Singles/EPs


Mass - 7" single
(PP29)

Release date -1993

1. Mass 2. Pressure

Calvin Party's first release, a 7" single mass on Probe Plus records. 'Mass' would later go on to feature on 1st album 'Lies Lies & Government'; the b-side 'Pressure' only features here.

No picture sleeve.

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Lies Lies & Government - 7" split single
(UP 003)
Release date - 1996

1. Lies Lies & Government b/w 2. Dumb - Do One

Line-up
John Donaldson - Guitar/vox
Cameron Donaldson - Guitar
Philip Hayes - Guitar
Carole Fleck - Bass
Gavan Whelan - Drums

A split-single featuring the lead track from Calvin Party's debut album 'Lies Lies & Government' together with a song from Manchester-band Dumb (who featured amongst their ranks current Calvin Party bassist Cathy Brooks)

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Songs of Loss & Gain - Parts One & Two - 2 x CD-EP's
(Eli-005/006)

Release date -

Part One - 1. Under The Hammer 2. Brave New Morning 3. Life & Other Sex Tragedies 4. Never as Black
Part Two - 5. Every Day 6. Songs Of Loss & Gain 7. Northern Song 8. Friction

Songs of Loss and Gain is an 8 track 2 EP release. Its bookended by 2 rare and very early Calvin Party tracks (Under the Hammer & Friction) - sandwiched in between are 6 stripped down, acoustic & bare John Donaldson tunes - 4 of these appear courtesy of Probe Plus Records, and appear on the Probe album. (Never as Black - Probe 54).

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8 Days EP - CD EP
(Eli-015)

Release date - 2008

1. 8 Days 2. Just Keep falling 3. Let;s Go - Go Happy 4. Come Bleed 5. Lies Lies & Government (Part 3)


Line-up
John Donaldson - Guitar/vox
David Thom - Guitar
Cathy Brooks - Bass
Kerry Graham - Backing Vox
Dan Hadley - Drums

A one-off release on Eli Records. The first 2 tracks are studio recordings produced by Yves Altana, '8 Days' was a new song whilst 'Just Keep Falling' was a new and different version of the 'Godard's Girlfriend' album track. Tracks 3-5 were recorded live from on 25-May-08 from Get Rhythm in Ridderkerk (Holland).

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Albums

Life & Other Sex Tragedies - CD album
(Probe 38)

Release date -1994

1. All Messed Up 2. Monster 3. Song From England 4. Messalina 5. Gun 6. Alphabet Song 7. Look Back In Angst Uh 8. Taxi Man 9. Nonetheless 10. Less Is More 11. Mass

Line up
John Donaldson - Guitar/Vox
David Thom - Guitar
Philip Hayes - Bass
Carole Fleck - Backing Vox/Percusision
Gavan Whelan - Drums

Calvin Party's first album recorded in Dec-93 and released in 1994.

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Lies Lies & Government - CD album
(Probe )

Release date -

1. Tell Me About Poverty 2. Caspers Ballroom 3. Flowers 4. Lies, Lies & Government Part One 5. Lies, Lies & Government Part Two 6. Looking At Me 7. Life & Other Sex Tragedies 8. Repetition No. 2 9. Pomo Gothic 10. Heart And Soul 11. First Thing 12. Celebration 13. Sweetest Dreams

Line up
John Donaldson - Guitar/Vox
Cameron Donaldson - Guitar
Carole Fleck - Backing Vox/Percussion
Philip Hayes - Bass

Lies Lies & Government was Calvin Party's second album - the title track went on to become a John Peel Festive Fifty 'hit' in 1996 charting at no. 33.

The NME described it as "art noise, a willfull slab of slate rock" and City Life as "a mix of the plaintive and the angry, the weet and the discordant".

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Never As Black - CD album
(Probe 54)

Release date - 2004

1. Maybe If Only 2. Northern Song 3. Goodbye 4. Days Of Heaven 5. Pomo Gothic 6. Killing Me 7. Religion 8. Repetition 9. Plans 10. Life & Other Sex Tragedies 11. Words Of A Great Man 12. Never As Black

Line up
John Donaldson - Guitar/Vox
David Thom - Guitar/Accordian etc.
Carole Fleck - Bass/Backing Vox

Sleevenotes
"hello, this album is a mix of some stuff we recorded a couple or so years ago, together with some new stuff. it's some songs we didn't want to lose so we put together with some of the new ones to form what we think is a pretty cohesive set of songs ... in retrospect 'northern song' might sound a bit harsh to some ears but i would say 'only if you've had no dealings with that particular breed of humanity - the bailiffs'. the rest of the songs are 'about' the usual things ... loss etc. now that politics offers no hope whatsoever, or more accurately, the way we are governed offers no hope, then the themes of 'the personal' are all that is really left ... i think ..."


Godards Girlfriend - CD album
(Probe 63)

Release date - 2008

1. History Girl 2. Sleep On The Rug 3. Just Keep Falling 4. Best Friend 5. Try 6. Godard’s Girlfriend 7. Broken Flowers 8. Hey Nothing 9. Veronica’s Song 10. Come On In 11. She’s Not There 12. Well Hell 13. Loss & Gain
Hidden track - Psycho-Geography

Line up
John Donaldson - Guitar/Vox
David Thom - Guitar/Cello/Accordian/Banjo
Cathy Brooks - Bass
Vinita Boyle - Backing Vox & Hitting Things
Dan Hadley - Drums/Percussion

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