Television Personalities
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NewNew studio recording
Arms Against Atrophy
Brand new recording. A cover version of a Titus Andronicus original, recorded at XL Studios in April 2009 for a split single that never materialised. Thanks to Television Personalities for making this available.
You can read a blog posting about the recording by the producer here.

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TVP_TITUS.mp3 5:09 mins [File size: 7.09 mb]
Studio recordings
I Hope He's Everything You Wanted Me To Be [aka 'I Hope You're Happy Now']
Brand new recording. Thanks to Dan Treacy for making this available.

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ihopeheseverythingyouwantedmetobe.mp3 2:29 mins [File size: 2.28 mb]
My Dark Places
Brand new recording. Thanks to Dan Treacy for making this available.

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mydarkplaces.mp3 3:00 mins [File size: 2.75 mb]
May You Dream the Sweetest Dreams
Brand new recording. Thanks to Dan Treacy for making this available.

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mayudreamthesweetestdreams.mp3 2:50 mins [File size: 2.28 mb]
Others
Swell Maps play "14th Floor" (1978)
Recorded 23rd December 1978.
Jowe Head says, "This is actually EPIC and BIGGLES and meybe NIKKI on guitar, plus possibly PHONES on kazoo. We would also do PART TIME PUNKS on stage sometimes."

Thanks to Mark Flunder for the file.

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swell_maps_14th_floor.mp3 2:50 mins [File size: 998 kb]
John Peel plays "14th Floor" and comments
This is a short extract of John Peel playing "14th Floor" on his Radio 1 show, around February 1978.

Thanks to Rob Bruce for the file.

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peel_14th_floor.mp3 0:25 mins [File size: 248 kb]
John Peel plays "Part Time Punks" and comments
John Peel has broadcast a programme on the UK's Radio 1 station since its inception in 1967.

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John_Peel_1978.mp3 0:45 mins [File size: 267 kb]
Paul Weller and Morrissey review "A Sense of Belonging" (1983)
An extract from Radio One's weekly singles review show (probably "Round Table"), on which invited guests would give their opinion. Here, Paul Weller and Morrissey discuss "A Sense of Belonging".

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belonging.mp3 2:00 mins [File size: 708 kb]
Another Rainy Day in Manchester
Dan Treacy's amusing tribute to Morrissey, as yet unreleased.
Recorded live at Queen Mary College, London, 31st October 1986.
You can read the lyrics here.

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rainyday.mp3 3:49 mins [File size: 2240 kb]
Mystery song from 1987
Played live in Linz at the 'Posthof' on 10th October 1987.
Daniel Treacy has confirmed that this is an original song, albeit one that sounds like 'the Modern Lovers doing a Smiths out take' (he said).

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big_surprise.mp3 2:50 mins [File size: 1664 kb]
She Has To Make A Drama Out Of Everything
An unreleased song that made regular appearances in the live set during 1988 and occasional airings thereafter until the middle of 1990. This version is from the Camden Falcon in London, 26th August 1989. It sounds as though there were problems with the PA at the start of the song - this is not a fault with the mp3 file!

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drama.mp3 2:43 mins [File size: 1915 kb]
Boy About Town
A poem that Dan read out during gigs in the summer of 1993. The closing line, 'I was a mod before you was a mod' became of course the title of the next Television Personalities album.
This was recorded at the Khyber Pass, Philadelphia, USA, on 29th July 1993.

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boy_about_town.mp3 1:06 mins [File size: 648 kb]
Dan telephones Paul Weller
During a gig in Luttich on 21st May 1995, Dan 'telephones' Paul Weller between songs and has a chat...

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weller.mp3 1:30 mins [File size: 621 kb]
Gig chat, Cologne 1996
A montage of some rather bitter, but nevertheless illuminating, between-song chat from The Underground in Cologne, on 14th May 1996.

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cologne96.mp3 1:30 mins [File size: 1059 kb]
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