Sources and research data

This is a curated archive of primary documents, retrospective accounts and clearly marked uncertainty. It is not an independently reported source, and it should be read as an archive and not as an encyclopedia. Each statement links to the evidence behind it.

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How evidence is treated

Statements are either supported as written or attributed, and an attributed statement carries its qualification on the page and in the data files. Statements that cannot yet be supported are left out.

Where sources disagree the archive shows both readings. A printed weekday can support a year but does not prove a performance. A poster or ticket proves an advertisement. A catalogue date is a release date and not a recording date.

Source tiers

A tier describes the type of source, not whether a statement is true. Read each entry together with its qualification.

AContemporary primary document
A document from the period, or datable to it where stated: a review, a fanzine interview, a ticket or a poster.A01, A02, A03, A04, A05, A06, A09, A10, A11, A13, A14
BBand publicity
Contemporary publicity made by the band or its agency. It shows what the band claimed and is not independent.A07, A08, A12
CCatalogues and platforms
Music platforms and specialist catalogues. They confirm listings and release dates, not recording dates.B03, B04, B05, B12, B13, B14, B15, B16, B17, B18, B19, B20, B21, B22, B23, B28
DUploader notes
Descriptions written by the uploader of a video. The channel sc101101 has not been identified as official.Y01, Y02, Y03, Y04, Y05, Y06, Y07, Y08
ERetrospective and reference
Later accounts from a wiki-style article and its copies, which count as one source family and are used as attributed leads, plus encyclopedia and local news pages used only for background on venues and programmes.B01, B02, B24, B25, B26

Biographies to quote

Three lengths of the same short biography, written only from the sources listed in the register below.

50 words

The New English were a London indie pop band of the late 1980s. Johnny Rasheed (bass and vocals) and Shareef C (guitar) are the names that recur in the surviving documents, and a later account dates the main period to 1986–1988. The digital album London 1987 was released on 2 January 2019.

A08, A14, B01, B03

100 words

The New English were a London indie pop band of the late 1980s. Johnny Rasheed (bass and vocals) and Shareef C (guitar) are the names that recur in the surviving documents, with Sara on drums and Joz on vocals according to later accounts. Fanzine reviews cover the Tunnel Club, Greenwich, on 28 October 1986 and Le Beat Route, London, on 23 February 1987, and a later account dates the main period to 1986–1988. The eleven-track digital album London 1987 was released on 2 January 2019. Johnny Rasheed’s solo CD Inspiration (1993) is a separate release.

A05, A08, A09, A12, A14, B01, B03, B04

250 words

The New English were a London indie pop band of the late 1980s. Band publicity says Johnny Rasheed and Shareef C grew up in Fulham and first met as children. The surviving documents name Johnny as bass player and vocalist and Shareef as guitarist, and one fanzine interview credits the drums to a machine. Publicity and interviews place the music within indie pop, naming Felt, Morrissey and the Redskins among the reference points, and a Reading preview has Johnny talking about a move towards soul pop.

Two fanzine reviews anchor the archive: the Tunnel Club, Greenwich, on 28 October 1986, and Le Beat Route, London, on 23 February 1987. Both praise Shareef’s guitar playing, and the second carries a photograph caption saying that Joz had left the group. A publicity sheet gives the name Sara Hewes beside a photograph of three people, while a later account calls the drummer Sarah Hughes, so the archive uses Sara. Tickets and posters advertise further shows, but an advertisement does not prove that a performance took place.

A later account dates the main period to 1986–1988 and mentions earlier projects called Years of Backwater and The Fallen Idols. A poster attributed to 1990 bills the band with S.P.G. at the Bazooka, a venue a later account places in Bonn. The Internationalists, an acoustic duo according to a later account, are treated as a separate group. Platform catalogues list the eleven-track digital album London 1987 with a release date of 2 January 2019, and its recording dates are not established. Johnny Rasheed’s solo CD Inspiration (1993) is a separate release.

A08, A10, A12, A14, A05, A09, B01, A07, B02, B03, B04, B05

How to cite

Cite the underlying document where you can, then this archive as the place it is catalogued. A suggested form is the page title, The New English Archive, the date of the last substantive revision and the page address, as shown in the box below. The archive is not an independent source.

The New English | Sources and Research Data. The New English Archive. Last substantive revision 5 November 2026. https://thenewenglish.org/research/

Data files

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Catalogued statements

Each statement is the same text used on the pages and in the data files, with its qualification and its sources. Attributed statements are always read together with their qualification.

