a witness - discography

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You can buy A Witness releases throughGott DiscsandOverground. See below for a full list of all the band's recordings.

Loudhailer Songs
5-track EP: "Lucky in London ", "Camera", "Kitchen Sink Drama", "Regular Round" "Drill One"
Ron Johnson Records ZRON5, released November 1984  

I Am John's Pancreas
10-track LP: "Smelt Like A Pedestrian", "O'Grady's Dream", "Car Skidding", "Red Snake", "Dipping Bird", "Sharpened Sticks", "The Loudhailer Song", "Legs Be Sturdy", "4.49 Stool", "Hard Days' Love"
Ron Johnson Records ZRON12, released October 1986 (also released on licence in Greece )  
Red Snake
3-track 12": "Red Snake", "Regular Round", "Hard Days' Love"
Ron Johnson Records ZRON26, released summer 1987  

One Foot In The Groove
4-track 12" EP "Nodding Dog Moustache", "Faglane Morris Wind", "Zip Up", "Raw Patch" Ron Johnson Records ZRON30, released May 1988  

Sacred Cow Heart
14-track US compilation of I Am John's Pancreas , One Foot In The Groove and Peel sessions: "Smelt Like A Pedestrian", "Red Snake", "Dipping Bird", "Sharpened Sticks", "Legs Be Sturdy", "Hard Days' Love", "Faglane Morris Wind", "Nodding Dog Moustache", "Raw Patch", "The Loudhailer Song"

Extra tracks for cassette only: "O'Grady's Dream", "Smelt Like A Pedestrian 2", "Sharpened Sticks 2", "Hard Days' Love 2"
Communion Records COMM3 through Fundamental Music, Covington , Georgia 30209 USA, released 1987

I Love You Mr Disposable Razors
3-track 12" single: "I Love You, Mr Disposable Razors", "Disposable dance version", "Tomorrow Never Knows" Vinyl Drip Records SUK10, released Nov 1989 

Peel Sessions
Double CD: "I Love You Mr Disposable Razors", "Life - The Final Frontier", "Helicopter Tealeaf", "Prince Microwave Bollard", "Take Me To The Earth", "McManus Octaphone", "Sunbed Sentimental", "Zip Up"
Strange Fruit Records SFPMA 206, side one recorded Maida Vale November 1988, side two Golder's Green Hippodrome January 1989  

Compilations  

NME C-86
22-track compilation released by the New Musical Express, featuring "Sharpened Sticks" Rough Trade Records ROUGH 100, released summer 1986

Through The Looking Glass 1966
Featured track "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Imaginary Records ILLUSION 023, released 1990  

Through The Looking Glass 1967
Featured track "Break On Through"
Imaginary Records ILLUSION 010, released 1990  

Manchester , So Much To Answer For
20-track compilation of 1980s Manchester bands, featured track "I Love You, Mr Disposable Razors"
Strange Fruit Records SFR 202, released 1990.  

Threaphurst Lane: The Best Of A Witness
18-track compilation: "Sharpened Sticks", "I Love You, Mr Disposable Razors", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "O'Grady's Dream", "The Loudhailer Song", "Car Skidding", "Dipping Bird", "Lucky In London", "Hard Days' Love", "4.49 Stool", "Smelt Like A Pedestrian", "Faglane Morris Wind", "Nodding Dog Moustache", "Red Snake", "Zip Up", "Threaphurst Lane", "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Dudefield"
Overground Records OVERVPCD88, released July 2000