{"title":"The Motorcycle Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003eEx-Shop Assistants vocalist fronting ex-Creation band Meat Whiplash. An album called 'Scarlet' was recorded in 1988 and intended for release in 1989, yet it never made it into the shops and the band split up. Copies of an in-house promotional cassette containing what was thought to be the finished album have since found their way into the hands of collectors. The finished album, all taken from the master tapes, will finally be released officially in 2019.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"scarlet","title":"Scarlet","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor fans of The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Primitives, The Alvvays, Best Coast, Shop Assistants. The Motorcycle Boy are \/ were an Edinburgh based band formed from the ashes of teenage upstarts Meat Whiplash and fronted by ex-Shop Assistant Alex Taylor. The release of their debut single \u003ci\u003eBig Rock Candy Mountain\u003c\/i\u003e led to favourable reviews and extensive airplay including daytime plays on Radio 1. The single became a top 3 indie hit and flirted with the lower regions of the national charts. The Flood produced \u003ci\u003eSweet Dreams Pretty Baby\u003c\/i\u003e (included as a bonus track on the CD) was scheduled as a follow up single but was moth balled as the band concentrated on recording an album. Band infighting, sackings and general mismanagement led to Chrysalis shelving the album. The album continued the faster miles per hour, sequencer heavy, style of \u003ci\u003eBig Rock Candy Mountain \u003c\/i\u003ein songs such as \u003ci\u003eHey Mama\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrying To Be Kind\u003c\/i\u003e but also showed a more articulate song writing ability with \u003ci\u003eValentine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUnder The Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e. The addition of the mesmerising\u003ci\u003e Take Me For A Walk \u003c\/i\u003eand the stunning \u003ci\u003eUp Here\u003c\/i\u003e will only make you wonder why this album has never had the release it deserves. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forgotten Astronaut Records","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50417471553867,"sku":"1075950","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"CD","offer_id":50417471783243,"sku":"1075949","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/94eff811-8cb1-440b-8d77-baab33e75ef2_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726730394"},{"product_id":"john-peel-session-14-09-87","title":"John Peel Session 14.09.87","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the ashes of the Shop Assistants and Meat Whiplash came the \u003cstrong\u003eMotorcycle Boy\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the great lost Scottish pop groups of the late 1980s. Featuring the unmistakable voice of the late Alex Taylor, the band traded under an enigmatic name inspired by Mickey Rourke’s character in Francis Ford Coppola’s avant-garde film noir \u003cem\u003eRumble Fish\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Edinburgh-based five-piece were feted as the ‘next big thing’ and went on to release a string of classy singles – but it was the old, old story. Dropped by a major label, the Motorcycle Boy’s debut LP was recorded and never came out – well, not until a few years ago, about 30 years after it should have done – and the band split up, their chance at world domination gone.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFans, though, remember their bittersweet pop gems – and now their only BBC session for the legendary John Peel is released on Precious Recordings of London. This four-song outing at Maida Vale features the LP title track ‘\u003cem\u003eScarlet\u003c\/em\u003e’ and much loved ‘\u003cem\u003eUnder The Bridge\u003c\/em\u003e’, plus the previously unreleased ‘\u003cem\u003eI Could Make You Happy\u003c\/em\u003e’, perhaps as close to indiepop as they ever got.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith sleeve notes by Michael Kerr and a plethora of unseen images, this release is limited to 500 copies worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Precious Recordings of London","offers":[{"title":"10\" - Black","offer_id":52578519449931,"sku":"R1328-7666","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/0_6f6164bc-ee3a-47a5-a84a-21cba9688d95.jpg?v=1752303008"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_5b13902a_thumbnail_4096_e9f16f6b-ac3e-4253-bc5a-d4ae0fe4b442.jpg?v=1726730363","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/the-motorcycle-boy.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}