  • The band’s name appears as The New English on two tickets and on the agency publicity sheet.Contemporary document A03, A04, A12
  • Band publicity and interviews describe the music as independent pop, and a Reading preview records Johnny Rasheed talking about a move towards soul pop.Contemporary document A12, A10
  • A review dated 28 October 1986 covers The New English at the Tunnel Club, Greenwich, on a bill with The Third Man.Contemporary document A05
  • A review dated 23 February 1987 covers New English at Le Beat Route, London.Contemporary document A09
  • A contemporary interview names Johnny Rasheed as bass player and vocalist.Contemporary document A14
  • A contemporary interview names Shareef as the guitarist, and the publicity sheet gives the name Shareef C beside the trio photograph.Contemporary document A14, A12
  • A photograph caption identifies Joz as the person in the middle and records that Joz had left the group.Contemporary document A09
  • A contemporary interview credits the drums to a machine it calls Sequestial.Contemporary document A14
  • A contemporary interview names Felt, Morrissey and the Redskins among the band’s reference points.Contemporary document A14
  • A demo review discusses two songs, Get Ready and This Evening.Contemporary document A13
  • Two band publicity sheets claim a Network East television appearance. One gives a date ending /9/87 and the other gives no date.The claim is made by band publicity. The broadcast date is unresolved and no recording of the broadcast has been identified.Band publicity A08, A12
  • The publicity sheet gives the handwritten name Sara Hewes beside a trio photograph. A later account names the drummer Sarah Hughes. The archive uses Sara while the difference is unresolved.Two source readings of one name. Neither is treated as the definitive surname.Conflicting evidence A12, B01
  • A ticket advertises The New English at The World at Zeeta’s on Thursday 11 February, with a year of 1988 attributed by the archive. A later chronology gives 10 February 1988.A ticket advertises a show; it does not prove the performance took place on either date.Conflicting evidence A04, B01
  • A preview advertises The New English at St David’s Hall on Friday 27 November, and the year 1987 is inferred from the weekday and the band’s activity. A later list gives 23 November 1987.An advertised date with an inferred year. The performance date is not established.Conflicting evidence A10, B01
  • A poster advertises a free solo appearance by Johnny Rasheed at MacDevitt’s Bar, Reading, on Saturday 11 March. A handwritten year appears to read 1995, while the label supplied with the scan says 1993. The weekday agrees with 1995.The year 1995 is an inference. This is a solo item, not a New English performance.Conflicting evidence A01
  • A later account gives the main New English period as 1986 to 1988.Later account (B01). Not independent corroboration of the dates.Later account B01
  • A later account gives Surrey as the band’s origin. Band publicity separately describes Johnny and Shareef growing up in Fulham.Two distinct geographic claims, not necessarily incompatible.Later account B01, A08
  • Later accounts identify Dave Beech as the bassist in The Fallen Idols, a predecessor project.Later accounts only. Dave Beech’s tenure in The New English is not established.Later account B01
  • London 1987 is catalogued as an eleven-track digital album with a release date of 2 January 2019 and a RipItUp Records credit.Catalogue listing B03, B05
  • Inspiration is catalogued as a 1993 solo CD by Johnny Rasheed on Jackfruit Music, with eight listed songs.Catalogue listing B04
  • A handwritten poster bills S.P.G. and The New English on Saturday 17 February at the Bazooka. A later account places the show in Bonn. The archive attributes the poster to 1990, which agrees with the weekday. A YouTube upload note dates a live recording at the Bazooka, Bonn, to March 1990.The year comes from the label supplied with the scan and the city from a later account. The upload note’s March conflicts with the poster’s February and both are shown.Conflicting evidence A07, B02, Y07
  • The agency publicity sheet claims that the band supported Brilliant Corners and Frank Chickens.A claim made by the band’s own publicity.Band publicity A12
  • The agency publicity sheet names the Wimbledon Festival among the band’s appearances.A claim made by the band’s own publicity.Band publicity A12
  • A ticket advertises The New English at the Rock Garden on Monday 7 December, admission £3. The year 1987 comes from archive context and agrees with the weekday.A ticket advertises a show; it does not prove the performance took place.Contemporary document, date attributed A03
  • A poster advertises New English at a Reading venue on 15 May, with the year 1987 attributed by the archive.The venue name is cut off on the scan. The year is attributed by the archive and is not printed.Contemporary document, date attributed A06
  • A later account reports an acoustic duo called The Internationalists from December 1991, with a Radio Berkshire appearance in 1992 and a Bracknell performance in 1997.Later account (B02). The archive files the 1997 item with this project; the sources disagree on the billing.Later account B02
  • A later account lists Those Meddling Kids as a separate early-1990s band in which Johnny Rasheed played bass.Later account (B02). A separate group from The New English.Later account B02
  • The band name is shortened to New English on a Reading poster and in the heading of a Le Beat Route review.Contemporary document A06, A09
  • Get Ready: Triple X Studios, North Acton, London, October 1987, according to the YouTube upload note.Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source.YouTube upload note Y04
  • This Evening: Triple X, North Acton, London, 1987, according to the YouTube upload note.Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source.YouTube upload note Y02
  • You Make My Day Shine: Cymbelline, Reading, April 1988, according to the YouTube upload note.Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source.YouTube upload note Y03
  • You Make My Day Shine (99Mix): New Rising Studios, Essex, New Year’s Day 1999, according to the YouTube upload note.Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source.YouTube upload note Y05
  • The Day After Tomorrow: the upload note reads “this version recorded 1998” and “Playing at Wimbledon Festival July 1987”.Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source.YouTube upload note Y01
  • Get Ready (Live): Bazooka, Bonn, Germany, March 1990, according to the YouTube upload note. The poster in this archive gives Saturday 17 February.Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source.Conflicting evidence Y07, A07
  • Bracknell Festival, July 1997, with the upload note “The New English aka The Internationalists”.Per the YouTube upload note; the channel sc101101 has not been identified as an official source.YouTube upload note Y08
  • Discogs lists a CDr called London 1987 credited to New English, Jackfruit Music JRJF004, 2001, fifteen tracks. The entry is user-submitted.User-submitted Discogs entry; no document in this archive confirms it.User-submitted catalogue entry B14
  • Discogs gives Inspiration the catalogue number JRJF001 and credits Shareef C on guitars. The entry is user-submitted.User-submitted Discogs entry; no document in this archive confirms it.User-submitted catalogue entry B15

