"Innocents" was a four track EP, originally issued in 1977, and produced by the legendary Martin "Zero" Hannett. This is the debut recording in Clarke's small canon of work, though his live work continues to the present day.
He was seen in Film 4's showing of the Joy Division biopic "Control" recently, playing a younger version of himself, performing "Evidently Chickentown". He shared the bill with them on many occasions, also performing with The Fall,Buzzcocks, Magazine & the Sex Pistols. His backing band on several recordings & gigs were known as "The Invisible Girls", featuring Karl Burns (The Fall) & Pete Shelley (Buzzcocks). Although inmextricably associated with Manchester, he is actually from just over the Irwell, hence his nickname "The Bard of Salford".
I have previously posted Clarke's Glastonbury set from 1981, and will be featuring three albums in due course.

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