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Act Playgroup discography

Summary of releases:
  1. Album: Playgroup - 'Epic Sound Battles Chapter 1'
  2. 12" single: Playgroup - 'Going Overdrawn'
  3. Album: Playgroup - 'Epic Sound Battles Chapter 2'
  4. Compilation: Playgroup - 'Epic Sound Battles Chapters 1 and 2'

Sleeve cover Album: Playgroup - 'Epic Sound Battles Chapter 1'

Cherry Red Records / May 1982 (UKLP)
Cherry Red - Edigsa / 1982 (SpLP)
Trance Records - Line Music / 1988 (GeLP)

UKLP: B RED 28 / SpLP: 15L0395
GeLP: TCLP 4.00607J
Back
  1.   Bomb's Scare
  2.   Epic Sound Battles
  3.   Crunch
  4. * The Slither
  5. + Burn Up ||
  6.   Deep And Mintyful (?)
  7.   Silent Mover
  8.   Epic One Drop
  9.   Shock Absorbers
  10. = No Speed Limit
  11.   Hoggs Might Fly
* [Rhythm 13]
+ [Rhythm 9]
= [Rhythm 10]
Earlier titled 'Compendium Of Games' with tracks that later emerged on LP25. See 'The Vaults' for more details. The GeLP was pressed on white vinyl. Reissued on CD in 1991 combined with most of Chapter 2 as 'Epic Sound Battles Chapters 1 and 2'.


Sleeve cover 12" single: Playgroup - 'Going Overdrawn'

Cherry Red Records / October 1983

12CHERRY 71
Back
  1. * Going Overdrawn (12" extended mix) ||
  2.   Forty Winks
* [Rhythm 226] Remixed from LP26.
White label copies featured a slightly different colouring of the sleeve.


Sleeve cover Album: Playgroup - 'Epic Sound Battles Chapter 2'

Cherry Red Records / August 1983 (TPLP)
Cherry Red Records / November 1983 (LP)

TPLP: (?) / LP: B RED 52
Back
  1. * Ballroom Control
  2. + Going Overdrawn
  3.   Going For A Song
  4.   Haphazard ||
  5.   Squeek Squawk
  6.   Shoot Out
  7.   Lost In LA
  8. = Burned Again
  9. = Night Shift
* Once used as the theme to BBC Radio Lancashire's 'On The Wire' show in the UK.
+ [Rhythm 226]
= Not issued on CD version.
Initially titled 'Far From Haphazard'. The TPLP featured white labels and a slightly different colouring of the sleeve and, in places, its text. Later reissued (excluding the two tracks noted above) on CD in 1991 combined with Chapter 1 as 'Epic Sound Battles Chapters 1 and 2'.


Sleeve cover Compilation: Playgroup - 'Epic Sound Battles Chapters 1 and 2'

Cherry Red Records / August 1991 (UKCD)
Trance Records / 1988 (GeCD)
Cherry Red Records / January 2007 (DL)

UKCD: CD BRED 28 / GeCD: TCLP 4.00607
DL: (-)
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  1. %  Bomb's Scare
  2. %  Epic Sound Battles
  3. %  Crunch
  4. %* The Slither
  5. %+ Burn Up ||
  6. %  Deep And Mintyful (?)
  7. %  Silent Mover
  8. %  Epic One Drop
  9. %  Shock Absorbers
  10. %= No Speed Limit
  11. %  Hoggs Might Fly
  12. ~# Ballroom Control
  13. ~@ Going Overdrawn
  14. ~  Going For A Song
  15. ~  Haphazard
  16. ~  Squeek Squark
  17. ~  Shoot Out
  18. ~  Lost In LA
% From 'Chapter 1 - LP10
~ From 'Chapter 2 - LP26
* [Rhythm 13]
+ [Rhythm 9]
= [Rhythm 10]
# Once used as the theme to BBC Radio Lancashire's 'On The Wire' show in the UK.
@ [Rhythm 226]


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