1989
1989 - Noel Gallagher audtions for the band.
Notes: He apparently sang a rendition of Whisky but the band chose Tom Hingley instead. Noel became the bands roadie, working as a drum technican. Noel also toured with the band, occasionally doing press interviews abroad pretending to be Clint or Tom. Noel also signed shirts on behalf of the band, forging their signatures and other roadie related tasks too.
01 September 2011 - Tom Goodwyn wrote for the NME: Keyboardist Clint Boon told XFM of the reunion: We’ve not actually started writing new material yet, but we are getting in the studio with the intention of doing just that. We’re also going to be re-recording some of the songs we did back in the mid to late ’80s. We’re celebrating the birth of the band and going back to the garage-y roots...When Steve left the band, very amicably, that’s when Noel Gallagher auditioned to take his place as a singer for the Inspirals. We ended up with Tom Hingley, who’s a great singer and still is. Imagine if we’d taken on Noel? That’s another chapter of the Inspirals‘ history that we should maybe one day investigate.
From 02 September 2011 - John Robb Louder Than War interview: Clint: Liam Gallagher will be buzzing when he hears of the new line up, Noel as well. It’s weird to think but if Steve hadn’t left in the first place then Oasis might never have happened.
From 20 January 2018 Clint Boon Interview for the Winsford Guardian by Stephen Topping: Clint saw Noel Gallagher ‘day-in-day-out’ for four years while the future Oasis and High Flying Birds star was a roadie for Inspiral Carpets. He said: “When Stephen [Holt] left the band he wanted to be our singer, but we didn’t think his voice suited the band. So we took him on as our roadie and he was with us everyday. We would party together, we would go to the football together, we were extremely close. “It was quite obvious that one day he would do his own thing, but not even Noel could have imagined how successful he would be. “I still have to pinch myself that he is the same lad from Burnage that we had to pick up and take everywhere with us because he couldn’t drive.”
Craig Gill said: "I first met Noel when he came up to me in the Hacienda and told me he was a fan of the Inspirals and gave me a cassette of him playing acoustic guitar. He was still working for the gas board back then." "When our singer left in 1988, we asked him to come for an audition but we were after something really specific, so to break it gently to him we asked him to come and be our roadie, but he became more or less the sixth member of the band. But then he joined up with his brother and formed Oasis."
South Wales Echo, David Owens interview with Tom Hingley: ‘Music journalists and music journalism in general has been quite lazy about that period of time,’ he tells me, explaining his reasons for writing the book. ‘They had forgotten that we were one of the three biggest bands between 1989 and 1992. ‘They kind of think we’re famous purely because Noel Gallagher worked for us (Gallagher was the band’s roadie before finding fame with Oasis); the truth is Noel Gallagher would never have been heard of and had no career whatsoever if he had not worked for us. ‘No-one forced him to stand at the side of the stage for 250 gigs and watch me sing, no one made him be in the studio where we wrote songs and told someone how to play them. When we did interviews abroad and we were tired Noel would sit in and pretend to be me or Clint (Boon – The Inspiral Carpets’ keyboard player). It was a rock school for him. ‘He met Alan McGee working for us, Paul Weller working for us, he met The La’s working for us. People don’t get that because Oasis were a million times more successful, but I’m sorry the chronology of it was that he couldn’t have worked for The Stone Roses because their egos were too big to accommodate him, he couldn’t have worked for The Happy Mondays because at least a couple of them were really serious Class A drug users, so he would not have gone anywhere if he had not worked for us. ‘He owes an enormous debt to the band and that’s fine because he went off and did something much better and much more successful than we did,’ he adds, letting out a huge roar of laughter.
31 August 2012 - Tom speaks to Tim Fletcher of Burton Mail : ...Hingley claims Gallagher was kicked out of the band’s entourage after smashing up their tourbus, and says he was deliberately kept in the dark about the fact the future Oasis mainman had auditioned for the job.
“The rest of the band didn’t tell me,” he says. “Why? Maybe some of them were a bit manipulative and maybe they thought Noel was a good person to have around.
“Maybe they thought they could draft him in at some point to replace me. Bands are quite Machiavellian things — they’re not the Chelsea flower show — but in any event Noel learned to be a pop star working for us.”...

January 1989 - John Matthews audtions for the band.
Notes: John would later sing for The High, formed by ex-Stone Roses guitarist Andy Couzens.
From August 2011 - MOJO Magazine interview with Tom Hingley: ...Stephen had left, and they were auditioning for a new singer. Clint (Boon, organ) had a go, and so did (then-roadie) Noel Gallagher and John Matthews [later of The High). They weren't right....

January 1989 - Steve Harrison advised Tim Burgess to audition for Inspiral Carpets
Notes: Apparently Omega Records owner & The Charlatans manager Steve advised Tim to audition for the band. Tim would later join The Charlatans, when their original singer Baz left.

January 1989 - Too Much Texas singer Tom Hingley audtions for the band
Notes: From 1990 Smash Hits Magazine Interview by Sylvia Patterson:
"I knew all them, anyway, whispers Tom, "so they got me up on stage at Manchester Apollo for an audition."
What did you Sing? "Had to do a Johnny Cash number," he recalls, rumbling into a rendition of the great man's classic... "Waaalk walk Straight...
Clint: "And we'd heard him doing a Peel session with this other band he was in — they did a version of 'Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep' (truly irritating hit from the "happening" '70s)
From August 2011 - MOJO Magazine interview with Tom Hingley: HELLO GOODBYE - THIS MONTH:TOM HINGLEY AND INSPIRAL CARPETS. They began playing garage in a lock-up; later came the fateful gathering in a hotel meeting room.
HELLO MARCH 1989 I'd been in a band called Too Much Texas and I'd met Paula Greenwood, who ran the Playtime label in Manchester. She took us under her wing and let us support the Inspirals at two Or three gigs. They were a powerful band when Stephen Holt sang for them in those early days. Stephen had left, and they were auditioning for a new singer. Clint (Boon, organ) had a go, and so did (then-roadie) Noel Gallagher and John Matthews [later of The High). They weren't right. So I went to a rehearsal room called the Mill in Guide Bridge near Ashton. It was Clint's lock-up; he used to make furniture and it was quite industrial, with lots Of heavy machinery. They used to spray paint these bedspreads, so there were all these particles in the air. They'd insulated this little room and I remember leaning against this wall which had
sacking sewn into it. I would have sung the stuff they'd done with Stephen: Butterfly, Keep The Circle Around, Joe. They were all there, Craig [Gill, drums), Clint, Graham (Lambert, guitarl and Martyn (Walsh, bass). They were into The Seeds. The 13th Floor Elevators and The Chocolate Watch Band, and Craig was equally into hip-hop and pop music. There's always a pecking order in bands, and probably it was really Graham's band. They were very northern and more working-class than me. I'm a southerner and a bit more posh. But I'd been in bands for years So I knee.' what I was doing, plus I had a car. They didn't tell me I was in, but we were rehearsing and gigs were booked very quickly because the band hadn't been able to play for three, four
months. We committed to spending £500 to record a single, too: when I started doing a vocal, Graham and Clint came in and said, "What's that? You've got a lisp." I said, "It's too late, I'm in the band now." I got the piss taken out of me for the first six months for drinking mineral water, until they started putting weight on drinking fizzy drinks. But we were united by music, then.

The Inspiral Carpets
Graham Lambert - Guitar
Craig Gill - Drums
Clint Boon - Farfisa Organ, Backing Vocals
Tom Hingley - Vocals
Martyn Walsh - Bass

February 1989 - Square One Studios, Bury.
Joe / Directing Traffic / Commercial Reign / Commercial Mix / Joe (Mix)
Notes: 808 State Joe sessions. 4 Track Studio Recording with Graham Massey & Martin Price. Joe (Mix) is a different mix of the track which only appeared on the various artists compilation - . It has no credit to being different but has an unsual phaser sound throughout.
From August 2011 - MOJO Magazine interview with Tom Hingley: ...We committed to spending £500 to record a single, too: when I started doing a vocal, Graham and Clint came in and said, "What's that? You've got a lisp." I said, "It's too late, I'm in the band now."...
Official: April 1989 - Joe
Official: Various Artists - Joe (Mix)

04 March 1989 Saturday - The Boardwalk, Little Peter Street, Manchester, M154PS * Doors Open: * Ticket Price: £2 (Advance) £3 (On The Door) £1.50 (NUS Student Discount) * Support Act(s): The Jerks
Out Of Time / Butterfly / Joe / Directing Traffic / So Far / Greek Wedding Song / Theme From A Cow / Monkey On My Back / Whiksey / Seeds Of Doubt / Keep The Circle Around / Commercial Reign
Notes: Tom Hingley debuts in front of an audience, see 04 November 1988 for Tom's last performance at this venue with former band 'Too Much Texas'. Mixed reception from the regular fans. Probably the debut performance of Directing Traffic. Commercial Reign makes a welcome return to the set in a more complete form.
The Boardwalk (Music Venue, Little Peter St., Manchester) ticket holders could get a £1 discount off The Hacienda club night entry on Fridays and Saturdays.
Bootleg: Audience Recording () - Out Of Time / Butterfly / Joe / Directing Traffic / So Far / Greek Wedding Song / Theme From A Cow / Monkey / Whiksey / Seeds Of Doubt / Keep The Circle Around / Commercial Reign

Edward Barton compilation
Two Cows
Two Cows written by Inspiral Carpets, lyrics by Edward Barton. Reworking of the carpet's 1988 Theme From Cow.
Re-recorded: March 1989. Engineered by Nick Garside.
Official: January 1994 - Saturn 5

14 March 1989 Tuesday - The Riverside, Newcastle * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £4.50 * Supporting: James *
15 March 1989 Wednesday - University, Sheffield * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £4.50 * Supporting: James *
Bootleg: Audience Recording
16 March 1989 Thursday - University, Hull * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £4.50 * Supporting: James *

18 March 1989 Saturday - Free Trade Hall, Manchester * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Supporting: James *
Commercial Reign / Butterfly / So Far / Greek Wedding Song / Directing Traffic / Theme From A Cow / Keep The Circle Around / Whiksey / Joe / Monkey On My Back / Out Of Time
Notes: Sold Out Show.
Bootleg: Audience Recording () - Commercial Reign / Butterfly / So Far / Greek Wedding Song / Directing Traffic / Theme From A Cow / Keep The Circle Around / Whiksey / Joe / Monkey / Out Of Time

21 March 1989 Tuesday - The Powerhouse, Hurst Street, Birmingham * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.00 * Supporting: James
Commercial Reign / Butterfly / Greek Wedding Song / Directing Traffic / Theme From Cow / Keep The Circle Around / Joe / Whiskey / Monkey On My Back / Out Of Time
Notes: An audience recording exsists for James' set too.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Brummie Butterflys () CD-R - Commercial Reign (fade in) / Butterfly / Greek Wedding Song / Directing Traffic / Theme From Cow / Keep The Circle Around / Joe / Whiskey / Monkey / Out Of Time

22 March 1989 Wednesday - Dominion Theatre, London * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £6.00 * Supporting: James *
Keep The Circle Around / Joe
Notes: An audience recording exsists for James' set.

