{"id":16610,"date":"2021-09-10T05:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16610"},"modified":"2021-09-09T11:45:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-09T11:45:40","slug":"echo-the-bunnymen-first-four-albums-available-on-vinyl-22-october","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/?p=16610","title":{"rendered":"ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN – FIRST FOUR ALBUMS AVAILABLE ON VINYL | 22 OCTOBER"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"<\/a>ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN are re-releasing their first four albums on vinyl on 22 October. Each of them will be available on 180g black vinyl from all music retailers, as well as limited edition coloured vinyl exclusively from Dig! \u2013 CROCODILES (Yellow) HEAVEN UP HERE (Blue) PORCUPINE (White) and OCEAN RAIN (Transparent Blue). Pre-order link: https:\/\/lnk.to\/EchoandtheBunnymen_Vinyl<\/a><\/p>\n

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ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN were formed in Liverpool in 1978 with Ian McCulloch on vocals and rhythm guitar, Will Sergeant on lead guitar and Les Pattinson on bass. They were soon joined by Pete De Freitas on drums and the rest, as they say, is history.<\/p>\n

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The band\u2019s first release was the 7\u201d single Pictures on My Wall with the B-side Read It in Books on Zoo Records in 1979. Pictures on My Wall would appear on their classic debut album Crocodiles in 1980. Released amidst the growing wave of post-punk, Crocodiles cemented the band\u2019s reputation as one of the best around with the NME describing it as \u201cprobably the best album this year by a British band\u201d. The album ultimately broke into the Top 20, finishing in many critics greatest ever debut album lists.<\/p>\n

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The Bunnymen followed the album with the release of the Shine So Hard EP in 1981, recorded live at the Pavilion Gardens in Buxton, before releasing their second studio album Heaven Up Here in the same year. It became the band\u2019s first UK Top 10 album, winning the 1981 NME Best Album award in the process. Considered to be a slightly darker album, Heaven Up Here was produced by Hugh Jones and was well received by critics and fans alike, featuring tracks such as A Promise, Over the Wall and Show of Strength.<\/p>\n

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The band\u2019s cult status was soon transformed into mainstream success in 1983 with the release of their third album Porcupine, produced by Ian Broudie. Porcupine provided their best chart performances, with The Cutter reaching #8 in the singles charts and Porcupine finishing #2 in the album charts before being certified Gold.<\/p>\n

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1984 brought the fourth studio album Ocean Rain, regarded by many as the band\u2019s classic opus. Recorded in Liverpool and Paris, the band used a 35-piece orchestra with award winning composer Adam Peters scoring the strings. The iconic, atmospheric cover artwork was taken in the stunning Carnglaze Caverns in Cornwall by photographer Brian Griffin, who also shot their three previous album covers. Ocean Rain continued the band\u2019s use of strings, creating a dark, ethereal aura. Three classic singles were released from the album \u2013 Silver, Seven Seas and the massive anthem The Killing Moon, which reached #9 in the UK singles chart and continues to transcend generations to this day.<\/p>\n

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ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN will tour the UK and Ireland in the Spring of 2022, celebrating 40 years of magical songs. Tickets available here: https:\/\/www.gigsandtours.com\/tour\/echo-and-the-bunnymen<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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FEBRUARY 2022<\/div>\n
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Tue 01\u00a0Sheffield<\/b>\u00a0City Hall<\/div>\n
Wed 02\u00a0Leeds<\/b>\u00a0O2 Academy<\/div>\n
Fri 04\u00a0Bournemouth<\/b>\u00a0O2 Academy<\/div>\n
Sat 05\u00a0Cardiff<\/b>\u00a0St David’s Hall<\/div>\n
Mon 07\u00a0London<\/b>\u00a0Roundhouse<\/div>\n
Wed 09\u00a0Dublin<\/b>\u00a0Olympia Theatre<\/div>\n
Fri 11\u00a0Norwich<\/b>\u00a0UEA<\/div>\n
Sat 12\u00a0Gateshead<\/b>\u00a0Sage<\/div>\n
Mon 14\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0<\/b>Philharmonic Hall<\/div>\n
Wed 16\u00a0Manchester<\/b>\u00a0Albert Hall<\/div>\n
Thu 17\u00a0Nottingham<\/b>\u00a0Rock City<\/div>\n
Sat 19\u00a0Cambridge<\/b>\u00a0Corn Exchange<\/div>\n
Sun 20\u00a0Bristol<\/b>\u00a0O2 Academy<\/div>\n
Tue 22\u00a0London<\/b>\u00a0O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire<\/div>\n
Wed 23\u00a0Northampton<\/b>\u00a0Derngate<\/div>\n
Fri 25\u00a0Manchester<\/b>\u00a0Albert Hall<\/div>\n
Sat 26\u00a0Birmingham<\/b>\u00a0O2 Academy<\/div>\n
Mon 28\u00a0Glasgow<\/b>\u00a0Barrowland<\/div>\n
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MARCH 2022<\/b><\/div>\n
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Tue 01\u00a0Glasgow<\/b>\u00a0Barrowland<\/div>\n
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APRIL 2022<\/b><\/div>\n
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Wed 16\u00a0Bexhill<\/b>\u00a0De La Warr Pavilion<\/div>\n
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ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN are re-releasing their first four albums on vinyl on 22 October. Each of them will be available on 180g black vinyl from all music retailers, as well as limited edition coloured vinyl exclusively from Dig! \u2013 CROCODILES (Yellow) HEAVEN UP HERE (Blue) PORCUPINE (White) and OCEAN RAIN (Transparent Blue). Pre-order link: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[7124,7128,7125,6168,7129,7131,7127,7132,7126,7130],"class_list":["post-16610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-crocodiles-yellow","tag-echo-the-bunnymen","tag-heaven-up-here-blue","tag-ian-cheek-press","tag-ian-mcculloch-on-vocals-and-rhythm-guitar","tag-les-pattinson-bass","tag-ocean-rain-transparent-blue","tag-pete-de-freitas","tag-porcupine-white","tag-will-sergeant-lead-guitar","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16617,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16610\/revisions\/16617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rpmonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}