01 Spacemen 3 - Losing Touch With My Mind - 00:00
02 Marabar Caves - Unforbidden Lands - 05:12
03 The Jazz Butcher - Pet Semetary - 10:35
04 Tell Tale Hearts - Jingly Jangly Sperm - 16:43
05 The Wedding Present - This Boy Can Wait - 21:49
06 Loop - Burning World - 25:57
07 The Dark Side - Peace of Mind - 29:47
08 The Cogs Of Tyme - Troubles - 33:19

The Holy Bible (1987)(Heartache 000)

01 Inspiral Carpets - Butterfly On A Breeze (00:00)
02 Thrilled Skinny - White Grid (02:30)
03 The Revolving Unseen - Going All The Way (03:47)
04 The Engagement Party - Would You Want It Anyway? (05:57)
05 The Losers - Human Crate (08:18)
06 The Darkside - Walking With The Dead (11:03)
07 Spacemen 3 - May The Circle Be Unbroken (15:33)

Breaking Down The Walls of Heartache (1988)(Heartache 001)

01 Mega City Four - What You've Got (00:00)
02 The Revolving Unseen - Sky Rocket (02:43)
03 Electrahead - Change (04:52)
04 The Losers - Lost In The Translation (08:59)
05 The Keatons - Carbonised (10:36)
06 Thrilled Skinny  - Clocks (13:07)
07 Fflaps - Esgob Mawr (15:20)
08 Fflaps - Fictorianaidd (17:23)
09 Thrilled Skinny - Pop Star Prat (20:26)
10 The Keatons - Spray Gun (21:46)
11 The Losers - Daze (24:40)
12 Electrahead - Transformation Of Waste (26:37)
13 The Revolving Unseen - Horseface And Slick (30:20)
14 Mega City Four - Dancing Days Are Over (31:48)

Whatever Happened to Dorothy Hopkins? (1989)(Heartache 002)

01 Faith and The Future (00:00)
02 State That I'm In (02:30)

The Losers - The Great School Dinner Debate! (1990)(Flop 003)

01 Kandyland - See Me (00:00)
02 Poke It With A Stick - Falling Through My Face (02:08)
03 The Keatons - Fortified (05:53)
04 Shrug - Dougal's Day (08:03)
05 The Revolving Unseen - Motorboatin' (12:50)
06 Mousefolk - Devil And The Deep Blue Sea (15:20)
07 The McTells - So Kind (17:31)
08 The Losers - Bad Day (19:47)
09 Fflaps - Pendalar (22:46)
10 Fflaps - Cenedlmalwen (26:54)
11 The Losers - Choking On My Words (30:27)
12 Thrilled Skinny - Key To The Attic Door (35:27)
13 Mousefolk - Holiday (38:43)
14 The Revolving Unseen - Slick Chick (40:46)
15 Shrug - Scissors Crisis (43:30)
16 The Keatons - Korea Opportunities (47:47)
17 Poke It With A Stick - Hurry On Sundown (50:04)
18 Kandyland - Cool It Down (53:48)

A Few Sandwiches Short Of A Picnic (1990)(Heartache 004)

01 The Whizz Kids - Mr Everywhere (00:00)
02 The Revolving Unseen - Mary Jane (03:30)
03 The Losers - Human Crate (06:58)
04 The Electric Babies - State Of Mind (09:42)
05 Angry Chair - Don't Try To Make It (12:26)

Get Stuffed EP (1991)(Flop 005)

01 Time To Go (00:00)
02 Down To The Fact (05:01)

The Losers - So You Think You Know About Boys (1992)(Flop 006)

01 The Losers - Admit It (00:00)
02 Shrug - Stormin' A Postman (04:34)

The Losers - Admit It / Shrug - Stormin' A Postman (1993)(Flop 007)

Heartache Records (incl. Floppy Records) was formed in 1987 in Rugby by brothers Adam and Chris Gillison for the purpose of promoting unknown or little known bands (and having some fun)...

The label's name was only agreed in time for its second release - a cassette tape compilation entitled 'Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache', in honour of the Johnny Johnson and the Bandwagon classic covered by Dexy's Midnight Runners. This compilation has the catalogue number Heartache 001.

The label's first release however, was the mysterious Heartache 000, a cassette tape compilation called 'The Holy Bible'. This release carried no catalogue number and was not included in subsequent Heartache Records back catalogue listings.

Heartache's 7" releases were via subsidiary Floppy Records, named in recognition of the fact that the first release was a flexi disc. The 'Heartache' prefix was replaced with 'Flop' for these catalogue numbers.

The Holy Bible
(Heartache 000)
The compilation's name alluded to the label's belief that the bands featured would soon be revered and respected almost religiously. It featured, among others, The Wedding Present, Spacemen 3, Loop, The Jazz Butcher and The Darkside (at that time still called The Dark Side), all of whom went on to find significant fame and notoriety.

Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
(Heartache 001)
Features Inspiral Carpets, Spacemen 3, The Darkside, Thrilled Skinny, The Losers and The Revolving Unseen.

Testament to the label's vision, initial sales for this compilation were pitiful. It was only after Heartache 002 was released that sales of Heartache 001 far outstripped those of Heartache 002.

The cover star is drummer Charlie Watts from the Rolling Stones' Green Park photoshoot in 1967. The edge of Mick Jagger's head in the original photograph forms Charlie's left hand stuffed in pocket.

Whatever Happened To Dorothy Hopkins?
(Heartache 002)
Dorothy Hopkins became a local z-list celebrity in Rugby (+ environs) after delivering a stinging attack on the blasphemous nature of the title of Heartache Records' first release in local paper the Rugby Advertiser. She subsequently retired from public life but was rumoured to frequent St Thomas' Hospital in London as depicted on the cover of this cassette tape compilation. It is unknown whether she was a visitor or a patient at the facility, as is her current whereabouts.

Several cassette tape compilations, flexi discs and 7" singles followed. It is hoped the full back catalogue will be digitised and uploaded over the coming months/years, Soundcloud restrictive practices notwithstanding.

Thanks to all the great bands who donated their hard won recordings, and to Eric and Rosco for remembering enough to spur some action...

Heartache x

Thank you to TASCAM Ministudio 4-track technology for making home recording possible before the computer age.

Heartache Records

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