Release Date: Dec 9, 2022
This multi buy includes:
A remastered gatefold vinyl edition in transparent honey yellow, featuring new sleeve notes by the bands very own Tracey Belland.
‘The Bees Knees’ fanzine is a reprinting of the original fanzine from 1988, complete with photos, talks with the band, lyrics, anecdotes from fans and even a crossword!
In the mid 80s, armed with a only a suitcase of songs, Californian sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland escaped the American music industry in search of the vibrant British indie scene, finding recently split Madness band member Daniel ‘Woody’ Woodgate, who together with guitarist Mike Jones and bassist Martin Brett would form ‘the Beehive Boys’.
The powerful live chops of the Beehive Boys, combined with the harmonies, energy and stage presence of Tracey and Melissa, made Voice of the Beehive indie darlings and one of the hottest live acts on the London scene.
Signing with London Records, they recorded ‘Let It Bee’, its sunny exterior of sparkling indie guitars, energetic rhythms matched with lyrics and melodies that revealed both hope and an occasionally cutting cynicism.
On its release ‘Let It Bee’ was a UK Top 15 album, its singles ‘I Say Nothing’, ‘I Walk The Earth’ & ‘Don’t Call Me Baby’ all chart hits and radio favourites. Re-issued for the first time since its initial release, all orders of the vinyl edition come with a print signed by all members of the band. The expanded double CD version features ‘Cartoon City’, a band favourite recently uncovered and remastered from the London Records archives.
Side A:
1. Beat Of Love
2. Sorrow Floats
3. Don't Call Me Baby
4. Man In The Moon
5. What You Have Is Enough
6. Oh Love
Side B:
7. I Walk The Earth
8. Trust Me
9. I Say Nothing
10. There's A Barbarian In The Back Of My Car
11. Just A City
Bonus CD single:
1. Cartoon City Oh Love (Piano Version) – unavailable elsewhere
2. I Say Nothing (demo)
3. Beat Of Love (demo)
