Raw Melody Men

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Field	Value
name	Raw Melody Men
type	Live album
artist	New Model Army
cover	NMA_raw_melody.jpg
released	1991
recorded	Brixton Academy, London Town & Country Club, Berlin Eissporthalle, Hamburg Sporthalle
genre	Rock, post-punk, folk rock
label	EMI
producer	John Cornfield, New Model Army
prev_title	Impurity
prev_year	1990
next_title	History - The Singles 85-91
next_year	1992
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Raw Melody Men was released in 1991 and is the first official live album release by British rock band New Model Army.

The album was recorded during the 1990 Impurity tour at the Brixton Academy, The Town & Country Club in London, the Berlin Eissporthalle and the Hamburg Sporthalle. The album was mixed at the Sawmills Studio in Cornwall.

The title of the track "A Liberal Education" has been abbreviated as "Lib Ed".

The title of the album, Raw Melody Men, is an anagram of "New Model Army". NMA did a short tour playing in small clubs "incognito" under this name prior to the big tour during which the live album was recorded.

Track listing

1. "Whirlwind" (Justin Sullivan, Robert Heaton)
2. "The Charge" (Sullivan, Heaton)
3. "Space" (Sullivan, Heaton, Nelson)
4. "Purity" (Sullivan)
5. "White Coats" (Sullivan, Heaton, Jason Harris)
6. "Vagabonds" (Sullivan)
7. "Get Me Out" (Sullivan, Heaton)
8. "Lib Ed" (Sullivan, Stuart Morrow)
9. "Better Than Them" (Sullivan)
10. "Innocence" (Sullivan, Heaton)
11. "Love Songs" (Sullivan, Heaton)
12. "Lurhstaap" (Sullivan, Heaton)
13. "Archway Towers" (Sullivan, Heaton)
14. "Smalltown England" (Sullivan, Morrow)
15. "Green and Grey" (Sullivan, Heaton)
16. "I Love the World" (Sullivan, Heaton)

Personnel

Production

• John Cornfield – producer, mixed by
• New Model Army – producer, mixed by

[[Musician]]s

• Justin Sullivan – vocals, guitar
• Robert Heaton – drums, vocals
• Nelson – bass, keyboards, vocals
• Ed Alleyne-Johnson – violin, keyboards, mandolin
• Adrian Portas – guitar

References

• Official NMA website
• Discogs.com
• John Relph's New Model Army discography

References

1. "New Model Army - Raw Melody Men (1991)".
2. "Raw Melody Men* - New Model Army Live Hamburg Logo 23.3.91 (Vinyl)".

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