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The second single released
on Fire records on vinyl 7" and 12" formats on the
22/09/86. Read
the press release here. "Velveteen"
became one of Roses most well known tracks, possibly as it was the
record in the stores at the time of their Mission
support slot where the Rose gained exposure to larger
audiences every night, and toured extensively with The Mission in
the UK in late 1986, and in Europe in early
1987. Listening to the recordings
on the single, my ear tells me a drum machine is still providing
the rhythm section on the title track, suggesting the "Velveteen"
recording was made at the same time as the "Too
Many Castles In The Sky" studio sessions, but held
back for future release. However on the B side of the single I
think drummer Mark Thompson finally makes his recording début
with the band on "Who Cares" and "Just
Like Yesterday" The song continues in a
similar vein from where "Assassin"
left off on the previous single. Again
demonstrating an advanced song structure, well crafted lyrics, and
highlighted by the dual layered guitar attack of Berry and Schultz
which was rapidly becoming the Rose's trademark. The technical
ability, attention to detail in the composition, and blatant
references to their American 50's & 60's influences were
starting to set the Rose apart from their peers in the Goth genre. The quality doesn't stop
with the A side either, as both B side tracks are great songs in
their own right. Again accentuating the dual guitar parts with
Berry and Schultz perfectly complementing each other. "Who
Cares" in particular providing a richly layered platform
for Morris to deliver his well crafted lyrics. At this stage of their
career I think it is fair to say that listening to the bands early
live performances you can see a group learning to find their
live persona as they go, which with their inexperience, it
sometimes proved difficult to do justice to the songs in a live
situation, especially when often playing support slots with an
indifferent audience who were mostly there to see the headline
act. However from day 1 the band
seemed naturally at home in the studio where they could really do
justice to the complex songs they were producing. As Phil said,
they had a number 1 independent single ("LA
Rain") before they had even played a gig so the
pressure was on from the off to deliver the goods live.
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