You, Me and the Alarm Clock is a solo

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John Bramwell John Harold Arnold Bramwell (born 27 November 1964 in Hyde, Cheshire) is an English singer-songwriter, best known as the frontman for the former three-piece alternative rock band I Am Kloot. Prior to forming I Am Kloot, Bramwell had previousl ...

(

I Am Kloot I Am Kloot were an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1999. The band was composed of vocalist/guitarist John Bramwell, bassist Peter Jobson and drummer Andy Hargreaves. The band released six studio albums, and was nominated for the Mercu ...

). The album was released in 1989 on Village Records label. Bramwell was almost 24 years old at that time and performed under pseudonym Johnny Dangerously. The album was recorded and produced by John Bramwell at Sugarloaf Studios in

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(south-east

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). The record was pressed solely on 12-inch vinyl, and only a limited number of copies were available. After almost 23 years, on 7 May 2012, a limited re-mastered CD edition was released. This reediton was published by label Townsend Music (catalogue no. TOWNCD62) and debuted on its week of release at position 48 of the

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. The cover for the reissue contained the real name of John Bramwell instead of the pseudonym "Johnny Dangerously". In autumn 2006, ''You, Me and the Alarm Clock'' appeared on the list of "The greatest albums you've never heard", published by ''

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'' newspaper. The list consisted of twenty proposals submitted by the readers. After ''You, Me and the Alarm Clock'' was released, in November 1989, John Bramwell toured England, giving concerts in

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, Manchester,

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, London,

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and

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Track listing

"Black and Blue / This Town and Mary" single

According to John Bramwell, his favourite song on this album is "Junk Culture". The stand out song for most of the listeners is "Black and Blue". Before ''You, Me and the Alarm Clock'' showed up, Bramwell released that song as a self-financed single.the flyer by Village Records Limited included with the first release of ''You, Me and the Alarm Clock'' That single contained two tracks, "Black and Blue" and "This Town and Mary", released as a

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, and was published in 1987 (Small World Records, catalogue no. JDB1). Thanks to the

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success of "Black and Blue", John Bramwell performed for the first time on the

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radio show and went on a small tour supporting

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The further history of individual songs

The song "Tearing It Down" was included on the B-side of "Introducing Jane" single (1990, Village Records, 12-inch vinyl, catalogue no. VILT-111), which was recorded by

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and John Bramwell. In 2004, the song "Junk Culture" was re-recorded and included on some of I Am Kloot's releases: * " Proof" single (2004), * the

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of some of the versions of " Over My Shoulder" single (2005), * '' B'' compilation (2009). In 2011, "Black and Blue" appeared as the B-side of one of the versions of "

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" single by I Am Kloot.

Personnel

* John Bramwell – producer * Dave Price –

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The back cover for the album ''You, Me and the Alarm Clock'', Village Records, LP, catalog no. VILT–110 * Tim Mulryan – sleeve * Will Bradley – photography

References

External links

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