Television Personalities

Discography

singles

14th Floor/Oxford Street W17" Teen 78 (SRTS/CUS 77089) 1978
Where's Bill Grundy Now? EP (Part-Time Punks/Where's Bill Grundy Now?/Happy Families/Posing at the Roundhouse) 7" Kings Road (LYN 5976/7) 1978
Where's Bill Grundy Now? EP (reissue) 7" Rough Trade (RT 033) 1979 same tracks as above
Smashing Time/King & Country 7" Rough Trade (RT 051) 1980
I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives/Arthur The Gardener 7" Rough Trade (RT 063) 1981
Painting By Numbers/Lichtenstein Girl 7" Whaam! (WHAAM 001) 1981 released as The Gifted Children
I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives/Magnificent Dreams 7" Rough Trade Japan (RT 08) 1982
Three Wishes/Geoffrey Ingram/And Don't the Kids Just Love It 7" Whaam! (WHAAM ) 1982
Biff Bang Pow/A Picture Of Dorian Gray (Live) 7" flexi disc Creation Records 1982 w/Communication Blur Fanzine
A Sense Of Belonging/Paradise Estate 7" Rough Trade (RT 109) 1983
How I Learned To Love The Bomb/Then God Snaps His Fingers/Now You're Just Being Ridiculous 12" Dreamworld (DREAM 4) 1986
How I Learned To Love The Bomb (longer version)/The Grocer's Daughter/A Girl Called Charity 7" Dreamworld (DREAM 10) 1986
The Prettiest Girl In The World/If That's What Love Is 7" Constrictor (LC 8587) 1987
14th Floor/Oxford Street W1 (reissue) 7" Overground (OVER 003) 1989
Salvador Dali's Garden Party/The Room At The Top Of The Stairs 7" Fire (BLAZE37S) 1989
Salvador Dali's Garden Party/The Room At The Top Of The Stairs/This Time There's No Happy Ending/Part One: Fulfilling The Contractual Obligations 12" Fire (BLAZE37T) 1989
I Still Believe In Magic/Respectable 7" Caff Corporation (CAFF 5) 1989
I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives/Arthur The Gardener/Mystery Track (reissue) 7" Overground (OVER 013) 1990
Three Wishes/Geoffrey Ingram/And Don't The Kids Just Love It (reissue) 7" Overground (OVER 020) 1991
The Strangely Beautiful EP (Strangely Beautiful (7" mix)/Reaching For The Stars/Not Even A Maybe/Strangely Beautiful (Chill Out Reprise) 12"/CDEP Fire (Blaze 48T) 1991
She's Never Read My Poems (7" mix)/The Day The Dolphins Leave The Sea/Christ Knows I Have Tried/She's Never Read My Poems (12" mix) 12"/CDEP Fire (Blaze 44049 55049) 1992
Smashing Time/King & Country/Three Cheers For Simon (reissue) 7" Overground (OVER 23) 1992
Where's Bill Grundy Now? EP (reissue) 7" Overground (OVER 25) 1992
Favourite Films/The Dream Inspires/Happy All The Time (version) 7" Overground (OVER 27) 1992
We Will Be Your Gurus/An Exhibition By Joan Miro/Love Is Better Than War 7"/CDEP Seminal Twang (TWANG 15) July 1992
How I Learned To Love The Bomb/Now You're Just Being Ridiculous/Then God Snaps His Fingers/A Girl Called Charity/The Grocer's Daughter mini-LP/CD Overground (OVER 30) 1992
Goodnight Mr Spaceman/If I Was Your Girlfriend 7" Fire (Blaze 65) 1993
Goodnight Mr Spaceman/If I Was Your Girlfriend/She Loves It When He Sings Like Elvis/Goodnight Mr Spaceman (Lost In Space mix) 12"/CDEP Fire (Blaze 65) 1993
You, Me And Lou Reed/My Imaginary Friend/I Remember Bridget Riley/I Wish You Could Love Me For What I Am 12" Fantastic Plastic (FP003) 1993
Far Away And Lost In Joy EP (I Don't Want To Live This Life/Far Away And Lost In Joy/Do You Know What They're Saying About Me Now?/I Get Frightened 12"/CDEP Vinyl Japan (TASK 28) 1994
A Sense Of Belonging/Baby's Turning Blue 7" Overground (OVER 34) 1994
The Prettiest Girl In The World/Miracles Take Longer/If That's What Love Is/Apples And Oranges 7" Overground (OVER 38) 1994
I'm Not Like Everybody Else/I Hear A New World/I've Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up To Me/Whatever Gets You Through The Night 7" Little Teddy Recordings (LiTe 709) 1994
Do You Think If You Were Beautiful You'd Be Happy? EP (He Used To Paint In Colours/Who Will Be Your Prince?/Do You Think If You Were Beautiful You'd Be Happy?/I Suppose You Think It's Funny) 12"/CDEP Vinyl Japan (TASK 48) 1995
Time Goes Slowly When You're Drowning/Meanwhile In A Luxury Dockland Home 7" Little Teddy (LiTe 716) 1995
I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod (Easy Mix)/She Lives For The Moment/None Of This Will Matter When You're Dead/I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod (Instrumental) 7"/CDEP Overground (OVER50) 1996
The Happening (Jennifer, Julie & Josephine/b/w The Bartlebees 'Why Don't You Smile Now?') split 7" Little Teddy (LiTe 739) 1996
Where's Jowe Head Now? EP (Constantinople/White Light/White Heat/Part Time Punks/The Man Who Paints the Rainbows (live in Oslo 1990) 7" Perfect Pop (POP 25) 1996
You, Me And Lou Reed EP (reissue) 7" Little Teddy (LiTe 740) 1997
Now That I'm A Junkie!/How Does It Feel To Be Loved? 7" Little Teddy (LiTe 741) 1997
Seasons In The Sun/Bike/No One's Little Girl 7" Twist (TWIS 20) 1997
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming/When I Grow Up I Want To Be... 7" Damaged Goods (DAMGOOD 170) 1999

