Television Personalities - They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles (LP) (Near Mint (NM or M-))

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Notes:

Comprised of early singles, demos, outtakes and unreleased tracks recorded between 1979 and 1982, They Could Have Been Bigger Than the Beatles was Television Personalities’ third full-length.
 The unannotated retrospective is a surprisingly cohesive collection of singular and classic tunes, from the haunting single “Three Wishes” (“If I had three wishes I’d wish for three more”) and the brilliant “David Hockney’s Diaries” (a different and much better version from the one on Mummy Your Not Watching Me) to the perennial punk classic “14th Floor” and the enthusiastically sloppy versions of The Creation’s “Painter Man” and “Making Time,” to the gentle freakbeat of “The Boy in the Paisley Shirt” and “Psychedelic Holiday.” It’s a perfect autumn soundtrack, and autumn is the whole year.
  “I should go on, but I can’t so I’d better just tell you that on his last album, They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles, Dan Treacy sings a naked song called ‘Mysterious Ways’ which floods me with adrenalin. Don’t allow any preconceived bias to prevent you from listening. In other words: stop being stupid and get tuned in.” —Melody Maker (1982)

A1. Three Wishes
A2. David Hockney's Diary
A3. In A Perfumjed Garden
A4. Flowers For Abigail
A5. King And Country
A6. The Boy In The Paisley Shirt
A7. Games For Boys
B1. Painter Man
B2. Psychedelic Holiday
B3. 14th Floor
B4. Sooty's Disco Party
B5. Makin' Time
B6. When Emily Cries
B7. The Glittering Prizes
B8. Anxiety Block
B9. Mysterious Ways

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

Barcode 852545003158
Matrix / Runout IF-15 A₁ S-77606
Matrix / Runout IF-15 B₁ S-77607