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  • £24.99 From Argos (1995)
  • 13 Eurogoths Floating In The Dead Sea (1993)
  • 1966 And All That (1985)
  • 27 Yards Of Dental Floss (2002)
  • 4AD3DCD (1993)
  • 99% Of Gargoyles Look Like Bob Todd (1985)
  • A Country Practice (1998)
  • A Lilac Harry Quinn (1991)
  • A Shropshire Lad (1997)
  • Adam Boyle Has Cast Lad Rock Aside (2014)
  • Albert Hammond Bootleg (1985)
  • Alehouse Futsal (2018)
  • All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit (1985)
  • Architecture And Morality Ted And Alice (1985)
  • Arthur’s Farm (1987)
  • Asparagus Next Left (2005)
  • Awkward Sean (2022)
  • Bad Losers On Yahoo Chess (2008)
  • Bad Review (1997)
  • Baguette Dilemma For The Booker Prize Guy (2014)
  • Beneath This Broken Headstone (There Lies A Broken Heart) (2022)
  • Big Man Up Front (2022)
  • Bladderwrack Allowance (2018)
  • Blood On The Quad (2003)
  • Blue Badge Abuser (2008)
  • Bob Wilson – Anchorman (2001)
  • Bogus Official (2005)
  • Bottleneck At Capel Curig (2000)
  • Breaking News (2002)
  • Busy Little Market Town (1985)
  • CAMRA Man (1997)
  • Carry On Cremating (1988)
  • Children Of Apocalyptic Techstep (1998)
  • Christian Rock Concert (1991)
  • Corgi Registered Friends (2005)
  • D’ye Ken Ted Moult? (1987)
  • David Wainwright’s Feet (2006)
  • Dead Men Don’t Need Season Tickets (1997)
  • Deep House Victims Minibus Appeal (1997)
  • Depressed Beyond Tablets (2005)
  • Descent Of The Stiperstones (2011)
  • Dickie Davies Eyes (1987)
  • Doreen (1993)
  • Ecclesiastical Perks (1999)
  • Emergency Locksmith (2018)
  • Emerging From Gorse (2000)
  • Eno Collaboration (1997)
  • Epiphany (2004)
  • Even Men With Steel Hearts (1995)
  • Evening Of Swing (Has Been Cancelled) (2008)
  • Every Time A Bell Rings (2018)
  • Everything’s AOR (1991)
  • Excavating Rita (2011)
  • Faithlift (1995)
  • False Grit (2014)
  • Fear My Wraith (1995)
  • Fix It So She Dreams Of Me (2011)
  • Floreat Inertia (1993)
  • Footprints (1993)
  • For What Is Chatteris… (2005)
  • Four Skinny Indie Kids (1998)
  • Frequent Electric Trains (2021)
  • Fretwork Homework (1995)
  • Friday Night And The Gates Are Low (1995)
  • Fuckin’ ‘Ell It’s Fred Titmus (1985)
  • Fun Day In The Park (2011)
  • Get Kramer (1996)
  • Girlfriend’s Finished With Him (1991)
  • Give Us Bubblewrap (2008)
  • God Gave Us Life (1985)
  • Grafting Haddock In The George (2022)
  • Gubba Look-A-Likes (2000)
  • Hair Like Brian May Blues (1996)
  • Harsh Times In Umberstone Covert (2018)
  • He Who Would Valium Take (1997)
  • Hedley Verityesque (1991)
  • I Hate Nerys Hughes (From The Heart)  (1985)
  • I Left My Heart In Papworth General (1985)
  • I Love You Because (You Look Like Jim Reeves) (1985)
  • I Was A Teenage Armchair Honved Fan (1987)
  • I Went To A Wedding… (2003)
  • I, Trog (1995)
  • I’m Getting Buried In The Morning (2022)
  • If I Had Possession Over Pancake Day (2002)
  • Improv Workshop Mimeshow Gobshite (1993)
  • In A Suffolk Ditch (2022)
  • Irk The Purists (2000)
  • It Makes The Room Look Bigger (2003)
  • It’s Cliched To Be Cynical At Christmas (2000)
  • ITMA (1997)
  • Jarg Armani (2003)
  • Joy Division Oven Gloves (2005)
  • Joy In Leeuwarden (We Are Ready) (2011)
  • Keeping Two Chevrons Apart (1998)
  • King Of Hi-Vis (2008)
  • Knobheads On Quiz Shows (2018)
  • L’Enfer C’Est Les Autres (2011)
  • Lark Descending (2001)
  • Left Lyrics In The Practice Room (2011)
  • Let’s Not (1991)
  • Letters Sent (2005)
  • Little In The Way Of Sunshine (2008)
  • Lock Up Your Mountain Bikes (1999)
  • Look Dad No Tunes (2000)
  • Lord Hereford’s Knob (2008)
  • M-6-Ster (1993)
  • Malayan Jelutong (1993)
  • Man Of Constant Sorrow (With A Garage In Constant Use) (2018)
  • Mars Ultras, You’ll Never Make The Station (1992)
  • Mate Of The Bloke (2005)
  • Mathematically Safe (2000)
