Ultra Rare HOTHOUSE FLOWERS "PEOPLE" 1988 LONDON RECORDS PRESS KIT

Description: Offering in EXCELLENT CONDITION... an ultra rare vintage authentic 35 year old LONDON RECORDS PRESS KITsix pieces total... with a four page biography/press release dated August 1988 and one original 1988 LONDON RECORDS b&w 8" x 10" publicity stillin a custom color die-cut outer folder for HOTHOUSE FLOWERS "PEOPLE"1988 LONDON RECORDS PRESS KIT PEOPLE is the debut studio album by the Irish rock group HOTHOUSE FLOWERS released in May 1988.Hothouse Flowers are an Irish rock band that combine traditional Irish music with influences from soul, gospeland rock. Formed in 1985 in Dublin, they started as street performers. Their first album, People (1988),was the most successful debut album in Irish history, reaching No. 1 in Ireland and No. 2 in the UK.In 1985 Rolling Stone magazine called them "the best-unsigned band in Europe". In 1986, Bono from the band U2 saw the Flowers performing on television and offered his support. They released their first single, "Love Don't Work This Way", on U2's Mother Records label,which quickly led to a deal with the PolyGram subsidiary London Records. "People" after its release reached the #1 slot in Ireland within a week and eventually reached No. 2 in the UK Albums Chart. The first single off the album "Feet on the Ground" shot tothe No. 1 slot in Ireland on March 19 1988. The international success of the album received a boostwhen a music video for the first single, "Don't Go", was played in the interval between contestantsand the scoring in the 1988 Eurovision Song Contest. This propelled the song to No. 11 in the UK Singles Chart, the highest position the band would ever achieve in this chart.In September 1988, the band appeared on the bill at the Reading Festival. In June 1989they played at the Glastonbury Festival, and appeared there again the following year.After two more albums and extensive touring, the group separated in 1994. IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND. Promotional only. Never offered for sale to the public.Printed in extremely small quantities and distributed to select radio stations andmusic industry professionals only. The four page biography/press release looks like a copy but thiscame like that directly from the record company. See pictures. What you see is what you get.Has been carefully stored in a smoke-free and pet-free environment for over thirty years. GRAB IT NOW WHILE YOU CAN WITH THE "BUY IT NOW" OPTION Buyer pays $5.99 for secure shipping between stiff boards viaUSPS FIRST CLASS MAIL with TRACKING (within the continental USA).Shipping elsewhere may be higher.

Price: 199.99 USD

Location: Lake Forest, Illinois

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