Sunday, February 24, 2013

Manchester news: Inspiral Carpets new single for RSD, plus vintage video ft the Fall & Morrissey

Inspiral Carpets are releasing a 7" vinyl single "Fix Your Smile" backed with "Save Me" for Record Store Day.  The songs were recorded near the end of last year in Manchester and will be available as a limited edition release via OGenesis* on April 20th.  It's unclear at this time whether any vinyl copies will be available for RSD in North America - so far the official release lists have not been published, but are expected shortly.  A digital (download) release is scheduled for May 4th.

For more on Record Store Day visit the U.S. site here, or the U.K. site here.

Meanwhile, check out a video with of all sorts of old school Manchestery goodness: Inspiral Carpets performing "I Want You" with Mark E. Smith (from the Fall) followed by Morrissey's "The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get" - both are from Top of the Pops in 1994!



Finally, here's a short documentary/interview on the Fall from 1994 (via Dangerous Minds)



*Tim Burgess from Charlatans runs OGenesis.  Visit the label's official site here.