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© Miroslav Jurčeka (1989-2022)

THE MEN THEY COULDN'T HANG
London, GB
* 1983	+ 2/1991

Line-Up (1991):

Phil Swill - voc,g
Paul Simmonds - g,voc,mand,kb
Stefan Cush - g,voc
Ricky - bg
Jon Odgers - ds

Former Members:

Shanne Hasler (bg, 1983-87)

Albums Discography:

#	Title	Release Date	Label	Type	UK	USA
1.	Night Of A Thousand Candles	7/1985	Demon		91
2.	How Green Is My Valley	10/1986	MCA		68
3.	Waiting For Bonaparte	3/1988	Magnet		41
4.	Silvertown	4/1989	Silvertone		39
5.	Five Glorious Years	4/1990	Silvertone
6.	The Domino Club	8/1990	Silvertone		53
7.	Well Hung	1991
8.	Alive, Alive-O	5/1991	Fun After All
9.	Never Born To Follow	11.11.1996	Demon
10.	The Big Six Pack	28.07.1997	Demon/edel
11.	Smugglers and Bounty Hunters	25.10.2005	Recall
12.	Tales of Love and Hate (2CD)	12.08.2014	Secret
13.	Dogs Eyes Owl Meat & Man Chop	12.08.2014	Secret
14.	The Defiant	21.10.2014	Vinyl Star

Singles Discography:

#	SP/EP Title	Release Date	Label	UK	USA
1.	The Green Fields Of France 12" + Hush Little Baby	10/1984	Imp/Demon
2.	Ironmasters / Donald Where's Your Troosers? 12" + Rawhide	6/1985	Imp/Demon
3.	Greenback Dollar / A Night To Remember 12" + The Bells produced by: Nick Lowe	11/1985	Demon
4.	Gold Rush / Ghosts Of Cable Street 12" + Walkin' Talkin'	6/1986	MCA	99
5.	Shirt Of Blue / Johnny Come Home 12" + Whisky In My Giro / Scarlet Ribbons	10/1986	MCA
6.	Ghosts Of Cable Street / Dream Machine MC + Liverpool Lullaby	3/1987	MCA	94
7.	Island In The Rain / Country Song 12" + Silver Dagger / Restless Highway	10/1987	Magnet	92
8.	The Colours / Rory's Grave 12" + Big Iron	3/1988	Magnet	61
9.	The Crest / Time At The Bar CD + Goodbye T'Jane / Ironmasters	6/1988	Magnet	94
10.	The Evening Show Sessions (15.6.86) EP (Dancing On The Pier / Ghosts Of Cable Street / Going Back To Coventry / Tiny Tin Soldiers)	8/1988	Strange Fruit
11.	Rain, Steam And Speed / Shirt Of Blue 12" + Scarlet Ribbons CD + Iron Masters	2/1989	Silvertone	88
12.	A Place In The Sun / A Map Of Morocco 12" + Scarlet Ribbons CD + The Day After (live)	5/1989	Silvertone
13.	A Map Of Morocco / Rosettes / The Day The Clock Went Back 12" + Rosettes (live) CD + The Iron Men Of Rap	12/1989	Silvertone
14.	Great Expectations / Margaret Pie 12",CD + Green Fields Of France	16.07.1990	Silvertone
15.	The Lion & The Unicorn	15.10.1990	Silvertone
16.	Night Ferry EP	08.07.2014	Vinyl Star

Press References:

Melody Maker
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1984	36	20.10.1984	20	It's Alive	gig review
1984	40	17.11.1984	20	It's Alive	gig review
1993	30	24.07.1993	43	festival Phoenix
New Musical Express
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	25.08.1990	34	Long Play	album review
Sounds
Year	Issue	Date	Page	Column	Type
1990	0	30.06.1990	2	First Reports - Briefly