albums

And Don't the Kids Just Love It LP Rough Trade (ROUGH 24) 1981
Mummy Your Not Watching Me LP Whaam! (WHAAM 3) 1982
They Could Have Been Bigger Than the Beatles LP Whaam! (BIG 5) 1982
The Painted Word LP Illuminated (JAMS 37) 1984
Chocolat Art (A Tribute to James Last)(Live at Forum, Enger 20 September 1984) LP Pastell (POW 2) 1985
They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles (reissue) LP Dreamworld (BIG DREAM 2) 1986
Mummy Your Not Watching Me (reissue) LP Dreamworld (BIG DREAM 4) 1986
Priviledge LP Fire (FIRE 21) 1990
Chocolat Art (A Tribute to James Last)(Live at Forum, Enger 20 September 1984)(CD reissue) CD Pastell (POW 2) 1991
And Don't The Kids Just Love It (reissue) LP Fire (Refire 7) 1991
Mummy Your Not Watching Me (reissue) LP Fire (Refire 8) 1991
They Could Have Been Bigger Than The Beatles (reissue) LP Fire (Refire 9) 1991
The Painted Word (reissue) LP Fire (Refire 10) 1991
Camping in France (Live in France 12 December 1985) LP/CD Overground (OVER21) 1991
Closer To God LP/CD Fire (FIRE 32) 1992
Yes Darling, But Is It Art? (Early Singles & Rarities) CD Fire (FLIPCD001) 1995
I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod CD Overground (OVER41) 1995
Top Gear (Live in Osaka, Japan, 6 April 1994 - not 1995 as stated on the sleeve) CD Overground (OVER48) 1996
Paisley Shirts & Mini Skirts (Live at the Hammersmith Clarendon, 22 May 1980) LP Overground (OVER52) LP only 1996 Also released on an unofficial CD with red sleeve, no label details
Made In Japan (Live in Tokyo, Japan, 10 April 1994) LP Little Teddy (BiTe017) 1996
First 500 copies came with free 7" consisting of "If I Was Your Girlfriend (live)"/"Salvador Dali's Garden Party (live)" (LiTe 729)
Mod Is Dead (Live at Circus Gammelsdorf, Germany, 13th December 1991) LP Teenage Kicks (Kick LP-14) 1996 LP only, limited to 30 copies
Prime Time Television Personalities 1981 - 1992 CD Nectar Masters (NTMCD563) 1997
Don't Cry Baby...It's Only A Movie CD Damaged Goods (DAMGOOD64) 1998
Part-Time Punks - The Very Best of Television Personalities CD Cherry Red (CDMRED152) 1999
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming CD Vinyl Japan (ASKCD112) 2000
Fashion Concious - The Little Teddy Years CD Little Teddy (BiTe026CD) 2001 distributed in the US by The Bus Stop Label (BUS1017)

