# The New English

*Songs, photographs and stories from the 1980s*

The New English were a London indie pop band of the late 1980s, built around Johnny Rasheed and Shareef C. (Sources: [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/))

This archive gathers the tickets, posters, fanzine pages and publicity sheets that survive from those years, with the album and videos that later appeared online.

Every item has its own page, with a note on what it can and cannot prove.

Last substantive revision: 5 November 2026. Canonical page: https://thenewenglish.org/

## At a glance

- **Origin:** Fulham, south-west London, according to band publicity and a fanzine interview. A fanzine review says the East End, and a later account says Surrey. (Sources: [A08](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/), [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **Genre:** Indie pop, in the band’s own publicity. In a Reading preview Johnny Rasheed said the band wanted to drop that label and move towards soul pop. (Sources: [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/))
- **Active:** 1986 to 1988 according to a later account. The earliest dated review of the band is from 28 October 1986, and a poster is attributed to February 1990. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English), [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/), [A07](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/))
- **Line-up:** A fanzine interview names Johnny Rasheed (bass, vocals) and Shareef (guitar) and credits the drums to a machine. Later accounts add Joz on vocals and Sara on drums. (Sources: [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **Recordings:** *London 1987*, an eleven-track digital album listed with a release date of 2 January 2019. Its recording dates are not established. Discogs has a user-submitted entry for a 2001 CDr of the same title. (Sources: [B03](https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541), [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4), [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987))
- **Later projects:** Johnny Rasheed’s solo CD *Inspiration* (1993), and The Internationalists, an acoustic duo according to a later account. (Sources: [B04](https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html), [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **Not to be confused with:** The New English Rock Ensemble, the 2005 album New English on Popster, or The New English Weekly. (Sources: [B22](https://www.allmusic.com/artist/new-english-mn0001761947), [B23](https://music.apple.com/us/artist/the-new-english-rock-ensemble/214419385))

## The story of The New English

The New English were a London indie pop band built around Johnny Rasheed and Shareef C. Band publicity says the pair grew up in Fulham in the late 1970s and early 1980s and first met at the age of eight, in a “jumpers for goals” football match in Normand Park. Their songs, the same sheet says, told true stories of teenage love in the schools, parks and pubs of south-west London. (Sources: [A08](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/))

A later account traces the partnership further back, to a duo called Years of Backwater in December 1983 and a group called The Fallen Idols in May 1985, with the name The New English adopted in May 1986. No contemporary document in this archive confirms those early dates. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))

The documents describe the line-up in different ways. A fanzine page printed in or after late March 1987 carries a photograph of three people and notes that Joz, the one in the middle, was no longer with the band. An undated interview lists Johnny on bass and vocals and Shareef on guitars, with drums by a machine the page calls “Sequestial”. An undated publicity sheet has the handwritten names Sara Hewes, Johnny Rasheed and Shareef C around a photograph of three people. Another sheet opens by calling the band “2 boys”, with part of the sentence blacked out. (Sources: [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A08](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/))

Their reference points came from the independent scene of the time. Interviews name Felt, Morrissey and the Redskins, and the publicity sheet adds the Woodentops, the Smiths and the Housemartins. In a Reading preview, Johnny said the band wanted to lose the “Indie Pop” tag and move towards soul pop. (Sources: [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/))

Two live reviews anchor the story. A fanzine writer reported an audience of 25 at the Tunnel Club in Greenwich on a very wet Tuesday, 28 October 1986, and judged The New English the better band on the bill. At Le Beat Route on 23 February 1987, a review that probably comes from the same fanzine called them “the liveliest band out on the night” and recorded that this was their tenth gig since October. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/))

Band publicity claims support slots with the Brilliant Corners and Frank Chickens, a place at the Wimbledon Festival and a television appearance on Network East. Tickets and posters add the ordinary details of a working band: £3 at the Rock Garden, a 10.30pm stage time at Zeeta’s in Putney, £2.50 before ten o’clock in Reading. They show what was advertised, not what was played. (Sources: [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A08](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/), [A03](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/rock-garden-ticket/), [A04](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/zeetas-ticket/), [A06](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-may-poster/))

A later account places the end of the main period in March 1988. The name returned on a handwritten poster for a show with S.P.G. at the Bazooka, attributed to February 1990, and the songs reappeared much later, when *London 1987* reached digital platforms on 2 January 2019. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html), [A07](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/), [B03](https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541))

### Timeline

This timeline of The New English runs from 1983 to 2019, and each entry is labelled by the kind of evidence behind it. Entries from later accounts are retrospective, and they do not corroborate one another.

