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Alms For Children

by This Sporting Life

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Failsafe 02:50
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Mother 02:30
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Danny Boy 04:33
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Total Loss 03:40
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Soul Turkey 04:12
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Time 03:45
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Safe House 03:21
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Happy 02:16
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In On Time 02:06
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Parannoyed 02:10
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Paper Chase 02:38
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Difference 02:52
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Too Proud 03:33
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Patience 03:39
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Be Nice 03:11
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I Can't Kill 02:07
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Silent Peace 02:37
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about

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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