The Bats recorded history – earliest to most recent – captures pretty much everything the band have released except songs chosen for compilations that include other acts. If you know of anything else please send us a message and we’ll add it. (I think I’ve just remembered a couple of tribute covers we’ve released that aren’t below).
By Night – 12” EP (1984)
The Bats 1st record release recorded at Nightshift 8 track studio with Arnie Van Bussell
- “I Go Wild”
- “Jewellers Heart”
- “By Night”
Side 2
- “My Way”
- “Man In The Moon”
- “United Airways”
And here is…”Music For The Fireside” 12” EP. 1985 at Nightshift
Side 1
- “Earwig”
- “Chicken Bird Run”
- “Blindfold”
- “Joes Again”
Side 2
- “Offside”
- “Claudine”
- “Neighbours”
Daddys Highway 12” LP
1987 recorded at Reel Time Recordings in Glasgow and Nightshift
- “Treason” 2:55
- “Sir Queen” 3:25
- “Round And Down” 2:18
- “Take It” 2:30
- “North By North” 4:08
- “Tragedy” 3:00
- “Block Of Wood” 3:12
- “Miss These Things” 3:07
- “Mid City Team” 2:25
- “Some Peace Tonight” 2:53
- “Had To Be You” 3:03
- “Daddy’s Highway” 4:00
Bonus tracks on re-released CD (2013)
- “Calm Before The Storm” 2:55
- “Candidate” 3:25
- “Mad On You” 2:18
- “Trouble In This Town” 2:30
- “Made Up In Blue” 4:08
Made Up In Blue 12’ Single/EP Vinyl (1986 Point Studio London)
A “Made Up in Blue” 4:00
B1 “Trouble in This Town” 2:25
B2 “Mad on You” 2:30
4 Songs – 12” EP
A North By North (Remix)
B1 Straight Through My Heart
B2 Get Fat
B3 Best Friends Brain
Law Of Things (1990 Writhe with Brent McLoughlin)
- “Other Side Of You” 3:10
- “Law Of Things” 2:13
- “Never Said Goodbye” 2:33
- “Yawn Vibes” 3:40
- “Time To Get Ready” 4:16
- “Ten To One” 2:38
- “Mastery” 3:00
- “I Fall Away” 2:27
- “Cliff Edge” 3:05
- “Nine Days” 3:43
- “Bedlam” 3:28
- “Smoking Her Wings” 4:37
Bonus tracks on re-released CD (2013)
Passed By
Compiletely Bats
Vinyl 12” and CD Collection of The Bats first 4 EP’s
Fear Of God (1991 Mandril and Marmalade with Nick Sansano)
- “Boogey Man” 3:08
- “The Black and the Blue” 3:05
- “Dancing as the Boat Goes Down” 3:06
- “The Old Ones” 3:23
- “Hold All the Butter” 2:45
- “Fear of God” 3:00
- “It’s A Lie” 2:48
- “Straight Image” 2:35
- “Watch the Walls” 4:18
- “You Know We Shouldn’t” 2:13
- “Jetsam” 4:26
- “The Looming Past” 3:56
Silverbeet (1993 in Stoughton, Massachusetts with Lou Giodano)
- “Courage” 4:05
- “Sighting The Sound” 3:41
- “Too Much” 3:02
- “Slow Alight” 3:41
- “Valley Floor” 3:31
- “Love Floats Two” 5:00
- “Green” 3:55
- “No Time For Your Kind” 3:29
- “Straight On Home” 4:14
- “Before The Day” 3:38
- “Stay Away” 3:56
- “Drive Me Some Boars” 3:41
- “Half Way To Nowhere” 5:17
Courage – CD EP (1993)
- “Courage” 4:05
- “Mind How You Run” 3:04
- “Slow Alight” 4:46
- “The Wind Is Sad” 2:53
Couchmaster CD (1995 Nightshift)
- “Outside” 0:52
- “Afternoon in Bed” 5:13
- “Around You Like Snow” 2:40
- “Work It Out” 2:50
- “Train” 0:48
- “Land o’ Lakes” 3:44
- “Chain Home Low” 3:03
- “Supernova” 3:29
- “Shoeshine” 3:42
- “Crow Song” 5:57
- “Smorgasboard” 1:35
- “Knowledge is Power” 4:05
- “It’s Happening to You” 3:03
- “Lost Weekend” 2:43
- “For the Ride” 3:42
- “Out of Bounds” 3:27
- “Down to Me” 3:13
Afternoon In Bed CD EP (1995)
- “Afternoon In Bed”
- “Consider It Sold”
