THE TRAIN SPOTTERS

I've always liked Mike Read, he gave The Valves a BBC session so he must be alright. Unfortunately, Read had to give up his record collection recently when he was declared bankrupt with various scavengers auctioning bits off on ebay.

There's only one great track on each of the Train Spotters singles. Everyone knows 'High Rise' from the first, if not you'll know Read's BBC jingle. The A-side of the 2nd single sounds like something The Piranhas might have done a few years later, so obviously the great track is on the flip and is a fine piece of punky powerpop called 'Hiring The Hall'.