From A Northumbrian Mining Village Comes The Sound Of Summer

This compilation collects everything Nivens ever released plus some bonus tracks and different versions. © 1987-89. Tracks 1 and 2: recorded at Art Care in Gateshead, September 8th and 9th, 1988. They appeared as the A and B sides of the single (Woosh 005). Tracks 3 to 9: recorded in July of 1988 in various locations in Northumberland (Beacon Lane, Wilks House, Ashington Institute). They were released on the "Good News" demo tape (14/07/88). Track 10: recorded at Art Care in Gateshead, March 2nd 1988. Released as a flexi with The "" (Woosh 001). Tracks 11 and 12: recorded at Reel-Time in Newcastle. November 29th and 30th, 1988, Both tracks released on the "" compilation album. Tracks 13 to 16: recorded at Reel-Time in Newcastle, August 5th, 6th, 12th, 13th and 28th, 1989. All tracks were released on the "” 7” EP (Woosh 009). Track 17: as tracks 3 to 9. Not released on the demo. Track 18: recorded at Lynx in Tynemouth, July 1st and 2nd, 1989. This was done for the BBC "Out of our Heads” programme but was not used in favour of track 16. Track 19: as tracks 3 to 9. This "outro" was used at the end of the Good News demo.