26 March 1989 - John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1, Maida Vale Studio 4, London - Broacast: 05 April 1989
Produced by Dale Griffin. Engineered by Dave Dade & Miti Adhikari.
Out Of Time / Directing Traffic / Keep The Circle Around / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)
Notes: Features Tom's version of Keep The Circle Around. Different to the E.P. version, which preceeded his involvement with the band. The session was released on the 1989 Peel Sessions E.P. and tracks featured on the Radio 1 Sessions compilation.
From April 1999 - Tom Hingley sleeve notes for The Radio 1 Sessions: Recording sessions for the BBC was always challenging and fun. I have great memories of all the Maida Vale studio sessions recorded for John Peel and Mark Goodier...There was something magical and unique about driving down to London in a van, arriving at the Maida Vale studios (which were originally a roller- skating rink) and within iust a few hours thrashing out as many as four songs. These were always special, exclusive to the show and often very different from the album and single recordings...
Broadcast: BBC Radio1 FM - The John Peel Show
Inspiral Carpets - Out Of Time (Session)
Tad - Helot (Sub Pop) / Lester Sterling - Tribute To King Scratch (Trojan)
Inspiral Carpets - Directing Traffic (Session)
Soul Side - Bass (Dischord) / Lunachicks - Sugar Luv (Blast First) / White Zombie - Revenge (Caroline) / Special Ed - I'm The Magnificent (Profile) / Lip CReam - R.I.P. Off (Selfish)
Inspiral Carpets - Keep The Circle Around (Session)
Morrissey and Vini Reilly - I Know Very Well How I Got My Note Wrong (Factory)
Inspiral Carpets - Gimme Shelter (Session)
Official: July 1989 - The Peel Sessions () CD
Official: 1999 - The Radio 1 Sessions (SFRSCD082) CD

March 1989 - Inspiral Carpets form Cow Records label

Inspiral Carpets - March 1989 - Trainsurfing U.K. Release Date
Recorded: September 1988 - Trainsurfing Sessions, Out Of The Blue Studios
Recorded and mixed by Nick Garside.
Cow - MOO 2
Butterfly
You Can’t Take The Truth
Causeway
Greek Wedding Song
Notes: 'Trainsurfing' was originally scheduled for September 1988 on Playtime, when their distributors Red Rhino collapsed.
Playtime delayed the release (November 1988, December 1988) and set the date for January 1989 after securing a new distribution deal with Pinnacle. The band were frustrated with the label, hence forming their own Cow Records label and having complete control of their records. When the band left Playtime Records they took the initial vinyl pressings with them and had all the matrix's scratched out on the initial pressings for release on Cow. Years later (see April 1992) the band would be taken to court over the early departure. The high court writ served by Paula Greenwood, to the band, revolves around a verbal agreement regarding the records release. Playtime argued in court they had an exclusive license to the tracks.
Check out 1988 for a white label promo of Butterfly. The E.P. would finally see all the tracks available, digitally for the first time, on the 2003 Cool As boxset.
From 1990 Smash Hits Magazine Interview by Sylvia Patterson:
Regarding the bands signature cow drawing, Clint said: "It wasn't really a big idea as such," he muses. "Put up the image on our backdrop and people started mooin' and laughin' an'... drinkin' milk, and so we just took it from there..really started from this time we were all in a backyard eatin' beefburgers," chips in bald bass player Martin, who's known as Bungle he looks like Bungle Of Rainbow,
and this COW came up and started watching us.. so we gave it a bit of beefburger!"
That's not very nice. "Naaah, it's just.. .irony! And, besides, it means we'll be sacred if we ever go to India."
And you still eat them, eh? Martin:'Oh yeah. Well, if you didn't eat them be walkin' all over the motorways, wouldn't they?"

1989 - Inspiral Carpets feature on Indie Top 20 Volume 6 - Pride Of Independents - Various Artists Compilation.
Butterfly
Notes: For years this was the only CD source for the track.

April 1989 - Inspiral Carpets appear on the various artists compilation - Edward Barton's 'Edward Not Edward'
Two Cows - Recorded: March 1989. Engineered by Nick Garside.
Two Cows

22 April 1989 Saturday - Leadmill, Sheffield * Doors Open: 20:30-02:00am * Ticket Price: £2.50 / £2 (Advance/Members/Students) * Support Act(s): The Corn Dollies
Joe / Theme From A Cow / So Far / Butterfly / Find Out Why / Seeds Of Doubt / Directing Traffic / Move / Keep The Circle Around / Sackville / Monkey On My Back / Whiskey / Out Of Time / Commercial Rain / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)
Notes: Probably debut performance of Find Out Why, Move & Sackville. Move is an early version.
Hand written setlist read "Joe / Theme From Cow / So Far / Butterfly / Find Out Why / Greek Wedding Song / Directing Traffik / Move / Keep The Circle / Sackville / Monkey / Out Of Time / Commercial Rain / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)"
Bootleg: Audience Recording () Joe / Theme From A Cow / So Far / Butterfly / Find Out Why / Seeds Of Doubt / Directing Traffic / Move / Keep The Circle Around / Sackville / Monkey / Whiskey / Out Of Time / Commercial Rain / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)

27 April 1989 Thursday - The Quadrangle, London School Of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2 * Doors Open: 20:30 * Ticket Price: £3.00, £2.00 (Student Discount) * Support Act(s): Angel Hearts
Joe / Theme From A Cow / Find Out Why / Butterfly / Directing Traffic / Keep The Circle Around / Sackville / Inside My Head / Greek Wedding Song / Monkey On My Back / Whiskey / Out Of Time / Commercial Rain / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)
Notes:
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Oldskool (Analogue Audience Master Cassette (Sony Tcs 430 with clip on mic)/ION Tape2pc/Sony VAIO/Audacity v1.2.6/WAV/Traders/Little Helper Encoding Level 6/FLAC>MP3) - Tape - Joe / Theme From A Cow / Find Out Why / Butterfly / Directing Traffic / Keep The Circle Around / Sackville / Inside My Head / Greek Wedding Theme / Monkey / Whiskey / Out Of Time / Commercial Rain / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)

April / 16 May 1989 - Joe U.K. Release Date
MOO 3 'check the irony'
Joe - Produced by Graham Massey & Martin Price (808 State) & Inspiral Carpets. Recorded: February 1989 - Square One Studios, Bury.
The sleeve indicates credit to Inspiral Carpets for production too, but only Massey / Price on the labels. Distributed by Nine-Mile & Cartel Distribution. Made In England.
All songs written by Inspiral Carpets.
12inch Vinyl
Side A - ORLAKE Fancy A Shag?
Side B - ORLAKE I Suppose A Brian Low Is Out Of The Question
Variant Side A: DUNG 3TA ORLAKE J FANCY A SHAG? (CROSSED OUT: MOO 3 A)
Variant Side B: DUNG 3TB ORLAKE J SUPPOSE A BRIAN LOW IS OUT OF THE QUESTION (CROSSED OUT: MOO 3 B)
DUNG 3CD
Joe
Commercial Mix
Directing Traffic (4-track Version)
Commercial Reign (4-track Version)
Notes: The 4-track versions are different to the album versions and upcoming single versions, Commercial Reign remains unique to this release too. Commercial Mix sounds like a dub version of Commercial Reign. Directing Traffic (4-track Version) is also known as (E.P. Version) and (808 State Version).
The Cartel distribution white inner sleeve for the 12inch noted the date '04/89'. The singles compilation noted the release date as '16 May 1989'

05 May 1989 - University, Manchester
Joe / Greek Wedding Song / Butterfly / Find Out Why / So Far / Directing Traffic / Theme From Cow (Two Cows) / Move / Keep The Circle Around / Sackville / Monkey On My Back / Whiskey / Out Of Time / Commercial Reign / Seeds Of Doubt / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)
Notes: Move is still being developed into the song we know now.
Bootleg: Soundboard () Joe / Greek Wedding Theme / Butterfly / Find Out Why / So Far / Directing Traffic / Theme From Cow (Two Cows) / Move / Keep The Circle Around / Sackville / Monkey / Whiskey / Out Of Time / Commercial Reign / Seeds Of Doubt / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)
Bootleg: Audience Recording

08 May 1989 - University, Sheffield
(Introduction Tape) / Joe / Butterfly / Keep The Circle Around / Directing Traffic / Seeds Of Doubt / Theme From A Cow / Greek Wedding Song / Sackville / Monkey On My Back / Whiskey / Find Out Why / Commercial Rain / Out Of Time / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)
Notes: Before Monkey starts the sex noises tape can be heard playing.
Bootleg: Audience Recording
Bootleg: The North Inside (Moo production!) CD1: FM Recording - 20 March 1992 - Academy, Manchester (Introduction Tape “Suggestion”) / Smoking Her Clothes / Directing Traffic / Caravan / Joe / Mermaid / Two Worlds Collide / She Comes In The Fall / Dragging Me Down / Commercial Reign - CD2: Audience Recording - 08 May 1989 - University, Sheffield: (Introduction Tape) / Joe / Butterfly / Keep The Circle Around / Directing Traffic / Seeds Of Doubt / Theme From A Cow / Greek Wedding Theme / Sackville / Love Intro/Monkey (on my back) / Whiskey / Find Out Why / Commercial Rain / Out Of Time / Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover) / Inside My Head [Demo aka Dung4] / 26 [Demo aka Dung4]

May 1989 - Dung 4 U.K. Release Date
Recorded 29, 30 & 31 December 1987 - The Mill, Guide Bridge, Ashton-Under-Lyne
Dung4 Cassette
Keep The Circle Around
Seeds Of Doubt
Joe
Causeway
Inside My Head
Sun Don't Shine
Theme From Cow
Butterfly
26
Garage Full Of Flowers
96 Tears
Notes: I used to own the original Dung 4 cassette before the Cherry Red Records re-issue. This is a brilliant cassette, I still feel that a lot of tracks are superior to the released E.P versions. It should have been the bands first album. Although some of the songs were re-recorded and released officially, 26 is still unique to this release. The version of Joe was made available a year before on the various artists compilation 'Manchester North Of England'. Inside My Head & Sun Don't Shine would not be officially released until Stephen leaves the band and Tom Hingley joins, the tracks appear on Life. Seeds Of Doubt would also be re-recorded with Tom for This Is How It Feels B-Side.
The cassette was also available through the fanclub mail order service, originally priced at £2.99.

May 1989 - Square One Studios
Recorded and mixed by Nick Garside.
Find Out Why / So Far
Official: 21 August 1989 - Find Out Why

26 May 1989 Friday - ULU (University Of London Union), Marley Street, London * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £4.50 (Advance) * Supporting: The Shamen

June 1989 - Square One Studios
Recorded and mixed by Nick Garside.
Planecrash (Live) / Move / Out Of Time / Move In
Notes: A live take of Planecrash appeared as a Find Out Why B-side.
Produced by Inspiral Carpets. Studio Recordings engineered and mixed by Nick Garside, Move In was co-produced by Nick too.
Official: August 1989 - Find Out Why () Planecrash (Live Square One Studios June 1989)
Official: November 1989 - Move () Move / Out Of Time / Move In

8.15 From Manchester Session, Studios
8:15 From Manchester 0:45
Notes: The band re-recorded Find Out Why, with new lyrics and brief arrangement, for the theme song for the Children's TV Show '8:15 from Manchester'.
From 1990 Smash Hits Magazine Interview by Sylvia Patterson:
Mmmn, Just think, one day could have your very own "wacky" TV series"
Clint: "We Were Offered it! Yeah, the BBC Offered it to us and just said we turned it down straight away - we're not a cartoon band,
y'know. Think they asked us cos' got dead catchy tunes, lots of silly haircuts and everyone in the band is dead good looking, especially the organ playin',
'Yeah, right, we'll make you like caricatures of yourselves — we'll
portray Noddy as always "
Graham: "And it's just not true! at him sat there! Wide awake!"
Clint: "So we did the theme tune for The 15 From Manchester as a sort ofcompromise. We've got nothin' against kids' TV like, we want to be heard by as many people as possible, not precious like that..
Bootleg: The Sound Of The North (Catalog Number: SEM46) CD-R - Unreleased Demos - Slow Suicide (86' Demo) / Beautiful Face (86' Demo) / Cow Demos Cassette May 87' Differ Vocals & Bassist - Head For The Sun / Now You've Gone / Whiskey / Love Can Never Lose Its Own / Peel Session 88' - Greek Wedding Song / So Far / Monkey On My Back / Whiskey / Self titled flexi disc January 87' Differ Vocals & Bassist -Garage Full Of Flowers / From Self titled TV Programme - 8.15 From Manchester 0:41 / Find Out, Why August 89' B-Sides - So Far / Planecrash (Live 1989 Square One) / Move, November 89' B-Sides - Out Of Time / This Is How It Feels Cassette March 90' - Whiskey / Please Be Cruel June 91' B-Sides - St Kilda / The Wind Is Calling Your Name / Dragging Me Down February 92' B-Side - I Know Im Losing You / Two Worlds Collide May 92' B-Side - Boomerang
Bootleg: Demos and Sessions 86-87 AKA pre-dung (2003) CD-R - Unreleased Demos - Slow Suicide (86' Demo) / Beautiful Face (86' Demo) / Cow Demos Cassette May 87' Differ Vocals & Bassist - Head For The Sun / Now You've Gone / Whiskey / Love Can Never Lose Its Own / Peel Session 88' - Greek Wedding Song / So Far / Monkey (On My Back) / Whiskey / From Self titled TV Programme - 8.15 From Manchester 0:41 / This Is How It Feels Cassette March 90' - Whiskey /

