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Revolution Baby
"Revolution Baby" is the debut single by Transvision Vamp and was originally released in August 1987 when it only managed to reach #77 on the UK Singles Chart. After the band's breakthrough in 1988 with the release of " I Want Your Love", "Revolution Baby" was subsequently reissued in September of that year, this time reaching #30 in the UK and #24 in Australia. The sleeve design differed radically between the 1987 and 1988 issues as did the track listings. Track listing ;7" vinyl (1987) (TVV 1) #"Revolution Baby" – 4:00 #"Vid Kid Vamp" – 2:58 ;12" vinyl (1987) (TVVT 1) #"Revolution Baby" (Electra-Glide Mix) – 6:02 #"No It U Lover" – 3:06 #"Vid Kid Vamp" – 2:58 ;7" vinyl (1988) (TVV 4 / TVVPR 4) #"Revolution Baby" – 4:00 #"Honey Honey" (Dave Parsons) – 2:37 #"Long Lonely Weekend" (Anthony Doughty Anthony (Tex) Doughty (born 28 July 1958 in Crawley, Sussex, England) is an English rock musician. He was a member of a number of punk bands in the late 1970s, includi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transvision Vamp
Transvision Vamp were an English pop rock band. Formed in 1986 by Nick Christian Sayer and Wendy James, the band enjoyed chart success in the late 1980s, particularly in 1989. James, the lead singer and focal-point of the group, attracted media attention with her sexually charged and rebellious image. They scored 10 UK chart hits and also enjoyed considerable success in Australia. Their top single was 1989's "Baby I Don't Care", which reached number three on the UK and Australian charts. Career The band's original line-up was James, Sayer, Dave Parsons (bass), Tex Axile (keyboards) and Pol Burton (drums). Parsons and Axile had both been in punk bands prior to joining the band; Parsons in The Partisans, and Axile in various bands, most notably The Moors Murderers and X-Ray Spex offshoot Agent Orange. The band were signed by MCA in December 1986 and released their first single, " Revolution Baby", the following year. It stalled at number 77 in the UK in September 1987. A c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Doughty
Anthony (Tex) Doughty (born 28 July 1958 in Crawley, Sussex, England) is an English rock musician. He was a member of a number of punk bands in the late 1970s, including Peroxide Romance, The Outpatients and The Moors Murderers. In 1986, he and Dave Parsons joined fellow musicians Wendy James and Nick Sayer to form Transvision Vamp in which he adopted the pseudonym Tex Axile (a pun on tax exile). After they split up, Doughty joined a band called Max with Matthew Ashman, Kevin Mooney, John Reynolds and John Keogh in which he played keyboards. They released a Trevor Horn produced album, ''Silence Running'' in 1992. Keogh died soon after the release, and Ashman followed a couple of years later. Doughty continues to release solo albums on his own record label. Doughty also has acted, and roles included in '' I Hired a Contract Killer'' with Joe Strummer and Hail The New Puritan. Discography With Transvision Vamp *'' Pop Art'' (1988) *''Velveteen'' (1989) *''Little Magnets Versu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1988 Singles
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1987 Debut Singles
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1987 Songs
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Official Charts Company
The Official Charts (legal name: The Official UK Charts Company Limited) is a British inter-professional organization that compiles various "official" record charts in the United Kingdom, Ireland and France. In the United Kingdom, its charts include ones for singles, albums and films, with the data compiled from a mixture of downloads, purchases (of physical media) and streaming. The OCC produces its charts by gathering and combining sales data from retailers through market researchers Kantar, and claims to cover 99% of the singles market and 95% of the album market, and aims to collect data from any retailer who sells more than 100 chart items per week. The OCC is operated jointly by the British Phonographic Industry and the Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) (formerly the British Association of Record Dealers (BARD)) and is incorporated as a private company limited by shares jointly owned by BPI and ERA. The Chart Information Network (CIN) took over as compilers of the o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recorded Music NZ
Recorded Music NZ (formerly the Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ)) is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell recorded music in New Zealand. Membership of Recorded Music NZ is open to any owner of recorded music rights operating in New Zealand, inclusive of major labels (such as Sony, Universal and Warner Music Group), independent labels and self-released artists. Recorded Music NZ has over 2000 rights-holders. Prior to June 2013 the association called itself the "Recording Industry Association of New Zealand" (RIANZ). RIANZ and PPNZ Music Licensing merged and renamed themselves "Recorded Music NZ". Recorded Music NZ functions in three areas: * member services (the New Zealand Music Awards, the Official New Zealand Music Charts, music grants and direct services to artists and labels) * music licensing (undertaken independently or, in most cases, via OneMusic, a joint licensing venture between Reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ARIA Charts
