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Previous months' free tracks for you to download, if you haven't done so already!

Ruth Taken from Cowley Road Songs, Doug Hodge's debut album available from the shop. A little bit of Doug while he treads the boards for a while...
Frankie sings the blues A track from the forthcoming RBR release of Not Even the Rains first album.
Watch Over Me Guy Tortora was the lead singer with Victims of Circumstance who shared Double Vision with the Opposition. This track is taken from the album 'Jefferson Drive' available from www.guytortora.com
Hold me Tonight Finally, an Oppostion track from the War Begins at Home album. We are currently looking into how to make the Opposition back catalogue available in its entirety so stay tuned for news on that...
I Dream in Colour Ralph still calls it Message...
My Room is White Mark remembers driving around Marble Arch listening to the mix of this in Marcus' car...
In the Heart  
Very Little Glory The first song Mark, Ralph and Marcus wrote together...
Rennes : Université, november 19, 1985. This version of "Faith Healer / War Games" is so damn powerful !!! I regret Opposition didn't much covers.
Paris : La mutualité, november 25,1985
The last "real" opposition concert. Marc, Marcus and Ralph on the same stage ... This song has never been released on record and Marc will give you more details than me ;-)
Paris : Passage du Nord-Ouest, June 21, 1994
The last Opposition concert (to date ;-). I was there. The intro to "Crawl to Me" by Lol is a real treat. I could listen the band playing around this little gimmick for hours.
Rome 84
The date and venues are unknown, but this is another Oppositon soundboard recording. You wouldn't beleive how many soundboard recordings are floating around ... This one of Someone to Talk to is in stereo and is really nice.
5/ Clermont-Ferrand (France) : Chris Club, february 22, 1983
Marcus's "tour de force" on bass. My favorite song ever : "Big Room Small View"
Marc asked me five tracks, but I couldn't leave you without the missing intro bit on "New York, Paris, Peckham" before "Five minutes". (and yes, my source also cuts at the same moment at the end)I hope you had a good time with these footware ;-).
Check out the wiki for more details on each recording.Would you have any Opposition live recording (any quality, audio/video, anything, and I mean it)
please contact me : jean-manuel@esnault.cjb.net for a trade.
Hodge - This Civil War
Hodge is recording an album for release on Right Back Records in the new year
So - Are You Sure
Actually recorded under the provisional band name Cain, this is the demo that secured So their record deal. It was recorded in '86.

David & Gaddy -

Secret Sacred Moment

David & Gaddy are recording an album for release on Right Back Records in the new year

Josephine -

All this and Heaven Too
(a free spirit mix)

Josephine - Josie and David - feature on the upcoming Storyville album to be released shortly on RBR. This is a track from their other musical lives...

 Opposition -

This Year (live)

 Courtesy of Tony Wilkinson, (via Jean-Manuel), this was recorded in 1979 at the Half Moon. Tony thinks there were about 50 people there - not bad for the Half Moon!
Oct 04 - Your logic escapes me Another Storyville track, this time very Billy Bragg in style, recorded in 97
Oct 04 - This is real This is the demo made for the track that appeared on hte Opposition album War begins at home. Recorded 92.
Oct 04 - Song for both of you The very first idea for the track which appears on North Peckham Skyline, recorded in 2003.
Oct 04 - Love, love, love Another early demo for a track from War begins at home, again recorded in 92.
Sept 04 - Right Back
A little instrumental "theme tune" for Right Back Records
Sept 04 - Going Down
A different mix (added harmonica) of a track from North Peckham Skyline.
Sept 04 - What if!
A song that became Now You're Full on the opposition release, Blinder
Sept 04 - Safety Valve
A track from the as yet untitled lost album, recorded in 1980. An earlier incarnation of the Opposition, this was produceed by Roger Lomas. This version is from a promo tape, so the quality isn't all that good, but you'll get the idea!
Sept 04 - Calling Home (live)
This was again recorded in 1991. Its a track from the elusive Blue Alice Blue album.
Aug 04 - Mr Jones
This is an acoustic demo of the track from the Opposition album Blinder
Aug 04 - Janey
This is a full band demo of a track that didn't make it onto Blinder
Aug 04 - A Bed of Roses
This is a Storyville song. Storyville are Mark Long and Lol Ford and they are likely to be the next Home Recordings project, although not with this song!
Aug 04 - In the Heart
A live version recorded in 1991.