The Original Mirrors

Original Mirrors are mainly remembered for one reason: future Lightning Seeds leader Ian Broudie was in the band. Original Mirrors formed in Liverpool, England, in 1980 after the collapse of vocalist Steve Allen's art rock group Deaf School in 1978. (Prior to the Original Mirrors, Broudie was a member of Big in Japan with Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson.) Including Broudie on guitar, the band also featured Peter Kircher (drums), Jonathan Perkins (keyboards), and Phil Spalding (bass). Recalling glam and power pop, Original Mirrors didn't even resemble Broudie's later '60s influenced work. The group's self-titled first album was released in 1980 with no commercial success; a similarly bleak fate met their next full-length, Heart Twango & Raw Beat, in 1981. The band then split up. Broudie became a producer for Echo & the Bunnymen and the Fall before joining vocalist Paul Simpson in Care in 1983 and then planting the Lightning Seeds in 1989.
- Michael Sutton, All Music Guide

Members:

Ian Broudie (guitar)
Steve Allen (vocals)
Phil Spalding (bass)
Peter Kircher (drums)
Jonathan Perkins (keyboards)

Albums:

Original Mirrors (1980)
LP Arista AB 4269
1 Sharp Words
2 Reflections
3 Boys the Boys
4 Flying
5 Chains of Love
6 Could This Be Heaven?
7 Boys Cry
8 Nights of the Angels
9 Panic in the Night
10 Feel Like a Train

Heart Twango & Raw Beat (1981)
1 Heart, Twango and Raw Beat
2 Dancing With the Rebels
3 Teen Beat
4 When You're Young
5 Things to Come
6 Darling .... In London e
7 Don't Cry Baby
8 Please Don't Wear Red
9 Swing Together
10 Time Has Come

Heartbeat (The Best Of The Original Mirrors) CD

Released: March 20, 2006
1. Sharp Words
2. Refelections
3. Boys The Boys
4. Flying
5. Chains Of Love
6. Could This Be Heaven
7. Boys Cry
8. Night Of The Angels
9. Panic In The Night
10. Feel Like A Train
11. Heart Twango And Raw Beat
12. Dancing With The Rebels
13. Teen Beat
14. When You're Young
15. Things To Come
16. Darling In London
17. Don't Cry Baby
18. Don't Wear Red
19. Swing Together
20. Time Has Come

Singles:

Boys Cry - UK - 7" VINYL, 1980
b/w Chains Of Love, picture sleeve
Record Label: Mercury
Catalogue No: MER5

 

Boys Cry / Sharp Words (live) France, 1980
Mercury 7inch (sp) - Ref : 6059294

 

Could This Be Heaven? - UK - 7" VINYL, 1979
b/w Night Of The Angels, picture sleeve
Record Label: Mercury
Catalogue No: 6007245

20,000 Dreamers
Label: mercury DREAM 12
Item Number: 651267
Release Country: UK
Release Date: 1981
UK 3-Track Maxi, ex/ex. Inc. Time Has Come and Dancing With The Rebels (Remix).
Audio on youtube

Dancing With The Rebels
b/w Sure Yeah
1981 UK 7" vinyl
Record Label: Mercury
Catalogue No: MER65

Videos

Boys Cry (on youtube)

Dancing with the Rebels (on youtube)

Chains of Love (on youtube)

Flying, kinda - it is the audio with cover of the sampler "New Rock New Bands New Albums" (1980) (on youtube)

20000 Dreamers, kinda - static image over audio (1980) (on youtube)

Album Artwork

1981 UK 7" vinyl single, backed with Time Has Come, picture sleeve
Catalogue No: DREAM1


Could This Be Heaven? - 1979 UK 7" vinyl single, backed with Night Of The Angels, picture sleeve
Mercury Catalogue No: 6007245


Heart, Twango And Rawbeat - 1981 UK 10-track vinyl LP
Mercury Catalogue No: 6359046


Dancing With The Rebels - 1981 UK 7" vinyl single also featuring Sure Yeah, picture sleeve
Mercury Catalogue No: MER65

Links

Ian Broudie entry on Wikipedia

Original Mirrors Performance photos

Appearance on the Peel Sessions - 22/01/1980

The Original Mirrors - Recordings 1979-81 - Blog with recordings in .rar format

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