- **December 1983**: Years of Backwater reported formation. Evidence: Later account. Reported only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **July 1984**: The Swan performance reported for predecessor duo. Evidence: Later account. Reported only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **May 1985**: The Fallen Idols reported formation. Evidence: Later account. Reported only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **May 1986**: The New English name adopted according to later account. Evidence: Later account. Reported only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **28 October 1986**: Tunnel Club live review. Evidence: Contemporary document. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/))
- **23 February 1987**: Le Beat Route live review. Evidence: Contemporary document. (Sources: [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/))
- **October 1987**: Get Ready recorded at Triple X Studios, according to an upload note. Evidence: YouTube upload note. Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM))
- **1987**: Publicity names Network East and Wimbledon Festival. Evidence: Band publicity. Claims made by the band’s own publicity; the exact date is not established. (Sources: [A08](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/))
- **March 1988**: End of original band period reported. Evidence: Later account. Reported only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **April 1988**: You Make My Day Shine recorded at Cymbelline, Reading, according to an upload note. Evidence: YouTube upload note. Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsgy2igPBo))
- **February 1990**: Poster for a show at the Bazooka, attributed to February 1990. Evidence: Contemporary document, date attributed. Year attributed by the archive. A YouTube upload note dates a Bonn recording to March 1990. (Sources: [A07](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/), [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **December 1991**: The Internationalists reported formation. Evidence: Later account. Reported only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **1993**: Inspiration by Johnny Rasheed. Evidence: Catalogue listing. (Sources: [B04](https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html))
- **July 1997**: Bracknell performance attributed to The Internationalists. Evidence: Later account. A later account places the performance with The Internationalists, although its infobox calls it a New English reunion. The upload title reads The New English. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))
- **2001**: CDr of London 1987 listed by Discogs. Evidence: User-submitted catalogue entry. User-submitted Discogs entry; no document in this archive confirms it. (Sources: [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987))
- **2 January 2019**: London 1987 digital release. Evidence: Catalogue listing. (Sources: [B03](https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541), [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4))
- **Date unresolved**: Solo Reading poster with an unresolved year. Evidence: Conflicting evidence. A faint pencil note appears to read 1995, while the label supplied with the scan says 1993. (Sources: [A01](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/johnny-rasheed-macdevitts-poster/))

## The musicians

The two core musicians of The New English were Johnny Rasheed (bass, vocals) and Shareef C (guitar). Joz and Sara each appear on a small number of items, and a later account adds Dave Beech to the earliest chapter. Names are given as they appear in the documents, and no dates of birth or career histories are added beyond what the sources support. (Sources: [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))

### Johnny Rasheed

*Bass and vocals*

Johnny Rasheed sang and played bass. A fanzine interview lists Johnny on bass and vocals, and a Reading preview uses “singer/bassist” and quotes Johnny on the band’s direction. A later account adds acoustic guitar. The specialist catalogue TweeNet also lists a solo CD, *Inspiration*, from 1993. (Sources: [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/), [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English), [B04](https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html))

### Shareef C

*Guitar*

Shareef C played guitar, and the two live reviews in this archive both single out that playing: “brilliant riffs” at the Tunnel Club, where the name is typed Sharef, and “brilliant guitaring” at Le Beat Route, despite the wrong opening chords to one song. In a fanzine interview Shareef talks about the independent scene and an admiration for Lawrence of Felt and for Morrissey. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/))

### Joz

*Early line-up*

A photograph caption on a fanzine page printed in or after late March 1987 names Joz as the person in the middle and says Joz was no longer with the band. Later accounts describe Joz as a vocalist. The same page runs a quiz asking who left the band with no bassist, so the exact role stays an open question. (Sources: [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))

