Sunday, 13 December 2015

Manic Street Preachers - Repeat / Love's Sweet Exile


The 90's were quite a time. This single was a double-A-side (something unheard of these days) released on cd, 7" and two different 12"s. Sadly, this is the less exciting of the 12" versions - without the gatefold sleeve and live version of Stay Beautiful. But it's nice nonetheless. The two A-sides are both songs everyone is familiar with and the third song, Democracy Coma is one of the more readily-found B-sides, being on Lipstick Traces and Stars and Stripes, the (Japanese version of the) US version of Generation Terrorists. A nice song.

I found this for a very reasonable £4 at a record fair in Southampton 15 years ago. It's not in the best shape, but it had already been knocking around for 10 years at that point.

Format: 12"
Tracks: 3
Cost: £4 second hand
Bought: Record Fair, Southampton
When: 01/06/01
Colour: Black
Etching: none
mp3s: no