June 1989 - Newsletter Two
Notes: Moosletter Two (Moosletter 2). Initally sent to fanclub members and later issued with the single Find Out Why. Moosletter No. 2 included 1989 August and September tour dates. Merchandise address, Cow Records, 2nd floor, 42-44 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3WE. The same Sackville Street as mentioned in the song Sackville, regarding the prostitutes who worked the street. The leaflet stated 'Inspirals have no plans to release Planecrash this year.'.
Badges Inspiral Carpets (white on blue), Inspiral Carpets (green on white), Joe & Cow badge. Available seperately for 30p each or £1.30 for the set.
Shirt A had the Inspiral Carpets band name three times vertically across the chest. It was available in red, white, grey and yellow xxl. Priced at £7.
Shirt D had the Inspiral Carpets cow logo with moo!. It was available in black or white in xxl.Priced at £7.
Shirt E had the cool as fuck Inspiral Carpets smoking cow logo with moo!. It was available in black or white in xxl. Priced at £7.
Shirt G had the Find Out Why and Inspiral Carpets band name on the front. Limited Edition for the August tour. It was available with black print in red, light blue, green and yellow. Also available with white print on black and dark blue and a three colour print on a white shirt too xxl. Priced at £7.
The issue also noted the release of dung4 'eleven song cassette featuring early versions of all Inspirals recent hits. £2.99 inc P&P.'

10 June 1989 Saturday - C'est La Vie (upstairs/attic), Market Street Lane, Blackburn * Doors Open: 21:00-02:00 * Ticket Price: £3 (Advance) * Support Act(s): Venetian Parade

June 1989 - La Conjura De Las Danzas, Barraca, Valencia, Spain * Support Act(s): Happy Mondays, The La's, The Popguns, *
Joe / Commercial Rain
Notes: Happy Mondays headlined the show. Graham's guitar amp blows during the set and he mimes the rest of the show. The band play a late show which ends at approx 3am. Melody Maker noted the band played a song called 'Train Surfing', obviously the journalist was confused. The review writer also noted the sound being dreadful.

July 1989 - The Peel Sessions U.K. Release Date
26 March 1989 - John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1, Studios, London
Out Of Time
Directing Traffic
Keep The Circle Around
Gimme Shelter (The Rolling Stones cover)
Notes: The session was released on the 1989 Peel Sessions E.P. and tracks featured on the Radio 1 Sessions compilation.

17 August 1989 - John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1, Maida Vale Studio 5, London - Broadcast: 09 September 1989 * Repeated: 27 December 1989
Engineered by Jonathan Leong. Produced by Mike Robinson & Nick Gomm.
Sun Don't Shine / She Comes In The Fall / Song For A Family / This Is How It Feels
Notes: The band bring back Sun Don't Shine with Tom on vocals. An short early version of This Is How It Feels is performed with negative harmonies and slightly different lyrics.
From 20 January 2018 Clint Boon Interview for the Winsford Guardian by Stephen Topping: He remembers how little known the band was when he penned This is How It Feels, a song which has gone on to be sung on football terraces and still be played regularly on the radio. Clint said: “I think it’s lovely. I didn’t realise back then how big it would be. At that time we were still taking time off work to do gigs. “If I knew then that it would still be played 30 years later, that it would be sung at so many football games, and that people would really embrace it, I would have been very surprised. “It’s like a child that you have brought up, and they are now an adult doing their own thing. We created it but it is completely out of our control now.”
Broadcast: 27 December 1989 - BBC Radio1FM - The John Peel Show (Festive 50 Numbers 20-11 alongside sessions from Inspiral Carpets, Filthkick and Happy Mondays)
Inspiral Carpets - This Is How It Feels (Session)
808 State - Donkey Doctor (ZTT)
Happy Mondays - Do It Better (Session)
Filthkick - Lynching Party/Bar Room Brawl/AA (Session) / Bhundu Boys - Chimbira (WEA)
Inspiral Carpets - She Comes In The Fall (Session)
Happy Mondays - Tart Tart (Session)
Crystal Vortex - Money You Are My Slave (B Ware) / Filthkick - Between The Lines/Meat Rack (Session) / Zaiko Langa Langa - ?
Inspiral Carpets - Sun Don't Shine (Session)
Home T, Cocoa T, Shabba Ranks - Pirates Anthem (Greensleeves)
Happy Mondays - Mad Cyril (Session)
Filthkick - The Harder You Fall/Drowning In Affluence (Session) / Public Enemy - Welcome To The Terrordrome (Def Jam) / Morrissey - Ouija Board, Ouija Board (HMV) / The Wedding Present - Brassneck (RCA) / Morrissey - Last Of The Famous International Playboys (HMV) / The Stone Roses - Made Of Stone (Silvertone) / Mudhoney - You Got It [Keep It Outta My Face] (Sub Pop) / Cud - Only A Prawn In Whitby (Imaginary) / The Wedding Present - Take Me (RCA) / The Jesus And Mary Chain - Blues From A Gun (Blanco Y Negro) / Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (Blast First) / Pale Saints - Sight Of You (4AD)
Official: 1999 - The Radio 1 Sessions (SFRSCD082) CD

21 August 1989 - Find Out Why U.K. Release Date
Find Out Why & So Far - Recorded: May 1989 - Square One Studios, Recorded and mixed by Nick Garside.
Planecrash - Recorded: June 1989 - Square One Studios, Recorded live by Nick Garside.
DUNG 5 'Binsy Smith Meets Monobrow'
7inch
CD / DUNG5T 12inch Vinyl
Find Out Why
So Far
Planecrash (June 1989 - Live in Square One Studios)
Notes: The single reached number 90 in the U.K. Charts.. The band would re-record the song and rework it for the theme song for the TV Show '8:15 from Manchester'.
The singles compilation noted the release date as '07 August 1989'.

August 1989 - Manweb Hall, Liverpool * Support Act(s): Murderworld

29 August 1989 Tuesday - The Zap Club, Old Ship Beach, Brighton * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £4.00 (Advance) £4.50 (On The Door) * Support Acts: Bridewell Taxis
(Introduction Tape) / Directing Traffik / Real Thing / So Far / Find Out Why / This Is How It Feels / Besides Me / Butterfly / Move / She Comes In The Fall / Joe / Out Of Time / Sackville / Commerical Rain / Inside My Head
Notes: Possibly debut performances for Real Thing & Besides Me. This Is How It Feels & She Comes In The Fall are similar to the John Peel Session versions, see 17 August 1989. Show can be found on the 'Mad Cow' Vinyl Bootleg. For years I thought the bootleg was recorded at Blackpool 1989, there was even a bootleg sleeve with the incorect date & photos of Blackpool. The bootlegger(s) must have been confused with The Stone Roses show. The actual 'Blackpool' recording dominates playback only through the left channel.
Bootleg: Mad Cow (Spongy Records BSE 1. 1990, Made In EEC.) Vinyl LP Record Matrix Side 1: BBLP-04 A-1 (CROSSED OUT: PA 4 4 98 MT HA-LP -1-A-1). Matrix Side 2: BBLP-04 B-1 (CROSSED OUT: MT HA-LP -1-B-1) - Live '89 at the Seaside (*.) Mixing Desk - 29 August 1989 - The Zap Club, Brighton Intro / Directing Traffik / The Real Thing / So Far / Find Out Why / This Is How It Feels / Besides Me / Butterfly / Move / You Don't Walk You Crawl (She Comes In The Fall) / Joe / Out Of Time / Commerical Rain / Inside My Head / Keep The Circle Around (Dung4 Demo) / Seeds Of Doubt (Dung4 Demo) / Theme From Cow (Dung4 Demo)
Bootleg: 1989 Blackpool, Empress Ballroom, Winter Gardens () CD-R - (Introduction Tape) / Directing Traffik / Real Thing / So Far / Find Out Why / This Is How It Feels / Besides Me / Butterfly (*not listed on the sleeve) / Move / She Comes In The Fall / Joe / Out Of Time / Sackville (fade out) / Commerical Rain (fade in) / Inside My Head

30 August 1989 Wednesday - Panic Station, Dingwalls, Camden Lock, Chalk Farm Road, London, NW1 * Doors Open: 20:00 , On Stage: 22:30 * Ticket Price: £5.00 (Advance) £4 (Members) *
Bootleg: Audience Recording

31 August 1989 Thursday - Warehouse, Leeds
01 September 1989 Friday - The Venue, Edinburgh
02 September 1989 Saturday - College Of Technology, Glasgow

03 September 1989 Sunday - Burberries, Birmingham
(Introduction Tape) / Directing Traffic / Real Thing / So Far / Find Out Why / This Is How It Feels / Besides Me / Butterfly / Move / She Comes In The Fall / Joe / Song For A Family / Many Happy Returns / Out Of Time / Sackville / Commercial Rain
Notes: The introduction tape is the 'Thinking' tape.
Bootleg: Audience Recording *Often confused with a mixing desk recording. - Burberries Brummies () Tape - (Introduction Tape) / Directing Traffic / Real Thing / So Far / Find Out Why / So This Is How It Feels / Besides Me / Butterfly / Move / She Comes In The Fall (Cut, Tape Flip) / She Comes In The Fall (Cut, Tape Flip) Joe / Song For A Family / Many Happy Returns / Out Of Time / Sackville / Commercial Rain
Bootleg: Audience Recording (Black and white sleeve Birmingham 3.9.89, Clear cassette shell with sticker 'Sep 03 1989'. Older photo of the band still with Swifty and Holty.) Tape -

04 September 1989 Monday - FAC51 The Hacienda, 11-13 Whitworth Street, Manchester * Doors Open: 20:30 * Ticket Price: £4 (Advance) £4.50 (On The Door) * Support Act(s): The Bridewell Taxis

09 September 1989 - NME Material World Article
Fave Films - One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Next, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Deep Throat, 13 Weeks (Bungo saw the long version)
Fave Reading Matter - Viz, Shot, Hard TV 2, Oldham Chronicle, Hunter S Thompson, Milan Kindera
Fave Music - 808 State, De La Soul, Soul II Soul, World Domination, Enterprises, Happy Mondays, Isaac Hayes
Funny People - Sid James, Gerry Sadowitz, Bernard Manning, Spalding Grey
Unfunny People - Australians
Three Reasons To Believe In Cows - Beefburgers, Kebabs, Milkshakes (they don't have to die for milkshakes)
Fave Obscene T-Shirt other than Cool As F*** - Rude Kid
Best Thing About Organs - You can sit down while you're playing them, you don't have to tune them up and the keys sometimes look like tomatoes
Worst Thing About Organs - You can't do anything without being called a 60's band.
Fave Drinks - Urine, Ace Lager, Rapier Lager
Fave Drugs - Empathy, Dale Griffin, Acid-impregnated kebabs, Uncut Bill Wyman, Pencils
Heroes - Mark E Smith
Villains - Pol Pot, Mussolini, Mark E Smith, Music publishers
Bands You'd Have Liked To Be In? Robin Hood's Band Of Minstrels, Jesus' Disciples
Most Frigtening Experience - Going on stage realising we've got no clothes on
Most Enjoyable Experience - Martin's initiation ceremony in the back of the van...
Three Famous Joes - Joe Royle, Joe Bugner, Joe Stalin
Acid House Record - 'Pacific State' 808 State
Acid House Venue - Thunderdome, Manchester
Fave TV - Panasonic 26" Colour, Sinclair 3" Colour, Danny La Rue
What Would You Do If The Bomb Dropped? If it was in America we'd laugh. If it was here, we'd die. Catch. Put my antique furniture outside to get the paint off.
Sex Symbols - Yeah, we are. Thanks a lot, you cutie.
Fave Group Activity Outside Music - Mutual Masterbation.
Notes: Inspiral Carpets answer several questions for Simon Williams in the NME article. The band would record with their hero / villain in the next few years too.

