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Sunday, 12 February 2012

Boys In Darkness - Back To France (1981)


b/w - A Man An Island

2 tracks of Post-punk (more New wave with prominent Synth) from this Scottish [Bathgate] band

Dave Gilhooly - (Voc)
Richard Wade - (Guitar)
Mike McCann - (Bass) - same guy that played with Hey Elastica! ?
Colin Laverty - (Drums)
Dave Milne - (Keyboards)

This 45 was released twice in '81 - 1st in October on the Bid for Freedom label [7" & 12" format - no p/s]. Then again in late November on the E.D.M. Champagne label [7" & 12" format - with p/s] - (Although their names on the label Of the EDM pressing are D Gillhooly (voc) G Wade (guitar) M McAneny (bass) C Laverty (drums) D Milne (keyboards)


Dave Gillhooly (An Art lecturer) wrote - "Back to France was written about a late night return to a Paris hotel. The Blackened tongue referred to, was after a night of drinking red wine and arguing about the impact of colour in Scottish Landscape painting."

Just speculating; but I suspect the 2nd pressing was to coincide with them scoring the support slot on the 2nd leg of the Stranglers La Folie Tour

21.01.82 Sheffield Polytechnic
22.01.82 Aberystwyth University
23.01.82 Leicester University
24.01.82 Day Off
25.01.82 Brighton Top Rank
26.01.82 Guildford Civic Hall
27.01.82 St Austell Colliseum
28.01.82 Hemel Hempstead Pavilion
29.01.82 Hanley Victoria Halls
30.01.82 Swindon Oasis
31.01.82 Poole Arts Centre
01.02.82 Bristol Locarno
02.02.82 Day Off
03.02.82 Derby Assembly Rooms
04.02.82 Warwick University
05.02.82 Ipswich Gaumont
06.02.82 Portsmouth Guildhall
07.02.82 Leeds Tiffanys
08.02.82 Hammersmith Odeon

Discography
Back To France / A Man An Island - Bid For Freedom Records - 7”/12” (1981)
Back To France / A Man An Island - EDM Champagne Records - 7”/12” (1981)
Heart Of Darkness / Under the Bridge - Parlophone Records - 7”/12” (1984)

Sounds & scans below

http://www.mediafire.com/?weggxejgu3aw0d2
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8 comments:

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  2. Mike 17 February 2012 at 04:52

    I like it!

    Cheers

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  3. bristolboy29 February 2012 at 10:36

    I've only got the 7" - but they are cheap to pick up if you scour the net!

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  4. bristolboy1 March 2012 at 00:21

    Here's the 45

    http://www.mediafire.com/?pg2zda2pc69hirq

    It's not getting a post as I don't really like it that much + all the info I know is above

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  5. darkman14 March 2014 at 18:51

    I picked up the EDM Champagane 7 of this in a record store today.This is about one of the only detailed accounts of the band that I can find online.

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  6. Roddy the Hot Rod5 May 2022 at 14:57

    I was actually at the vocalist’s (Dave Gilhooly) audition with the band. I was there for some quite incidental reason. The force behind the band was Dave Milne (now sadly deceased), who (as a neighbour) I considered quite a good mate. I used to joke that the title of the track was ‘Get tae France’ , a contemporaneously popular euphemism for ‘get to f••k’. We, our bunch of pals, went to many local gigs to support them. This wouldn’t be complete without a mention of Dave’s girlfriend (I hope she doesn’t mind a mention) Mary Dunlop who was an absolute diamond when it came to lending support.
    The Glenburn Hotel at Currie was a regular location on Sunday evenings. I had the chance to ‘roadie’ for them on that Stranglers-support tour but due to other commitments that role was taken up by another of our mates. I did roadie for them once at ‘The Venue’ in London, late ‘82,which was marred by the theft of equipment when the van was broken into. Their guitarist Graham Wade from Yorkshire, was pretty good and I’m surprised he’s not particularly well represented on this particular mix of the song. He went on to manage the Playhouse venue in Edinburgh and the other local venues run by the same company. The extremely talented bassist Mike (as can be heard on the track) was a dedicated member, as was Colin Laverty the drummer.
    Should anyone wish further details of Dave Milne and the band and their previous ‘incarnations’, please get in touch. (linday2014@gmail.com).

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  7. Rogell30 December 2023 at 05:51

    Thanks for this gem! Any chances of a reupload?

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  8. bristolboy31 December 2023 at 02:46

    Just send an e-mail to mylifesajigsaw@gmail.com & I'll send you a link

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