BMX Banditos (BMX Bandits) "C86" (RSD 2020)
Details: New sealed copy of "C86" by BMX Bandits (Glasgow, Scotland). White vinyl reissue of the 1990 release on Glass Modern (US press for RSD 2020). All tracks recorded at Pet Sounds in 1989 and produced by Ted Blakeway and BMX Bandits except for "Your Class," recorded at CAVA and produced by Gordon Rintoul and BMX Bandits. "Disco Girl II" recorded at home by Eden, and "Yo Yo Song" recorded at home in 1969 by Duglas T. Stewart. Cover design by Duglas T. Stewart. " "Recorded around the same time as TFC's 'A Catholic Education'. BMX Bandits were formed in 1985 by songwriter and lead vocalist Duglas T Stewart out of the ashes of The Pretty Flowers, a short-lived group that featured Stewart alongside Frances McKee (The Vaselines), Sean Dickson (The Soup Dragons) and Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub). Starting with the exuberant E102 in 1986, BMX Bandits released a series of singles on Stephen Pastels' 53rd & 3rd label, where they were label mates with The Vaselines and Beat Happening.