Personal Column formed in Liverpool in 1980, with a line-up of Marc Vormawah on vocals and guitar, Colin Brown on keyboards, Mike Carroll on drums (later replaced by Terry Sterling), Mike Hayes on bass, and Rob Boardman on guitar, and they were later joined by Phil Hargreaves on sax. They released two singles on their own Contrast Records label, before signing to Stiff Records in 1984 and releasing one single for them. They were a big favourite of John Peel, and recorded three sessions for his radio show, as well as ones for Kid Jensen and Simon Bates. These radio sessions often included otherwise unrecorded material, and so this is now the only way that these songs can be heard, so I've collected them altogether in one place so that you can hear what an album by the band could have sounded like in 1984. If they recorded one of their singles on the session I've tended to use the single version for this album, and it's all topped off with a track that didn't make it as a single or a session track. The band broke up in 1986, with Vormawah signing a deal with MCA, and he continues to record and release his music, with 'Goodbye To Yesterday' coming out in 2018.
Track listing
01 Red (John Peel session 1982)
02 Friction (John Peel session 1982)
03 Dangerous Places (John Peel session 1982)
04 The Same Old Situation (single 1983)
05 Ignorance Is Bliss (John Peel session 1983)
06 Crusade (John Peel session 1983)
07 Sleight Of Hand (John Peel session 1983)
08 Strictly Confidential (single 1984)
09 Cosmetic Surgery (John Peel session 1984)
10 World In Action (John Peel session 1984)
11 The Price You Pay (John Peel session 1984)
12 British Style (John Peel session 1984)
13 Institutions (previously unreleased 1984)