miscellaneous

"The Dream Inspires" + "Happy All The Time" (early version) & The Gifted Children "Favourite Films" on All For Art and Art For All compilation LP Whaam! (BIG8) 1984
"A Day In Heaven" (live) + "Three Wishes" (live) on Alive in the Living Room compilation LP Creation Records (CRELP001) 1984 also CD (CRECD001)
"Back to Vietnam" (live) on Communicate!! Live at Thames Poly compilation LP Thames Poly (TPSU0001) 1985 CD reissue Overground (OVER28CD) 1992
"I Don't Know What To Say" and "Sunshine Tomorrow" (outtakes/demos) on Ooozing Through the Ozone layer compilation cassette Globe of Bulbs (LSD5) 1987
"Miracles Take Longer" on Let's Try Another Ideal Guest House compilation LP Shelter (SHELTER2) 1987
"Apples and Oranges" on Beyond the Wildwood - A Tribute to Syd Barrett compilation LP Imaginary (ILLUSION001) 1987
"Me And My Desire" on Everlasting ompilation cassette Rhythm (BAIT 1) 1989
"Godstar/Vicious (medley)" (live in Glasgow 1988) on Then Wallpaper compilation cassette Glut (SHOP001) 1989
"Girl On A Motorcycle" (live) on compilation 7" Chemical Imbalance (CI 008) 1990 w/Chemical Imbalance Vol 2 no. 3
Television Personalities "Your Class" b/w BMX Bandits "Someone To Share My Life With" split 7" Clawfist (singles club #8) 1991
"Biff Bang Pow" on American Pensioners On Ecstasy compilation LP Creation (CRELP095) 1991
"Honey I Sure Miss You" on A Tribute to Daniel Johnston Vol. 1 compilation 7" Little Teddy (LiTe 707) 1993
"You Are Something" on We're All Normal And We Want Our Freedom: A Tribute To Arthur Lee And Love compilation LP/CD Alias (A-058) 1994
"I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" (both original single and debut album versions) + "The Dream Inspires" + "Bike" + "No One's Little Girl" & Tthe Gifted Children "Favourite Films" + "Painting By Numbers" on Whaam! Bam! Thank You Dan! A Whaam! Records Compilation 1981 - 1984 CD Vinyl Japan (ASK43) 1995
"I Was A Mod Before You Was A Mod" (Instrumental) on Candybars - Soixante Second de l'Avantgarde de la Technique compilation dbl7" Little Teddy (LiTe728) 1995
"How Does It Feel To Be Loved?" (alternate version) on Seek Refuge compilation LP Garden of Delights (GARDEN3) 1995
"How I Learned To Love The Bomb" (longer version) + "The Grocer's Daughter" + "My Imaginary Friend" + "I Remember Bridget Riley" on Dreamworld 1985 - 1987 A Compilation of Dan Treacy's Dreamworld Label compilation CD Vinyl Japan (ASK57) 1996
"Sorry To Embarrass You" on Damaged Goods Cheap CD Sampler compilation CD Damaged Goods (DAMGOOD144) 1998
"Far Away And Lost In Joy" on Our Floating Images Of Youth compilation LP/CD Vinyl Japan (ASK100) 1999
"I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" on Trigger Happy TV Channel 4 compilation CD (C4M00082) 2000 soundtrack to the first TV series
"How Does It Feel To Be Loved? on Woosh! compilation CD Little Teddy (BiTe025CD) 2001

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