You Slosh formed in December 1986, and consisted of Duncan Rayson and Martin Howe on keyboards, Michael Gill on fiddle and bouzouki, Mike Harvey on bass, Pat Walker on drums, and multi-instrumentalist Troy Donockley on uilleann pipes, bouzouki, electric guitar and occassional vocals. Based around the pipes and whistles of Donockley, they played a mix of Celtic folk and prog rock, and were well-known around the York area in the late 1980's. Donockley composed long, involved pieces for guitars and ethnic instruments, while the sound made by the other members of the band was big and exciting. They were an immensely popular college group, but in late 1991 they mysteriously disbanded, just when they were starting to receive national attention. Donockley went on to join Iona and also play with Barbara Dickson, the Enid, Maddy Prior, Midge Ure, and Adrian Edmundson's Bad Shepherds, and is currently a member of Finnish symphonic heavy metallers Nightwish. In 1989 You Slosh released their debut album on the On Them label, which was a live recording captured at the Tivoli in Buckley the same year, but many of the tracks featured on it had previously been recorded onto demo cassettes, which were often sold at their gigs, and so this album is made up of two of those demo tapes, essentially making it a studio version of that live album.
Track listing
01 The Break
02 Up In The Slosh
03 Above Leaves
04 Dust
05 Larl Boy In The Slammer
06 Time To Laugh
07 Hearthquake
08 The Ivy Leaf
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