The Sun and the rain (Madness )

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Release details

Detail			Value
Catalogue number			BUY IT 192
Title			The Sun and the rain
Artist(s)			Madness
Cover condition			Near mint
Record condition			Near mint
Item deleted?			Yes
Released			1983
Distributed / printed by			Stiff Records
Country of origin			UK
Media type			Primary
Media genre			Music - Popular View all other tracks listed as Music - Popular.
Run-off codes / Shop bar codes			BUY . IT . 192 . A1 D C1 THERE'S A MAN I KNOW ... BILBO TAPE One BUY IT 192 B2 C
My rating			*****
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Number have			1
What type of seller was used?			Physical shop
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Front cover
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Back cover

Label

Side & track	Track and Artist									Length
Tracks Below is a list of tracks for this release.
A1	The Sun and the rain [Madness]
B1	Fire Ball XL5 [Madness]
B2	My girl (Live version - Recorded at Brighton Centre March 1983) [Madness]
Total length of media 0:00.

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Extra notes on cover, middle (gatefold sleeve) and any inserts
Musicians Chris Foreman (1976�1986, 1992�2005, 2006�), Mike Barson (1976�1984, 1992�), Lee Thompson (1976�1977, 1978�1986, 1992�), Chas Smash (1976�1977, 1979�1986, 1992�2014), John Hasler (1976�1978), Dikran Tulaine (1976), Graham "Suggs" McPherson (1977, 1978�1986, 1992�), Gavin Rodgers (1977�1978), Garry Dovey (1977�1978), Dan Woodgate (1978�1986, 1992�), Mark Bedford (1978�1986, 1992�2009, 2012, 2013-), Paul Carrack (1984), James Mackie (1984), Steve Nieve (1984�1986), Terry Disley (1986), Seamus Beaghan (1986), Norman Watt-Roy (1994�1996), Kevin Burdett (2000�2006), Graham Bush (2009�2013) Side a - Strings arranged by David Bedford, trumpet: Dick Cutbell. Side b - Flugel horn and cornet: Dick Cutbell, Violin: Nick Parker, Violin: Jonathen Kahan, Viola: Suzanne Rosenford, Cello: Cal Verney.

Other versions
I have the title track on these releases:
[cds]	069490699 - 2	Ultimate collection
[singles]	BUY 192	The Sun and the rain
[cds]	MADBOX 2	The lot
[albums]	PSEEZ 53	Keep moving
Further information
Madness are an English ska band from Camden Town, north London, who formed in 1976. One of the most prominent bands of the late-1970s and early-1980s two-tone ska revival. There latest line up includes Chris Foreman, Mike Barson, Lee Thompson, Graham "Suggs" McPherson, Dan Woodgate and Mark Bedford. Madness achieved most of their success in the early to mid-1980s. Both Madness and UB40 spent 214 weeks on the UK singles charts over the course of the decade, holding the record for most weeks spent by a group in the 1980s UK singles charts. However, Madness did so in a shorter time period (1980-1986).