{"id":162,"date":"2008-10-22T18:18:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-22T18:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/?p=162"},"modified":"2024-02-14T23:44:45","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T23:44:45","slug":"the-reegs-return-of-the-sea-monkeys-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/the-reegs-return-of-the-sea-monkeys-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reegs- Return of the Sea Monkeys LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_PkGBingimIE\/SP9z57UZNXI\/AAAAAAAAA8o\/muhNyBKDEvk\/s1600-h\/reegs_columbus.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5260050328804996466\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0; cursor: hand;\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_PkGBingimIE\/SP9z57UZNXI\/AAAAAAAAA8o\/muhNyBKDEvk\/s320\/reegs_columbus.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Tackling an older request today, for the first LP by British post-punk\/dreampop act The Reegs. Those familiar with post-punk 101 may recognize some of the key players in this band, as half of its lineup consisted of ex-members of the Chameleons (Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies), who drifted apart after the 1987 <i>Tony Fletcher Walked On Water<\/i> LP. Joined by singer Gary Lavery, the band released two LPs, both which combined the post-punk\/dreampop edge of the Chameleons prior work with synthesizers and a more Manchester-based sound, developing in bands like the Stone Roses and Happy Mondays. Their first record, uploaded below, is more of a compilation, gathering together two 1988 singles and two covers. Only two tracks on the record were &#8220;new.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The band would support the Wedding Present during their ephemeral run, and would release a handful of EPs up until 1997, just a few years prior to the turn of the century Chameleons reunion. Dave is currently active in Coconut DF.<\/p>\n<p>Without any further ado, here&#8217;s the information for the 1991 debut record, <i>Return of the Sea Monkeys<\/i>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/the-reegs-return-of-the-sea-monkeys-lp\/reegs-return\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4229\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4229\" src=\"http:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/reegs-return-296x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/reegs-return-296x300.jpg 296w, https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/reegs-return.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Reegs- <i>Return of the Sea Monkeys\u00a0<\/i>LP<br \/>\n1. See My Friends (Kinks cover)<br \/>\n2. Is There A Mother-In-Law In The Club?<br \/>\n3. This Savage Garden<br \/>\n4. Chorus Of The Lost<br \/>\n5. Pond Life<br \/>\n6. Start To See<br \/>\n7. These Days<br \/>\n8. Turn It Up<br \/>\n9. All Tomorrows Parties (instrumental Velvet Underground cover)<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/SOR\/reegs-sea.zip\">download it here<\/a>*<\/p>\n<p>There seems to be an official Reegs myspace page, complete with a few rare videos of projects both past and present. Click below to check it out:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/thereegs\">The Reegs on myspace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tackling an older request today, for the first LP by British post-punk\/dreampop act The Reegs. Those familiar with post-punk 101 may recognize some of the key players in this band, as half of its lineup consisted of ex-members of the Chameleons (Dave Fielding and Reg Smithies), who drifted apart after the 1987 Tony Fletcher Walked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,34,158,19,264,265,91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1980s","category-1990s","category-158","category-post-punk","category-the-chameleons","category-the-reegs","category-uk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5934,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/5934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.systemsofromance.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}