"Finetime" is the debut single by the
Liverpool
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britpop
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band
Cast
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, fronted by ex La's bassist John Power. The song is taken from the debut album ''
All Change
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''.
Finetime was first performed acoustically by John Power with
the La's
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at a Liverpool free festival.
Track listing
# "Finetime" – 3:06
# "Better Man" – 2:59
# "Satellites" – 3:40
Personnel
;Cast
*
John Power – vocals, guitar
*
Peter Wilkinson – backing vocals, bass
*
Liam "Skin" Tyson – guitar
*
Keith O'Neill – drums
;Production
*
John Leckie
John William Leckie (born 23 October 1949) is an English record producer and recording engineer. His production credits include Magazine's ''Real Life'' (1978), XTC's ''White Music'' (1978) and Dukes of Stratosphear's '' 25 O'Clock'' (1985), t ...
– producer, mixing
Chart performance
References
1995 debut singles
Cast (band) songs
Polydor Records singles
Song recordings produced by John Leckie
Songs written by John Power (musician)
1995 songs
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