The House of Love - Self Titled - Vinyl LP 1988 Creation CRELP34 Test Pressing
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Description
A test pressing vinyl copy of the The House Of Love LP The House Of Love.
Adrenalin company label with handwritten information.
1988 - Creation Records – CRELP 34
Sleeve is generic with handwritten information.
Vinyl is clear of marks and looks to have had little play. EX
A visual grade is given, if there are any marks I will mention and play through. If the vinyl does not play well on your player I will take back, no problems.
The House of Love is the debut album by the British alternative rock band the House of Love. Released on 16 May 1988 by Creation Records, the album was a critical success. It appeared in many 1988 critics' lists in NME, Melody Maker and Sounds.
The remaining four members continued with the recording of the debut album. The only single which would make it onto the album was "Christine": surprisingly, neither of the band's first two singles ("Shine On" and "Real Animal") were included. Instead the band drew on other songs which Chadwick had built up. These included "Touch Me", which was the first song that Chadwick had ever written (and which, in 2007, remained his favourite), "Man to Child" (which stemmed from his anxieties about "feeling old at the age of 26") and "Road" (written about his experiences and feelings of alienation on the squatting scene following his move to London from the Midlands). "Love in a Car" was based on "an affair which went on too long" while "Hope" and "Sulphur" drew on Chadwick's failed first marriage (he would describe the songs as "the only positive thing that came out of it.")
Track Listing
A1, , Christine, 3:24
A2, , Hope, 2:54
A3, , Road, 3:43
A4, , Sulphur, 3:03
A5, , Man To Child, 2:49
B1, , Salome, 2:28
B2, , Love In A Car, 3:57
B3, , Happy, 2:51
B4, , Fisherman's Tale, 3:43
B5, , Touch Me, 3:01
All vinyl's come packed with cardboard stiffeners in a sturdy vinyl mailer inside a poly mailer.
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