Formed in the mid ‘80s, The Servants was a vehicle for songwriter David Westlake. The band was included on the NME's C86 compilation, and by 1987 future Auteur Luke Haines had joined on guitar. Their debut album, "Disinterest”, was released in 1989, and they began to work on a follow-up, "Small Time”, before disbanding in the early 1990s.
Previously unreleased, and unheard by anyone outside of the band, ‘Small Time’ is the Servants' lost second album – "the best album… a strange and wonderful thing,” according to Haines in his sleeve-notes. In his book ‘Bad Vibes’, Haines describes the band’s first album, "Disinterest”, as 'existential art rock , ten years too late and fifteen years too early’. The songs on ‘Small Time’, he says are 'more mysterious, strange and beautiful, transcending their influence and sounding like nothing else.'
CD TWO of this set – "Hey Hey We’re The Manqués” – includes rehearsal versions of songs from "Disinterest”, taped before the album was recorded. "Disinterest” was recently included in MOJO magazine's list of 'the greatest British indie records of all time.'
Compiled and mastered by David Westlake, with sleeve-notes by Luke Haines, this set has been produced with the full involvement and approval of the artists and is a must-hear for anybody with an interest in adventurous, ethereal alternative pop.
Release Date: 22/10/2012
CD ONE: SMALL TIME
1. EVERYBODY HAS A DREAM
2. DON’T LEAVE TOWN
3. PEOPLE GOING PLACES
4. COMPLETE WORKS
5. DATING THEN WAITING
6. BORN TO DANCE
7. MOTIVATION
8. LET’S LIVE A LITTLE
9. AIM IN LIFE
10. REJECTION
11. FEAR EATS THE SOUL
12. THE THRILL OF IT ALL
13. ALL TALK
14. OUT OF YOUR LIFE
15. SLOW DANCING
16. BORN TO DANCE (Alt Version)
17. THE THRILL OF IT ALL (Alt Version)
18. ALL TALK (Alt Version)
19. OUT OF YOUR LIFE (Alt Version)
CD TWO:
HEY HEY WE’RE THE MANQUÉS’
(THE ‘DISINTEREST’ DEMOS)
1. THE WORD AROUND TOWN
2. SHE WHOM ONCE I DREAMT OF
3. YOU’D DO ME GOOD
4. SHE GREW AND SHE GREW
5. SHE’S ALWAYS HIDING
6. LOOK LIKE A GIRL
7. THIRD WHEEL
8. THIN-SKINNED
9. HEY, MRS JOHN 10. THEY SHOULD MAKE A STATUE
11. MOVE OUT
12. BIG FUTURE
13. RESTLESS
14. THE POWER OF WOMAN
15. HUSH NOW
16. AFTERGLOW
17. SELF-DESTRUCTIO
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