September 1989 - Life Recording Sessions
October 1989 - Life Recording Sessions

October 1989 - Newsletter Three
Notes: Moosletter Three (Moosletter 3). Autumn 1989. Initally sent to fanclub members and later issued with the single Move. Moosletter No. 3 included 1989 October / November tour dates. Merchandise address, Cow Records, 2nd floor, 42-44 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3WE (no visitors).
Shirt D, Moo! (generic cow head logo), 2 colour print on Black or White short sleeve shirt. XXL. £8.00.
Shirt E, Cool As Fuck (smoking cow in shades), 2 colour print on Black or White short sleeve shirt. XXL. £8.00.
Shirt H, Cow Records (dancing cows), White print on Black shirt. XXL. £8.00.
Shirt I, Inspiral Carpets (''9 Bar'' band name written 9 times on the front) 4 colour print on White shirt. XXL £8.00.
Shirt J, (New Design) had a 'wonky' band logo on the front. 4 colour print on white long sleeve shirt with Butterfly design on the back, £11.00 XL only.
The issue also noted the price increase of dung4 'eleven song demo recorded by Inspiral Carpets in December 1987. Contains versions of : 'Circle', 'Joe', 'Butterfly' & '96 Tears'.. £3.50.'
Badges: Inspiral Carpets (White on Blue), Moo! (Cow Logo), Cool As Fuck (Black on Green) £1.00 per set.

November 1989 - Move U.K. Release Date
Recorded June 1989 - Square One.
Produced by Inspiral Carpets. Engineered and mixed by Nick Garside.
Move In - Produced by Inspiral Carpets & Nick Garside.
All songs written by Inspiral Carpets. Distributed by Cartel Distribution. Made In England.
DUNG 6 'whens plane crash coming out'
Limited Edition 7inch came with a free badge.
CD / 12inch DUNG 6t
Side A: DAMONT - Ever Had A Dead Pigeon In Your Bollocks? John Peel Has!
Variant Matrix Side 1: DUNG 6 A2 DAMONT D Putting it down to a bird for clint THREE PLUS ONE = FLICK don't listen to track eleven - it came from heaven Moving On Besides Me EVER HAD A DEAD PIGEON IN YOUR BOLLOCKS? JOHN PEEL HAS!
Variant Matrix Side 2: DUNG 6 B2 DAMONT E Why else would you buy Dung 9 and Life import?
Move
Out Of Time
Move In
Notes: The single reached number 49 in the U.K. Charts.
The singles compilation noted the release date as '09 October 1989'.

17 October 1989 - Free Trade Hall, Manchester * Support Act(s): The Sugarcubes *

23 October 1989 Monday - Venue, Cardiff
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three. Noel Gallagher was spotted selling merchandise on the stall.

24 October 1989 Tuesday - University, Aberystwyth
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three.
26 October 1989 Thursday - Sugarhouse, Lancaster
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three.

27 October 1989 Friday - Polytechnic, Leeds * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £4.00

28 October 1989 Saturday - Trent Polytechnic, Byron House, Shakespeare Street, Nottingham * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £4.00
Notes: At least 650 tickets sold for the show.

29 October 1989 Sunday - The Lower Refectory, Sheffield University, Sheffield * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £4.00 * Support Act(s): Asia Fields *
02 November 1989 Thursday - The Bierkeller, Bristol * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £4.00

02 November 1989 Thursday - Bierkeller, Bristol
Notes: Date taken from Move promo poster.

03 November 1989 Friday - ULU, University of London Union, Malet Street, London, WC1 * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.00 * Support Act(s): The Membranes *
Notes: Sold Out Show. NME reported that bootleggers were handing out leaflets at the end of the show advertising a bootleg recording for sale, the same happened after an Edwyn Collins show at Town & Country in London 1989 too. The tapes were priced at £3.50. At the time there was several raids on Camden Market regarding the sale of bootleg cassettes. Apparently an Inspiral Carpets spokesman told the NME 'We're going to put out our own digital recording, much better quality, to thwart them'. Date taken from Moosletter Three.

04 November 1989 Saturday - Queens Hall, Widnes * Ticket Price: £4.50 *
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three.
06 November 1989 Monday - Roadmenders, Northampton
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three.
07 November 1989 Tuesday - University, Keele * Support Act(s): Rig
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three.
08 November 1989 Wednesday - Irish Centre, Birmingham * Support Act(s): Rig
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three.

09 November 1989 Thursday - University, Newcastle * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £4.00
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Newcastle Uni. 09/11/89 (Purple Camden Market Style Sleeve)

10 November 1989 Friday - Strathclyde University, Glasgow, Scotland
Notes: Date taken from Moosletter Three.

11 November 1989 Saturday - International 2 Club, 210 Plymouth Grove, Longsight, Manchester M13 * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £5.00
Notes: Probably unofficial but there is a grey 'smoking cool cow' on the front and 'cool as fuck' on the rear t-shirt with the date '11 November 1990 Plymouth Grove'

30 November 1989 - Temperance Club, Paris, France
Song For A Family / Inside My Head / Joe / This Is How It Feels / Move / Besides Me / Directing Traffic / Sackville / So Far / Find Out Why / Real Thing / She Comes In The Fall / Monkey On My Back / Many Happy Returns / Commercial Rain
Notes:
Bootleg: Audience Recording
Bootleg: Not In England Anymore () CD1: Audience Recording - 27 November 1992 - Mach, Nuremburg, Germany (Introduction Tape) / Generations / She Comes In The Fall / Saviour / Bitches Brew / Fire / This Is How It Feels / Mystery / Two Worlds Collide / Smoking Her Clothes / Alt. Intro/Weakness / Irritable Force / A Little Disappeared / Dragging Me Down / Commercial Reign / Joe / Tainted Love (cover) CD2: Audience Recording - 30 November 1989 - Temperance Club, Paris, France: Song For A Family / Inside My Head / Joe / This Is How It Feels / Move / Besides Me / Directing Traffic / Sackville / So Far / Find Out Why / Real Thing / She Comes In The Fall / Monkey On My Back / Many Happy Returns / Commercial Rain

December 1989 - Locomotive Club, Paris * Support Act(s): DJ Dave Haslam
Real Thing / Joe / Find Out Why / Sackville
Notes: Unconfirmed if the date has been confused with the above 30 November 1989 show.
Mute A&R recruits were in the audience, the band would sign a deal with them in January. Mandi James wrote a review for the NME, 16th December 1989, regarding the show and explained the coach ride with some of fans travelling from the U.K.

1990
The Inspiral Carpets
Tom Hingley - Vocals
Clint Boon - Farfisa Organ, Backing Vocals
Graham Lambert - Guitar
Craig Gill - Drums
Martyn Walsh - Bass

M - 06 January 1990 - Inspiral Carpets appear in Melody Maker Magazine, Readers Poll 1989
Inspiral Carpets are voted number for the BRIGHTEST HOPE behind The Stone Roses. Voted ninth place for ACTS YOU'D LIKE TO SEE MORE OF IN MM. Reading Festival was hailed as EVENT OF THE YEAR.

M - 13 January 1990 - Inspiral Carpets appear in NME Magazine, Readers Poll 1989
They come ninth place in BAND OF THE YEAR catergory but second place in the BEST NEW BAND / ARTIST, just behind The Stone Roses. Joe is voted in fourth place for SINGLE OF THE YEAR, the 'Cool As F***' T-shirts are voted second place in the FASHION catergory, Flare being number 1. Reaading Festival was voted number 1 for EVENT OF THE YEAR (MUSIC).

Thursday before 20 January 1990 - Inspiral Carpets sign with Mute Records for £100,000
Notes: The signing was completed by Daniel Miller. The band had interest from CBS, Chrysalis, London, RCA, Jive and K-Tel but eventually signed with Mute. The deal was a UK only 5 LP deal, they had not settled on a Europe or U.S. deal at the time. Mute & A&R recruits scouted the band at the French show in November 1989. Mute also covered expenses for £300 meal vouchers, free records and a trip to an England game at Wembley.

Friday before 20 January 1990 - Life is completed and mixed for release.

18 February 1990 Sunday - Polytechnic, Leicester, Leicestershire * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £6.00 * Support Act(s): Rig
Notes: Sold Out Show. Rig did not get to play due to a lighting failure. The issue was fixed by the time the Inspiral's were due onstage.
The band sold the 'cool as f@@k' band poster on this tour. It had a black and white band photo with maroon writing ''inspiral carpets'', ''cool as f@@k'', ''cow manchester england'' with the cow logo bottom left too.
The Joe hoodie was made available on tour and through the fanclub. It was only available in Xl, it was camo green with black text 'JOE' with Inspiral Carpets written in the E of Joe '(C) copyright 1990'.

19 February 1990 Monday - Town And Country Club, 9-17 Highgate Road, Kentish Town, London, NW5 * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £6.00
Notes: Sold Out Show.

20 February 1990 Tuesday - The Ritz, Whitworth Street, Manchester * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £6.00 * Support Act(s): The High
Notes: Sold Out Show. The High were signed by London Records at this show.
Bootleg: Audience Recording

21 February 1990 Wednesday - The Network, West Tollcross, Edinburgh * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £5.00

1990 - Inspiral Carpets feature on Manchester - So Much To Answer For - Various Artists Compilation.
CD
Double LP Vinyl
Directing Traffic (Peel Session 26 March 1989)

N - February 1990 - Newsletter Four
Notes: Moosletter Four (Moosletter 4). Initally sent to fanclub members and later issued with the single This Is How It Feels. Moosletter No. 4 noted This Is How It Feels for release in early April.
All Orders, Enquiries and fan mail to: Cow Merchandising, 2nd floor, 42-44 Sackville Street, Manchester, M1 3WE.
Cheques/Postal Orders payable to Cow Merchandising.
Shirt D, Moo! (generic cow head logo), 2 colour print on Black or White short sleeve shirt. XXL. £8.00.
Shirt D, Moo! (generic cow head logo), 2 colour print on Black or White long sleeve shirt. XXL. £11.00.
Shirt E, Cool As Fuck (smoking cow in shades), 2 colour print on Black or White short sleeve shirt. XXL. £8.00.
Shirt E, Cool As Fuck (smoking cow in shades), 2 colour print on Black or White long sleeve shirt. XXL. £11.00.
Shirt H, Cow Records (dancing cows), Navy Blue shirt. XXL. £8.00.
Shirt J, had a 'wonky' band logo on the front. "INSP/BUTTERFLY" 4 colour print on white or black long sleeve shirt with Butterfly design on the back, £11.00 XL only.
Shirt K, Butterfly design with band title underneath on the front, 2 colour print on white or black long sleeve shirt with Butterfly design, £11.00 XL only.
Badges: Inspiral Carpets (White on Blue), Moo! (Cow Logo), Cool As Fuck (Black on Green) £1.00 per set.

M - 03 March 1990 - Inspiral Carpets feature on the cover of NME Magazine, 60p
Notes: With their faces pressed against the glass 'Pile It On! The wall-to-wall magic of The Inspiral Carpets'.