### Sara

*Drums, according to a later account*

The name is handwritten as Sara Hewes on a band publicity sheet, beside a photograph of three people and directly below the booking details. A later account calls the drummer Sarah Hughes. The archive uses the first name until the credit is confirmed, and the sheet does not say which person in the photograph is which. (Sources: [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))

### Earlier line-up and predecessor project

#### Dave Beech

*Earlier project*

Later accounts name Dave Beech as bassist in The Fallen Idols, the project before The New English. No contemporary document in this archive places Dave in the band itself. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))

## Live history

The New English played clubs in London and advertised dates in Reading and on a German-language poster, but only two performances are described by a review in this archive. A review describes a performance. A poster or ticket records what was advertised. A later gig list is a recollection. The archive keeps those three kinds of evidence apart. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [A06](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-may-poster/), [A07](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))

### Tunnel Club, Greenwich

*28 October 1986*

The Tunnel Club was best known as Malcolm Hardee’s alternative comedy club. A fanzine review places The New English there on a bill with The Third Man. The writer reports 25 people on a very wet Tuesday, at a pub and club on an industrial estate near the Blackwall Tunnel, and rates The New English “by far the best”. The fanzine’s title is not shown on the page. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/), [B25](https://greenwichwire.co.uk/2016/08/08/fire-wrecks-home-of-the-tunnel-club-greenwichs-alternative-comedy-shrine/))

### Le Beat Route, London

*23 February 1987*

Le Beat Route was a Soho nightclub at 16 Greek Street, and the review heading spells it La Beatroute. The reviewer called The New English “the liveliest band out on the night”, noted wrong opening chords on “Sixteen” and recorded that this was their tenth gig since October. A photograph on the same page carries the note about Joz. (Sources: [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [B26](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Street))

### Extended gig chronology

Reviewed means a contemporary review describes the performance. Advertised means a ticket or poster announced it, which does not prove that it took place. Later account means the entry comes only from a retrospective source. Date unresolved means the sources disagree or give no date. This is a selection, not a count of every show the band played.

- **28 October 1986**, Tunnel Club, Greenwich. Evidence: Reviewed. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/))
- **11 November 1986**, The Tramshed, Woolwich. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **15 November 1986**, The Harlequin, Peckham. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **3 February 1987**, Mad Hatters, Southport. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **23 February 1987**, Le Beat Route, London. Evidence: Reviewed. (Sources: [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/))
- **15 May 1987 (year attributed)**, 112 London St. on the poster; Paradise Club in a later account, Reading. Evidence: Advertised. Venue name from a later account; it is not visible on the poster scan. Advertised on a ticket or poster. An advertisement does not prove that the performance took place. (Sources: [A06](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-may-poster/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **15 June 1987**, Le Beat Route, London. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **11 July 1987**, Wimbledon Festival, Wimbledon. Evidence: Later account. Date from a later chronology. The publicity sheet names the Wimbledon Festival as a claim, and an upload note says “Playing at Wimbledon Festival July 1987”. (Sources: [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **25 July 1987**, Sir George Robey, Finsbury Park. Evidence: Later account. Date and venue from a later chronology. The publicity sheet claims support slots with Frank Chickens and the Brilliant Corners but names no venue. (Sources: [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **16 August 1987**, Dingwalls, Camden. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **27 August 1987**, The Old White Horse, Brixton. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **16 October 1987**, Edge Hill College, Ormskirk. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **7 November 1987**, Sipson Community Hall, Sipson. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **Date unresolved**, St David’s Hall, Reading. Evidence: Date unresolved. Date readings: 27 November 1987 (A10: printed day and month; calendar year inferred); 23 November 1987 (B01: retrospective list). The advertised and the later date differ; the performance date is not established. (Sources: [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **7 December 1987 (year attributed)**, Rock Garden, London. Evidence: Advertised. Advertised on a ticket or poster. An advertisement does not prove that the performance took place. (Sources: [A03](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/rock-garden-ticket/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **11 January 1988**, Polytechnic of Central London, London. Evidence: Later account. Listed only in a later account; no contemporary document in the archive confirms it. (Sources: [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **Date unresolved**, The World at Zeeta’s, Putney. Evidence: Date unresolved. Date readings: 11 February 1988 (A04: handwritten Thurs 11th Feb; year from archive); 10 February 1988 (B01: retrospective list). The advertised and the later date differ; the performance date is not established. (Sources: [A04](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/zeetas-ticket/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))
- **Date unresolved**, Bazooka, Bonn, according to later accounts. Evidence: Date unresolved. Spelled Bazooka on the poster and in a later account. City from a later account. Date readings: 17 February 1990 (A07: Samstag Feb. 17th handwritten; year supplied with the scan, and the weekday agrees); March 1990 (Y07: YouTube upload note, March 1990). The sources disagree or give no date; the performance date is not established. (Sources: [A07](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/), [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html), [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE))

