•Uptight offers a unique insight into the band’s roots. Alongside that classic debut EP are BBC radio tracks and a session for the NME’s C86 cassette (including their C86 track ‘Happy Head’). It ends with their mid-1985 cassette, sold at gigs, Some Of My Best Friends Are Songs, with Martin Gilks (later with the Wonder Stuff) on drums, which ends with a cover of The Velvet Underground classic, ‘There She Goes Again’.
•Uptight has been compiled and annotated by band members Dave Newton and Tony Linehan.
Tracks 1-4: issued on Dreamworld, 1985
Tracks 5-8: BBC sessions for Andy Kershaw/Janice Long
Tracks 9-11: C86 session, March 1986
Tracks 12-16: Birmingham Demo session, July 1986
Tracks 17-24: Some Of My Best Friends Are Songs