We're Number 1!

Look At You (d3)

The Hurt (d3)

Rain Dance (d3)

The Nursery (d2)

A much improved version - see the accompanying video at: 

https://youtu.be/t6tukFtfqEc

Life Behind Bars (d2)

The End (d1)

Doesn't Matter (d1)

Why the f*** did we put in a bluesy guitar break...

Life Behind Too Many Bars (d1)

Change For The Better (d1)

Turn of Vice were active in the Oxford area from 1983 to 1985:

Steve North - Vocals & Guitar
Ken Mills - Guitar & Vocals
Al Mills - Bass
Trev Liddel - Drums

And mk II in London from 1986 to 1988.

Ken Mills - Guitar & Vocals
Al Mills - Bass & Vocals
Andy Voyez - Drums

This is an archive of the various demo tapes they made during that time.

Demo 1 (d1) - Recorded in 1983 at Dungeon Studio, Long Compton, Oxfordshire. The band where still finding their way at this stage.

Demo 2 (d2) - Recorded in 1983 at some studio(?) in Bristol. Things were improving but the band were ultimately a little disappointed with their second effort.

Demo 3 (d3) - Recorded in 1984 at Union Studio, Oxford - Bit more like it! The band are beginning to find their identity and were pleased with the results of this recording.

Demo 4 (d4) - Recorded in 1986 at Synchronise Studio in London - The only demo made by mk II. Sounds pretty good but Al and Ken thought they wrote some better songs later on in the band's existence.

All of these songs have been digitally re-mastered from cassette tapes over 30 years old - so the sound is a little variable in places - but it stands up pretty well considering.

Al still thinks they could have been the first of the wave of Oxford Bands to emerge in the late 80's/early 90's (Ride, Radiohead, Supergrass, etc) if the transport links between Oxford and London, afforded by the M40, had been fully up and running a bit earlier - but then he always was a bit of a delusional twat.

Turn of Vice

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