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Tag Archives: Brighter

La Nuit Pop de Sarah, Lausanne, 1990 (flyer)

Sarah Records Posted on June 25, 2015 by MattAugust 26, 2015

La Nuit Pop de SarahA night in Lausanne, Switzerland, where I’m not sure we’d ever sold a single record. We also didn’t know, till we saw the freebies on the door, that it was sponsored by Marlboro. “Le décor vous appartient” translates roughly as “the decor is owned by you” – I’ve no idea what that means, but I’m sure Alison from Brighter would love to know who owned the bit of decor that split her head open during soundcheck. She still played, after a trip to Lausanne A&E, but in a bit of a painkiller haze, so probably didn’t notice the mass pogo that broke out when Brighter started, and stopped seconds later when everyone realised they weren’t the Damned. All very peculiar. But probably what you’d expect from something that used the words “happening” and “jam session” on a flyer.

Posted in Brighter, Field Mice, Heavenly, Images Posters | Tagged Brighter, Field Mice, Heavenly

Blueboy, Brighter, Boyracer @ The Royal Park, Leeds (poster)

Sarah Records Posted on April 24, 2015 by MattApril 24, 2015

Blueboy, Brighter & Boyracer at the Royal Park, LeedsA poster from what people later referred to as our alliterative period, which lasted for much of October 1992. The Royal Park was in Headingley rather than central Leeds, and my main memory is of someone trying to sell me drugs within five minutes of arriving for soundcheck that afternoon. That’s actually my only memory, to be honest, but that has nothing to do with the drugs. The cat is Jessica, and that’s our fence (again: garden, not drugs).

Posted in Blueboy, Boyracer, Brighter, Images Posters | Tagged Blueboy, Boyracer, Brighter

Brighter, Around The World In Eighty Days (Melody Maker, July 1989)

Sarah Records Posted on April 23, 2015 by MattApril 23, 2015

Brighter Around The World In Eighty Days

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Brighter, Laurel (Graham Linehan, Select, June 1991)

Sarah Records Posted on April 14, 2015 by MattApril 14, 2015

Brighter Laurel review, Select

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Brighter, Laurel (Dave Jennings, Melody Maker, May 1991)

Sarah Records Posted on April 3, 2015 by MattApril 3, 2015

Review of Brighter, Laurel

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Four bands at the Fleece & Firkin, Bristol, April 1990

Sarah Records Posted on March 11, 2015 by MattMarch 11, 2015

Sarah night at the Fleece & Firkin, Bristol, April 1990Bit of a legendary gig, this, partly because of our own mad decision to try to have a 4-band line-up on a Sunday night when licensing laws meant that everything had to be done by 10.30pm. It was only Brighter’s second-ever gig, the Field Mice played as a duo of Bobby and Harvey as Michael couldn’t make it, and Action Painting! (who were in the audience) got into a fight with the Sea Urchins who carried on playing even after the lights had gone up… pretty good entertainment for £2.50, I think you’ll agree. Happy days.

Click here for the review in local listings magazine Venue.

Posted in Brighter, Field Mice, Images Posters, Sea Urchins, St Christopher | Tagged Brighter, Field Mice, Sea Urchins, St Christopher

Flyposting, Upper Belgrave Road

Sarah Records Posted on February 6, 2015 by MattFebruary 6, 2015

Flyposting for an Orchids/Brighter gig in BristolFlyposting was never fun; having to go out in the middle of the night with a bag of posters and a bucket of paste, ready at all times to run or duck into a shop doorway if you heard a police car. This poster is for a gig in May ’91 at our local pub, The King’s Arms. The house with scaffolding is 45/46 Upper Belgrave Road, aka Sarah HQ (the basement, not the whole house).

Posted in Brighter, Images Other Artefacts, Orchids | Tagged Brighter, Orchids
Sarah Records Posted on January 20, 2015 by MattJanuary 20, 2015

Brighter

Belgrave Hill, Bristol. This is the road immediately behind the basement flat on Upper Belgrave Road (i.e. the original Sarah HQ), and the photo was used on the back of Brighter’s Laurel mini-LP.

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Sarah Records Posted on January 20, 2015 by MattJanuary 20, 2015

Brighter

On The Downs opposite
45/46 Upper Belgrave Road, Bristol

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Sarah Records Posted on January 20, 2015 by MattJanuary 20, 2015

Brighter

Official photoshoot, 1991
l-r: Alison, Keris, Alex
Photo © Colin Bell

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Brighter, Even As We Speak, Hit Parade @ Camden Falcon

Sarah Records Posted on December 11, 2013 by MattJanuary 8, 2015

Poster for Brighter, Even As We Speak and the Hit Parade at the Camden Falcon

Poster for Brighter, Even As We Speak and the Hit Parade at the Falcon in Camden Town (corner of Royal College Street and Jeffreys Street, and the main Camden pub venue in those days – it’s now flats) on January 31st, 1991; this would be Even As We Speak’s first trip to the UK, and before we’d released our first Hit Parade single.

Posted in Brighter, Even As We Speak, Hit Parade, Images Posters | Tagged Brighter, Even As We Speak, Hit Parade

Sarah Records Christmas Party, 1991

Sarah Records Posted on December 11, 2013 by MattJanuary 8, 2015

Sarah Records Christmas Party poster

Poster for the 1991 Sarah Christmas Party on board the Thekla in Bristol.

Posted in Another Sunny Day, Blueboy, Brighter, Heavenly, Hit Parade, Images Posters, Secret Shine, Tramway | Tagged Another Sunny Day, Blueboy, Brighter, Heavenly, Hit Parade, Secret Shine, Tramway

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