Rock Legends : Volume 69 is a compilation of single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 tracks by the twee pop band Talulah Gosh

Talulah Gosh

Talulah Gosh were a guitar-pop group from Oxford, England and one of the leading bands of the twee pop movement, taking their name from the headline of an NME interview with Clare Grogan. They supposedly formed when Amelia Fletcher and Elizabeth Price, both wearing Pastels badges, met at a club in...

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Releases

It was first issued in October 1987 by Constrictor Records in Germany, then in mid-1988 by 53rd & 3rd in Britain. The title is a parody

Parody

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 of various artists compilations

Compilation album

A compilation album is an album featuring tracks from one or more performers, often culled from a variety of sources The tracks are usually collected according to a common characteristic, such as popularity, genre, source or subject matter...

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Legends collected the five singles the band released between December 1986 and May 1988 and "My Boy Says" which first appeared on a Shelter

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 charity LP; apart from a flexi-disc

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 track called "I Told You So", every studio recording by the band was included. It was later complemented by They've Scoffed the Lot

They've Scoffed the Lot

They've Scoffed the Lot is a compilation of radio session recordings by the indie pop band Talulah Gosh.-Release:Scoffed was issued in 1991 by the independent label Sarah Records, which at the time had recently signed Heavenly, a band formed from four of the five members of Talulah Gosh. The...

in 1991, which compiled the two BBC Radio 1

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 sessions the band recorded, for John Peel

John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, OBE , known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist. He was the longest-serving of the original BBC Radio 1 DJs, broadcasting regularly from 1967 until his death in 2004...

 and Janice Long

Janice Long

Janice Long is an English radio broadcaster currently working on BBC Radio 2. Her show is on Sunday to Thursday nights from midnight to 02:00. She is the older sister of TV and radio personality Keith Chegwin.-Early career:...

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Both records and "I Told You So" were eventually brought together in 1996 for the anthology Backwash

Backwash (album)

Backwash is a retrospective compilation of music by the group Talulah Gosh.-The album:Released on LP and CD by K Records in 1996 , it contains all of their single and radio session tracks, plus live versions of two songs of which no studio recordings exist and a flexi-disc track...

, which also included two previously unreleased live tracks. The only aspect omitted on Backwash is a spoken count-in to "Strawberry Girl".

The German and British versions of Rock Legends featured different artwork; the UK edition (designed by drummer Mathew Fletcher) is shown here. A 1991 compilation called Talulah Mania (and subtitled Rock Legends : Volume 69) has an identical track listing.

Side one

1. "Beatnik Boy" Price
2. "My Best Friend" Fletcher
3. "Steaming Train" Fletcher
4. "Just a Dream" Price
5. "Talulah Gosh" Fletcher
6. "Don't Go Away" Fletcher
7. "Escalator Over the Hill" Momtchiloff

Side two

1. "My Boy Says" Price
2. "The Way of the World" Momtchiloff
3. "Testcard Girl" Scott
4. "Bringing Up Baby" Fletcher/Sairey
5. "I Can't Get No Satisfaction, Thank God" Momtchiloff
6. "Strawberry Girl" Fletcher/Farry