1983 John Peel Sessions)
Take It All (1983 single)
He's Read (1983 single)
John Peel Sessions November 1983 (1983 John Peel Sessions)
Janice Long Sessions (1984 BBC Sessions)
This Today (1984 EP)
Monkeys on Juice (1984 single)
Hollow Eyes (1984 single)
Live at Leeds Warehouse (1984 bootleg)
1984 Demos (1984 demos)
Talking about the Weather
Chance (1985 single)
Spinning Round (1985 single)

"Talk about the Weather" by Red Lorry Yellow Lorry


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