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Release Date Friday 7th November 2025
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection for that date.
On November 14, 1985, The Primitives performed their first concert at The Hope & Anchor pub in Coventry. Tracy Tracy had only been in the band for a month, but even then, they played unforgettable songs like "Thru The Flowers", "Crash" and "Spacehead". On November 14 this year, to mark their 40th anniversary, The Primitives will kick off an eleven-date UK tour in Milton Keynes, bringing with them a setlist full of some of the most important songs from the different stages of their career. On October 30, 1985, two weeks before that concert, Paul Court and company recorded some demo tracks including "Thru The Flowers", which was considered striking enough to release as their debut single, and is one of the songs that has always been at the top of Elefant Records' hit parade. This November we will release a 7" single which includes two tracks: a new mix of "Thru The Flowers" with overdubs and guitars added to what was, according to Paul, just a bare-bones live demo recorded by a band trying to find its sound - plus the original unreleased version of "Sweet Sister Sorrow" - their first song in an updated version and their last composition in its original form.
Long live The Primitives!
Tracklisting>>
01 Thru The Flowers (85/25) 02 Sweet Sister Sorrow (First Version)
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