the names
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Between 1979 and 1982 Belgian new wave group The Names recorded a string of excellent singles and an album for Factory Records and Les Disques du Crepuscule, all produced by Martin Hannett. In 2009 the group returned with a new studio album, Monsters Next Door. For full band biography click here. To purchase CDs click here.


SWIMMING + SINGLES LTMCD 2324 £10
Full length 17 track reissue from the acclaimed Belgian group. Between 1979 and 1982 The Names released a trio of peerless singles, including Calcutta, The Astronaut and the classic Nightshift. Their sole album, Swimming, appeared in 1982 on Crepuscule, and like the singles was produced by Martin Hannett. This remastered CD combines the entire album with extra tracks including both sides of the Nightshift and Calcutta singles, plus The Astronaut and two tracks recorded for Crepuscule compilation albums. Full sleevenotes, original Benoit Hennebert artwork. Full tracklist: Music For Someone, Discovery, Floating World, The Fire, Life by the Sea, White Shadow, Calcutta, Postcards, (This Is) Harmony, Shanghai Gesture, Leave Her to Heaven, Light, Nightshift, I Wish I Could Speak Your Language, The Astronaut, Cat, I Wish I Could Speak Your Language (pre-mix version).

Reviews: "Intelligent and imaginative" (The Face, 7/1982); "Classic disaffected pop" (Top, 4/1991); "Exhibits many of the fine qualities of early 80s avant-rock: icy brutalism, spectral reverb, tormented vocals, techno-tribal rumbles" (Uncut, 12/2000)


SPECTATORS OF LIFE LTMCD 2320 £10
Compilation CD of rare studio and live material from 1979-1982 including all three tracks from the debut single Spectators of Life. Also includes 10 professionally recorded live tracks as well as studio tracks recorded for compilations and b-sides. This collection confirms Michel Sordinia and his group as masters of their art. Digitally remastered with full sleevenotes and band photos. Cover image by Benoit Hennebert. 19 tracks, 73 minutes of music. Full tracklist: Spectators of Life; White Life; The Drive; Nothing to Fear; Foreign Rendezvous; Actually; Memories; Nightshift; Mirrors; Questions and Answers; I Wish I Could Speak Your Language; Other Enquiries; Burn; Tokyo Twilight; Shining Hours; Revenge; Virtual; I’m In Love With a German Filmstar; Ballade a Tervuren.


NIGHTSHIFT: LIVE AT PLAN K 15.12.2007 LTMDVD 2522 £12
The centrepiece of this 2 hour DVD is The Names' homecoming concert at legendary Brussels (Belgium) venue Plan K on 15 December 2007. Shot in High Definition with five cameras and a digital stereo soundtrack, the Plan K section features 11 songs, including the classic singles, new tracks and an encore cover of the Magazine song The Light Pours Out of Me. The DVD also features several vintage promo clips from 1980-82, including shorts for Nightshift, Light and The Astronaut. An intimate extra bonus feature is provided by Celebration, 9 songs recorded live at a 2005 birthday party for singer/writer Michel Sordinia, at which the band run through versions of a number of Names originals and other songs. Region 0, NTSC format. Full tracklist: Light, I Am The Rain, Calcutta, Zeroes, The Astronaut, I Liked You Better When You Were Dead, Nightshift, I Wish I Could Speak Your Language, Discovery, Friendly Fire, The Light Pours Out Of Me, Nightshift, The Astronaut, Light, Nightshift, My Funny Valentine, Nightshift, The Astronaut, Calcutta, The Call of Trains, Swimming, New Dawn Fades, Lika, Cortez The Killer. Four songs by The Names from the Plan K section of LTMDVD 2522 are also featured on the compilation DVD A Factory Night (Once Again) - click here for details.


FROM BRUSSELS WITH LOVE LTMCD 2479 £10
Originally released as a deluxe cassette/book package in November 1980, From Brussels With Love features exclusive tracks from the international avant garde and new wave. Contributing artists include Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Dome, The Durutti Column, John Foxx, Martin Hannett, Richard Jobson, Bill Nelson, New Order and Michael Nyman. The programme also includes extended interviews with Brian Eno and iconic French actress Jeanne Moreau. The Names contribute Cat. This new CD edition has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and features 76 minutes of material. Most of the tracks featured here remain unavailable elsewhere. The 20 page facsimile booklet features original artwork by Benoit Hennebert, Claude Stassart and Jean-Francois Octave, as well as archive images and detailed liner notes. To read liner note extract click here.


