"All we recorded was really for a record company's ear not for the general public; the only one that was deliberately 'given' to the public domain was that one the two of you did."

"I was never told, contacted or asked about my feelings concerning the ‘wheat through whatever song’ and I must admit I was a little pissed off when I found out but when I heard it - what the fuck could I have offered? It was wonderful, it was FTS! It is also one of my favourite FTS songs. If you have a chance to work with her again please, please, please don't see me as important or necessary. From me: Support, images, feedback, love etc yes: playing? writing? Um, sorry, no. You two were the best version of FTS."

I disagree. What I really want to happen is……

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Finish The Story - Recording 'Doorways'

Live Bootleg (CD) [Buy Here]

Disc: £4.00

This disc is a record of the live gigs that Finish The Story did between 1981 and 1983. These tracks are the only known live recordings ever made (as far as we know). The quality is not brilliant but the performances are. The first two tracks have only recently been discovered - does anybody know where the recording originates from? The Exeter gig is the audio from a VHS video of the gig.

This is worth getting as it is a rare glimpse into the mythology that was the early Finish The Story.

1. Alone With A Picture In A Matchstick Frame
2. Chant Of The Boxed In Society
3. Dressed Up In White
4. Every Angry Word
5. The Righteous Talk Of Remembers
6. Empty Vessels (Make Most Sound) 7.
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
8. Me Accusing Me
9. Contenders To Play
10. Playing At Life

Nicola Mumford: Vocals
Garry Smout: Keyboards
Peter Bright: Guitar and Bass

Tracks 1 and 2 recorded live 1981 (unknown venue)
Tracks 3 -10 recorded live 21.02.1983 (Exeter College Of Art) Finish The Story

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The Finish The Story website has been updated (slightly) with links to reviews and the releases page is in the process of being updated.

An old release has been discovered that was released by 'Underground Productions' in France (1990). This was on a compliation called 'Sad Poppy Songs'. Unfortunatley we have no idea what the cover looked like.

There is also some information on 'Like A Sickle Runs Through Corn' release on this blog.

• Clipping of 'one-off' Malvern gig in Record Mirror August 8th 1981 by MickMercer [1]


• ZigZag clipping of  Malvern gig September 1981 by Sara Jones[2]


• Review of a gig in Bristol by Dave Massey in Sounds July 2nd 1983 [3]


• Interview in 'Women In Rock' published by The Daily Mirror [4] 1983

Disc: £5.25

We were emailed this......This is a review of a CD that was released in 2005. The file was titled ’Mutant T’ - can anybody supply the URL of shed more light on the origins of the text?

This Window/Finish The Story -The Sampler 5
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Who would have thought that obscure early ’80s UK legends Finish The Story would not only have their own website, but would go on to release a series of ever more wonderful compilations of their work? As an extra treat, they’ve included material by guitarist Peter Bright, recorded under the name This Window. The album opens with Finish The Story’s 1990 release ’Trapped In The Hometown’, featuring thin, plucked guitars and Nicola Mumford’s icy vocals, and makes me think of Sad Lovers & Giants if they pulled some talented young lass into the studio one evening. ’Don’t Think I Can Make It’ is a more recent dance piece by This Window, and, before you barely have time to register it, it segues nicely into ’Ciao Again’, which spoils itself by ending with a rather silly looped answering machine message. ’A Moment Longer’ is a far more substantial dish, a minimal synth piece that both chills and sedates, while the strange 48-second ’Crash87’ is barely worth mentioning apart from the cheeky bit of classical music tacked to the end. Finish The Story comes in again with what may be the cd’s highlight, the gorgeously sorrowful ’Playing At Life’. ’Solace’ is thick with layers, a sinister bit of ethereal as made by a delusional paranoid, and following it with the lightness of ’Like A Sickle Runs Through Corn’ would be almost blasphemous if it wasn’t so lovely. Then we return to This Window and the hectic electronica of ’Naked’, followed by the disturbing pseudo-industrial of ’Nepal’. We close with Finish The Story’s short and sweet ’Ripples In Water’. It doesn’t always work together, and I’d love to see a full cd of just Finish The Story material released, but this is an excellent taste of one of the most unique bands I’ve ever heard. Make this new year special. Buy this.