Name: Shop Assistants Aka Anything Can Happen
Brand: Shop Assistants

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

CDMRED374

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Discs

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-02-04

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5013929137424

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Shop Assistants

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Cherry Red

The Shop Assistants were one of the defining bands of the 80s independent boom. formed in Edinburgh in 1984, originally as Buba and the Shop Assistants, they released the peel-approved indie staple 'Something to Do', which featured Stephen Pastel on backing vocals. With line-up changes and an abbreviated name, they released the 'Shopping Parade' EP a year later, which saw Morrissey describe 'All Day Long' (included on this collection) as his favourite track of the year. The band's David Keegan (who would subsequently join the Pastels) then formed 53rd and 3rd records, which housed the band's 'Safety Net', one of two songs, along with ' I Don't Want to be Friends With You' (again, included here) to be voted part of John Peel's festive fifty of 1986. They also featured on that year's celebrated, infamous, nay, iconic C86 NME compilation. This re-release incorporates the material they released after signing to Chrysalis's Blue Guitar subsidiary. <i>Will Anything Happen</i>, is their sole album release, and is accompanied here by two bonus tracks; 'Looking Back' and the 'slow version' of 'All Day Long'. 

Shop Assistants Aka Anything Can Happen

Music GB