# The New English Archive

> A curated archive of photographs, gig documents, interviews and recordings from The New English, a London indie pop band of the late 1980s. Last substantive revision: 5 November 2026.

This archive is about the band The New English (also written New English on two surviving documents). London indie pop band of the late 1980s with Johnny Rasheed and Shareef C. Not The New English Rock Ensemble and not the 2005 album New English on Popster. Unrelated to language courses, schools or magazines with similar names. A later account gives the main New English period as 1986 to 1988. The digital album London 1987 has a catalogue release date of 2 January 2019. The title and that date are not the period of the band. 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. Inspiration (1993) is credited to Johnny Rasheed, not to the band. The archive is a curated collection, not an independent source. Every statement links to its evidence, and attributed statements carry their qualification.

## Start here

- [Homepage as Markdown](https://thenewenglish.org/index.md): the story, musicians, live history, press, recordings and later projects
- [Archive index as Markdown](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/index.md): every document with its date evidence
- [Research directory as Markdown](https://thenewenglish.org/research/index.md): method, source tiers, biographies, statements and the source register
- [Questions and answers](https://thenewenglish.org/questions/index.md): direct answers with sources
- [About this archive](https://thenewenglish.org/about-this-archive/index.md): editing method, status, images and rights

## Archive documents

- [Tunnel Club review, 28 October 1986](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/tunnel-club-review.md): 28/10/86. Contemporary document.
- [Fanzine interview, first page](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-first-page.md): No date printed. Contemporary document, date not printed.
- [Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review.md): 23.2.87. Contemporary document.
- [Reading poster for 15 May](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-may-poster.md): 15 MAY. Contemporary document, date attributed.
- [Reading preview in What’s Happening?](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/reading-preview-interview.md): FRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER. Contemporary document, details in conflict.
- [Rock Garden admission card, 7 December](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/rock-garden-ticket.md): Monday 7 DEC; 7.30pm - 3am. Contemporary document, date attributed.
- [Band publicity biography](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-promotional-biography.md): NETWORK EAST - [day clipped]/9/87. Band publicity.
- [Publicity sheet with trio photograph](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/agency-publicity-trio.md): No date printed. Band publicity.
- [Demo review: Get Ready and This Evening](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/demo-tape-review.md): No date printed. Contemporary document, date attributed.
- [Interview in The Mighty Utterance!](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/band-interview-continuation.md): 2/4/87 (printed on a separate review on the page; the band interview itself is undated). Contemporary document, details in conflict.
- [Zeeta’s ticket, 11 February](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/zeetas-ticket.md): THURS 11th FEB (handwritten); Onstage 10-30PM (handwritten). Contemporary document, details in conflict.
- [Bazooka poster with S.P.G., 17 February](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/bazooka-poster.md): SAMSTAG FEB. 17TH 20.[overwritten digit]0 UHR. Contemporary document, details in conflict.
- [Johnny Rasheed at MacDevitt’s Bar: solo poster](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/johnny-rasheed-macdevitts-poster.md): SATURDAY 11th MARCH...8pm; a faint pencil note at lower left appears to read 1995. Contemporary document, details in conflict.
- [Johnny Rasheed: Saturday running order](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/johnny-rasheed-saturday-running-order.md): SATURDAY (heading only; no date or year printed). Contemporary document, date not printed.

## Data

- [facts.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/facts.json): Eligible source-backed statements with their qualifications and citations.
- [entities.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/entities.json): The band, its musicians and separately represented later projects.
- [timeline.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/timeline.json): Dated events with precision and evidence labels.
- [gigs.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/gigs.json): Reviewed, advertised and later-account performance records.
- [releases.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/releases.json): Releases with correct artist credits, dates and track metadata.
- [sources.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/sources.json): Public source register with tiers and citation locations.
- [archive.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/archive.json): Public metadata for each archive object and its cleared image files.
- [graph.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/graph.json): JSON-LD graph of eligible entities, releases, recordings and videos.
- [changelog.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/changelog.json): Real content changes and their dates.
- [videos.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/videos.json): Catalogued video uploads with uploader notes and qualifications.
- [answers.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/answers.json): Direct answers to common questions, with sources.
- [chunks.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/chunks.json): The archive text split into citable chunks with source links.
- [source-tiers.json](https://thenewenglish.org/data/source-tiers.json): The A to E source tier scale and the sources in each tier.

## Optional

- [Full text](https://thenewenglish.org/llms-full.txt): all of the above in one document
- [Sitemap](https://thenewenglish.org/sitemap.xml): canonical HTML pages