The Pale Fountains - Old Grey Whistle Test 22 April 1983

[@TheMilfordboy]

A Totally underated Brilliant Band. For me Pacific Street is right up there with the very best albums of 1984 and a few years thereafter. Beautiful music...

[@mrc5653]

Check out Micheal heads latest offering,Dear Scott it’s brilliant 🎶✌️

[@Christel108]

Still one of our most beautiful song writers. Mick Head 🫶🏻

[@robertseballa9868]

It breaks my heart, everytime I heard the song, the most underrated band. It also brings back memories of happy days gone by, related to something special.

[@jbradmore5357]

I so love 'Hey There Fred', what a great song.

[@renantegriarte1484]

Awesome band!🤘80s music is magnificent! Real music, true musicians.

[@philiporme9061]

Fuck me 36 years. ........Great Music is Timeless.

[@drstevie]

Fantastic group, & so are Shack.

[@vilepete]

Huum, I think I've spoted Alan Rankine on the keyboards at the beggining ;) Wonderful, wonderful document!

[@clg850b]

What a rare talent, beautifully crafted songs.

[@anthplant6366]

Pacific Street & From Across The Kitchen Table , great memories.

[@borealico]

Amazing talent! And so young! Class!!

[@robertseballa9868]

One of the best bands I love. 80s the kind of music that you will never be shortchanged..

[@angelariley.9963]

Awww, look at Mick here, it breaks my heart . 😪😥

[@dB-pz1zv]

I do believe that it's Alan Rankine of The Associates on Piano ! if my memory serves me...

[@davidserlin8097]

Oh how I loved the PF from the moment I first heard Palm of My Hand. Bought the 12” new in the shop, spring 1983. The flip side has the brilliant Love’s a Beautiful Place, which was always the “seduction” track I put on homemade cassettes for my latest crush. They should have been MASSIVE.

[@davidserlin8097]

@@Red-Black-White-Pilled hi there, thanks for the offer but I just couldn’t sell it! I’d he happy to make a recording for you. I also have the Japanese edition of Pacific Street CD with extra tracks including Palm and Love’s. Interested?

[@dan32113]

​@@davidserlin8097not everything is for sale. That's what the Capitalist wankers think. No disrespect to you La. Music for me is a spiritual experience & one of togetherness ❤❤❤

[@miguelmartinezdelacruz9392]

Extremely underrated band. This is pop with capital letters. Classic tunes, top notch influences, exquisite sensitivity.

[@83279061]

thank you for sharing. if you have some more of pale fountains. share it with us. they are very rare. very precious/.

[@TheGeniegenius]

brilliant band brilliant song writer

[@markjenkins2636]

Love this just so good. Jinx

[@pablojablo6371]

A naturally gifted songwriter.

[@angelariley.9963]

This may be a little obvious but it's Michael Head.

[@abcd-uz6sn]

one my fave bands

[@henrysugar2493]

this is soooo good , seminal band , this might sound a simple thing to say but who else is ' always interesting ' !!!

[@1qoostrich]

Andy Diagram on trumpet (?) / piano, violin -anyone know?

[@cjstroked]

Yeah I believe so

[@hecmacarri1183]

same sailor cap as Pete Wylie at that time..is it a Liverpool thing/

[@tyong]

Vastly under rated and for fans of The Smiths, Belle & Sebastian and Elephant 6 bands

[@InstazomeASMR]

I still have not listened to Belle and Sebastian.... but if they're influenced by Pale Fountains and The Smiths, I have to get on it

[@twitchygiraffe4636]

I can definitely hear belle and sebastians music in the early pale fountains stuff before ....across the kitchen table!!!!

[@rooie16]

I was a Pale Fountains fan club member back in 1982, I think it was pretty short-lived club though. There was an Albert Einstein T-shirt available to fans to celebrate the release of Palm Of My Hand.

[@distopiagames]

Can you tell me about the lives of the band members? I discovered it recently, and it's certainly one of the best I've ever seen. I was born after almost 25 years of its release, so it's kind of new to me. I'll look online to see if there's anything about them. Thanks!

[@rooie16]

@jqhshw7jqhs I can't remember much about them, other than they came from Liverpool and the fan club was organised by a lady called Pam. They signed to Virgin Records in 1982 for £50,000 if I remember correctly. I believe they have a large following in Japan. I think you will find much more information about them online.

[@dago3336]

10:04 me encanta, pedazo de banda

[@Sticazzoni]

Pacific streets is the soundtrack of my teenage years

[@freudastaire]

I wonder the amount of things The Go-betweens took inspiration from this Pale's era.

[@keplertagapan2912]

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[@kenbagnall4861]

I wonder if that's Sarah Curtis from King of the Slums on violin?

[@YoRider]

Absolument top!!

[@user-jtjjsim]

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[@ScottGraymedia]

Fucking brilliant

[@cathunter3874]

never heard of them but i am guessing the Polyphonic Spree did

[@pablojablo6371]

Micheal was into Arthur Lee and got a lot of inspiration from him. He and his brother John had a band called Shack and they toured with Arthur in 92 and they had his back big time.

[@MemskiBobSki]

First song got rewritten and made better for the 2nd album as simply "Hey!", Palm should have been a smash but sadly Virgin gave up after 2nd album flopped. Album of another version of the band who supported Arthur Lee in Liverpool before Love's renaissance.

[@pablojablo6371]

♥

[@michaelbennett7082]

Genius. M

[@alanoneill3065]

Dexys meets Haircut 100

[@iani1457]

Yes

[@bencheshire]

Looks like (but cant be) a young Stewart Lee on vocals

[@ftlpope]

Not quite Forever Changes.

[@OptikC]

You should be a journalist!

[@James-hd6ez]

​@@OptikC Is rite! Funny reply 😂 Michael ( Mick) Head Liverpool legend especially with his band Shack.

[@stickyfings]

Here's the Manic Street Preachers covering the Pale Fountains kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4nWk2qZesusa7c