The ARIA Charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling songs and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA became the official Australian music chart in June 1988, succeeding the Kent Music Report, which had been Australia's national music sales charts since 1974. History The ''Go-Set'' charts were Australia's first national singles and albums charts, published from 5 October 1966 until 24 August 1974. Succeeding ''Go-Set'', the Kent Music Report began issuing the national top 100 charts in Australia from May 1974. The compiler, David Kent, also published Australia's national charts from 1940 to 1974 in a retrospective fashion using state-based data. In mid-1983, the Australian Recording Industry Association commenced licensing the Kent Music Report chart. The first printed national top 50 chart available in record stores, branded the ''Countdown'' chart, was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Parsons
David Guy Parsons (born 1964) is a British rock musician who is best known as the original bassist for English grunge band Bush. Life and career Before joining the grunge band Bush, was a member of punk band The Partisans, and alternative rock band Transvision Vamp. Parsons met up in 1992 with lead singer and guitarist, Gavin Rossdale, guitarist Nigel Pulsford, and bassist Robin Goodridge to form Bush. He stayed with the band until their breakup in 2002. When Bush reformed in 2010, Parsons decided not to rejoin. Personal life Parsons has been in a relationship with girlfriend Sarah Chope since 1994. Discography With The Partisans *''Time Was Right'' (1984) With Transvision Vamp *'' Pop Art'' (1988) *''Velveteen'' (1989) *'' Little Magnets Versus the Bubble of Babble'' (1991) With Bush *''Sixteen Stone'' (1994) *''Razorblade Suitcase'' (1996) *'' Deconstructed'' (1997) *''The Science of Things ''The Science of Things'' is the third studio album by British band Bush, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pop Art (album)
''Pop Art'' is the debut studio album by English pop rock band Transvision Vamp. It was released in October 1988 and features the band's first top ten hit " I Want Your Love". The album reached No. 4 in the UK, and peaked at No. 13 in Australia, where it was the 25th highest-selling album of 1989. Track listing All tracks written by Nick Christian Sayer, except where noted. Personnel Transvision Vamp * Wendy James – vocals * Nick Christian Sayer – guitar * Dave Parsons – bass, backing vocals * Tex Axile – keyboards, sequencer * Pol Burton - drums Additional musicians * Matthew Seligman – bass * Phil Smith – saxophone * D. Manic B'Man – keyboards and programming * Adam Peters – electric and acoustic cellos * Nick Marsh, China Blue, Carol and Karen – backing vocals Production * Duncan Bridgeman – production * Zeus B. Held – mixing and additional production * Adam Moseley – recording engineer * Philip Bagenal – mix engineer *Peter Ashworth Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Want Your Love (Transvision Vamp Song)
"I Want Your Love" is the third single from the English rock group Transvision Vamp, released in 1988 from their debut album '' Pop Art''. It was the band's first UK top 40 hit, reaching number five in July 1988. It also peaked atop the Norwegian Singles Chart the same year and reached number one in South Africa the following year. Track listing 7-inch vinyl (TVV 3) #"I Want Your Love" – 3:20 #"Sweet Thing" – 3:45 #"Evolution Evie" (Acoustic Version) – 2:45 12-inch vinyl (TVVT 3) #"I Want Your Love" (I Don't Want Your Money Mix) – 6:20 #"Sweet Thing" – 4:50 #"Evolution Evie" (Electric Version) – 2:51 CD single (DTVV 3) #"I Want Your Love" (I Don't Want Your Money Mix) – 6:20 #"Sweet Thing" – 4:50 #"Evolution Evie" (Electric Version) – 2:51 #"Tell That Girl to Shut Up" – 3:05 Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Nick Skitz and Melissa Tkautz version Australian DJ/producer Nick Skitz re-recorded "I Want Your Love" featuring the vocals of Melissa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart (currently titled Official Singles Chart, with the upper section more commonly known as the Official UK Top 40) is compiled by the Official Charts Company (OCC), on behalf of the British record industry, listing the top-selling Single (music), singles in the United Kingdom, based upon physical sales, paid-for downloads and music streaming, streaming. The Official Chart, broadcast on BBC Radio 1 and MTV (Official UK Top 40), is the UK music industry's recognised official measure of singles and albums popularity because it is the most comprehensive research panel of its kind, today surveying over 15,000 retailers and digital services daily, capturing 99.9% of all singles consumed in Britain across the week, and over 98% of albums. To be eligible for the chart, a Single (music), single is currently defined by the Official Charts Company (OCC) as either a 'single bundle' having no more than four tracks and not lasting longer than 25 minutes or one digital audio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
