GARAGE
RECORDS
Garage Records was a DIY label. It managed one
single. It issued singles in GAR-0 numerical series. Maximum Joy
were a post-punk band from Bristol. When the Glaxo Babies split in 1979, Tony
Wrafter formed Maximum Joy with Janine Rainforth (vocals/clarinet), and they
were later joined by Dan Catsis and Charlie Llewellin (of Glaxo Babies), and
John Waddington (formerly of The Pop Group, on guitar and vocals). After a few
singles on Y Records in 1981 and 1982, the band released the Adrian
Sherwood-produced album Station MXJY in October 1982. After a subsequent
single, a cover of Timmy Thomas' "Why Can't We Live Together" recorded with
Dennis Bovell, the band split. Marketed and Distributed by Stiff Records.
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Maximum Joy
Why Can't We Live Together
GARAGE
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