THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH – WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH LP – Nr MINT A1 UK 1989 INDIE POP

The Beautiful South – Welcome To The Beautiful South
(Go Discs Records  1989  AGOLP16)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Rare banned sleeve

Sleeve In Nr MINT condition
Inner Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some crackles at the very start of side one)

The Beautiful South were an English pop rock group formed in 1988 by Paul Heaton and Dave Hemingway, two former members of the Hull group The Housemartins, both of whom performed lead and backing vocals. Other members throughout the band’s existence were former Housemartins roadie Sean Welch (bass), Dave Stead (drums) and Dave Rotheray (guitar). The band’s original material was written by the team of Heaton and Rotheray.

Welcome to the Beautiful South is the debut album by The Beautiful South released in August 1989. Three singles were released from the album: “Song for Whoever” (#2 in the UK), “You Keep It All In” (#8) and “I’ll Sail This Ship Alone” (#31).

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Heaton and Dave Rotheray, except where noted.

1. “Song For Whoever” – 6:10
2. “Have You Ever Been Away?” – 5:12
3. “From Under the Covers” – 4:05
4. “I’ll Sail This Ship Alone” – 4:41
5. “Girlfriend” (Antonio Reid/Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds) – 2:54
6. “You Keep It All In” – 2:54
7. “Woman in the Wall” – 5:16
8. “Oh Blackpool” – 3:01
9. “Love Is…” – 7:04
10. “I Love You (But You’re Boring)” – 4:31

Personnel

• Paul Heaton – vocals
• Dave Hemingway – vocals
• Dave Rotheray – guitar
• Sean Welch – bass
• Dave Stead – drums

additional personnel

• Briana Corrigan – vocals
• Pete Wingfield – keyboards & piano