Tuesday 21 October 2008

FLEXIPOP DISCOGRAPHY

LISTED BELOW ARE ALL THE FLEX-DISCS ISSUED WITH FLEXIPOP(That I know of)

I may have missed out some different coloured flexi's so if anyone knows of any other coloured flexi's leave a message and send a scan, it would be most appreiciated.

I should think most of the Discs were issued with a hard vinyl test pressing at some stage, I've seen Depeche Mode/Fad Gadget, Haircut 100, The Cure,and of course The Jam.

FLEXIPOP 001 - SELECTER- READY MIX RADIO - CLEAR VINYL (ISSUE.1)

FLEXIPOP 002 - JAM-POP ART POEM / BOY ABOUT TOWN - YELLOW/GREEN VINYL (ISSUE.2)

FLEXIPOP 003 - THE BOOMTOWN RATS - DUN LAOGHAIRE - YELLOW/GREEN/RED/CLEAR VINYL (ISSUE.3)

FLEXIPOP 004 - ADAM AND THE ANTS - A.N.T.S. - BLUE VINYL (ISSUE .4)

FLEXIPOP 005 - BAD MANNERS - NO RESPECT / JUST PRETENDIN' - BLUE VINYL (ISSUE.5)

FLEXIPOP 006 - THE PRETENDERS - WHAT YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT / STOP YOUR SOBBING(DEMO VERSION) - ORANGE/BLUE VINYL (ISSUE.6)

FLEXIPOP 007 - MOTORHEAD - THE TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN' - BLUE VINYL (ISSUE.7)

FLEXIPOP 008 - TOYAH - SPHINX / FOR YOU - GREEN VINYL (ISSUE.8)

FLEXIPOP 009 - HAZEL O'CONNOR - MEN OF GOOD FORTUNE / D.DAYS(NEW VERSION) - LIGHT YELLOW VINYL (ISSUE.9)

FLEXIPOP 010 - GRAHAM BONNET - NIGHT GAMES / POLECATS - WE SAY YEAH / THIN LIZZY - SONG FOR JIMMY / WAY OF THE WEST -MONKEY LOVE - ORANGE VINYL (ISSUE.10)

FLEXIPOP 011 - DEPECHE MODE - SOMETIMES I WISH I WAS DEAD / FAD GADGET - KING OF THE FLIES - RED VINYL (ISSUE.11)

FLEXIPOP 012 - SOFT CELL - METRO MR.X / B-MOVIE - REMEMBRANCE DAY - GREEN / RED VINYL (ISSUE.12)

FLEXIPOP BONUS 12(SWOP 1) - WEAPON OF PEACE - WEST PARK(FLEXI MIX)/BABY WHEN I'm GONE(DUB) BLUE VINYL (ISSUE.12)

FLEXIPOP 013 - GILLAN - HIGHER AND HIGHER / SPANISH GUITAR (BLUE VINYL) ISSUE.13

FLEXIPOP 014 - ALTERED IMAGES - HAPPY NEW YEAR / REAL TOYS(NEW VERSION) / LEAVE ME ALONE - BLUE/RED VINYL (ISSUE.14)

FLEXIPOP 015 - BLONDIE CO STARRING FREDDIE - YULETIDE THROW DOWN(RAPTURE) / THE BRATTLES - THE CHRISTMAS SONG / SNUKY TATE - SANTAS AGENT - BLUE/RED VINYL (ISSUE.15)

On the cover of Flexipop it says "Great new track from Blondie plus two songs from Mystery bands, those two bands were -

SNUKY TATE - Tate was a San Francisco punk scene dude, but "Snuky Tate" also served as the band name on his amazing "Who Cares" EP [Blackmouth, 1979] which features the brutal, much bootlegged "Stage Speech." The band on the single backing Tate was pretty much the same lineup as The Mutants. Tate later made more dance oriented stuff, and Reggae.

