The Opposition

The Opposition

The Opposition are a long running post-punk band from London, England that featured Ralph Hall, Marcus Bell and Mark Long, and mixed New Wave sounds with Reggae rhythms.

Founded in 1979, The Opposition released their first single on the independent record label Double Vision records. This was called "Very Little Glory" which the NME (New Musical Express) reviewed and said that it was "a song recorded before its time".

With the press picking up on the band, they switched from indie to major and secured a contract with the Ariola Record label in Europe. A single called "This Year " came out by Ariola, followed by the self produced "Breaking The Silence" album, and a French tour.

In 1984 the band signs to Virgin Records offshoot Charisma Records and released firstly "Intimacy" in 1983. The " Promises" album was released a year later, and another album called "Empire Days" the following year. On these releases the band worked with Producer Kenny Jones.

After a hiatus, when band members Marcus Bell and Mark Long recorded a more commercial sounding album under the name SO, the band regrouped and released the album "Blue Alice Blue" album, again recorded with Producer Kenny Jones. Also, a number of re-issues get the deluxe treatment with extra tracks on Virgin Records.

Albums

* Breaking The Silence (Double Vision Records - 1980)
* Intimacy (Charisma Records - 1983)
* Promises (Charisma Records - 1984)
* Empire Days (Charisma Records - 1985)
* Blue Alice Blue (Declic Records - 1990)
* '81/'82 (Midnight Music - 1991)
* War Begins At Home (EMI - 1993)
* Empire Days (Virgin Records Re-Issue - 1990)
* Promises (Virgin Records Re-Issue - 1990)
* Breaking The Silence (Mrs Jones/Red Sun Re-issue - 2001)
* Blinder (Mrs Jones Records - 2003)
* New York, Paris, Peckham live (Right Back Records - 2004)
* Lost Songs - (Right Back Records- 2005)

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So are a duo from the late 1980s that featured Markus Bell and Mark Long, who were previously members of a band called The Opposition. The duo were managed by Steve Weltman of Esta Management, and were contemporaries of acts such as Climie Fisher, Blue and Waterfront. Signing to Parlophone Records, they release singles such as "Are You Sure?" and "Would You Die For Me", as well as the album "Horseshoe In The Glove", that was produced by Walter Turbitt.

Trivia

Their single "Are You Sure" reaches #41 on the US charts and #66 in the UK. The clip is voted as clip of the week by MTV.

Horseshoe In The Glove

Track listing:

* Are You Sure?
* Dreaming
* Burning Bush
* Horseshoe In The Glove
* Capitol Hill
* Tips On Crime
* Villains
* Would You Die For Me
* Are You Sure (12" mix)
* First Of May
* Dreaming (Cocktail Mix)

The last three entries are on the CD only.

toryville

The band features Mark Long and Lol Ford

Album

* Farewell To Storyville (2005 -Right Back Records)
** Goodbye To Storyville
** Warcries
** Deep In A Dream
** Turning Red
** Ravished On A Bed Of Roses
** This Is Real
** Will It Ever e Better Than This
** I'm Going To Make You Feel
** Dirty Old Town
** It's A Sad And Beautiful World

issy Light - Compilation album

Sissy Light was a 2001 compilation album from BMG Records in Poland that featured the track Already Out There

* Antosh - What Fuels Your Fire?
* Kings Of Convenience - Failure
* Badly Drawn Boy - Disillusion
* Tahiti 80 - I.S.A.A.K.
* Stereolab - Cybele's Reverie
* Lambchop - Up With People (Zero 7 Remix)
* Regular Fries - Eclipse
* Ian Brown - Set My Baby Free
* Money Mark - Cry (Dust Brothers Remix)
* Scott 4 - Lefturno
* King Biscuit Time - I Walk The Earth
* Opposition - Already Out There
* Physical Love - Wide Awake
* Bent - Kisses
* Polar - Bipolar Dram (Kid Loco Remix)
* Smolik feat. A. Rojek - 50 Tysiecy 881 (V-2)

External links

* [http://www.opposition.nl/html/index.htm Opposition and So discography]
* [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Opposition Discos]
* [http://www.rightbackrecords.com/ Right Back Records]
* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/new_opposition/ Yahoo Groups - The Opposition]
* [http://www.mrsjones.fr/ Mrs Jones Records - France]
* [http://dazibao.cjb.net/ An Opposition fan site]
* [http://www.redsunrecords.com/ Red Sun Records]
* [http://www.rightbackrecords.com/bloghome.html Blogs]


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