## Photographs, posters and documents

The New English archive holds fourteen scans: fanzine reviews and interviews, tickets, posters, publicity sheets and two items naming Johnny Rasheed alone. These are the things that tend to survive in folders. Each item has its own page, with a description, a source note and the date information that can be established from it.

Where a later scan label differs from the document itself, the original wording is kept and the difference is explained. A handwritten year, a printed day of the week and a remembered date are separate pieces of evidence.

- [Tunnel Club review, 28 October 1986](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/): 28/10/86. Contemporary document. A fanzine Reviews page with a review of The New English and The Third Man at the Tunnel Club, Greenwich, dated 28/10/86. The zine’s title is not shown.
- [Fanzine interview, first page](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/): No date printed. Contemporary document, date not printed. First page of a fanzine interview with The New English, naming Johnny Rasheed on bass and vocals and Shareef on guitars, with a drum machine; no date is printed.
- [Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/): 23.2.87. Contemporary document. Fanzine page reviewing The New English at Le Beat Route on 23 February 1987, with a photograph captioned to say Joz, in the middle, had left the band.
- [Reading poster for 15 May](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-may-poster/): 15 MAY. Contemporary document, date attributed. Poster for New English on 15 May, with admission prices and a Reading address. The top line is cropped and the year is not printed; 1987 is attributed.
- [Reading preview in What’s Happening?](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/): FRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER. Contemporary document, details in conflict. Reading listings zine spread previewing The New English at St David’s Hall on Friday 27 November, year inferred as 1987, with Johnny Rasheed on soul pop.
- [Rock Garden admission card, 7 December](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/rock-garden-ticket/): Monday 7 DEC; 7.30pm - 3am. Contemporary document, date attributed. Rock Garden admission card for The New English at ‘Breakthrough I’, Monday 7 DEC, £3 at the door. The year is not printed; 1987 is attributed.
- [Band publicity biography](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/): NETWORK EAST - [day clipped]/9/87. Band publicity. Band-issued publicity biography for The New English, undated, describing a Fulham childhood, a first national television appearance and songs about teenage love.
- [Publicity sheet with trio photograph](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/): No date printed. Band publicity. Band publicity sheet with a trio photograph, handwritten booking details for A C Promotion and a typed question-and-answer section; it is undated.
- [Demo review: Get Ready and This Evening](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/demo-tape-review/): No date printed. Contemporary document, date attributed. Demo review of The New English in the What’s Happening? zine, covering the songs Get Ready and This Evening; no byline or date is visible.
- [Interview in The Mighty Utterance!](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-continuation/): 2/4/87 (printed on a separate review on the page; the band interview itself is undated). Contemporary document, details in conflict. Mighty Utterance! interview with The New English: Johnny on London, teenage love and the band name. A separate review on the page is dated 2 April 1987.
- [Zeeta’s ticket, 11 February](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/zeetas-ticket/): THURS 11th FEB (handwritten); Onstage 10-30PM (handwritten). Contemporary document, details in conflict. Red-printed Zeeta’s club card with The New English, Thurs 11th Feb and 10.30pm written in by hand. No year is given; 1988 is attributed and the date is disputed.
- [Bazooka poster with S.P.G., 17 February](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/): SAMSTAG FEB. 17TH 20.[overwritten digit]0 UHR. Contemporary document, details in conflict. Handwritten poster billing S.P.G. (UK) and The New English (UK) at the Bazooka on Samstag, Feb. 17th. No year or city is printed; 1990 and Bonn come from other sources.
- [Johnny Rasheed at MacDevitt’s Bar: solo poster](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/johnny-rasheed-macdevitts-poster/): SATURDAY 11th MARCH...8pm; a faint pencil note at lower left appears to read 1995. Contemporary document, details in conflict. Poster for a free Johnny Rasheed evening at MacDevitt’s Bar, Reading, on Saturday 11th March. A pencil note appears to give 1995. Solo item, not The New English.
- [Johnny Rasheed: Saturday running order](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/johnny-rasheed-saturday-running-order/): SATURDAY (heading only; no date or year printed). Contemporary document, date not printed. A printed Saturday running order listing Johnny Rasheed with four other acts. No event, venue or year is printed. Solo item, not The New English.

