Happy Mondays - Forty Five EP (Factory)

Infused with the tired old independent spirit, a group of postmen and ex-postmen from Manchester make the ridiculous claim that they are real people, and trundle through a raucous guitar scramble of a song. A worthy skitter, but nothing to write to Tony Wilson about. (Roger Morton, Record Mirror, October 19, 1985)

Happy Mondays - Tart Tart (Factory)

Severely put in traction by producer John Cale, the Happies have performed the supreme feat of making a listenable record, and it's almost a toe tapper - oh goodness gracious me! (Nancy Culp, Record Mirror, April 11, 1987)