- “Got The Answer”
- “On Your Side”
Spill The Beans (details on Wikipedia)
7″ Vinyli
- “Under The Law” 4:34
- “Spill The Beans” 2:38
- “Sir Queen (Live at WFMU)”
CD
- “Under The Law” 4:34
- “Spill The Beans” 2:38
- “Empty Head” 4:09
- “Make It Clear” 3:18
- “Give In To The Sands” 2:47
1000s Of Tiny Luminous Spheres (2000 compilation with 2 new tracks)
- “North by North” (Daddy’s Highway) 4:05
- “Courage” (Silverbeet) 4:03
- “Claudine” (And Here Is ‘Music for the Fireside’) 3:15
- “Afternoon in Bed” (Couchmaster) 3:50
- “Block of Wood” (Daddy’s Highway) 3:11
- “Mastery” (The Law of Things) 2:55
- “Smoking Her Wings” (The Law Of Things) 4:35
- “For the Ride” (Couchmaster) 3:43
- “You Have the Right” (previously unreleased) 3:25
- “I’ve Seen It All Before” (previously unreleased) 4:25
- “Too Much” (Silverbeet) 2:58
- “Spill the Beans” (fSpill the Beans) 2:35
- “The Black and the Blue” (Fear of God) 3:15
- “Boogey Man” (Fear of God) 3:16
- “Tragedy” (Daddy’s Highway) 3:02
- “Made Up In Blue” (Made Up in Blue) 4:00
- “Supernova” (Couchmaster) 1:17
Don’t You Rise EP (2009 – Slumberland)
1. “That’s How You Found Me”
2. “You Don’t Belong”
3. “Don’t You Rise”
4. “Face Inside The Sun”
Singles (1987)
A – Block Of Wood 3.11
B1 – Calm Before The Storm 2:39
B2 – Candidate 3:26)
A – Smoking Her Wings (1990)
B1 – Mastery 2:58
B2 – Passed By 3:06
A – The Black And The Blue (1991) 3.05
B – Watch The Walls 4:30
A – Boogey Man (1991) 3 .16
B1 – Jetsam 4:42
B2 – Mama Come Watch 3:36
Split single w/ Songs through The Spring Press (2009)
A1 Castle Lights 3:08
A2 Under the Branches 3:08
At the National Grid (2005 – at National Grid with John Kelcher mixed by Paul Kean. Pocket Music/ Magic Marker)
- “Western Isles” 2:49
- “Horizon” 4:43
- “Hubert” 2:11
- “The Bells Are Ringing” 3:31
- “Single File” 3:02
- “Pre War Blues” 4:37
- “The Rays” 3:13
- “Things I Can’t Leave Behind” 2:56
- “Mir” (Kaye Woodward) 3:27
- “Up To The Sky” 2:56
- “We Do Not Kiss The Ones We Kick” 2:19
- “The Flowers And The Trees” 3:57
- “Crazy Crowd” 2:59
The Guilty Office (2008 at National Grid with John Kelcher mixed by Paul Kean. Arch Hill)
- “Countersign” 4:19
- “Crimson Enemy” 2:52
- “Broken Path” 4:37
- “Like Water In Your Hands” 1:39
- “Castle Lights” 3:45
- “Two Lines” 3:37
- “Satellites” 4:30
- “Later On That Night” 3:44
- “Steppin’ Out” 2:16
- “The I Specialist” 3:24
- “The Guilty Office” 5:01
- “The Orchard” 3:56
Free All The Monsters (2011/12 Seacliff with Dale Cotton)
- “Long Halls” 4:27
- “Simpletons” 3:56
- “Free All the Monsters” 2:57
- “See Right Through Me” 4:59
- “It’s Not the Same” 3:07
- “In the Subway” 3:35
- “Fingers of Dawn” 4:13
- “Spacejunk” 4:47
- “On the Bank” 3:49
- “Canopy” 2:03
- “When the Day Comes” 3:12
- “Getting Over You” 1:53
COMING SOON
The Deep Set (2016) The Sitting Room with Ben Edwards
A
Fly Over Rooftops
Looking For Sunshine
Rock and Pillars
Walking Man
No Trace
Diamonds
B
Antlers
Busy
Steeley Gaze
Durkestan
Shut Your Eyes
Not So Good
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Loving the remastered Couchmaster. Great work Paul. When’s Silverbeet coming out?
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Will you please upload the lyrics?
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