Alms For Children, by This Sporting Life

Alms For Children

by This Sporting Life

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gww3 this music takes me back to some of the great times and parties I had in the eighties...thanks for re-issuing it Favorite track: Failsafe (Preview).

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1.	Failsafe 02:50	buy track
2.	Mother 02:30	buy track
3.	Danny Boy 04:33	buy track
4.	Wasting My Time 03:11	buy track
5.	Total Loss 03:40	buy track
6.	Soul Turkey 04:12	buy track
7.	Time 03:45
8.	Safe House 03:21	buy track
9.	Happy 02:16	buy track
10.	In On Time 02:06	buy track
11.	Understand Your Lies 03:04	buy track
12.	Parannoyed 02:10	buy track
13.	Paper Chase 02:38	buy track
14.	Difference 02:52	buy track
15.	Too Proud 03:33	buy track
16.	Patience 03:39	buy track
17.	Be Nice 03:11	buy track
18.	I Can't Kill 02:07	buy track
19.	Suspicious of You 03:46	buy track
20.	Respect in Your Eyes 04:06	buy track
21.	Art of Conversation 02:25	buy track
22.	Silent Peace 02:37	buy track
23.	Dead Fish 04:13	buy track
24.	Point to Point 03:48	buy track
25.	Failsafe (Preview) 01:04
26.	Mother (Preview) 01:09
27.	Danny Boy (Preview) 01:01
28.	Wasting My Time (Preview) 01:00
29.	Total Loss (Preview) 00:58
30.	Soul Turkey (Preview) 01:00
31.	Time (Preview) 01:00
32.	Safe House (Preview) 01:00
33.	Happy (Preview) 00:59
34.	In On Time (Preview) 01:00
35.	Understand Your Lies (Preview) 00:59
36.	Parannoyed (Preview) 01:00
37.	Paper Chase (Preview) 00:59
38.	Difference (Preview) 01:00
39.	Too Proud (Preview) 01:00
40.	Patience (Preview) 01:00
41.	Be Nice (Preview) 00:59
42.	I Can't Kill (Preview) 01:00
43.	Suspicious of You (Preview) 00:59
44.	Respect in Your Eyes (Preview) 00:59
45.	Art of Conversation (Preview) 01:00
46.	Silent Peace (Preview) 00:59
47.	Dead Fish (Preview) 00:59
48.	Point to Point (Preview) 00:59

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A collection 24 tracks of the bands studio recordings and unreleased material culled from live recordings to give an overview of Alms For Children who released the classic post punk single Alms Not Alms on the REM label and who later become This Sporting Life and released an album and ep for Flying Nun.

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credits

released July 1, 2018

Tracks 1-3 from the 7" ep (REM)
Tracks 4 -12 from the Show Me To The Bellrope Album (Flying Nun 1982)
Tracks 13 - 16 from the In Limbo Ep (Flying Nun 1983)
All tracks Restored and Remaster by Rob Mayes for Failsafe Records.
Artwork - TSL/AFC

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This Sporting Life Auckland, New Zealand

Formed in 1980 by Paul Fogarty (guitar) and Ben Hayman (bass) and bringing in Daron Johns (drums) and Gary Charlton (vocals) AFC/TSL were antipodean, angular post punk. First as AFC then laterly named TSL the band regularly played stages in their home town Auckland along with shows in Christchurch, New Plymouth and in support of The Fall on their Hex Enduction Tour. ... more

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