05 March 1990 - This Is How It Feels U.K. Release Date
Produced by Nick Garside and Inspiral Carpets.
Recorded at Out Of The Blue Studios. Mixed by Nick Garside at Square Ones.
Tune For A Family
Seeds Of Doubt
Whiskey
This Is How It Feels (Extended)
This Is How It Feels (7inch Version) aka (Radio Mix) aka (Flood Mix) - Mixed by Flood at Maison Rouge.
This Is How It Feels (Robbery Mix) - Mixed by Pk and Dashboard.
This Is How It Feels (Drum Mix) - Mixed by Pk and Dashboard.
Sleeve layout design by Designland.
DUNG 7 welcome to mutechester
Promo Video 27 February 1990 (Doublevision Production, Job No. 40470)
7inch Vinyl
This Is How It Feels (7inch Version) aka (Flood Mix) aka (Radio Mix)
Tune For A Family
Cassette
This Is How It Feels (Extended)
Tune For A Family
This Is How It Feels (7inch Version) aka (Flood Mix) aka (Radio Mix)
Seeds Of Doubt
Whiskey
12inch Vinyl Limited Edition Numbered 'Remix' DUNG 7 R
This Is How It Feels (Robbery Mix) 6:35
This Is How It Feels (Drum Mix) 6:26
12inch Vinyl DUNG7T
DUNG 7 CD
This Is How It Feels (Extended)
Tune For A Family
This Is How It Feels (7" Version) aka (Flood Mix) aka (Radio Mix)
Seeds Of Doubt
Notes: The single reached number 14 in the U.K. Charts. Originally scheduled for an April release, the single was brought forward by Mute so the bands April Tour would promote the Life LP instead. The Robbery & Drum mixes were scheduled to be remixed by fellow label signings 'Renegade Soundwave'. I read that the multi-tracks were not available in time for them to remix and the mixes here were produced by in-house Mute Engineers (hence the sleeve credit).
The singles compilation noted the release date as '07 May 1989'.

August 1991 - This Is How It Feels Australian Release Date

1991 - This Is How It Feels U.S. Release Date
USA CD E.P.
This Is How It Feels (Extended) 4:44
Gold Top 3:32
Gold Top (Who's Sane Mix) 6:28
Biggest Mountain (Kammer Mix) 4:28
Notes: The single reached number 22 in the U.S. Modern Rock Charts.

March 1990 - Cool As Milk Advertisement campaign
Notes: The band had the ingenius idea of advertising on milk bottles. They made a deal with North West Milk Marketing company to advertise on 250,000 bottles of milk. The deal lasted approx 16 weeks, starting just before the release of Life (23 April 1990). The distribution was restricted to the North West, mainly in and around Manchester.
So many bottles were stolen and have now become collectible items. The bottle had the cow logo wearing shades and the black, life album, band siloutees on the rear and read ''Cool As Milk - moo! Inspiral Carpets. ''life'' : album , cassette , cd : out now + live concert at g-mex 21st july 1990. please rinse and return. Lancashire Dairies Manchester.

April 1990 - Inspiral Carpets feature in The Catalogue, For The Independant Music Trade
7inch Flexi Disc Vinyl
Joe (Live London?)
Notes: Flexi Disc was inside the magazine.

09 April 1990 - John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1, London
Notes: Not a session but John plays 3 tracks from the band's Life LP. The Charlatans in session tracks were played during the show too.
Inspiral Carpets - Real Thing (Mute) / Public Enemy - Who Stole The Soul (Def Jam) / The Charlatans - You Can Talk To Me (Session) / Tiger - Look Like Me (Taxi) / Sixteen Tons - Simple (No Blow) / Ember Days - Hood (Wroxeter) / Mahotella Queens - Masole A Banana (Virgin America) / Trenchmouth - Snakebite (Ad Infinitum) / The Charlatans - Then (Session) / Foremost Poets - Reasons To Be Dismal (Nu Groove) / Inspiral Carpets - Many Happy Returns (Mute) / Johnny Osbourne - Don't Bite The Hand (Digital B) / McCarthy - I'm On The Side Of Mankind As Much As The Next Man (Midnight) / L.A. Star - Swing To The Beat (Profile) / The Charlatans - Then (Session) / Johnny Robinson - When A Man Cries (Connoisseur Collection) / Gregory Isaacs - Counterfeit Lover (Penthouse) / Inspiral Caprets - Besides Me (Mute) / Duane Eddy - Detour (Jamie) / Zimbabwe Cha Cha Cha Kings - Madiwa Lucy / The Charlatans - Polar Bear (Session) / Mass Appeal - Balance (Vinyl Solution)

M - 14 April 1990 - Inspiral Carpets appear on the cover of Melody Maker magazine, 60p
Notes: 'A Daze In The Life'

21 April 1990 - Life Album Launch, Dry Bar, Manchester
Notes: There was a article in the NME regarding the album launch at Factory's Dry Bar. No specific date was mentioned but apparently members of Happy Mondays, New Order, A Certain Ratio, James, The Wedding Present, Yargo, Rig were all in the audience...along with Nigel Pivaro (aka Terry Duckworth from TV soap opera 'Coronation Street').

22 Apil 1990 Sunday - McGonagles, Dublin * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £7.50

23 April 1990 - Life U.K. Release Date
DUNG 8
Real Thing / Song For A Family / This Is How It Feels (LP Version) / Directing Traffik / Besides Me / Many Happy Returns / Memories Of You / She Comes In The Fall (LP Version) / Monkey On My Back / Sun Don't Shine / Inside My Head / Move / Sackville (LP Version)
Notes: Reached number 2 in the charts.
Sackville is sometimes noted as the 7inch version. Both Sackville & She Comes In The Fall are different mixes from the She Comes In The Fall single release. This Is How It Feels is a different mix from the single version, which most people know. Over the years the band would play This Is How It Feels like the single version, rather than the LP one. The album would see a deluxe re-issue in April 2013.

25 April 1990 - Life Japanese Release Date
Black and white sleeve with cow logo moo! 90/4/25 On Sale...Advance Promo Tape
CD ALCB-57
Real Thing / Song For A Family / This Is How It Feels (LP Version) / Directing Traffik / Besides Me / Many Happy Returns / Memories Of You / She Comes In The Fall (LP Version) / Monkey On My Back / Sun Don't Shine / Inside My Head / Move / Sackville (LP Version)
Bonus Tracks: Whiskey / Tune For A Family / Seeds Of Doubt / This Is How It Feels (Extended)
Notes: This was a rare CD source for Whiskey, at the time, it was only available on the This Is How It Feels cassette in the UK. The other Bonus Tracks are from This Is How It Feels E.P.

23 Apil 1990 Monday - Queens University, Belfast * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £7.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford

The Life Tour Set List...'Ugly but very fucking cool!'
Real Thing / *Gibson
Directing Traffic / *Fender
Besides Me /
This Is How It Feels / *Fender
I'll Keep It In Mind /
Sackville / *Gibson
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Song For A Family /
Weakness /
Move / *Fender
Beast Inside /
She Comes In The Fall /
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Further Away / *Gibson
Find Out Why / (Bass!)
Grip /
Commercial Reign /
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Joe /
Biggest Mountain *Fender
Mountain Sequence
Notes: This advance handwritten tour list noted the rehearsed tracks and even some of the guitars used during the sets too.

24 April 1990 Tuesday - Barrowlands, Glasgow * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: At least 550 people attended the show.

26 April 1990 Thursday - Royal Court Theatre, Liverpool * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Sold Out Show.

27 April 1990 Friday - University Union (L.U.U), Leeds * Doors Open: 20:00, Support: 20:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Ashley & Jackson
Notes: Sold Out Show. Not sure if Baby Ford played support at this show?

1990 - The Hilton Hotel, Leeds
Notes: Sylvia Patterson interviews the band for Smash Hits Magazine.
From 1990 Smash Hits Magazine Interview by Sylvia Patterson:
They've all done millions of crap jobs, too. "OOOh, we've done them crap jobs!" wails Graham, guitar player with the curls and the liveliest person you ever did meet.
"I've been a journalist! Heheh. Yeah, wowe drove around in Crap vans delivering things, worked in record shops, petrol stations, cotton mills.. .been a managin' director. .a gynaecologist. and Craig used to be a car valet — he knows about cars."
Compared to the likes of the Mondays and the Roses, the Carpets are complete big girls' blouses. They all stayed In their hotel last night, no one was sick out of the fifth floor window and Clint stayed up till 4 o'clock this morning fixing his organ which flaked out at last night's "gig".

28 April 1990 Saturday - University, The Octagon, SUSU, Western Bank, Sheffield * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Listed as 'Sheffield University' on the tour advert. Sold Out Show.

30 April 1990 Monday - Mayfair, Newgate Street, Newcastle * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford

01 May 1990 Tuesday - Rock City, 8 Talbot Street, Nottingham, NG15GG * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Sold Out Show. Mayday. Pink ticket stub denotes 'Early Show'. Was there a late show?

02 May 1990 Wednesday - Hummingbird, Birmingham * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Sold Out Show.

04 May 1990 Friday - UEA, Norwich * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Sold Out Show.

05 May 1990 Saturday - Academy, Brixton, 211 Stockwell Road, London, SW99SL * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £6.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Sold Out Show. On this date a year ago the band were playing The University in Manchester.

06 May 1990 Sunday - University, Reading * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Additional Tour Date. Sold Out Show.

07 May 1990 Monday - Academy, Brixton, 211 Stockwell Road, London, SW99SL * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Unconfirmed date.
The newsletter 'moosletter' number 4 indicates 06 May 1990 Sunday but the band played Reading instead, unconfirmed if the band played Brixton, as an additional date, on Monday?
Another source says Reading was 13 May and Brixton was a Sold Out Show on the 08 May?

08 May 1990 Tuesday - Corn Exchange, Cambridge * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford

09 May 1990 Wednesday - The Event, Brighton Top Rank, Brighton * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Sold Out Show.

10 May 1990 Thursday - University, Cardiff * Doors Open: 20:30 * Ticket Price: £5.50 * Support Act(s): Baby Ford
Notes: Sold Out Show. Tour finale.

May 1990 - Cool As Fuck E.P. U.S. Release Date
Recorded in the U.K, Summer, 1989. All songs written by Inspiral Carpets.
Maufactured and distributed by Rough Trade inc.
Layout by Design Land.
DUNG 9-1
Joe
Find Out Why
So Far
Out Of Time
Planecrash
Notes: Compilation of the bands Find Out Why single, Move B-Side and Joe. Quickly imported to the U.K. and sold well, especially due to the iconic cover sleeve. The sleeve was censored, cool as **** e.p.

M - 19 May 1990 Wednesday - Inspiral Carpets appear on the cover of Record Mirror, Volume 37 - Number 20, 75p
Notes: 'Sweet Inspiration'

20 May 1990 - John Peel Session, BBC Radio 1, Studios, London - Broadcast: 05 June 1990 * Repeated: 02 August 1990 * Repeated: 07 October 1990
Produced by Dale Griffin. Engineered by Mike Engles.
Beast Inside / Grip / Weakness / I'll Keep It In Mind
From April 1999 - Tom Hingley sleeve notes for The Radio 1 Sessions: At times, our official studio versions were yet to be recorded and the BBC had the songs on tape even before Mute (our record company) did.
Official: 1999 - The Radio 1 Sessions (SFRSCD082) CD - Beast Inside
Official: August 1992 - The Peel Sessions (SFPCD085) CD

28 May 1990 Monday - Universal Sur, Spain Doors Open: 22:00
Notes: Date taken from promo poster, unconfirmed year.

1990 - Inspiral Carpets feature on Product 2378 - Various Artists Compilation.
Telstar ‎– TCD 2378
Joe (Remix) (1989 Cow Records)
Notes: Just listed as Joe on the sleeve, this has a unique to compilation version. It has wider stereo and an almost phaser effect to the overall sound.