## Reviews and interviews

All the press in this archive comes from fanzines and local listings sheets: live reviews, a review of a two-song demo and interviews about music and life in London. Band publicity sits alongside them and is labelled as publicity. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/), [A11](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-continuation/), [A13](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/demo-tape-review/), [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/))

### Who wrote about the band

The Tunnel Club and Le Beat Route pages both carry a sign-off from someone called Nik and thank the same contributors, so they probably come from one fanzine, though neither page shows its title. Pages from *What’s Happening?* and *The Mighty Utterance!* in Reading share one contact block, which points to a single publisher who covered the band three times. (Sources: [A05](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review/), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/), [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/), [A11](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-continuation/), [A13](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/demo-tape-review/))

### A two-song demo

A *What’s Happening?* review discusses a tape of Get Ready and This Evening. The writer hears “two sprightly pop songs”, compares the vocals with Lloyd Cole and Paul Weller, and notes that the brass sounds synthesised. It is a response to two recordings, not a general history of the group. (Sources: [A13](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/demo-tape-review/))

### Two interview pages

One undated fanzine page lists the line-up and runs through short topics, from drum machines and the independent scene to Morrissey and Marr. A page from *The Mighty Utterance!* has Johnny on London, teenage love and the band’s name, with a short answer: “We ARE the new english!” The two pages may belong together, but that is not established. (Sources: [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/), [A11](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-continuation/))

### Johnny on soul pop

In a Reading preview, Johnny says the band wanted to lose the “Indie Pop” label and compete with Rick Astley rather than Voice of the Beehive or All About Eve: “We’re trying to move more towards soul pop.” The piece advertises St David’s Hall on Friday 27 November. A later gig list gives 23 November, so the date of the performance stays open. (Sources: [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English))

### Publicity is labelled as publicity

The promotional biography and the agency sheet are band publicity, and who wrote them is not recorded. The claims they make, such as support slots with the Brilliant Corners and Frank Chickens or a place at the Wimbledon Festival, are recorded as claims. Interview answers give the band’s own account of its music and are not treated as independent criticism. (Sources: [A08](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [A10](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview/), [A14](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page/))

### Network East

Network East was a BBC Two programme for Britain’s Asian communities, launched on 25 July 1987. Two band publicity sheets claim an appearance on it, one of them calling it the band’s first national TV appearance. That sheet gives a date ending /9/87 with the day cut off, the other gives no date, and a later account gives a different month. A YouTube upload titled This Evening shows a band playing in a television studio. The later account links it to Network East, but the upload names no programme, so the broadcast date stays open. (Sources: [B24](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987_in_British_television), [A08](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography/), [A12](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio/), [B01](https://en.everybodywiki.com/The_New_English), [Y06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WRj2e86Ds))

