Will Birch, writer and lyricist, drummer and songwriter with the Kursaal Flyers and
The Records, author of No Sleep Till Canvey Island - The Great Pub Rock Revolution

No Sleep Till Canvey Island - The Great Pub Rock Revolution
Will Birch
(Virgin Books 2000, 2003)

  
ISBN 0 7535 0740 4

Kursaal Flyers Japanese CD reissues in vinyl replica sleeves
from Air Mail Recordings


Chocs Away (Airac-1283)

The Great Artiste (Airac-1284)

Paul Shuttleworth CD
Out now!

The Solo Sessions 1977-1980
Includes Mixed Up Shook Up Girl and 15 more tracks from Paul's post-Kursaals years.
Angel Air (Cat No SJPCD227)

Kursaal Flyers CD

Hit Records - The Best of the Kursaal Flyers - is available from On The Beach Recordings.
Includes Little Does She Know
(Cat No FOAMCD6)

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Recommended reading -
The Restless Generation by Pete Frame
(Rogan House 2007)
 

GUITARS IN THE SKY
from North Carolina, the world's only Records tribute band?

Latest Cover News
January 2006: BR5-49 cover
A1 On The Jukebox (Will Birch/
Dave Edmunds) on their new
album, Dog Days (Dualtone
Music Group, 2006)

Elizabeth McQueen sings
A1 On The Jukebox (Will
Birch/Dave Edmunds) on her
new record, Happy Doing What
We're Doing (Freedom Records,
2005)

Crashes Cover Notes
Michael Monroe - frontman of Hanoi Rocks - has a storming version of Rumour Sets The Woods Alight on his solo CD, Whatcha Want (SPV Cat No
085-74732CD)

This brings the current total of Crashes songs known to be covered to four, however:

Hearts In Her Eyes has been recorded by The Searchers,
B-Girls and Vanity Fare, and performed in concert by Mary Chapin Carpenter

Rachel Gordon's version of
Hearts Will Be Broken can be heard on The Coming of Spring (Sounds of Subterrania Cat No SOS024)

The Same Mistakes by Chopper is on Slogans And Jingles (Big Deal Cat No 9002-2)

Curio Corner: 11 Spanish groups
collectively covered the entire Crashes LP for a Records tribute album entitled I Remember Your Name (Pop Madrid, Sonic)

The Records CD reissues from
On The Beach Recordings:

Music On Both Sides - The Records third album.  Nine bonus tracks, including Lovin You Ain't Easy featuring Jane Aire.  First time on CD, from On The Beach Recordings
(Cat No FOAMCD8)

Crashes - The Records second album.  Includes Hearts In Her Eyes.  Six bonus tracks.  First time on CD, from On The Beach Recordings
(Cat No FOAMCD7)

Shades In Bed aka The
Records - The Records debut
album.  Includes Starry Eyes
and Teenarama.  10 bonus
tracks.  First time on CD, from
On The Beach Recordings
(Cat No FOAMCD5)

Get me out of your Starry Eyes -
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