Waltones

The Waltones (later known as Candlestick Park) were a British indie band from Manchester, England, who re-formed in September 2017.
The band consists of Alex Fyans (drums), Mark Collins (guitar), James Knox (vocals, harmonica) and Manny Lee (bass, backing vocals). Their debut release was the "Downhill" single, released by Medium Cool Records in April 1987, which, like the follow-up, "She Looks Right Through Me", placed on the UK Independent Chart. Third single "Spell It Out" gave them their biggest success, peaking at number 20 on the Indie Singles Chart. Debut album Deepest eventually saw a release in 1989, by which time they had lost momentum. The band also recorded a session for BBC Radio 1's John Peel Show in August 1988.
In 1990, the band moved to the Midnight Music label, and recorded a second album Re-invent the Wheel co-produced by Kevin Harris. After recording was completed, Fyans left the group to be replaced by Adrian Donohue. The band relaunched themselves as Candlestick Park. One single, "All the Time in the World", was issued from the album sessions, and a collaboration with Manchester-based House producers K-Klass was mooted. However the album was never issued and the band split, as Collins went on to greater success with The Charlatans (aka Charlatans UK).
A CD retrospective of The Waltones' Medium Cool output was issued by Cherry Red in 2007.
The Waltones re-formed in 2017 to play a gig at the Deaf Institute, playing the Kendal Calling Festival in 2018 and The 100 Club in September 2019 alongside The Chesterfields.
==Links to Peel==
Peel first played the Walton's in December 1987 via their 'She Looks Right Through Me' single. Further material from the group were played on his shows, including a session they recorded for his programme in 1988.
==Sessions==
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1. Recorded: 1988-08-16. First Broadcast: 24 August 1988. Repeated: 19 September 1988
*When You Smile / Miles Different Ways / She's Everywhere But Here / Deepest
==Other Shows Played==
;1987
*01 December 1987: She Looks Right Through Me (12") Medium Cool
;1988
*04 January 1988: She Looks Right Through Me (12") Medium Cool
*06 January 1988: She Looks Right Through Me (7") Medium Cool
*13 January 1988: She Looks Right Through Me (7") Medium Cool 
*09 April 1988 (Radio Bremen): She Looks Right Through Me (7") Medium Cool
*27 April 1988: The British Disease (v/a LP - Edge Of The Road) Medium Cool
*04 May 1988: Bold (v/a LP - Edge Of The Road) Medium Cool
*27 July 1988: '(I've Got Nothing) (7"-B side of Spell It Out)' (Medium Cool)
*02 August 1988: (I've Got Nothing) (7" - Spell It Out) Medium Cool
*19 October 1988: The Deepest (single) Medium Cool
;1989
*14 March 1989: Don't Understand (album - Deepest) Medium Cool
*28 March 1989: A Million Different Ways (LP - Deepest) Medium Cool
*26 May 1989 (BFBS): 'She Looks Right Through Me (Compilation LP-Bananas!)' (Rodney, Rodney!) 
;1990
*13 February 1990: As Tears Goes By (v/a LP - Stoned Again (A Tribute To The Stones)) Imaginary
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
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