(A few days ago, my Dad passed down his collection of 7inch 45 singles to me. The hoard, which comprises of least 1,500 pieces, is made up of his and his two brother’s accumulations. To say the least, the collection is absolutely amazing. Myself and DFallon spent two hours going through it on Sunday and found an eclectic mix of early 1960s American rock n roll, British invasion, Motown/Stax/Atlantic soul and Irish punk.)
Included in the stacks of records was a pristine copy of The Blades’ Revelations (Of Heartbreak), their 4th single. While I was taking out the 7 inch to see if it was scratched, out popped an old A4 press release that had been nestled comfortably in the record sleeve (probably untouched since 1982) with an added hand written note (my dad’s scrawl) advertising their next gig.
The Blades Press Release. Decemember 1982.
The A side, Revelations (Of Heartbreak), is a power pop, soul influenced dance classic. It was the first single that The Blades recorded with the Blue Brass (Frank Duff and Paul Grimes), “a couple of renegade musicians from The Artane Boys Band”. The song was produced by Bazza at Windmill Lane Studios.
The Blades in action.
The B side, Rules Of Love, is a slowed down pop ballad loaded with brass vitality. The song was mixed by Kevin Moloney in Windmill Lane Studios.
Note: You can buy The Blades boxset here.
Click on the book for more.
Click on the book for more.
Come Here To Me! 
This was a nice find,I myself have all their vynyl,they were one of the best bands ever to come from Ireland,I was fortunate to be part of the road crew for a couple of years up till the split.Those years will stay with me forever.
Mill Mill(white sox and black loafers)
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Jay, just checking out this old post of yours now, the tracks are “currently not available” 😦
Weird. They’re working for me fine.
Working fine for me too now. Must have been a temporary glitch. Feel free to delete the comments 😉
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