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Independent label: Raw TV Products formed by
ex-Wham! manager Jazz Summers in 1986 the label was responsible for
releasing the early 'The Soup Dragons' releases. A distribution title (normally
"raw TV") for releases under the "Big Life" record label, using the catalog
prefix RTV. Parent Label: Big Life. The Soup Dragons emerged
from Glasgow, Scotland, The band evolved around Sean Dickson
(vocals/guitar/songwriter). In early 1985, he met up with Jim McCulloch
(guitar), Ross A. Sinclair (drums) and Sushil K. Dade (15 July 1966, Scotland;
bass), the collective taking their name from a character in the cult children’s
television programme The Clangers. A flexi-disc, ‘If You Were The Only Girl In
The World’, emerged at the end of the year, by which time the band were
circulating a demonstration tape, You Have Some Too. The Subway Organisation
label issued the Soup Dragons’ first single, ‘Whole Wide World’ (1986).
Distributed By Rough Trade via the Cartel.
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Soup
Dragons
Hang
Ten
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86
Soup Dragons
Head Gone
Astray
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87
Soup Dragons
Can' Take No
More
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3
87
Soup Dragons
Soft As Your
Face
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4
88
Soup Dragons
The Majestic
Head
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5
89
Soup Dragons
Backwards
Dog
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89
Soup Dragons
Crotch Deep
Trash
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7
90
Soup Dragons
Mother
Universe
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8
90
Soup Dragons
I'm Free
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