THE BRATTLES - Was a band of prepubescent punk rockers ages 8 to 12 ( Werner Petrikat's, 12 Guitar,Dagin, 8 drums - Jason, 9 vox - Emerson, 9 bass - Branch, 10 keys,)They opened for the Clash twice, shared a rehearsal room with the New York Dolls and we were produced by Chris Stein of Blondie

FLEXIPOP 015(a) - BLONDIE AND FREDDIE- YULETIDE THROWDOWN - GREEN/BLUE VINYL (ISSUE 25)

The Blondie and Freddie Flexi-Disc was shrinkwraped with issue No.25, it was the same track that featured on Flexipop No.15, but this time it was a single track Flexi without Snuky Tate and The Brattles tracks, Issue No.26 also came with The Bucks Fizz Flexidisc.

FLEXIPOP 016 - XTC - LOOKING FOR FOOTPRINTS - YELLOW VINYL (ISSUE.16)

FLEXIPOP 017 - HAIRCUT 100 - NOBODY'S FOOL - GREEN VINYL (ISSUE.17)

FLEXIPOP 018 - BOW WOW WOW - ELIMINATION DANCING / KING KONG - CLEAR/RED/YELLOW/GREEN VINYL (ISSUE.18)

FLEXIPOP 019 - MADNESS - MY GIRL(BALLAD) - GREEN/CLEAR VINYL(ISSUE 19)

FLEXIPOP 020 - ASSOCIATES - EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD - CLEAR VINYL ISSUE.20

FLEXIPOP 021- GENESIS - THE LADY LIES - GREEN VINYL (ISSUE.21)

FLEXIPOP 022 - THE CURE - LAMENT - GREEN/RED VINYL (ISSUE.22)

Possibly the most sought after of the Flexipop Flexi-Dics The Cure's Red Flexidisc going for around £50 which is worth more then the green Cure flexidisc.

FLEXIPOP 023 - BAUHAUS - A GOD IN AN ALCOVE - BLUE VINYL (ISSUE 23)

FLEXIPOP 023a - MARC ALMOND AND FRIENDS- DISCIPLINE - BLACK VINYL (ISSUE.24)

Starting in Issue No.24 of Flexipop, the numbering of the Flexidiscs didn't correspond with the Issue Numbers of the magazine.

FLEXIPOP 024 - BUCKS FIZZ - PINBALL WIZARD/HOT STUFF/DO YOU THINK I'M SEXY/KNOCK ON WOOD/ROCKIN' ALL OVER THE WORLD - BLUE/GREEN VINYL (ISSUE.25)

FLEXIPOP 025 - ANTI NOWHERE LEAGUE - WORLD WAR 111 / THE DEFECTS - DANCE(UNTIL YOU DROP) / THE METEORS - MUTANT ROCK - RED VINYL (ISSUE.26)

FLEXIPOP 026 - HAYSI FANTAYSEE - IN THE MIX - GREEN VINYL (ISSUE 27)

LYN 9048 - THE JAM Pop Art Poem / Boy About Town - BLACK HARD VINYL WHITE LABEL (FREE WITH 4 TOKENS FROM ISSUES 29 - TO 32)


LYN 11965 - THE FLEXIPOP ALBUM - VARIOUS ARTISTS(PROMO ALBUM)
(This album was never available to readers)

SIDE 1

1.BOW WOW WOW - Elimination Dancing

2.ADAM AND THE ANTS - A.N.T.S.

3.MOTORHEAD - The Train Kept a Rollin'

4.BLONDIE AND FREDDIE - Yuletide Throw Down (Rapture)

5.XTC - Looking for Footprints

6.SOFT CELL - Metro MRX

SIDE 2

1.WEAPON OF PEACE - West Park (Flexi Mix)

2.HAIRCUT 100 - Nobody's Fool

3.THE PRETENDERS - What You Gonna Do About It?

4.DEPECHE MODE - Sometimes I Wish I Was Dead

5.THE JAM - Boy About Town

6.THE ASSOCIATES- Even Dogs in the Wild

7.ALTERED IMAGES - Happy New Year

1 comment:

Karen said...

I’m sure I have a red vinyl Flexi disc with the Fixx and Red skies at night?