BEATFOR77 - Milltown Brothers

This 60s revivalist pop band was formed in Colne, Lancashire, England by Matt Nelson (vocals), Simon Nelson (guitar), Barney James (keyboards), James Fraser (bass) and Nian Brindle (drums).
Simon Nelson had the musical pedigree, performing in Blue Berlin while at university, then the Squire and The Word Association, who finally metamorphosed into the Milltown Brothers.
Their debut release, "Coming From The Mill", then "Which Way Should I Jump", were housed on the indie label Big Round.
They would subsequently move on to A&M Records where "Which Way Should I Jump" was re-released following the relative success of "Apple Green". It made the UK Top # 38. . America liked it and put it to Number 10 in the US Rock Chart.
The album “Slinky” -5 Stars in Q Magazine- was a revelation and pushed the boundaries for their peers,
defying the critics who had incorrectly labelled them as baggy.
A&M bottled it and despite new material being ready for release that year (1991) - they put the band 'on the shelf' for 2 years and eventually picked the songs for their 2nd studio album - 'Valve'.

In 1993 they embarked on work on a follow-up album “Valve”, although by this time they had become part of a large clutch of Byrds-influenced indie pop bands (Rain, Resque, etc.) trying to re-establish a profile that had been much higher in 1991.

The trouble was exacerbated by difficulties with their label, "The band came up with new material, but it was darker than A&M wanted." (Andrew Proudfoot –band’s manager).
The much-delayed second offering failed to sell, and the band broke up soon afterwards.
The Nelsons and Brindle briefly worked together again as Milo.

In March 2004, they released their third studio album – Rubberband -. Critically acclaimed and probably their finest release, Rubberband came out on their own label and was made available via the website at www.milltownbrothers.com.

It’s All Over Now [10" A&M 1993] was the first single taken from the Valve album. This is a special edition 10” (5000 only) of Bob Dylan songs.