Source register

The sources behind this site, with their tiers. Scans are cited at their own page in this archive, and other sources link to the original.

SourceSource tierTitleTypeDate
A01AJohnny Rasheed at MacDevitt’s Bar: solo poster 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.Scan supplied to the archiveSATURDAY 11th MARCH...8pm; a faint pencil note at lower left appears to read 1995
A02AJohnny Rasheed: Saturday running order 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.Scan supplied to the archiveSATURDAY (heading only; no date or year printed)
A03ARock Garden admission card, 7 December 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.Scan supplied to the archiveMonday 7 DEC; 7.30pm - 3am
A04AZeeta’s ticket, 11 February 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.Scan supplied to the archiveTHURS 11th FEB (handwritten); Onstage 10-30PM (handwritten)
A05ATunnel Club review, 28 October 1986 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.Scan supplied to the archive28/10/86
A06AReading poster for 15 May 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.Scan supplied to the archive15 MAY
A07BBazooka poster with S.P.G., 17 February 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.Scan supplied to the archiveSAMSTAG FEB. 17TH 20.[overwritten digit]0 UHR
A08BBand publicity biography Band-issued publicity biography for The New English, undated, describing a Fulham childhood, a first national television appearance and songs about teenage love.Scan supplied to the archiveNETWORK EAST - [day clipped]/9/87
A09ALe Beat Route review, 23 February 1987 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.Scan supplied to the archive23.2.87
A10AReading preview in What’s Happening? 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.Scan supplied to the archiveFRIDAY 27th NOVEMBER
A11AInterview in The Mighty Utterance! 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.Scan supplied to the archive2/4/87 (printed on a separate review on the page; the band interview itself is undated)
A12BPublicity sheet with trio photograph Band publicity sheet with a trio photograph, handwritten booking details for A C Promotion and a typed question-and-answer section; it is undated.Scan supplied to the archiveNo date printed
A13ADemo review: Get Ready and This Evening 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.Scan supplied to the archiveNo date printed
A14AFanzine interview, first page 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.Scan supplied to the archiveNo date printed
B01EThe New English on EverybodyWiki Retrospective account derived from a former Wikipedia article. Treated as a later account, not as independent corroboration.Later account
B02EThe New English on Wikibin Mirror of the same article as B01. The two are one source family and are not counted separately.Later account
B03CLondon 1987 on Apple Music Catalogue listing: eleven tracks, a digital release date of 2 January 2019 and a RipItUp Records credit. A catalogue date is a release date, not a recording date.Platform catalogue
B04CJohnny Rasheed on TweeNet Specialist catalogue listing for Inspiration (CD, 1993, Jackfruit Music, eight listed songs). A catalogue entry, not a biography.Specialist catalogue
B05CLondon 1987 on Amazon Music Album listing with track order and durations.Platform catalogue
B12CYou Make My Day Shine on Spotify Platform listing for one track of London 1987. It is not evidence of an 1980s commercial release.Platform catalogue
B13CThe New English on Amazon artist page Platform artist page. Its popular-track order is not the album sequence and is not used as a track listing.Platform catalogue
B14CLondon 1987 (CDr, 2001) on Discogs User-submitted Discogs entry, data quality “Needs Vote”: CDr, Jackfruit Music JRJF004, 2001, fifteen tracks. Not confirmed by any document in this archive.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B15CInspiration by Johnny Rasheed on Discogs User-submitted Discogs entry with data quality “Correct”: catalogue number JRJF001 and a guitar credit for Shareef C.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B16CThe New English on Spotify Platform artist page. Streaming listings derive from one 2019 distributor delivery and are not independent of one another.