Cherry Red Records Shall We Take A Trip: The Factory Recordings 1990-1991

• Back in 1990, youthful Manchester band NORTHSIDE were signed amid much publicity by Tony Wilson to the legendary Factory Records, who were then riding high on the crest of the ‘Madchester’ boom with the likes of the Happy Mondays.
• NORTHSIDE charted with their very first single, the double-A-sided ‘Shall We Take A Trip’ (with its notorious opening chant, “L… S… D”) and ‘Moody Places’. Follow-up ‘My Rising Star’ peaked at No. 32 in November 1990 and the band enjoyed a third consecutive Top 40 in June 1991 with ‘Take 5’. That same month, the band’s only album, CHICKEN RHYTHMS, reached No. 19.
• Thereafter, NORTHSIDE demo’d material for a second album but Factory Records got into financial trouble and the band eventually split up.
• Recently, however, the original line-up of NORTHSIDE have reunited for a tour: Warren “Dermo” Dermody (Vocals), Cliff Ogier (Bass), Timmy Walsh (Guitar) and Paul Walsh (Drums).
• SHALL WE TAKE A TRIP boasts the band’s entire Factory output during that brief, heady period when the charts were awash with Baggy bands. Alongside a remastered edition of CHICKEN RHYTHMS are all their 7” and 12” mixes (some of them new to CD) plus a previously unreleased BBC Radio 5 session for Mark Radcliffe’s show Hit The North.
• NORTHSIDE will be supporting this release with selected tour dates around the UK.
TOUR DATES
12th April – Brixton Jamm, London
www.seetickets.com/Event/northside-reunion-tour/brixton-jamm/758658
 
17th April – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds
www.seetickets.com/venue/brudenell-social-club-leeds/2009
18th April – The Venue, Derby
www.seetickets.com/event/northside/the-venue-derby/758592
 
19th April – The Cross, Birmingham
 www.seetickets.com/event/northside/the-cross/760708
 
24th April – The Classic Grand, Glasgow
www.seetickets.com/Event/northside-reunion/the-classic-grand/759004
 
26th April – Café Drummonds, Aberdeen
www.seetickets.com/event/-mancuniapresents-northside-aberdeen/cafe-drummonds/765885
 
3rd May 2014 – Club Academy, Manchester
www.seetickets.com/event/northside/club-academy/757799
TRACK LIST
DISC ONE:
CHICKEN RHYTHMS
1.    TAKE 5
2.    WEIGHT OF AIR
3.    FUNKY MUNKY
4.    A CHANGE IS ON ITS WAY
5.    YEAH MAN
6.    TOUR DE WORLD  
7.    WISHFUL THINKING  
8.    SHALL WE TAKE A TRIP?  
9.    WHO’S TO BLAME  
10.    PRACTISE MAKES PERFECT  
11.    MY RISING STAR
DISC TWO:
THE SINGLES
1.    SHALL WE TAKE A TRIP? (12”)
2.    MOODY PLACES (12″)  
3.    MY RISING STAR (12″)
4.    TAKE 5 (7”)
5.    TOUR DE WORLD (Edit)
6.    MOODY PLACES (7″)
7.    MY RISING STAR *
8.    WEIGHT OF AIR *
9.    MOODY PLACES *
10.    A CHANGE IS ON ITS WAY *
11.    MY RISING STAR (7” Instrumental)
12.    WHO’S TO BLAME (Instrumental)  
13.    MOODY PLACES (Instrumental)
14.    MY RISING STAR (12” Instrumental)
* Radio 5 Mark Radcliffe Session
Released 19/05/2014