The Original Mirrors

Original Mirrors are mainly remembered for one reason: future Lightning Seeds leader Ian Broudie was in the band. Original Mirrors formed in Liverpool, England, in 1980 after the collapse of vocalist Steve Allen's art rock group Deaf School in 1978. (Prior to the Original Mirrors, Broudie was a member of Big in Japan with Frankie Goes to Hollywood frontman Holly Johnson.) Including Broudie on guitar, the band also featured Peter Kircher (drums), Jonathan Perkins (keyboards), and Phil Spalding (bass). Recalling glam and power pop, Original Mirrors didn't even resemble Broudie's later '60s influenced work. The group's self-titled first album was released in 1980 with no commercial success; a similarly bleak fate met their next full-length, Heart Twango & Raw Beat, in 1981. The band then split up. Broudie became a producer for Echo & the Bunnymen and the Fall before joining vocalist Paul Simpson in Care in 1983 and then planting the Lightning Seeds in 1989.
- Michael Sutton, All Music Guide

Members:

Ian Broudie (guitar)
Steve Allen (vocals)
Phil Spalding (bass)
Peter Kircher (drums)
Jonathan Perkins (keyboards)

Albums:

Original Mirrors (1980)
LP Arista AB 4269
1 Sharp Words
2 Reflections
3 Boys the Boys
4 Flying
5 Chains of Love
6 Could This Be Heaven?
7 Boys Cry
8 Nights of the Angels
9 Panic in the Night
10 Feel Like a Train

 

 

Heart Twango & Raw Beat (1981)
1 Heart, Twango and Raw Beat
2 Dancing With the Rebels
3 Teen Beat
4 When You're Young
5 Things to Come
6 Darling .... In London e
7 Don't Cry Baby
8 Please Don't Wear Red
9 Swing Together
10 Time Has Come

Heartbeat (The Best Of The Original Mirrors) CD

Released: March 20, 2006
1. Sharp Words
2. Refelections
3. Boys The Boys
4. Flying
5. Chains Of Love
6. Could This Be Heaven
7. Boys Cry
8. Night Of The Angels
9. Panic In The Night
10. Feel Like A Train
11. Heart Twango And Raw Beat
12. Dancing With The Rebels
13. Teen Beat
14. When You're Young
15. Things To Come
16. Darling In London
17. Don't Cry Baby
18. Don't Wear Red
19. Swing Together
20. Time Has Come

Singles:

Boys Cry - UK - 7" VINYL, 1980
b/w Chains Of Love, picture sleeve
Record Label: Mercury
Catalogue No: MER5

 

Boys Cry / Sharp Words (live) France, 1980
Mercury 7inch (sp) - Ref : 6059294

 

Could This Be Heaven? - UK - 7" VINYL, 1979
b/w Night Of The Angels, picture sleeve
Record Label: Mercury
Catalogue No: 6007245

20,000 Dreamers
Label: mercury DREAM 12
Item Number: 651267
Release Country: UK
Release Date: 1981
UK 3-Track Maxi, ex/ex. Inc. Time Has Come and Dancing With The Rebels (Remix).
Audio on youtube

Links

Ian Broudie entry on Wikipedia

Original Mirrors Performance photos

Appearance on the Peel Sessions - 22/01/1980

Sharp Words Video, kinda - it is the audio with a few words moving in the background (on youtube)

Dancing with the Rebels Video (on youtube)

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