SOME OF THE INTERESTING THINGS... LTMCD 2467 £10
The Names perform live versions of Spectators of Life, A Few Hundreds, Close To You, Anything (With Passion) and In Other Rooms on this souvenir CD recorded on the Crepuscule package tour Dialogue North-South in February 1982. Album originally released on Les Disques du Crepuscule (TWI 082) as Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See On A Long Distance Flight. All tracks are exclusive to this 76 minute compilation, which also features a deluxe booklet with many rare images and detailed liner notes. To read liner notes click here. To purchase CD click here. Full tracklist: Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *1; Richard Jobson - Etiquette, Pavillion Pole, India Song; Durutti Column - Danny, Madness, For Belgian Friends; Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *2; Paul Haig - Chance, Glory, Stories, Justice; Antena - The Boy From Ipanema, Silly Things; Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *3; The Names - Close To You, In Other Rooms, A Few Hundreds, Anything (With Passion), Spectators of Life; Wally Van Middendorp - raving lunatic *4.


THE FRUIT OF THE ORIGINAL SIN LTMCD 2497 (2xCD) £12
Deluxe double CD remaster of 2xLP compilation released by Les Disques du Crepuscule in November 1981 (TWI 035), featuring Cat by The Names. 31 tracks (including 8 bonus cuts), 120 minutes of music, readings and conversation. To read sleevenote click here. Full tracklist: (disc one) Peter Gordon The Fruit of the Original Sin, The French Impressionists My Guardian Angel / Boo Boo's Gone Mambo, Durutti Column The Eye and the Hand, Wim Mertens Multiple 12, Cecile Bruynoghe Clair de Lune, Marine A Man & A Woman, Paul Haig Mad Horses, Marine Animal In My Head, 323 Affectionate Silence, Swamp Children Flesh, DNA Taking Kid to School / Cop Buys a Donut / Delivering the Goods, Lawrence Weiner & Peter Gordon Deutsche Angst, Durutti Column Weakness & Fever, Rhythm of Life Summertime, The Lost Jockey Matters of Theory; (disc two) Rhine River III An End Remains, Richard Jobson The Happiness of Lonely, Marguerite Duras interview, Virginia Astley A Long Absence, Richard Jobson India Song, The Names Music for Someone, Thick Pigeon Sudan, Durutti Column Party, Arthur Russell Sketch for Face of Helen, Durutti Column Experiment in Fifth, Winston Tong The Next Best Thing To Death, William S. Burroughs Twilight's Last Gleaming, Cecile Bruynoghe Gymnopedie No 1, Rhine River III Departures, Rhythm of Life Soon, Lawrence Weiner Where It Came From.


UMBRELLAS IN THE SUN LTMDVD 2400 £12
The Names perform Nightshift on this definitive two hour compilation DVD, which also features rare archive clips from Antena, A Certain Ratio, Josef K, Cabaret Voltaire, Marine, Section 25, The Names, Durutti Column, New Order, Crispy Ambulance, Minny Pops, Malaria!, Berntholer, Tuxedomoon, Thick Pigeon, Paul Haig, Kalima, Stockholm Monsters, Quando Quango and Swamp Children. For more details of this DVD click here.


SHADOWPLAYERS LTMDVD 2391 £12
The Names are interviewed in this feature length (two hour) documentary DVD, which traces the early history of iconic Manchester record label Factory Records between 1978 and 1981. Shadowplayers features new, candid interviews with Anthony H. Wilson (Factory founder), Peter Saville (designer), Peter Hook (Joy Division/New Order), Martin Moscrop (A Certain Ratio), Vini Reilly (Durutti Column), Simon Topping (A Certain Ratio), Howard Devoto (Buzzcocks/Magazine), Vin and Larry Cassidy (Section 25), Lindsay Reade, Richard Boon, Chris Watson (Cabaret Voltaire), Alan Hempsall (Crispy Ambulance), Wally Van Middendorp (Minny Pops), The Names, Annik Honore (Factory Benelux), Richard Jobson, Killing Joke, Graham Massey (Biting Tongues/808 State), Ann Quigley (Swamp Children) and Stanton Miranda (Thick Pigeon), For further details click here. To purchase DVD click here.


VARIOUS B9 bis LTMCD 2486 £10
Originally released by Sandwich Records in 1981, this expanded CD edition of the rare compilation B9 offers a definitive overview of the post-punk scene in Brussels and Belgium between 1979 and 1983. 18 tracks, 75 minutes of music, including Spectators of Life by The Names. Click here to read liner notes. Full tracklist: Kid Montana Cabs Ambush; Tristes Tropiques Untitled *1; Prothese Tumeurs; Rel Rex Program; Digital Dance Human Zoo; Polyphonic Size Kyoto; Satin Wall Dans les Profondeurs; Tristes Tropiques Untitled *2; Pseudo Code Around Midnight; Slim Jack & H.F.C. So Sah Gelleck Tissah; The Names Spectators of Life; Siglo XX Individuality; Marine Life In Reverse; Isolation Ward Lamina Christus; Front 242 Principles (Instrumental); Allez Allez Allez Allez; Berntholer Emotions; Jung The Real Thing.

ALSO AVAILABLE: Nightvision by Jazz, the 1997 studio album by the re-formed Names. LTM have a limited number of import copies of this CD on the Pazz label, priced at £10 each. If you like vintage Names then you’ll find plenty to get excited about on this polished set.

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