THE STEMS

Title: Mushroom Soup
Company: Citadel (Australia)
Catalogue No: (citcd555)
Format: CD (album)
Released: March 2003

The Stems came roaring out of Perth in the mid eighties with a sound and style that definitively captured the spirit and enthusiasm of sixties garage music - lurching fuzz-tone guitars, brooding organ and solid gold garage-trash! At the core of it all though The Stems wrote some awesome songs, made great records and put on exciting live shows. Tracks like Make You Mine, Love Will Grow and Tears Me In Two mark them out as one of the truly great Australian acts of the eighties.

Mushroom Soup - The Citadel Years brings together these break-through singles, their debut EP Love Will Grow, the video for Tears Me In Two, previously unreleased demos and alternative song versions all on one disc. This collection captures a great band at the peak of its powers.

Track Listing:

1. Make You Mine (D Mariani) (4:45 m:s)
   A-side Citadel single cit011
2. Tears Me In Two (R Lane/J Matthews) (3:22 m:s)
   A-side Citadel single cit013
3. Just Ain't Enough (D Mariani) (2:46 m:s)
   From the 'Love Will Grow' EP
4. No Heart (D Mariani) (3:18 m:s)
   Extra track off the compile Buds
5. Jumping To Conclusions (D Mariani) (4:14 m:s)
   From the 'Love Will Grow' EP
6. Can't Resist (D Mariani) (2:35 m:s)
   B-side Citadel single cit013
7. Love Will Grow (D Mariani) (3:15 m:s)
   From the 'Love Will Grow' EP
8. Under Your Mushroom (R Lane/J Matthews) (2:38 m:s)
   From the 'Love Will Grow' EP
9. On And On (D Mariani) (4:13 m:s)
   Extra track off the compile Buds
10. She's A Monster (D Mariani) (3:49 m:s)
    A-side Citadel single cit011
11. Don't Let Me (R Lane/D Mariani) (2:20 m:s)
    Extra track off the compile Buds
12. All You Want Me For (J Matthews) (2:18 m:s)
    Extra track off the compile Buds
13. Power Of Love (D Mariani) (4:13 m:s)
    Previously unreleased single mixed by Rob Younger
14. For Always (D Mariani) (2:46 m:s)
    Previously unreleased demo version
15. Mr Misery (D Mariani) (3:13 m:s)
    Previously unreleased demo version
16. She's Fine (D Mariani) (2:36 m:s)
    Previously unreleased demo version
17. Tears Me In Two (R Lane/J Matthews) (3:08 m:s)
    Previously unreleased single version
18. Lon Chanery's Daughter (R Lane/D Mariani) (2:46 m:s)
    Previously unreleased
19. Tears Me In Two (R Lane/J Matthews) (video)
    Video by John Linahan

The Musicians:

Richard Lane - Keyboards, Guitar & Vocals
Dom Mariani - Guitar & Lead Vocals
Julian Matthews - Bass
Gary Chambers - Drums

Technical Details:

Tracks 1 & 4, 9-12, 14-18:
Recorded at Shelter Studios Perth with John Gailbraith

Tracks 2 & 3, 5-8:
Recorded at Trafalgar Studios Sydney
Produced by Rob Younger, engineered by Alan Thorne

Track 13:
Recorded at Sound West Studios Perth with John Gailbraith
Mixed at Trafalgar Studios by Rob Younger and Alan Thorne

Tracks 4,11 & 12:
Re mixed at Revolver Studios by Ben Glatzer and Dom Mariani

Citadel single (cit011) originally released May 1985 - Citadel single (cit013) originally released Sept 1985 - Citadel EP Love Will Grow (citep903) originally released Feb 1986 - Citadel compile Buds (citcd512) originally released 1991

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