ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN – NEVER STOP 12″ – Nr MINT UK 1983 POST PUNK NEW WAVE

Echo & The Bunnymen – Never Stop “Discotheque”
(Korova Records  1983  KOW28T)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– sticker discolouration mark top right

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)

Echo & the Bunnymen are an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1978. The original line-up consisted of vocalist Ian McCulloch, guitarist Will Sergeant and bass player Les Pattinson, supplemented by a drum machine. By 1980, Pete de Freitas joined as the band’s drummer.

Their 1980 debut album, Crocodiles, went into the top 20 of the UK Albums Chart. The band’s cult status was followed by mainstream success in 1983 as they scored a UK Top 10 hit with “The Cutter”, and the attendant album, Porcupine, which reached number 2 in the UK. Ocean Rain (1984), continued the band’s UK chart success, and has since been regarded as one of the landmark releases of the post-punk movement, with the single “The Killing Moon”.

In 1988, the band split. In 1989, de Freitas was killed in a motorcycle accident and the band briefly re-emerged with a new singer. After working together as Electrafixion, McCulloch and Sergeant regrouped with Pattinson in 1997 and returned as Echo & the Bunnymen.

“Never Stop” is a single which was released by the British post-punk band Echo & the Bunnymen on 8 July 1983. It reached number fifteen on the UK Singles Chart the same month. The title track on the 12-inch single is a remixed version called “Never Stop (Discotheque)” and is another minute and fifteen seconds longer.

All tracks written by Will Sergeant, Ian McCulloch, Les Pattinson and Pete de Freitas.

12″ release (Korova KOW 28T and WEA 24-9711-0)

1. “Never Stop (Discotheque)” – 4:46
2. “Heads Will Roll (Summer Version)” – 4:23
3. “The Original Cutter – A Drop in the Ocean” – 3:59

• Ian McCulloch – vocals, guitar
• Will Sergeant – lead guitar
• Les Pattinson – bass
• Pete de Freitas – drums, xylophone, conga

• Hugh Jones – producer
• Ian Broudie – producer
• David Balfe – mixed by (“Never Stop (Discotheque)”)
• The Bunnymen – mixed by (“Never Stop (Discotheque)”)