  • Midnight Mass Murder (2022)
  • Mileage Chart (2014)
  • Mod. Diff. Vdiff. Hard Severe (2018)
  • Monmore, Hare’s Running (1997)
  • Moody Chops (1998)
  • Mr Cave’s A Window Cleaner Now (1995)
  • Multitude (1998)
  • My Outstretched Arms (2014)
  • National Shite Day (2008)
  • New York Skiffle (2001)
  • Nove On The Sly (2000)
  • Numanoid Hang-Glide (1993)
  • Oblong Of Dreams (2022)
  • Ode To Joyce (2008)
  • Old Age Killed My Teenage Bride (2014)
  • On Finding The Studio Banjo (2003)
  • On Passing Lilac Urine (2001)
  • On Reaching The Wensum (1998)
  • On The ‘Roids (2008)
  • Ordinary To Enschede (1990)
  • Our Tune (1991)
  • Outbreak Of Vitas Gerulaitis (1991)
  • P.R.S. Yearbook – Quick, The Drawbridge (1997)
  • Paintball’s Coming Home (1997)
  • Paradise Lost (You’re The Reason Why) (2002)
  • Persian Rug Sale At The Urc (2022)
  • Petty Sessions (2008)
  • Prag Vec At The Melkweg (1991)
  • Quality Janitor (1993)
  • Ready Steady Goa (1998)
  • Reasons To Be Miserable (Part 10) (1987)
  • Reflections In A Flat (1985)
  • Renfield’s Afoot (2018)
  • Restless Legs (2005)
  • Rock And Roll Is Full Of Bad Wools (2011)
  • Rod Hull Is Alive – Why? (1987)
  • Rogation Sunday (2022)
  • RSVP (2011)
  • Running Order Squabble Fest (1993)
  • San Antonio Foam Party (2002)
  • Sealclubbing (1985)
  • Secret Gig (1998)
  • See That My Bike’s Kept Clean (1997)
  • Sensitive Outsider (1995)
  • She’s In Broadstairs (2002)
  • Shit Arm, Bad Tattoo (2005)
  • Slight Reprise (2000)
  • Slipping The Escort (2022)
  • Soft Verges (1998)
  • Something’s Rotten In The Back Of Iceland (2011)
  • Song For Europe (1995)
  • Song Of Encouragement For The Orme Ascent (1997)
  • Split Single With Happy Lounge Labelmates (1998)
  • Sponsoring The Moshpits (1995)
  • Stavanger Töestub (2002)
  • Stuck Up A Hornbeam (2014)
  • Styx Gig (Seen By My Mates Coming Out Of A) (1995)
  • Surging Out Of Convalescence (2005)
  • Swerving The Checkatrade (2018)
  • Tending The Wrong Grave For 23 Years (2003)
  • Terminus (2018)
  • Tess Of The Dormobiles (2022)
  • The Announcement (2018)
  • The Ballad Of Climie Fisher (2000)
  • The Bane Of Constance (2014)
  • The Bastard Son Of Dean Friedman (1987)
  • The Best Things In Life (1987)
  • The Coroner’s Footnote (2011)
  • The Len Ganley Stance (1985)
  • The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (Is The Light Of An Oncoming Train) (2002)
  • The Referee’s Alphabet (2002)
  • The Trumpton Riots (1985)
  • The Unfortunate Gwatkin (2014)
  • Them’s The Vagaries (2002)
  • Theme Tune For Something Or Other (2014)
  • Third Track Main Camera Four Minutes (2000)
  • This Leaden Pall (1993)
  • This One’s For Now (2014)
  • Thy Damnation Slumbereth Not (2002)
  • Time Flies By (When You’re A Driver Of A Train) (1985)
  • Token Covid Song (2022)
  • Tommy Walsh’s Eco House (2011)
  • Tonight Matthew, I’m Going To Be With Jesus (1997)
  • Took Problem Chimp To Ideal Home Show (2008)
  • Totnes Bickering Fair (2008)
  • Tour Jacket With Detachable Sleeves (1995)
  • Turn A Blind Eye (1998)
  • Turned Up Clocked On Laid Off (1993)
  • Twenty Four Hour Garage People (2000)
  • Twydale’s Lament (2005)
  • Tyrolean Knockabout (2002)
  • Uffington Wassail (2000)
  • Upon Westminster Bridge (2005)
  • Urge For Offal (2014)
  • Used To Be In Evil Gazebo (2000)
  • Vatican Broadside (2001)
  • Venus In Flares (1985)
  • Visitor For Mr Edmonds (2000)
  • We Built This Village On A Trad. Arr. Tune (2005)
  • Westward Ho! – Massive Letdown (2014)
  • What Made Colombia Famous… (2018)
  • When I Look At My Baby (2022)
  • When The Evening Sun Goes Down (2002)
  • Whit Week Malarkey (1993)
  • Whiteness Thy Name Is Meltonian (1993)
  • With Goth On Our Side (2000)
  • Worried Man Blues (2001)
  • Yipps (My Baby Got The) (1991)
  • You’re Hard (1998)

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