It's Immaterial - 1985-1986

In 1983 Campbell, Whitehead, Priestman shared a flat in Liverpool, around Sefton Park, “signed the dole every second Thursday, [hung] around in cafes where they read the music weeklies and despair at the success of their rivals. […] At 1983’s Larks In The Park show, which also featured the budding Frankie Goes To Hollywood, [Priestman]’d been impressed by an a cappella act called The Christians. At irst he arranged for them to add their vocals to It’s Immaterial’s music, but them became a full-time Christian himself” (Du Noyer 2004). Between the start of 1985 and 1986 the two-piece Immaterial released their last pre-album records, the Ep Fish Waltz (March 1985), and the singles Ed's Funky Diner (October 1986) and Driving Away From Home (March 1986).

Fish Waltz (1985):
1. The Better Idea (Push the Boat Out)
2. Several Brothers
3. Lullaby
4. Fish Waltz


Ed's Funky Diner (1985)
- Ed's Funky Diner
- Washing the Air



Driving Away From Home (1986)
- Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)
- Trains, Boats, Planes


The a-sides of the three singles were then to appear to the band's 1986 lp Life Is Hard Anf Then you Die.


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