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The Chefs 24 Hours
- 7" - yellow vinyl £10.99
The Chefs 24 Hours
- 7" - yellow vinyl £10.99
Before the term Indie Pop had even been invented The Chefs had already nailed it.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
22 Jul 2022
Beat Happening Crashing Through
- 2x7" - yellow vinyl £12.99
Beat Happening Crashing Through
- 2x7" - yellow vinyl £12.99
This 4 track single was originally released in 1987 on 53rd & 3rd records and appears here for the first time on 7".
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
14 Apr 2021
Staff Pick
David Westlake D87
- CD - deluxe £9.99
- LP - clear vinyl £23.99
David Westlake D87
- CD - deluxe £9.99
- LP - clear vinyl £23.99
Lost in the mad rush of late 80s Creation, David Wetlake's post-Servants music is presented in deluxe style by Optic Nerve.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
1 Sep 2023
Article 58 Event To Come
- 7" - Red Vinyl £10.99
Article 58 Event To Come
- 7" - Red Vinyl £10.99
Lost Scottish Post-Punk group resurface on Optic Nerve
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
15 Apr 2022
Article 58 Event To Come b/w Icon
- 7" - Red Vinyl £10.99
Article 58 Event To Come b/w Icon
- 7" - Red Vinyl £10.99
Article 58, named after the Soviet classification for counter-revolutionaries, were formed in Scotland...
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
22 Apr 2022
Staff Pick
The Bluebells Everybody's Somebody's Fool
- 7" £10.99
The Bluebells Everybody's Somebody's Fool
- 7" £10.99
Unreleased, early versions of two of the most gloriously heartrending Bluebells tracks, originally planned for Postcard.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
25 Mar 2022
Stephen's Pick
Dolly Mixture Everything & More
- 7" - Coloured Vinyl £10.99
Dolly Mixture Everything & More
- 7" - Coloured Vinyl £10.99
So great. Dolly Mixture's worldbeating Everything and More is until now an almost impossible to find gem - originals go for £50+.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
27 Aug 2022
Stephen's Pick
Black Human Features / Electric Church
- 7" £10.99
Black Human Features / Electric Church
- 7" £10.99
Colin Vearncombe may be forever associated with the Worldwide hit 'Wonderful Life' but 6 years earlier Black released this incredible single.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
8 Jul 2022
Staff Pick
The Times I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
- 7" - white vinyl £10.99
The Times I Helped Patrick McGoohan Escape
- 7" - white vinyl £10.99
Edward Ball was a member of cult band The Television Personalities alongside his school friend Dan Treacy before leaving to concentrate on The Times.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
8 Jul 2022
Staff Pick
The Avocados I Never Knew / Television Brought Me Up
- 7" - green vinyl £10.99
The Avocados I Never Knew / Television Brought Me Up
- 7" - green vinyl £10.99
Part of The Optic Sevens 4.0 Reissue Series. Limited to 750 copies worldwide. Pressed on Green Vinyl. Includes postcard and poster. Written by a 15 ye [...]
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
26 Aug 2022
Staff Pick
The Wake On Our Honeymoon
- 7" £10.99
The Wake On Our Honeymoon
- 7" £10.99
Optic Nerve reissue of classic early 7" by The Wake, originally self-released on Scan 45. Signed copies.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
27 Jun 2022
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Prolapse Pointless Walks To Dismal Places
- 2LP with Signed Print £36.99
Prolapse Pointless Walks To Dismal Places
- 2LP with Signed Print £36.99
Incredible how vital Pointless Walks sounds now, almost 30 years on. Krautrocking, Sonic Youth meets The Fall brutal beauty.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
7 Oct 2022
Monorail Exclusive
Josef K Sorry For Laughing
- 7" £10.99
Josef K Sorry For Laughing
- 7" £10.99
The best band in Edinburgh might have had the lifespan of a mayfly, yet they remain a revered icon of an indie golden age.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
25 Mar 2022
Staff Pick
The Suede Crocodiles Stop The Rain
- 7" - Signed £10.99
The Suede Crocodiles Stop The Rain
- 7" - Signed £10.99
Total gem of a single. Superior spiky, melodic jangle produced by Rab Noakes.
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
1 Apr 2022
Stephen's Pick
Chin Chin Stop! Your Crying
- 7" + poster and postcard £8.99
Chin Chin Stop! Your Crying
- 7" + poster and postcard £8.99
Chin-Chin, an all-female group was formed in 1982 in Biel, Switzerland...
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
18 Aug 2021
The Pooh Sticks Straight Up: Noise Pollution C88-90
- CD £9.99
- LP - blue vinyl £24.99
The Pooh Sticks Straight Up: Noise Pollution C88-90
- CD £9.99
- LP - blue vinyl £24.99
‘Mellifluous’… is a word you won’t hear much when conversation turns to early Pooh Sticks records. But ‘noise pollution’, sure: that comes up. I [...]
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
28 Jul 2023
Staff Pick
The Wee Cherubs The Merry Makers
- LP - green vinyl £9.99
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The Wee Cherubs The Merry Makers
- LP - green vinyl £9.99
Before The Bachelor Pad, there was The Wee Cherubs...
Label
Optic Nerve
Released
10 Oct 2021

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