03 June 1990 - CD Brussels
(Intro) / Real Thing / Directing Traffic / Besides Me / This Is How It Feels / I'll Keep It In Mind / Sackville / Song For A Family / Weakness / Move / Beast Inside / She Comes In the Fall / Further Away / Find Out Why / Grip / Commercial Rain
encore: Joe / Biggest Mountain
Notes: Move ended with a sloppy, almost joke ending.
Bootleg: Audience Recording () (Intro) / Real Thing / Directing Traffic / Besides Me / This Is How It Feels / I'll Keep It In Mind / Sackville / Song For A Family / Weakness / Move / Beast Inside / She Comes In the Fall / Further Away (tape flip) / Find Out Why / Grip / Commercial Rain / [encore break] / Joe / Biggest Mountain / [outro]

05 June 1990 Monday - Elysee Montmartre, Paris * Doors Open: 19:30 *
Notes: There was a few Mute France / Virgin Records Invitation only tickets made available for this show. OUI FM 102.3 gave away tickets through their Radio station competitions too.

12 June 1990 Dienstag - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany * Doors Open: 20:00

15 June 1990 - Faelledparkern, Copenhagen
Soundcheck: Biggest Mountain (accapella) / Real Thing / Commercial Reign
Real Thing / Directing Traffic / This Is How It Feels / Sackville / Song For A Family / Move / Beast Inside / She Comes In The Fall / Further Away / Find Out Why / Grip / Commercial Reign
Bootleg: Audience Recording () Soundcheck: Biggest Mountain (accapella) / Real Thing / Commercial Reign - Gig: Real Thing / Directing Traffic / This Is How It Feels / Sackville / Song For A Family / Move / Beast Inside / She Comes In The Fall / Further Away / Find Out Why / Grip / Commercial Reign

1990 - Inspiral Carpets feature on Indie Top 20 Volume 10 - Various Artists Compilation.
She Comes In The Fall (Album Version)

18 June 1990 - She Comes In The Fall / Commercial Reign / Sackville U.K. Release Date
1990 Mute Records Ltd. Published by Chrysalis Music Ltd.
Sleeve by Craig Johnson.
She Comes In The Fall (12inch Version) - Produced by Inspiral Carpets and Nick Garside. Remixed by Daniel Miller and Gary Wilkinson at Maison Rouge.
Commercial Reign - Produced and Recorded by Inspiral Carpets and Victor Van Vugt. Mixed by Chris Nagle at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
Sackville & Dubville - Produced by Inspiral Carpets and Nick Garside. Mixed & Remixed by Chris Nagle at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
Commercial Reign (Rub-A-Dub Mix) aka (Forgemaster's 'Rug-A-Dub' Mix) - Remix by Forgemasters for Warp at Fon Studios, Sheffield. Produced and Recorded by Inspiral Carpets and Victor Van Vugt.
She Comes In The Fall (Accapella) - Remixed by Daniel Miller & Gary Wilkinson. Produced by Inspiral Carpets and Nick Garside. Recorded by Inspiral Carpets and Victor Van Vugt.
Commercial Reign (Hog / Battered Mix) aka (Hog Battered Mix) - Remixed by Bruce Smith & Phil Legg. Programmed by Bruce Smith for Hogmint Productions. Produced and Recorded by Inspiral Carpets and Victor Van Vugt.
Commercial Rain (Business Mix) - Programmed by Bruce Smith for Hogmint Productions. Remixes by Bruce Smith & Phill Legg.
Commerial Rain (Snatch Mix) - Remixed by Bruce Smith & Phil Legg. Produced and Recorded by Inspiral Carpets and Victor Van Vugt.
DUNG 10 'hatscapswhippetsandcloggs'
12inch Promo
Commercial Rain (Hog Mix) aka (Hog / Battered Mix)
Commercial Rain (Business Mix)
Commercial Rain (Forgemaster's 'Rug-A-Dub' Mix) aka (Rub-A-Dub Mix)
Sackville (Chris Nagle's Dubville Mix) aka Dubville (Remixed by Chris Nagle)
12inch Vinyl DUNG10t
She Comes In The Fall
Commercial Reign
Sackville
Cassette
CD
She Comes In The Fall
Commercial Reign
Sackville (12" Version)
Commercial Reign (Snatch Mix)
7inch Vinyl
She Comes In The Fall (7" Version)
Sackville (12" Version)
12inch Remix Limited Edition Gatefold DUNG10r
Matrix Side A: DUNG 10R A1 THE EXCHANGE PR-P D I don't know his name
Matrix Side B: DUNG 10R B1 THE EXCHANGE PR-P Or something
Commercial Reign (Rub-A-Dub Mix)
She Comes In The Fall (Accapella)
Commercial Reign (Hog / Battered Mix)
Dubville (Remixed by Chris Nagle)
Notes: The single reached number 27 in the U.K. Charts. From promo poster 'Triple A 12" Single A. She Comes In The Fall A. Commercial Reign A. Sackville. Available Now...'. The first black and white magazine advert for the release just noted 'She Comes In The Fall. Cassette single and 4 track CD Single. Available Now. Milk Bottles Imminent.' Dubville is still unique to the vinyl release.
The singles compilation noted the release date as '18 June 1990'.
From 1990 Smash Hits Magazine Interview by Sylvia Patterson:
The Carpets next single is a tune called "She Comes In The Fall" and Martin has an announcement to make... "It's the first ever triple A-side Single. A triangle, like a pyramid, you can play it on all three sides...." Clint: "Naaah, it's just a triple A-side single with three tracks on the 12"...

1990 - Commercial Reign U.S. Release Date
U.S.A. 12inch 'Commerial Rain'
Commerial Rain (Snatch Mix)
Commerial Rain
Commercial Reign (Rub-A-Dub Mix)
Commercial Reign (Hog Battered Mix)
U.S.A CD
Commercial Reign
Sackville (12" Version)
Seeds Of Doubt 1:53
Commercial Reign (Snatch Mix)
Notes: The single reached number 30 in the U.S. Modern Charts Charts. The rear of the U.S. 12inch denotes all tracks as 'Commercial Rain'.

USA
24 June 1990 Sunday - Cabarat Metro, 3730 N. Clark, Chicago, U.S.A. * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: $6 * Support Act(s): The Service

28 June 1990 - Roxy Theatre, West Hollywood, U.S.A.
Move / The Beast Inside / She Comes in the Fall / Further Away / Find Out Why / Grip / Commercial Rain
encore: Joe / Biggest Mountain
Notes: Joe has an extended jammed intro but then launches into the main song.
Bootleg: Audience Recording

July 1990 - Milk Bottles Released
Notes: To promote the band. The limited edtion 'Cool As Milk' milk bottles were released.

July 1990 - Jacobs Studios, Farnham, Surrey.
Produced by Gareth Jones. Engineered by Peter Schmidt.
Biggest Mountain / Weakness / I'll Keep It In Mind / Biggest Mountain (Instrumental) / Gold Top
Official: 05 November 1990 - Island Head E.P.

21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): The La's, Baby Ford, Ashley & Jackson *
Real Thing / Directing Traffic / Besides Me / This Is How It Feels / I'll Keep It In Mind / Sackville / Song For A Family / Weakness / Move / Beast Inside / She Comes In The Fall (with Drummers) / Further Away / Find Out Why / Grip / Commercial Reign / Joe / Biggest Mountain - Mountain Sequence
Notes: Sold Out Show.
Original Promo Poster included '...plus baby ford + very special guests to be announced + guest dj's...' 'Doors Open 7.00 PM Tickets £10.00 ADV...'.
A green and black poster noted '+ very special guests The La's, Ashley & Jackson + guest dj's...'
The aftershow party was also sold out too, hosted at Manchester University, details taken from ticket 'Inspiral Carpets Backstage Party...Evening 10.30...after the show party is a licensed disco till 2am with no live bands. £2.50...'. Jam Mc's, Dave Booth (1992, 42nd Street, Hacienda, Spike Island), EZJ (Respect) all DJ'd at the show.
Coaches were arranged from all over the country to arrive in Manchester for the show.
An audience recording of The La's set exsists but no video or anything official has been released.
Broadcast: Radio Broadcast
Official Release: 21790 (VHS Video) - Complete Show
Official Release: Island Head E.P. (CD) - Weakness / I'll Keep It In Mind / Biggest Mountain / Mountain Sequence
Official Release: Life (Deluxe Edition) DVD - Complete Show
Bootleg: FM Recording: Real Thing / Directing Traffic / This Is How It Feels / I'll Keep It In Mind / Sackville / Move / Find Out Why / She Comes In The Fall (with Drummers)

1990 - Chris Nagle Session, Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
Notes: Chris Nagle mixes the recordings from July 1990 - Jacobs Studios for the upcoming Island Head E.P.
Official: 05 November 1990 - Island Head E.P.

25 August 1990 Saturday - Reading Festival, Little John's Farm, Reading, Berkshire * Doors Open: 12:00 - Curfew: 22:30 * Tickets: £35 (Three Day Ticket) *Support Act(s): The Wedding Present, The Buzzcocks, Billy Bragg, Ride, The Young Gods, The Chills, Pere Ubu, Psychic TV and more
Notes: Inspiral Carpets headlined the festival. August Bank Holiday Weekend. John Peel was the compere over the festival. There used to be an offer where you would collect empty Carling beer cans and tokens from the packaging to exchange for a free ticket to the festival, as the festival became more popular the offers changed but Carling was still the main sponser for years.

04 October 1990 - Tokyo, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00, Music starts 18:30 * Ticket Price: Y4,800
Notes: Club FromA sponsored the shows. Not sure if FromA broadcast any of the shows or recorded for FromA FM. Info taken from Japanese promo flyer.
05 October 1990 - Tokyo, Japan * Doors Open: 18:00, Music starts 19:00 * Ticket Price: Y4,800
Notes: Info taken from Japanese promo flyer.
06 October 1990 - Imp, Osaka, Japan * Doors Open: 18:30, Music starts 19:00 Ticket Price: Y4,800
Notes: Info taken from Japanese promo flyer.

05 November 1990 - Island Head E.P. U.K. Release Date
All songs written by Inspiral Carpets.
Recorded: July 1990 - Jacobs Studios, Farnham, Surrey.
Produced by Gareth Jones. Engineered by Peter Schmidt.
Biggest Mountain, Gold Top, Weakness & I'll Keep It In Mind - Mixed by Chris Nagle, 1990 - Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
Gold Top (Mix) aka (Who's Sane Mix) - Remix by Daniel Miller & Paul Kendall at Worldwide Studios.
Biggest Mountain (Kammer Mix) - Remix by Gareth Jones & Fischerman's Friend at Tritonus Studio, Berlin.
Live 21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester - Recorded by Tim Summerhayes (Fleetwood Mobile), mixed by Tim Summerhayes and Dian Barton.
Front Sleeve Photography by Peter Ashworth. Sleeve design by designland. Live 12inch back cover photograph of Hornchurch Harvettes taken by P.R. Brownbridge.
DUNG 11
12inch Vinyl
12inch Vinyl Live 21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester
Weakness (Live) / I'll Keep It In Mind (Live) / Biggest Mountain (Live) / Mountain Sequence (Live)
7inch
Cassette
CD (Variation pressings include Blue writing on dark pink disc and Dark pink/maroon writing on blue disc)
Biggest Mountain
Weakness
Gold Top (Mix) (*Sleeve just lists as (Mix) but is actually (Who's Sane Mix))
Biggest Mountain (Kammer Mix)
Notes: The single reached number 21 in the U.K. Charts. Gold Top 3:29 also appeared on the This Is How It Feels U.S. E.P. The singles compilation noted the release date as '05 November 1990'.
The Live 12inch indicated the tracks were taken from the forthcoming video.

