"Some Kind Of Happening": Singles 1978​-​1989

Television Personalities

13th April 2019 - Album - FIRE528

A comprehensive remastered collection of all of the Television Personalities’ ground-breaking single releases from the Peel-approved 14th Floor through to the effervescent Salvador Dali’s Garden Party EP.

  • Double LP + 7″
  • LTD Bookback CD edition

£16.99£25.00

A comprehensive remastered collection of all of the Television Personalities’ ground-breaking single releases from the Peel-approved 14th Floor through to the effervescent Salvador Dali’s Garden Party EP. Includes the super rare Creation flexi, the TVPs as The Gifted Children, and the even rarer Caff 45 where the band tackle Stock, Aitken And Waterman. Purists will also find two shelved 45s for the Dreamworld label plus their take on Syd Barrett’s Apples And Oranges from the Beyond The Wildwood tribute album. Features the seminal Where’s Bill Grundy Now and the self-effacing Part Time Punks alongside a host of pop culture-bating gems. A celebration of the songwriting of Dan Treacy.

2000 Copies Only. Gatefold Sleeve, Double LP plus 7″.

Tracklist

1. 14th Floor
2. Oxford St, W1
3. Part Time Punks
4. Where's Bill Grundy Now?
5. Happy Families
6. Posing At The Roundhouse
7. The Prettiest Girl In The World
8. If That's What Love Is
9. Miracles Take Longer
10. Apples And Oranges
11. Smashing Time
12. King And Country
13. I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
14. Arthur The Gardener
15. Painting By Numbers
16. Lichtenstein Girl
17. Three Wishes
18. Geoffrey Ingram
19. And Don't The Kids Just Love It!
20. Biff, Bang, Pow!
21. A Picture Of Dorian Gray (Live)
22. A Sense Of Belonging
23. Paradise Estate
24. How I Learned To Love The Bomb
25. The God Snaps His Fingers
26. Now You're Just Being Ridiculous
27. She's Only The Grocer's Daughter
28. A Girl Called Charity
29. Salvador Dali's Garden Party
30. The Room At The Top Of The Stairs
31. This Time There's No Happy Ending
32. Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations
33. I Still Believe In Magic
34. Respectable
35. Privilege
36. Me And My Desire
37. My Imaginary Friend
38. I Remember Bridget Riley

Description

A comprehensive remastered collection of all of the Television Personalities’ ground-breaking single releases from the Peel-approved 14th Floor through to the effervescent Salvador Dali’s Garden Party EP. Includes the super rare Creation flexi, the TVPs as The Gifted Children, and the even rarer Caff 45 where the band tackle Stock, Aitken And Waterman. Purists will also find two shelved 45s for the Dreamworld label plus their take on Syd Barrett’s Apples And Oranges from the Beyond The Wildwood tribute album. Features the seminal Where’s Bill Grundy Now and the self-effacing Part Time Punks alongside a host of pop culture-bating gems. A celebration of the songwriting of Dan Treacy.

2000 Copies Only. Gatefold Sleeve, Double LP plus 7″.

Description

A comprehensive remastered collection of all of the Television Personalities’ ground-breaking single releases from the Peel-approved 14th Floor through to the effervescent Salvador Dali’s Garden Party EP. Includes the super rare Creation flexi, the TVPs as The Gifted Children, and the even rarer Caff 45 where the band tackle Stock, Aitken And Waterman. Purists will also find two shelved 45s for the Dreamworld label plus their take on Syd Barrett’s Apples And Oranges from the Beyond The Wildwood tribute album. Features the seminal Where’s Bill Grundy Now and the self-effacing Part Time Punks alongside a host of pop culture-bating gems. A celebration of the songwriting of Dan Treacy.

2000 Copies Only. Gatefold Sleeve, Double LP plus 7″.

Tracklist

1. 14th Floor
2. Oxford St, W1
3. Part Time Punks
4. Where's Bill Grundy Now?
5. Happy Families
6. Posing At The Roundhouse
7. The Prettiest Girl In The World
8. If That's What Love Is
9. Miracles Take Longer
10. Apples And Oranges
11. Smashing Time
12. King And Country
13. I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives
14. Arthur The Gardener
15. Painting By Numbers
16. Lichtenstein Girl
17. Three Wishes
18. Geoffrey Ingram
19. And Don't The Kids Just Love It!
20. Biff, Bang, Pow!
21. A Picture Of Dorian Gray (Live)
22. A Sense Of Belonging
23. Paradise Estate
24. How I Learned To Love The Bomb
25. The God Snaps His Fingers
26. Now You're Just Being Ridiculous
27. She's Only The Grocer's Daughter
28. A Girl Called Charity
29. Salvador Dali's Garden Party
30. The Room At The Top Of The Stairs
31. This Time There's No Happy Ending
32. Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations
33. I Still Believe In Magic
34. Respectable
35. Privilege
36. Me And My Desire
37. My Imaginary Friend
38. I Remember Bridget Riley

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