Verve: The Early Days 1990 - 1992

1990-1992

Venue	Location	Date	Number of CDs	Quality Grade and Source

Early Demos	Wigan, England	1990 - 1991	1	10 - Demo

ULU	London, England	January 10, 1992	1	8.0 - AUD

The Assembly Rooms	Derby, England	March 3, 1992	1	8.0 - AUD

The Octagon	Sheffield, England	March 5, 1992	1	8.5 - AUD

The Capitol	Aberdeen, England	March 11, 1992	1	8.5 - AUD

Brixton Academy	London, England	March 27, 1992	1	9.0 - AUD

John Peel Show	Radio 1 London, England	April 1, 1992	1	10 - Radio

Camden Town Hall	London, England	October 23, 1992	1 also available on VHS	9.5 - SBD

Voyager 1	New York and London	New York and London 1992	1	10 - Bootleg Album

Verve: The Hut Singles	-	-	1	10 - Official Releases

Verve, from Wigan, in Lancashire, England, formed in 1990. Richard Ashcroft, Simon Jones, and Peter Salisbury grew up together in Wigan and all attended Upholland High School. They took in Nick McCabe from Winstanley College. After seeing Nick play at a college practice room in 1989, Richard described his sound as like "a whole other universe to me". They played their first show for the birthday of Richard's then flatmate Paul Frodsham at the Honeysuckle pub in Poolstock, Wigan on August 15, 1990.

Verve played two songs, "The Sun, the Sea' and the strangely titled 'Your Back'. Verve didn't play for many months and as 1990 ended, Richard rang up his mates. 'Are we in a band or what?' he asked them and made a statement that would take them to the top of the charts in the years to come. They made a demo tape throughout 1990. Hut scout Miles Leonard remembers, "Their demo was so much better than anything else I was hearing". The band signed to Hut records in September 1991. Verve released three singles in 1992, All in the Mind, She's A Superstar, and Gravity Grave. They were easily making music years ahead of their time.