## Recordings

### London 1987

*The New English*

*Digital release 2 January 2019*

*London 1987* is listed on Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, Deezer and Tidal as an eleven-track album of about 35 minutes, released on 2 January 2019 with a RipItUp Records credit. The year in the title is not a release date. (Sources: [B03](https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541), [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4), [B21](https://open.spotify.com/album/3BnIhDq7OO7oDUTvWwp8Ar), [B18](https://www.deezer.com/album/83444182), [B19](https://tidal.com/album/101908814))

Get Ready and This Evening, the two songs reviewed on a demo tape in *What’s Happening?*, are tracks 1 and 2 of *London 1987*. The titles match, but the audio has not been compared. (Sources: [A13](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/demo-tape-review/), [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4))

The title does not fix the recording dates either. Upload notes on the YouTube channel sc101101 place Get Ready and This Evening at Triple X Studios, North Acton, in 1987, and You Make My Day Shine at Cymbelline, Reading, in April 1988. They also date a live Get Ready to the Bazooka in Bonn in March 1990, while the poster in this archive gives 17 February. These are the uploader’s notes, not confirmed credits. (Sources: [Y02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw), [Y03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsgy2igPBo), [Y04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM), [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE), [A07](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/))

Discogs also lists a limited CDr called *London 1987*, credited to New English on Jackfruit Music (JRJF004) in 2001, with fifteen tracks, one titled Sixteen, which is also the title of a song named in the Le Beat Route review. That entry is user-submitted, and no document in this archive confirms it. (Sources: [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987), [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/))

*Track order as listed by Amazon Music, Apple Music and Deezer. Durations as listed by Amazon Music; other platforms differ by a second on two tracks.* (Sources: [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4), [B03](https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541), [B18](https://www.deezer.com/album/83444182))

### Videos

Eight uploads on the YouTube channel sc101101 are catalogued here, and all eight played when checked on 5 November 2026. The channel shows no owner’s name and has not been identified as official, so the recording places and dates beside each video are the uploader’s notes. No video loads until a visitor chooses to watch it. (Sources: [Y01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQixqSQqJuw), [Y02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw), [Y03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsgy2igPBo), [Y04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM), [Y05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDldN02cvMg), [Y06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WRj2e86Ds), [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE), [Y08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sop6wz5qcIg))

#### London 1987: track listing

The New English. 2 January 2019. Label credit: RipItUp Records. Identified from platform catalogues under the artist name The New English. The archive has not compared the audio with any 1980s recording, and the original recording dates are not established. (Sources: [B03](https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541), [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4), [B18](https://www.deezer.com/album/83444182), [B19](https://tidal.com/album/101908814), [B21](https://open.spotify.com/album/3BnIhDq7OO7oDUTvWwp8Ar))

1. Get Ready (03:00)
2. This Evening (02:34)
3. Alone (02:47)
4. Secretly I Wonder (02:54)
5. The Day After Tomorrow (02:58)
6. You Make My Day Shine (02:47). [You Make My Day Shine on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/2DT20g0CZEG4AMluJDug8J)
7. This English Day (03:36)
8. Let’s Take a Walk (02:55)
9. Tufnell Park (02:30)
10. Get Ready (Live in Bonn) (04:35)
11. This English Day (Live in Bonn) (04:31)

Listen or view: [Listen on Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/london-1987/1448550541); [Listen on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/album/3BnIhDq7OO7oDUTvWwp8Ar); [View on Amazon Music](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4); [Listen on Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/album/83444182); [Listen on Tidal](https://tidal.com/album/101908814)

