The last High single to make it into the charts. It was before John Matthews was institutionalized and London Records were fined £50,000 for chart rigging. John Matthew’s escapade with the bottle of brandy and sheet of acid is indie folklore. I am sure that I read this somewhere is the nineties, but I can’t find any reference to this at all. When I saw Tom Hingley lead singer of the Inspiral Carpets appear in Exeter; I mentioned that I saw him 18 years ago with the Carpets supported by The High, he said ,“ they were off their heads.”
The High were the last UK band to be involved in a successful prosecution for chart rigging. I seem to remember that there was a limited edition version of the single, that came in it’s own hessian bag. It was advertised on the back of Melody Maker from Sister Ray or Eastern Bloc. After having a good search round Discogs, I could not find any sign of that either. I have got the gatefold single which has a picture of the band.
This single marks the final 'high' point of their career. When the Best of The High was released it was essentially Somewhere Soon with More added on to it
The High : More
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More
Four Thirty
Make It Happen
The record in the hessian bag was the 10" called More...Madness. It's got a Martin Hannett remix on it. It is on Discogs here: http://www.discogs.com/High-More-Madness/release/1947596
ReplyDeleteThanks. It's nice to know that I am not going mad after all.
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