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Madchester Heroes Inspiral Carpets Announce Complete Singles Compilation

The Madchester sound hit the mainstream out of the Manchester indie crowd in the late 80s. Sometimes referred to as indie rave, its artists merged indie music with elements of acid house, psychedelia, drug culture, Farfisa organs galore, and 1960s Wall of Sound structures. The term Madchester, coined by Factory Records’ Tony Wilson, included the Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, the Charlatans, James, 808 State…and the legendary Inspiral Carpets.

Formed in Oldham in 1980, the band’s most successful lineup featured frontman Tom Hingley, late drummer Craig Gill, guitarist Graham Lambert, bassist Martyn Walsh and keyboardist Clint Boon. Inspiral Carpets embraced Doors and Animals-style organs, mixing them with distorted guitar sound of psychedelic rock. Over the past decade, despite member losses and departures, the Inspiral Carpets have persisted and kept the party going.

Now, Inspiral Carpets and Mute Records announce the release of The Complete Singles, a brand new album compiling all of the Manchester band’s twenty-four singles to date. The album will be available on double vinyl, and as a 3CD set with an exclusive remix bonus disc, via Mute/BMG on 17 March 2023. This stunning run of remastered singles spans decades, including the hits

“She Comes In The FallJoe”, “This Is How It Feels”, “Two Worlds Collide”, “Move”, “Saturn 5″, “I Want You” (featuring Mark E Smith) and more recent singles “Spitfire” and “Let You Down”.

The CD set comes with a bonus disc of classic and new remixes by Fortran 5, Justin Robinson, Paul Van Dyk, Mike Pickering, and more.

The Complete Singles coincides with the start of a major UK tour, including festivals and performances at Manchester’s Albert Hall and London’s Shepherds Bush Empire.

The band released a new remix from The Go! Team today of their classic “This Is How It Feels”.  “This is one of my favourite Inspirals remixes,” keyboardist Clint Boon told Brooklyn Vegan. “Relatively faithful to the original but with lashings of all the magical elements we love about The Go! Team. I reckon the spirit of Joe Meek was in the studio when The Go! Team did this remix!”

Below are track listings and tour dates.

THE COMPLETE SINGLES – VINYL TRACKLISTING

  • Keep The Circle Around
  • Butterfly
  • Joe
  • Find Out Why
  • Move
  • This Is How It Feels
  • She Comes In The Fall
  • Biggest Mountain
  • Weakness
  • Caravan
  • Please Be Cruel
  • Dragging Me Down
  • Two Worlds Collide
  • Generations
  • Bitches Brew
  • How It Should Be
  • Saturn 5
  • I Want You ft Mark E Smith
  • Uniform
  • Come Back Tomorrow
  • You’re So Good For Me
  • Fix Your Smile
  • Spitfire
  • Let You Down – Edit – ft John Cooper Clarke

THE COMPLETE SINGLES – CD TRACKLISTING
CD1

  • Keep The Circle Around
  • Butterfly
  • Joe
  • Find Out Why
  • Move
  • This Is How It Feels
  • She Comes In The Fall
  • Biggest Mountain
  • Weakness
  • Caravan
  • Please Be Cruel
  • Dragging Me Down

CD2

  • Two Worlds Collide
  • Generations
  • Bitches Brew
  • How It Should Be
  • Saturn 5
  • I Want You ft Mark E Smith
  • Uniform
  • Come Back Tomorrow
  • You’re So Good For Me
  • Fix Your Smile
  • Spitfire
  • Let You Down – Edit – ft John Cooper Clarke

CD3

  • Dragging Me Down – Jon Dasilva Remix
  • This Is How It Feels – The Go! Team Remix*
  • Caravan – No Windscreen Mix (Justin Robertson)
  • Generations – Denmark 2 Germany 0 mix (Fortran 5)
  • Commercial Reign – Rub-A-Dub Mix (Forgemasters)
  • You’re So Good For Me – Like A Tonic Remix (Mark Reeder & Micha Adam)
  • Dubville – (Chris Nagle)
  • Two Worlds Collide – The Twelve Inch Mix (Mike Pickering & Paul Heard / M People)
  • Saturn 5 – High Energy Mix (Paul Van Dyk)
  • This Is How It Feels – Robbery Mix (PK & Dashboard)
  • Skidoo – Possession Mix (Justin Robertson)
  • Bitches Brew – Horse (Fortran 5)
  • Changes – Martyn Walsh & Simon Lyon Remix*
  • Uniform – Scripka Mix (featuring The Balanescu Quartet)

INSPIRAL CARPETS 2023 TOUR

  • 23 March – Northampton, Roadmender
  • 24 March – Newcastle, Boiler Shop
  • 25 March – Oxford, 02 Academy
  • 26 March – Brighton, Concorde 2
  • 31 March – Cambridge, Junction
  • 1 April – Manchester, Albert Hall
  • 2 April – Nottingham, Rescue Rooms
  • 8 April – Leeds, 02 Academy
  • 13 April – Glasgow, SWG3 Galvanizers
  • 14 April – Sheffield, Leadmill
  • 15 April – London, 02 Shepherds Bush Empire
  • 21 April – Coventry, HMV Empire
  • 22 April – Frome, Cheese & Grain
  • 25 May – Holmfirth
  • 26 May – Hull, Welly
  • 27 May – Neighbourhood Festival
  • 15 June – Buckley, Tivoli
  • 16 June – Cardiff, Tramshed
  • 17 June – Sign of the Times Festival
  • 20 July – Dunfermline, PJ Molloys
  • 21 July – Edinburgh, Liquid Rooms
  • 22 July – Kubix Festival
  • 24 August – Derby, Hairy Dog
  • 25 August – Norwich, Epic Studios
  • 26 August – Victorious Festival

Alice Teeple

Alice Teeple is a photographer, multidisciplinary artist, and writer. She is not in Tin Machine.

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