Talking Drums – Fighting to the Finish

Talking Drums
Fighting to the Finish
1982 Sticky Music
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Carol Moore – Lead vocals
Charlie Irvine – Guitar, backing vocals
Dot Irvine – Keyboards, backing vocals
Stewart McEwan – Bass guitar
Derek Clark – Drums
Malcolm Duffin – Drums

Produced Steve Butler

Side 1:

1. Lost in the 20th Century
2. Fighting to the Finish
3. Product of History
4. Feel Like Dancing
5. The Lie
6. The End is Nigh

Side 2:

1. Young Boys
2. What’s on My Mind
3. We Believe
4. Nightmare
5. Freedom to Choose

This is the very rare first demo by Talking Drums. Unfortunately, the person that had this rip didn’t have the cover or song names, so most of what I have above are guesses. Because some of these tracks made it to later releases, I know some of the songs – but the ones in parenthesis are guesses. Anyways, Talking Drums is a Scottish new wave / alternative rock band that released all of their music on Sticky Music. They are best known for their 1985 Reassembly album. Shortly after this release, they released the Courage EP (which was reissued in 2018 with the opening track from this demo as a bonus track). They also released a tape in 1983 just called Demos.

Update: Someone has provided pics of the j-card and tape (see comments below), so the information above has been updated.