The Donkeys

The Donkeys were a Punk/Mod/Power Pop band from Wakefield, West Yorkshire that consisted of Neil Ferguson (lead guitar, vocals), Dave Owen (bass, backing vocals), Mark Welham (drums) and Tony Ferguson (rhythm guitar, backing vocals). They released five singles during the period 1980 to 1981. The Donkeys wrote their own material and both sides of the first two singles were by Neil Ferguson. Then Dave Owen started to produce material that was issued as the remaining three singles, with Ferguson's compositions being used on the B-sides. "Don't Go" received considerable airplay by the disc jockey Mike Read on BBC Radio 1. In 2004 a retrospective double album, Television Anarchy was issued, in both CD and vinyl format, by Detour Records. The first disc contained the ten tracks that had formed the band's five singles, plus alternative versions of "Let's Float" and "Listen to Your Radio". The second disc contained previously unreleased material, with 18 tracks by Ferguson or Owen (they never collaborated) plus live cover versions of "Please Please Me" and "Do You Wanna Dance?".

Monkey Business (2004)

01 - What I Want

02 - Four Letters

03 - No Way

04 - You Jane

05 - Don't Go

06 - Living Legend

07 - Let's Float

08 - Strike Talk

09 - Listen To Your Radio

10 - Watched By Everyone

11 - Monkey Business

12 - Late Viewing

13 - Love In A Launderette

14 - Shipwreck

15 - Orwell's Town

16 - Attitude Dancing

17 - Western Education

Television Anarchy (2004)

CD 01 - The Singles 1979-1981:

01 - What I Want

02 - Four Letters

03 - No Way

04 - You Jane

05 - Don't Go

06 - Living Legends

07 - Let's Float

08 - Strike Talks

09 - Listen To Your Radio

10 - Watched By Everyone

11 - Let's Float (Alternative Version)

12 - Listen To Your Radio (Alternative Version)

CD 02 - The Unreleased Tracks 1978-1982:

01 - Frustration

02 - I Don't Know

03 - Some People

04 - Donkey Theme

05 - Penfriend

06 - Penfriend (Alternative Version)

07 - Orwell's Town

08 - Monkey Business

09 - Late Viewing

10 - Love In A Launderette

11 - Western Education

12 - Elephant Man

13 - Bitter Reggae

14 - Shipwreck

15 - Shipwreck (Alternative Version)

16 - Do You Wanna Dance

17 - Blow Up

18 - Please Please Me

19 - Wacky Acky I Aye

20 - Trigger Happy

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