#### Videos

- [The New English - The Day After Tomorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQixqSQqJuw), 3:00, uploaded 8 July 2024 by sc101101. Uploader note: Artist: The New English / Song: The Day After Tomorrow (this version recorded 1998) / Playing at Wimbledon Festival July 1987 / © 1984 RipItUp records Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y01](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQixqSQqJuw))
- [The New English - This Evening](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw), 2:35, uploaded 7 August 2024 by sc101101. Uploader note: © 1987 (P) 1987 RipItUp Records / Recorded at Triple X, North Acton, London 1987 Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y02](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzYbWwo1Izw))
- [The New English - You Make My Day Shine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsgy2igPBo), 2:52, uploaded 18 August 2024 by sc101101. Uploader note: © 1988 ℗ 1988 The New English / Recorded at Cymbelline, Reading England April 1988 / RipItUp Records Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y03](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGsgy2igPBo))
- [The New English - Get Ready!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM), 3:02, uploaded 1 September 2024 by sc101101. Uploader note: Recorded at Triple X Studios, North Acton, London October 1987 / Ⓒ 1987 Ⓟ 1987 RipItUp Records Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM))
- [The New English - You Make My Day Shine (99Mix)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDldN02cvMg), 2:43, uploaded 1 October 2024 by sc101101. Uploader note: Recorded New Rising Studios, Essex / New Years Day 1999 / Ⓒ 1987 Ⓟ 1999 RipItUp Records Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y05](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDldN02cvMg))
- [The New English "This Evening"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WRj2e86Ds), 2:31, uploaded 18 February 2014 by sc101101. Uploader note: The upload has no description beyond the text “abc”, so no recording place or date is given. A later account links this upload to Network East. The channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y06](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_WRj2e86Ds))
- [The New English - Get Ready! (Live)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE), 3:59, uploaded 1 September 2024 by sc101101. Uploader note: Recorded Live concert at Bazooka, Bonn, Germany March 1990 / Ⓒ 1987 Ⓟ 1987 RipItUp Records Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE))

## Later projects and solo work

After the main period of the band, Johnny Rasheed released a solo CD, *Inspiration* (1993), and a later account describes two further groups, The Internationalists and Those Meddling Kids. Each project keeps its own name and credits here. A handwritten poster bills The New English with S.P.G. at the Bazooka on Saturday 17 February, with no year or city printed. The archive attributes it to 1990 and a later account places the show in Bonn, while an upload note dates a recording there to March 1990. (Sources: [B04](https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html), [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html), [A07](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster/), [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE))

### Inspiration

*Johnny Rasheed*

*CD 1993 Jackfruit Music*

TweeNet lists *Inspiration* as a CD by Johnny Rasheed, with eight songs including Living in Surrey, Summer Strangers and George Harrison. Discogs gives the catalogue number JRJF001 and credits Shareef C on guitars. A Reading poster and a Saturday running order list Johnny Rasheed under that name alone, and their dates are discussed on their own pages. (Sources: [B04](https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html), [B15](https://www.discogs.com/release/3166424-Johnny-Rasheed-Inspiration), [A01](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/johnny-rasheed-macdevitts-poster/), [A02](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/johnny-rasheed-saturday-running-order/))

### The Internationalists

A later account describes The Internationalists as an acoustic duo of Johnny and Shareef, reported from December 1991, with a Radio Berkshire appearance in 1992. A sixteen-minute video from Bracknell Festival in July 1997 is titled The New English, and its upload note reads “The New English aka The Internationalists”. The archive files that performance with the later project. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html), [Y08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sop6wz5qcIg))

### Those Meddling Kids

A later account lists Those Meddling Kids as a separate early-1990s band with Johnny on bass. (Sources: [B02](https://wikibin.org/articles/the-new-english.html))

#### Inspiration: track listing

Johnny Rasheed. 1993. Label credit: Jackfruit Music. A solo release credited to Johnny Rasheed. It is not a New English release. (Sources: [B04](https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html))

1. Close To Me
2. Living in Surrey
3. Summer Strangers
4. Hope
5. May
6. Smile In The End
7. Cressida
8. George Harrison

Listen or view: [TweeNet entry](https://www.twee.net/bands/r/rasheedjohnn.html); [Discogs entry](https://www.discogs.com/release/3166424-Johnny-Rasheed-Inspiration)

#### Videos

- [The New English - Bracknell Festival July 1997](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sop6wz5qcIg), 16:13, uploaded 12 July 2025 by sc101101. Uploader note: The New English aka The Internationalists / Live at Bracknell Festival July 1997 / copyright The New English Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source. (Sources: [Y08](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sop6wz5qcIg))

More: [sources and research data](https://thenewenglish.org/research/), [questions and answers](https://thenewenglish.org/questions/), [about this archive](https://thenewenglish.org/about-this-archive/).