The Enormous Room

Time for classic C86, jangly pop, from England. Time for The Enormous Room. They released a 12″ and a flexi, both in 1986. The 12″ by The Enormous Room had four songs. The A side had the wonderful “100 Different Words” and “Sylvia’s Children”. While the B side had “Melanie and Martin” and “You Wrote a Book”. The record was recorded in London and engineered by Chris Mansbridge. Mansbridge had experience in production working with bands like The Blow Monkeys, The Lurkers, Family Fodder or The Passmore Sisters. The lineup for this record was Jay Derbyshire on bass guitar, Robbie McCarthy on drums, Duncan Paterson on guitars and Christopher Darke on vocals and rhythm guitar. Dave Annal is credited for playing organ and clavichord. 

 

The same band lineup recorded their other release, which happened to be a flexi with two songs “I Don’t Need You” and “Melanie And Martin”. This record also happened to be the first ever release on the Medium Cool label. From the back of the record we learn that the band hailed from Watford. [SOURCE: CLOUDBERRY CAKE PROSELYTISM]