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£35.00 including admission, pre-signed copy of Tales of Boomtown Glory and fees


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Sat 28 Mar 2020 20:00 Lyric Theatre, The Lowry, Salford



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Just received mine. Seems pretty comprehensive. The mysteries of Europe Looked Ugly etc finally resolved!

 



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Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD



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manatthetop wrote:

Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD


 Great b side. Never shortchanged by the Rats on b sides. 



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Mark L wrote:
manatthetop wrote:

Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD


 Great b side. Never shortchanged by the Rats on b sides. 


 Except maybe when their b side was a track from the album already bought. 



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Mark L wrote:
Mark L wrote:
manatthetop wrote:

Love that song. Wish you could get it on CD


 Great b side. Never shortchanged by the Rats on b sides. 


 Except maybe when their b side was a track from the album already bought. 


 Apart from Someone's Looking/When The Night Comes can't think of other singles with album tracks as b-sides. Well the Irish single Go Man Go must have had a track from Mondo Bongo?



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http://theboomtownrats.blogspot.com/2005/02/boomtown-rats-uk-singles-discography.html

 Icicle In The Sun and Hard Times were B-sides...

 

  • ENY4 Looking After No.1/Born To Burn/Barefootin' (live) (NL Mercury 6008 507)
  • 27-Aug-1977
  • 11
  • 47-28-17-13-{11}-14-15-34-25
  • 9 weeks

 

  • ENY9 Mary of the 4th Form/Do The Rat (NL Mercury 6008 513)
  • 19-Nov-1977
  • 15
  • 44-23-20-{15}-15-16-16-21-36
  • 9 weeks

1978

  • ENY13





    She's So Modern/Lying Again (NL Mercury 6008 521)
  • 15-Apr-1978
  • 12
  • 23-19-15-15-{12}-14-17-33-39-61-70
  • 11 weeks

 

  • ENY14 Like Clockwork/How Do You Do ? (NL Mercury 6008 526) FLEXIPOP3 D.U.N. L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E.*
  • 17/June/1978
  • 6
  • 54-26-13-8-{6}-6-6-8-15-26-36-52-73
  • 13 weeks

 

  • ENY16 Rat Trap/So Strange (NL Mercury 6008 530)
  • 14/Oct/1978
  • 1
  • 22-9-7-3-2-{1}-1-2-5-13-28-28-37-50-73
  • 15 weeks

1979

  • ENY30 I Don't Like Mondays/It's All The Rage (NL Mercury 6008 550)
  • 21/July/1979
  • 1
  • 15-{1}-1-1-1-2-2-8-16-24-55-74
  • 12 weeks

 

  • ENY33 Diamond Smiles/Late Last Night (NL Mercury 6008 553)
  • 17/Nov/1979
  • 13
  • 35-23-{13}-15-16-27-27-43-53-72
  • 10 weeks

1980

  • ENY34/ENY3412 Someone's Looking at You/When The Night Comes (NL Mercury 6008 555)
  • 26/Jan/1980
  • 4
  • 45-14-8-{4}-7-14-22-50-62
  • 9 weeks

 

  • BONGO1 Banana Republic/Man at the Top
  • 22/Nov/1980
  • 3
  • 23-9-{3}-5-7-11-11-13-30-52-74
  • 11 weeks

1981

  • BONGO2 The Elephants Graveyard (Guilty) /Real Different
  • 31/Jan/1981
  • 26
  • 40-{26}-27-32-42-46
  • 6 weeks

 

  • MER 87 Never in a Million Years/Don't Talk To Me
  • 12/Dec/1981
  • 62
  • {62}-62-70-70
  • 4 weeks

1982

  • MER91 House on Fire/Europe Looked Ugly
  • MERX91 House on Fire (dub mix)/Europe Looked Ugly
  • 20/Mar/1982
  • 24
  • 66-44-30-{24}-26-29-42-71
  • 8 weeks

 

  • MER106 Charmed Lives/No Hiding Place
  • MER1062 Nothing Happened Today (Live)/A Storm Breaks (Instrumental)
  • MERX106 Charmed Lives/A Storm Breaks (Instrumental)
  • FAILED TO CHART

1984

  • MER154/MERX154 Tonight/Precious Times/Walking Downtown**
  • 18/Feb/1984
  • 73
  • {73}-76-83
  • 3 weeks

 

  • MER163/MERX163 Drag Me Down/An Icicle In the Sun/Up All Night (extended)**
  • (Special Edition 12") Drag Me Down/Rat Trap/She's So Modern
  • 05/May/1984
  • 50
  • 90-81-56-{50}-66
  • 5 weeks

 

  • MER179/MERT179/MERX179 Dave/Hard Times/Banana Republic (Live)**/Close As You'll Ever Be (Live)**
  • 24/Nov/1984
  • 81
  • {81}-84-96
  • 3 weeks

1985

 

  • MER184/MERX184 A Hold of Me/Never In A Million Years/Say Hi To Mick**
  • 09/Feb/1985
  • 78
  • 84-{78}
  • 2 weeks

1994

  • VERCD87 I Don't Like Mondays/Looking After No.1/Mary of the 4th Form/She's So Modern
  • VERDD87 I Don't Like Mondays/Rat Trap/Someone's Looking At You/Banana Republic
  • VER87 I Don't Like Mondays/Born To Burn/Do The Rat
  • 02/July/1994
  • 38
  • {38}-53
  • 2 weeks

 

* - D.U.N. L.A.O.G.H.A.I.R.E. was the B-side to Like Clockwork in Ireland, but released as a cover mount Flexi Disc in the UK

** - 12" Only

In the US, I Don't Like Mondays was their ONLY hit! If you can call number 73 a hit. It entered on 2nd February 1980 and peaked at 73 after entering at 91.

  • I Don't Like Mondays
  • 2/Feb/1980
  • 73
  • 91-80-75-{73}-92
  • 5 weeks

 



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Those were the 3 examples I was thinking of. But now you've reminded me, Never in a Million Years was another instance of cheap repetition appearing as the b side to A Hold of Me and outclassing it in the process.

I once saw album tracks as b sides advertised as an opportunity for those who haven't got the album, to sample the wares. Could work I suppose in a few cases. 



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Agree here. Same with in the long grass. 6 songs of this album 4 singles and 2 of them b sides. So buying an album Judt to get 4 other songs really. Never did like that happening to any band. But that's record companys for you

 



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Personally loved, Dont Talk to Me. I liked Never in a Million Years but preferred Dont Talk.

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Luv no hiding place. The beside to charmed lives in fact my fave b side also on a side note loved talkme up beside to bobs this is the world calling

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Born to burn . Real different. Man at the top. Lying again. How do you do.. Walking down town. Hard times.( Should have been a single). Do the rat. Europe looked ulgy. Late last night. In my opinion all great B sides. Some of the above also could have been A sides.



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