The Glass Torpedoes - Peel Session (1980)

The Glass Torpedoes recorded a Peel Session in January 1980 (producer: John Etchells; engineer: Nick Gomm). By that time the line up had completely changed, Barbara Donovan (vocals) and Mark Coleridge (drums) being the only original members left, joined by Gary Daly (bass, later China Chrisis) and Paul Reason (guitar, later Ex Post Facto).

Glass Torpedoes – Peel (1980)

- Forced a Smile

- Something

- Tall Stories

- This Is The End

Curiously, the track ‘Tall Stories’ will appear as the a-side on the band’s last single, in 1981. During the first part of the year 1980 the band toured supporting Gary Glitter. When Barbara Donovan and Gary Dale left, the band got re-shaped with the inclusion of David Maxwell (guitar, vocals), Bernie Carroll (bass, later Ex Post Facto) and spent the rest of the year as a the side band of John Milton (with the name John Milton + The Glass Torpedoes), releasing also a single (Unreal the Real / Running Wild).

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