Flying Nun Records Re-Issue Two Limited Edition 12” EPs

Flying Nun Records Re-Issue Two Limited Edition 12” EPs for Record Store Day

It’s been over three decades since Christchurch record shop employee and music fan, Roger Shepherd was inspired to start a record label as an outlet for South Island bands. And it was the city of Dunedin that quickly became most strongly associated with Flying Nun.

In 1982, four bands from that southern outpost - The Chills, Sneaky Feelings, the Stones and the Verlaines - each recorded a side for a double 12" EP pack that, which actually untitled, was referred to as the "Dunedin Double". Now for Record Store Day (April 19), Flying Nun will to re-issue this 4EP set that went on to kick start the label.

Not only was it ‘untitled’, it was an unusual format, with no set order and containing two 45rpm 12" discs. Re-mastered, the Dunedin Double is being re-issued again in its original format and limited to 2000 copies.

Recorded over two weekends in damp New Zealand, South Island flats (on portable 4-track by Chris Knox and Doug Hood), it was distinctly lo-fi and in tune with the’ do it yourself’ ethic at the heart of the label. Furthermore it brought the world’s attention to The Chills, Verlaines, The Stones and Sneaky Feelings and established the notion of the ‘Dunedin Sound’, a phrase coined for the young bands that followed in the wake of The Clean and an influence, which carries on to indie-pop bands around the world today.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - DUNEDIN DOUBLE
The Chills, Sneaky Feelings, The Stones, Verlaines
(FNLP540 / FNCT017)
EP 1
Side A: The Chills
1. Kaleidoscope World
2. Satin Doll
3. (Frantic) Drift
Side B: Sneaky Feelings
1. Pity's Sake
2. There's a Chance
3. Backroom
EP 2
Side A: The Stones
1. Down and Around
2. See Red
3. Something New
4. Surf's Up
Side B: The Verlaines
1. Angela
2. Crisis After Crisis
3. You Cheat Yourself Of Everything That Moves

The Dunedin EP theme continues with Flying Nun’s other Record Store Day release, the Bored Games - ‘Who Killed Colonel Mustard’ EP.

Released the same year as the Dunedin Double (1982) it introduced the music of a 17-year-old Shayne Carter, who would later go on to form The DoubleHappy's and Straightjacket Fits. In the tradition of many great bands, they formed while attending high school, debuting at the school’s talent contest in 1979 and going on to play a show supporting Toy Love.

Featuring Carter as vocalist, the band included the likes of Wayne Elsey (The Stones, DoubleHappys), Terry Moore (The Chills) as well Fraser Batts, Jonathan Moore and Jeff Harford. The band broke up in 1981 before ‘Who Killed Colonel Mustard’ was released, however, they left behind 4 catchy tracks, packed with teenaged angst manifested in early punk stylings.

As part of the Record Store Day release, the EP has been remastered and includes an insert of previously unseen photos. Limited to 1000 copies.

BORED GAMES - WHO KILLED COLONEL MUSTARD
(FNLP539 / FNCT-016)
Side A:
1. Happy Endings
2. I Don’t Get It
Side B:
1. Joe 90
2. Bridesmaid

AVAILABLE APRIL 19 FOR RECORD STORE DAY

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