The Soundtrack4Life Concert Series: The Mighty Lemon Drops

The Mighty Lemon Drops live at The Astoria in London 22/11/86. Whilst not necessarily a great quality video it's worth a watch to see just how good they were live.

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!: Day 135 - The Mighty Lemon Drops

Dedicated to my Leeds United daft friend Julian Leusby who happily confessed that he left Mod music because of The Mighty Lemon Drops!

So much talent has arisen from The Black Country (Slade for starters) and it is with particular joy as the last one of our posts on Indie Week that attention turns toward Wolverhampton again and to The Mighty Lemon Drops.

I always felt a bit bad for The Mighty Lemon Drops because they always seemed to be in the shadow of Liverpool's Echo and the Bunnymen with the music press often comparing the two. But the Lemon Drops sadly never quite had the success that the Bunnymen had. It's a real pity as well because they had a wealth of songs that were superior to some of the Bunnymen's! But hey, that's just my opinion.

There's actually a bit of a connection between yesterday's post on Television Personalities and The Mighty Lemon Drops. The debut single Like An Angel was released on Dreamworld Records that was owned by Dan Treacy (architect of the TP's). That debut single sold 14,000 copies and topped the Indie Charts. On the 12" it was released with Now She's Gone and Sympathise With Us.

They signed with Blue Guitar (same label as Shop Assistants) which was a subsidiary of Chrysalis Records. Now, you are not going to believe this, and seriously it wasn't intentional at all, but I just discovered that Blue Guitar was set up by none other than Geoff Travis who was of course the founder of Rough Trade Records! 

I honestly think Rough Trade should be giving me something for the free adverstising I've given them this week!

Below I've included the 2nd album from The Mighty Lemon Drops, World Without End and a Top 10 of my favourite Lemon Drops tracks. There's a few more albums on You Tube that are worth checking out as well.

World Without End - The Mighty Lemon Drops

Blue Guitar

Produced by Tim Palmer

Released February 1988

UK Chart #34

Personnel
The Mighty Lemon Drops:
    Paul Marsh - Vocals
    David Newton - Guitars
    Tony Linehan - Bass
    Keith Rowley - Percussion

The S4L Top Ten

The Mighty Lemon Drops

10. Fall Down (Like the Rain).

09. Like An Angel.

08. Another Girl Another Planet (Only Ones Cover).

07. Happy Head.

06. Beautiful Shame.

05. The Other Side of You.

04. Inside Out.

03. My Biggest Thrill.

02. Into The Heart of Love.

01. Out of Hand.

Let The Day Begin...Let The Day Start!

The Mighty Lemon Drops - Live In Concert (1986)

Recorded live for BBC Radio One "In Concert" at London Golders Green Hippodrome December 17th 1986 and broadcast in January 1987. 

Set

All The way / Rollercoaster / Hypnotized / My Biggest Thrill / Happy Head / Out Of Hand / Open Mind / Take Me Up / The Other Side Of You / Turn Me Round / Like An Angel 

More Lemon Drops

(There's a few bits missing because I couldn't find them on you tube)

Singles
    "Like An Angel" 1985
    "The Other Side Of You" 1986 - No. 67 UK Singles Chart
    "My Biggest Thrill" 1986
    "Out Of Hand" 1987 - UK No. 66
    "Inside Out" 1988 - UK No. 74
    "Fall Down (Like The Rain)" 1988
    "Into The Heart Of Love" 1989
    "Where Do We Go From Heaven" 1989
    "Beautiful Shame" 1989
    "Too High (Remix)" 1991
    "Unkind" (Remix) 1991

Studio albums
    Happy Head 1986 - UK No. 58
    World Without End 1988 - UK No. 34
    Laughter 1989 - US No. 195
   
Compilation albums
    Rollercoaster: The Best Of The Mighty Lemon Drops 1997
  

Live

Reunion 2000.