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1990 - Inspiral Carpets appear on the Various Artists Compilation - 1990 Manchester Y12-21 Japan Promo Only CD
She Comes In The Fall 4:40 / This Is How It Feels 3:03 / Biggest Mountain 4:29 / Commercial Rain 4:43
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know 3:58 / Then 4:11
The Stone Roses - One Love 3:35 / Fools Gold 4:16 / I Wanna Be Adored 4:51 / She Bangs The Drums 3:49
Made In Japan. JASRAC CD M.F.D. by Alfa Records
Notes: Not For Sale Sample Only. Includes a beautiful sleeve with a cartoon Tom Hingley taking the Inspiral's cow to market. Maybe he sold the cow for some magic e's (rather than the traditional fairytales magic beans). There is no credit for the sleeve.

21 December 1990 - Island Head E.P. Japanese Release Date
2 CD 'Fatbox' Boxset ALCB167/168 Y3,000 (Yen)
CD1
Biggest Mountain
Gold Top
Weakness
I'll Keep It In Mind
Biggest Mountain (Kammer Mix & Sequence)
Weakness (Live 21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester)
I'll Keep It In Mind (Live 21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester)
Biggest Mountain (Live 21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester)
Mountain Sequence (Live 21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester)
CD2
This Is How It Feels (7" Version) aka (Flood Mix)
Commercial Reign
She Comes In The Fall (7" Version)
Sackville (12" Version)
Commercial Reign (Hog / Battered Mix) (Remixed by Bruce Smith & Phil Legg)
She Comes In The Fall (Accapella) (Remixed by Daniel Miller & Gary Wilkinson)
This Is How It Feels (Robbery Mix)
Commercial Reign (Snatch Mix)
She Comes In The Fall (12" Version)
This Is How It Feels (Drum Mix)
Commercial Reign (Rub-A-Dub Mix) (Remix by Forgemasters for Warp)
Notes: Priced at Y3,000, Japanese fans were treated to a 2 CD fatbox release with lyrics booklet and a full colour photo booklet too. The release still features B-sides available digitally for the first time. The unique to CD tracks were only ever issued on vinyl in the U.K.

N - 1990 - Moosletter Six
Notes: Newsletter Six (Moosletter 6). 'Frisbees, Baseball Hats and other....stuff!!'. The fanclub address was P.O. Box 410, Manchester, M60 3WD.
Shirt D - Inspiral Carpets logo with moo! white or black, £8 short sleeve or £11 for long sleeve.
Shirt E - The official Cool As Fuck in white or black, short sleeve £8 & long sleeve £11.
Shirt H - Dancing Cows was shown as white short sleeve only in the photo, but it was available as a navy blue garment (noted as Black in the order form though) with white text, image with cow records C 1989 on the front, as well as two dancing cows, £8.
Shirt J - Insp/Butt Butterfly design on back, was a long sleeve only with the band title 'stacked on top of each other', available in black or white for £11.
Shirt N - Megga Moo! features a close up short wrapped around the shirt, available in white only for £10.00.
Shirt O - The Cow Hide design was a short sleeve white shirt with the pattern all over with front and back printing, £10.00.
White Baseball caps with embroidered cow logo, £6.
Enamel cows head badge, £3.
Set of 3 button badges was £1.00.
The Firzbee with gold logo was £3.50
Set of 5 gold balloons with cow logo was £2.

M - 10 November 1990 - Inspiral Carpets appear on the cover of NME Magazine, 60p
Notes: 'Milking It! The - Inspiral Carpetsare on a roll!'

November 1990 - 21790 Live (VHS Video) U.K. Release Date
Directed by Michael Metcalf. Photography by P.R. Brownridge. The audio on the Live E.P. is noted as 'Recorded by Tim Summerhayes (Fleetwood Mobile), mixed by Tim Summerhayes and Dian Barton.'.
Mute Film, BMG Video 790 483.
Dung12
Biggest Mountain Live E.P. noted Audio "Recorded by Tim Summerhayes (Fleetwood Mobile), mixed by Tim Summerhayes and Dian Barton."
Real Thing / Directing Traffic / Besides Me / This Is How It Feels / I'll Keep It In Mind / Sackville / Song For A Family / Weakness / Move /
Beast Inside / She Comes In The Fall (with Hornchurch Harvettes Drummers) / Further Away / Find Out Why / Grip / Commercial Reign / Joe / Biggest Mountain - Mountain Sequence
Notes: See 21 July 1990 Saturday - G-MEX Centre, Manchester.
Official: 21790 Live VHS
Official: 2013 - Life (Deluxe CD & DVD)

M - 17 November 1990 - Record Mirror Magazine, Volume 37 - Number 46, 75p
Notes: EMF on the cover, photo by Karl Grant Price. Inspirals feature inside.

1990 - The Real Thing No. Three! (3) Fanzine
Notes: Numver 3 'The Real Thing 1990 Thanks 4 Coming'. Features a review of 21 July 1990 - G-Mex show too.

M - 01 December 1990 - Record Mirror Magazine, Volume 37 - Number 48, 75p
Notes: Inspirals feature inside.

December 1990 - Moosletter Seven
Notes: Newsletter Seven (Moosletter 7). Featured April & June 1991 Tour Dates. Multi-Moo! Shirt (Available in green or red, not pictured in the letter).
Moo! Shirt (Short or Long Sleeve, Black or White, previously available).
Cool As Fuck! Shirt (Short or Long Sleeve, Black or White, previously available).
Butterfly (Inspiral Carpets on front, butterfly design on back. Short or Long Sleeve, Black or White) Shirt, previously available.
Multi-Moo! Mug (Picture is drawn in red and white but was only available as a black cup)..
1989 Dancing Cows ("d'you know who we are?") (Picture is drawn in red and white but was only available on a black shirt, previously available) (Black white with white text and image, Cow Records C 1989)
Cow Records Shirt (not pictured in the letter), previously available.
Cow Hide Shirt, previously available.
Megga MOO! Shirt, previously available.
Baseball Caps (Embroidered Cow). Cow Head Enamel Badge. Set Of Three Button Badges (Inspiral Carpets, MOO! and Cool As Fuck). Frizbees (Gold Cow Logo). Balloons (Gold set of 5 with Cow logo).
Not featured in the moosletter was the 'warm as toast' christmas cow hoodiedesign. The same cow in shades with an xmas bobble hat on. White hoodie with red text and a red and green cow design. I am pretty sure this was released in time for Christmas 1990, unconfirmed date.

N - 02 December 1989 - Tom Hingley on Manchester - Interview
Notes: From 02 December 1989 - NME Magazine:
TOM (Inspiral Carpets)
BAND/SONG: 'WFL' by Happy Mondays
CONCERT: Happy Mondays, Free Trade Hall, November '89.
MANCUNIANS: MC Tunes and David Howes.
WHAT'S SPECIAL: There anything special.
PLACE: Eastern Bloc records.

1990 - The Beast Inside Sessions, Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey
Grip / Beast Inside / Further Away
Notes: Chris Nagle, who worked on The Charlatans 'Some Friendly' album, produced the record.

December 1990 - Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey
Caravan / Skidoo
Notes: David Keane of the band 'Asia Fields' joined the band in the studio to record additional percussion for Caravan and Skidoo.
Official: March 1991 - Caravan () Caravan / Skidoo

1991
The Inspiral Carpets
Tom Hingley - Vocals
Clint Boon - Farfisa Organ, Backing Vocals
Graham Lambert - Guitar
Craig Gill - Drums
Martyn Walsh - Bass

January 1991 - Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey
Skidoo
Notes: David Keane of the band 'Asia Fields' joined the band in the studio to record additional percussion for Caravan and Skidoo.
Official: March 1991 - Caravan () Caravan / Skidoo

1991 - The Beast Inside Sessions, Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey
Please Be Cruel / Born Yesterday / Sleep Well Tonight / Dreams Are All We Have / Niagara / Mermaid /

1991 - Inspiral Carpets feature on James release Gold Mother
CD
Vinyl
Gold Mother (features Inspiral Carpets on backing vocals)
Notes: Inspiral Carpets provide backing vocals on the title track. The tracks feature on every subsequent release of Gold Mother too. The bands toured together back in 1989.

1991 - The band's roadie and van driver Mark Collins joins The Charlatans

07 March 1991 - The Metro, Chicago, U.S.A.
(Moo! Introduction Tape) / Weakness / Grip / This Is How It Feels / Mermaid /Beast Inside / Caravan / Please Be Cruel / Born Yesterday / Joe / Commercial Reign / Further Away
Notes:
Broadcast: Radio Broadcast
Bootleg: FM Recording
Bootleg: All Around The World It's Getting Better Man (2003) CD1: FM Recording - 07 March 1991 - The Metro, Chicago, U.S.A. (Moo! Introduction Tape) / Weakness / Grip / This Is How It Feels / Mermaid /Beast Inside / Caravan / Please Be Cruel / Born Yesterday / Joe / Commercial Reign / Further Away CD2: Audience Recording - 14 May 1991 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany (Moo! Introduction Tape) / Joe / Mermaid / Please Be Cruel / Weakness / Sleep Well Tonight / Grip / This Is How It Feels / She Comes In The Fall / Born Yesterday / Beast Inside / Directing Traffic / Out Of Time / encore: Commercial Reign / Further Away

09 March 1991 - The Spectrum, Toronto, ON, Canada
(Moo! Introduction Tape) / Move
Notes: Incomplete Setlist.
Bootleg: Audience Recording - Toronto 1991 (“Moo!” Catalog Number: SEM15) CD-R -

1991 - Inspiral Carpets feature on New Season (Peel Sessions 1983-1991) - Various Artists Compilation.
Out Of Time (John Peel Session 1989)

M - 16 March 1991 - Inspiral Carpets appear on the cover of NME Magazine
Notes: 'Allied Carpets. The Inspirals invade the USA'

18 March 1991 - Caravan U.K. Release Date
DUNG 13
Sleeve design by Designland.
Produced by Chris Nagle. Engineered by Peter Schmidt, assisted by Adrian Moore.
Recorded and mixed at Ridge Farm Studios, Surrey. Percussion by David Keane of Asia Fields.
Caravan (What? Noise Rethink) Mixed by Chris Nagle, Julia Adamson and John Pennington at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
Caravan (No Windscreen Mix) aka Pub Trick Mix - Remixed by Justin Robertson at Mirage Studios, Oldham.
Caravan (Naked Mix) - Remixed by Justin Robertson at Mirage Studios, Oldham.
Skidoo (Possession Mix) aka Musli Mix - Remixed by Justin Robertson at Mirage Studios, Oldham.
All songs written by Inspiral Carpets.
Cassette Promo (Mute RDUNG13A)
Caravan (Radio Edit) 3:36
dung13r Remix 12inch Limited Edition Numbered (Numbered Sticker on barcode)
PLdung13 12inch Vinyl Promo
Caravan (No Windscreen Mix) aka Pub Trick Mix
Caravan (Naked Mix)
Skidoo (Possession Mix) aka Musli Mix
U.S Promo
Caravan (Radio Edit) 3:38
Caravan
Caravan (What ? Noise Rethink)
7inch Vinyl
CD
DUNG13t 12inch Vinyl
Matrix Variant Side A: DUNG 13T A2 JOHN + MARK THE EXCHANGE CAUSEWAY CLINT - COOL - CRUEL - COMMERCIAL REIGN - CARPETS - CRAIG - CARAVAN - CAN'T THINK OF ANYMORE --- CAN'T TAKE THE TRUTH ---
Matrix Variant Side B: DUNG 13T B1 PR-P HIDE YOUR HATS PLANE CRASH EP - TRAIN SURFING - JOE - FIND OUT WHY ^
Caravan (Album Version)
Caravan (What ? Noise Rethink)
Skidoo (Full Length Version)
Notes: The single reached number 30 in the U.K. Charts. The single reached number 15 in the U.S. Modern Rock Charts.
The singles compilation noted the release date as '18 March 1991'.

