A full documentation of everything the band’s fledgling new line-up recorded in 1981.  Full text...

This excellent 19-track compilation documents the results: 1981's three cracking singles (Plan B, Show Me and Liars A to E), a Radio 1 session and, most rewardingly, a lost BBC recording of one of the Projected Passion shows. Backing vocals disappear and "Big" Jim Paterson's barnstorming trombone occasionally sounds shrill, but their greatest songs of the period (notably a herculean There There My Dear) are delivered with passion and intensity.  Full text...

The three '81 singles plus b-sides and a cracking radio session fill out the package, showcasing punishingly drilled musicianship and Rowland's intense, deathless quest to imbue meaning in clichés like "soul", "purity" and "respect".  Full text...

The Projected Passion Revue shows Soul Rebels' sloshed, celebratory vamps giving way to a more steely discipline. In the liner-note band bios (reproduced from the concerts' original program), we see the band in boxers' hoodies and listing off likes/dislikes that are comical in their contrary conservatism: Ee learn that drummer Seb Shelton "doesn't believe in narcotics," bassist Steve Wynne "trusts policemen," and that Rowland both envies and dislikes "happy go lucky types."  Full text...