Third Man Records
Magic Roundabout - Up
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Like
so
many
other
disenfranchised
kids
in
the
heady
days
of
mid-eighties
United
Kingdom,
Magic
Roundabout
came
armed
with
leather
jackets,
charity
shop
instruments,
singles
by
The
Fall
and
Buzzcocks,
good
haircuts,
a
healthy
VU
obsession
and
a
little
psychedelic
inspiration.
Influenced
into
existence
at
early
gigs
by
The
Jesus
and
Mary
Chain
and
Shop
Assistants,
The
Roundies
wanted
to
change
the
world
or
at
the
very
least
make
some
noise,
shake
things
up
and
be
a
part
of
the
happening.The
gang
established
a
clubhouse
in
early
1986
and
began
rehearsing,
recording
and
gigging.
Playing
a
ton
of
legendary
shows
with
the
likes
of
The
Pastels,
The
Blue
Aeroplanes,
Spacemen
3,
Loop,
My
Bloody
Valentine,
Inspiral
Carpets
and
picking
up
a
bunch
of
fans
along
the
way.
Rumor
has
it
that
Noel
Gallagher
roadied
their
final
show.There
was
one
song
released
-
"She’s
a
Waterfall"
Parts
1
and
2
on
Mark
Webber’s
(Pulp)
Oozing
Through
The
Ozone
Layer
cassette
compilation
-
and
that’s
it.
There
were
also
talks
of
a
flexi-disc
that,
for
whatever
reason,
never
saw
the
light
of
day.
But
by
the
end
of
the
80s,
the
gang
had
all
gone
their
separate
ways
and
the
recordings
along
with
so
many
other
things
were
thought
to
be
lost
forever...Now,
these
1987
recordings
recently
unearthed
by
Ian
Masters
(Pale
Saints)
and
Third
Man
Records
and
given
the
“treatment”
by
Warren
Defever
are
presented
to
you
lucky
ones
as
the
debut
album
by
Magic
Roundabout.
34
years
too
late
or
perfectly
steeped
and
presented
at
just
the
right
moment
in
history?
Tune
in,
turn
on
and
make
up
your
own
mind.
Enjoy
the
trip.
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