April 1991 - Sounds Magazine Closes

22 April 1991 - The Beast Inside U.K. Release Date
All songs written by Inspiral Carpets. Produced by Chris Nagel. Engineered by Pete Schmidt, assisted by Adrian Moore.
Recorded November / December 1990 - Ridge Farm, Surrey. Mixed January / February 1991 Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
"every one take note, we've dug here before. this light has gone and passed a thousand years. like a rock in the ocean or glass in the sea, one day your dreams will come true. pleasure leaves more scars than pain, don't count your chicken before he crawls out of his shell. secrets of your life to find, could tomorrow be unkind? like a shell twist round inspirals. open your eyes to a brand new world, dreams are all we have"
Vinyl
Cassette
CD
Caravan
Please Be Cruel
Born Yesterday
Sleep Well Tonight
Grip
Beast Inside
Niagara
Mermaid
Further Away
Dreams Are All We Have
Limited Edition with Bonus “Talking With The Beast” CD
Caravan / Please Be Cruel / Born Yesterday / Sleep Well Tonight / Grip / Beast Inside / Niagara / Mermaid / Further Away / Dreams Are All We Have
Talking With The Beast CD: Interview 33:42
Notes: The band's second LP reached number 5 in the U.K. Charts.
From 02 September 2011 - John Robb Louder Than War interview: Graham: ”The second album rebelled against the first album- Steve had been around for about half the songs on the first album. The second album was a complete contrast to the first album. The third album should have been second and second should have been third. Clint ‘The Second album should have been a free giveaway with forth one (everyone laughs).
31 August 2012 - Tom speaks to Tim Fletcher of Burton Mail : “It’s often the case that the second album doesn’t do as well as the first but we’ve carried this cultural cringe around about this album for the last 21 years, it’s never been revisited and it’s greatly loved and missed,” he says. “We were a great singles band but that was our only great, coherent album.”

07 May 1991 - The Beast Inside U.S.A Release Date

DUNG 13 Tour - 22 April 1991 Monday - Guildhall, Preston * Ticket Price: £8.00 *
Notes: Sold Out Show. Date taken from moosletter seven. Tickets went on sale 01 December 1990, just in time for Christmas.

DUNG 13 Tour - 23 April 1991 Tuesday - City Hall, Hull * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: £8.00 *
Notes: Sold Out Show. Date taken from moosletter seven. Tickets went on sale 01 December 1990. 1st Anniversary of Life being released in the U.K.

DUNG 13 Tour - 24 April 1991 Wednesday - Temple Park Centre, South Shields * Ticket Price: £8.00 * Support Act(s): The Blue Orchids
Notes: Date taken from moosletter seven. Tickets went on sale 01 December 1990.

DUNG 13 Tour - 26 April 1991 Friday - University, Exeter * Ticket Price: £8.00 *
Notes: Sold Out Show. Date taken from moosletter seven. Tickets went on sale 01 December 1990.

M - 27 April 1991 - Inspiral Carpets appear on the cover of Melody Maker magazine, 60p

DUNG 13 Tour - 27 April 1991 Saturday - Newport Centre, Newport, Wales * Ticket Price: £8.00 *
Notes: Date taken from moosletter seven. Tickets went on sale 01 December 1990.

DUNG 13 Tour - 28 April 1991 Sunday - Oasis Leisure Centre, North Star Avenue, Swindon * Doors Open: 19:00 * Ticket Price: £8.00 *
Notes: Date taken from moosletter seven. Tickets went on sale 01 December 1990. At least 1600 people attended the show. The ticket had the 'smoking cow in shades' design on too.
Noel Gallagher was still a roadie for the band at the time, although Liam had formed his own band 'The Rain'. Apparently the band re-named themselves Oasis after seeing this venue's name on the tour poster. Noel later joined the band and the rest is history.

10 May 1991 Friday - Ancienne Belgique * Doors Open: 20:00 *

14 May 1991 - Quartier, Berlin, Germany * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: UHR20.00

14 May 1991 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany
(Moo! Introduction Tape) / Joe / Mermaid / Please Be Cruel / Weakness / Sleep Well Tonight / Grip / This Is How It Feels / She Comes In The Fall / Born Yesterday / Beast Inside / Directing Traffic / Out Of Time
encore: Commercial Reign / Further Away
Notes:
Bootleg: Audience Recording
Bootleg: All Around The World It's Getting Better Man (2003) CD1: FM Recording - 07 March 1991 - The Metro, Chicago, U.S.A. (Moo! Introduction Tape) / Weakness / Grip / This Is How It Feels / Mermaid / Beast Inside / Caravan / Please Be Cruel / Born Yesterday / Joe / Commercial Reign / Further Away CD2: Audience Recording - 14 May 1991 - Batschkapp, Frankfurt, Germany (Moo! Introduction Tape) / Joe / Mermaid / Please Be Cruel / Weakness / Sleep Well Tonight / Grip / This Is How It Feels / She Comes In The Fall / Born Yesterday / Beast Inside / Directing Traffic / Out Of Time / encore: Commercial Reign / Further Away

22 May 1991 Wednesday - Velvet Perestrojka, Rock Factory, A KM, 2 Dal Casello, Via S. Aquilina 21, Rimini, Direzione S. Marino, Italy * Doors Open: 22:00 *

30 May 1991 Thursday - Arena Auditorium, Valencia, Spain * Doors Open: 22:30 * Ticket Price: 1,500 (Ptas.)

01 June 1991 - Elysee Montmartre, Paris, France * Doors Open: 19:30 * Ticket Price: 90F

The Beast Inside Tour - 08 June 1991 Saturday - Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, London, N22 4AY * Doors Open: 18:30 * Ticket Price: £12.00 * Support Act(s): The High, The Mock Turtles, DJ Gary Clail's On U Sound System
Intro Tape / She Comes In The Fall / ? Grip 'it's you, it's me' / Please Be Cruel / Mermaid / Sackville / Sleep Well Tonight / ? Born Yesterday 'twist the sheets of a lonely bed when will you return when are you coming home' / Caravan / This Is How It Feels / Weakness / Beast Inside / Commercial Reign / ? Make sense to you / Joe / Directing Traffic / Out Of Time
encore: Irrestiable Force'Come me into my lonely arms feel the comfort of the man' / Futhur Away
Notes: Date taken from moosletter seven.
Bootleg: Alexandra Palace 8th June 1991 London - Cassette (Camden market. Blue sleeve with a photo of Tom on stage, cow logo on the sleeve and date, no setlist printed inside.) - Side 1 - Intro Tape / She Comes In The Fall / ? Grip 'it's you, it's me' / Please Be Cruel / Mermaid / Sackville / Sleep Well Tonight / ? Born Yesterday 'twist the sheets of a lonely bed when will you return when are you coming home' / Caravan / This Is How It Feels / Weakness / Beast Inside - cut Side2 - Beast Inside - contd / Commercial Rain / ? Make sense to you / Joe / Directing Traffic / Out Of Time / encore: Irrestiable Force'Come me into my lonely arms feel the comfort of the man' / Futhur Away

The Beast Inside Tour - 09 June 1991 Sunday - Leisure Centre, Aston Villa * Ticket Price: £8.00 * Support Act(s): The High, The Mock Turtles
Notes: Date taken from moosletter seven. On the promo adverts though The High was listed as only playing 08 June, 14 June & 15 June.

1991 - Moosletter Eight
Notes: Newsletter was available in some copies of Please Be Cruel (Moosletter 8).

10 June 1991 - Please Be Cruel U.K. Release Date
Please Be Cruel - Written by Inspiral Carpets. Produced by Chris Nagel. Engineered by Peter Schmidt, assisted by Adrian Moore. Recorded at Ridge Farm, Surrey. Mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport. Remixed by Dave Bascombe at The Townhouse, London.
St Kilda - Written by Inspiral Carpets. Produced by Chris Nagel. Engineered by Peter Schmidt, assisted by Adrian Moore. Recorded at Ridge Farm, Surrey. Mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
The Wind Is Calling Your Name - Written by Inspiral Carpets. Produced by Chris Nagel. Engineered by Peter Schmidt, assisted by Adrian Moore. Recorded at Ridge Farm, Surrey. Mixed at Strawberry Studios, Stockport.
dung 15
Sleeve by designland
7inch Vinyl
Please Be Cruel (Single Mix)
The Wind Is Calling Your Name
Cassette
12inch Vinyl
CD
Please Be Cruel (Single Mix)
St. Kilda
The Wind Is Calling Your Name
St. Kilda (Instrumental)
Notes: The single reached number 50 in the U.K. Charts.
The singles compilation noted the release date as '10 June 1991'.

The Beast Inside Tour - 10 June 1991 Monday - Assembley Rooms, Derby * Ticket Price: £8 * Support Act(s): The Mock Turtles

The Beast Inside Tour - 12 June 1991 Wednesday - Arts Centre, Poole * Ticket Price: £8 * Support Act(s): The Mock Turtles

The Beast Inside Tour - 14 June 1991 Friday - SECC, Glasgow * Ticket Price: £10 * Support Act(s): The Mock Turtles

The Beast Inside Tour - 15 June 1991 Saturday - G-Mex Centre, Manchester * Ticket Price: £12 * Support Act(s): The Mock Turtles
Notes: The Academy, hosted the official sold out aftershow 'backstage party'. The night included DJ's Dave Booth, Nipper & Justin Robertson. Tickets for the aftershow were priced at £3.50 advance, £4.00 on the door. Doors open 22:00-02:00.

July 1991 - The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, The Farm, The Charlatans & Inspiral Carpets were all asked to play The Great Indie Festival - A Midsummer's Day Dream festival.
Notes: It was set to be hosted at 67,000 capacity venue Milton Keynes Bowl. Apparently the local authorities passed the festival but the show did not go ahead. The Stone Roses were never confirmed for the show and tickets did not go on sale.
From NME 02 March 1991 - THE STONE ROSES, HAPPY MONDAYS, THE FARM, THE CHARLATANS and INSPIRAL CARPETS will not now be playing a. music festival planned tor the 67,OOO capacity Milton Keynes Bowl, despite rumours circulating last week.
Termed 'The Great Indie Festival— A Midsummer's Day Dream', the event has not yet received the go ahead from local authorities. However, Nick Seller of promoters Total Control Events told NME: "We've met local police and they've given us unoffical permission. A dozen bands have agreed in principle to appear and we should be exchanging contracts with them soon. "

21 August 1991 - Please Be Cruel Japanese Release Date
CD ALCB-320
Please Be Cruel
St. Kilda
The Wind Is Calling Your Name
St. Kilda (Instrumental)
Notes: Priced at Y1,200.

The Beast Inside Tour - 10 June 1991 Monday - Assembley Rooms, Derby * Ticket Price: £8.00 * Support Act(s): The High
Notes: Sold Out Show. Date taken from moosletter seven.
The Beast Inside Tour - 12 June 1991 Wednesday - Arts Centre, Poole * Ticket Price: £8.00 * Support Act(s): The High
Notes: Date taken from moosletter seven.
The Beast Inside Tour - 14 June 1991 Friday - S.E.C.C, Glasgow * Ticket Price: £10.00 * Support Act(s): The High
Notes: Date taken from moosletter seven.
The Beast Inside Tour - 15 June 1991 Saturday - The G-Mex Centre, Manchester * Doors Open: 20:00 * Ticket Price: £12.00 * Support Act(s): The High, The Railway Children, DJ Gary Clail *
Notes: Poster advertised 'Gary Clail's on U Sound System....'. Date taken from moosletter seven.

1991 - Suite 16 Studios, Rochdale
I Know I'm Losing You
Notes: Paul Rabiger session. The Peter Hook co-owned studios was home to many Manchester recording artists inluding The Stone Roses. I Know I'm Losing You was mixed at Round House, London and eventually was released in it's full form on the Dragging Me Down single.

1991 - The Windings, Wales
Dragging Me Down
Notes: Pascal Gabriel produced the title and remixed the song for the eventual single release.