{"title":"Menswear","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenswear were a much-hyped mid-'90s Britpop group founded in 1994 in Camden Town, London and disbanded in 1998. They infamously received a great deal of press and record label interest before recording a single note.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe original members of *Menswear* included Johnny Dean on vocals, backing vocals, and percussion; Simon White on electric guitar and backing vocals; Chris Gentry on electric and acoustic guitars; Stuart Black on bass and acoustic guitar; and Matt Everitt on drums and percussion.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe group's ballyhooed debut album \"Nuisance\" was released in 1995. The album yielded five singles - \"I'll Manage Somehow\", \"Sleeping In\", \"Daydreamer\", \"Stardust\", and \"Being Brave\" - all with multiple b-sides. After one non-album single, \"We Love You\", was issued in 1996, the mostly-forgotten second album, \"*Hay Tiempo!\", was released only in Japan in 1998.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2013, Johnny Dean reconvened the group with all new members and they released the single \"Crash '14,\" a rerecording of an old *Menswear* song. The group continues to tour.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"hay-tiempo","title":"¡Hay Tiempo!","description":"\u003cp\u003eMenswear’s second record\u003ci\u003e ¡Hay Tiempo!\u003c\/i\u003e is the great lost album of Britpop. It saw the band distancing themselves from the increasingly inward-looking and fractured London music scene, and absorbing influences from the US West Coast with a more widescreen and technicolour sonic template than heard on their Top 20 debut album\u003ci\u003e Nuisance.\u003c\/i\u003e Sessions started in 1997 with producer Chris Allison (Coldplay, Shack, The Beta Band, Emmanuel Jal) and ran famously over time and hugely over budget. The band worked in Van Morrison's studio, the iconic Rockfield Studios and the River Thames houseboat studio of Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour; enlisting musicians including Pee Wee Ellis (James Brown, Van Morrison), Sean O'Hagen from The High Llamas, and The Kursaal Flyers' Vic Collins, with string arrangements by Nick Ingham (Oasis). The final tracks were mixed by Dave Bascombe (Depeche Mode, Tears For Fears). Despite the scale, ambition and huge evolution in Menswear’s songwriting, a combination of shifting trends and the band reaching breaking point after such a rapid rise to fame meant the record was shelved, never to be released - either physically or digitally - except in the Japan (where the band has always enjoyed huge popularity). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, exactly 25 years since the release of Menswear’s second album \u003ci\u003e ¡Hay Tiempo! \u003c\/i\u003eis finally being issued on vinyl for the first time by Demon Records. Fully remastered from the original tapes and featuring a detailed recreation of the artwork and sleeve, pressed on 180g heavyweight clear vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Demon","offers":[{"title":"Clear | LP.","offer_id":50388591640907,"sku":"1095024","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/39522c9f-bddd-44ae-b8fe-ae04b03df843_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726344738"},{"product_id":"the-menswear-collection","title":"The Menswear Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Menswear Collection - A 4 CD box set featuring a booklet with photography and interviews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo band epitomised Britpop more than Menswear. Singer Johnny Dean, guitarists Chris Gentry and Simon White, bassist Stuart Black and drummer Matt Everitt formed in London in mid 1994, playing a handful of gigs that prompted a label bidding war and countless magazine covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey delivered a string of top 20 singles:\u003ci\u003e I'll Manage Somehow, Sleeping In, Stardust, Being Brave\u003c\/i\u003e and the undeniable Britpop classic \u003ci\u003eDaydreamer.\u003c\/i\u003e While the speed of their success surprised some; their style, attitude and riotous live shows defined the times and they became one of the most popular bands of 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMenswear played their final show in 1998, but this box set illustrates just how much they packed into their short career. This comprehensive collection includes the first demos they ever recorded - lost until now; plus singles, b-sides, remixes, rarities, live tracks and a newly remastered version of their debut album, \u003ci\u003eNuisance\u003c\/i\u003e. It also includes previously unheard demos and tracks written for their second album, 1998's\u003ci\u003e Hay Tiempo!\u003c\/i\u003e Only released in Japan, the record is included here in full - and remastered for the first time ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edsel","offers":[{"title":"CD | x4.","offer_id":50388822557003,"sku":"1110511","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD | x4","offer_id":50388822786379,"sku":"1095022","price":32.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c485e3a0-62ea-4adb-914d-09debde51da7_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726349281"},{"product_id":"big-in-japan-the-7-singles","title":"Big In Japan - The 7” Singles","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo band epitomised Britpop more than Menswear. Singer Johnny Dean, guitarists Chris Gentry and Simon White, bassist Stuart Black and drummer Matt Everitt formed in London in mid 1994, playing a handful of gigs that prompted a label bidding war and countless magazine covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey delivered a string of UK Top 20 singles: ‘I’ll Manage Somehow’, ‘Sleeping In’, ‘Stardust’, ‘Being Brave’ and the undeniable Britpop classic ‘Daydreamer’. While the speed of their success surprised some; their style, attitude and riotous live shows defined the times and they became one of the most popular bands of 1995.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis boxset features the singles from their debut album, \u003ci\u003eNuisance\u003c\/i\u003e. A-sides and B-sides of the bands five 7” singles pressed on coloured vinyl with original iconic artwork covers and printed inner sleeve. 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Limited 7\".Limited Cassette.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Post Pop Records","offers":[{"title":"7\"","offer_id":50451452985675,"sku":"375251","price":4.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/05713b48-6fa7-4b43-bdc1-1176e313100a_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727126056"},{"product_id":"nuisance-25th-anniversary-edition","title":"Nuisance - 25th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eMenswear were the 90s Britpop band who formed in Camden and signed a record deal after their fifth gig. The album reached no 11 in 1995 with three top 20 hits - the biggest single \u003ci\u003eBeing Brave\u003c\/i\u003e at no 10 in 1996. Other singles include \u003ci\u003eDaydreamer\u003c\/i\u003e (UK14) \u003ci\u003eStardust\u003c\/i\u003e (UK16), \u003ci\u003eSleeping In\u003c\/i\u003e (UK24) and \u003ci\u003eWe Love You\u003c\/i\u003e (UK22) and\u003ci\u003e I’ll Manage Somehow\u003c\/i\u003e which received good reviews in NME and Melody Maker. They had regular appearances on Top Of The Pops and were the first band to ever appear ahead of the first single being released. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original release, this special edition RSD release is presented on Orange coloured 180 Gram vinyl, original artwork and additional single \u003ci\u003eWe Love You\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Demon","offers":[{"title":"Orange | LP","offer_id":50466843001163,"sku":"1089187","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/065c6d78-0861-42aa-81a3-cd43c980e334_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727324736"},{"product_id":"extra-material","title":"Extra Material","description":"\u003cp\u003eNo band epitomised Britpop more than Menswear. 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