The Mock Turtles - Turtle Soup (Expanded Edition)

The band revolved around singer, songwriter and guitarist Martin Coogan (older brother of actor/comedian Steve), who blended his love of 70s glam and art rock (David Bowie, Be Bop Deluxe) with a nod towards the best in 60s music to create The Mock Turtles� sound. �From 1987 to 1990, the band made five singles (the �Pomona� EP, �Wicker Man�, �And Then She Smiles�, �Lay Me Down� and �Magic Boomerang�) and an album, Turtle Soup, for Manchester�s Imaginary Records, as well as a compilation 87-90. None of these has ever been reissued. Turtle Soup has subsequently been cited as one of the finest Manchester albums of all time. �For this expanded reissue of Turtle Soup, which represents their complete Imaginary catalogue, all of the Mock Turtles� non-album singles and B-sides are included, together with the many cover versions they recorded for Imaginary�s popular tribute albums (covering The Byrds, Jimi Hendrix, Syd Barrett, The Velvet Underground, Captain Beefheart and The Kinks). �In addition, Martin Coogan has unearthed no less than fourteen previously unissued Mock Turtles demos from his personal archive! Sleeve-notes are by Mark Hodkinson (The Guardian, etc.), who was the first-ever journalist to review the band back in the mid-1980s. �The package boasts the original versions of �Can You Dig It?� (remained popular via various TV ads) and �And Then She Smiles�.