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B17CThe New English on Apple Music Platform artist page. Streaming listings derive from one 2019 distributor delivery and are not independent of one another.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B18CLondon 1987 on Deezer Eleven tracks, release date 2 January 2019.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B19CLondon 1987 on Tidal Eleven tracks, 35:09, release date 2 January 2019.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B20CThe New English on YouTube (Topic channel) Channel generated automatically by YouTube from the 2019 distributor delivery. It is separate from the channel sc101101.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B21CLondon 1987 on Spotify Album page, release date 2 January 2019.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B22CNew English on AllMusic (a different act) Used only to distinguish names: this AllMusic entry lists a 2005 album on Popster and is not the band in this archive.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B23CThe New English Rock Ensemble on Apple Music (a different act) Used only to distinguish names. This is not the band in this archive.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
B24E1987 in British television on Wikipedia Reference for what Network East was. It does not mention The New English.Background referenceChecked 5 November 2026
B25ETunnel Club history in Greenwich Wire Local news reference for the venue. It does not mention The New English.Background referenceChecked 5 November 2026
B26EGreek Street on Wikipedia Reference for the address of Le Beat Route. It does not mention The New English.Background referenceChecked 5 November 2026
B28CNew English on Discogs Artist entry holding the 2001 CDr. A 1989 compilation credit on the same entry may belong to a different group.Platform catalogueChecked 5 November 2026
Y01DYouTube upload: The New English - The Day After Tomorrow Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 8 July 2024
Y02DYouTube upload: The New English - This Evening Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 7 August 2024
Y03DYouTube upload: The New English - You Make My Day Shine Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 18 August 2024
Y04DYouTube upload: The New English - Get Ready! Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 1 September 2024
Y05DYouTube upload: The New English - You Make My Day Shine (99Mix) Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 1 October 2024
Y06DYouTube upload: The New English "This Evening" Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 18 February 2014
Y07DYouTube upload: The New English - Get Ready! (Live) Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 1 September 2024
Y08DYouTube upload: The New English - Bracknell Festival July 1997 Description written by the uploader of the channel sc101101, which has not been identified as an official channel. Recording places and dates in the description are the uploader’s notes, not independently verified.Video upload noteUploaded 12 July 2025

Open questions

These conflicts are unresolved. The archive shows each reading and does not choose between them.

  • Drummer identity. The publicity sheet gives the handwritten name Sara Hewes; a later account calls the drummer Sarah Hughes. The archive uses Sara until the credit is confirmed. A12, B01
  • Network East date. A clipped date on the band’s publicity ends /9/87, and a later account gives a different month. The Network East broadcast date is unresolved. A08, A12, B01
  • Zeeta’s performance date. The ticket says Thursday 11 February; a later chronology says 10 February 1988. The performance date is unresolved. A04, B01
  • St David’s Hall date. The listing advertises Friday 27 November; a later list says 23 November. The performance date is unresolved. A10, B01
  • Solo poster year. A faint pencil note on the solo poster appears to read 1995, while the label supplied with the scan says 1993. The printed weekday rules out 1993. 1995 is an inference. A01
  • Bonn show: month and city. The poster gives Saturday 17 February, while an upload note says March 1990. Bonn comes from a later account and the upload note, not from the poster. A07, B02, Y07
  • Interview issue dating. Page two of an interview contains a review dated 2 April 1987, so it cannot be safely paired with the first page as one dated issue. A11, A14
  • 1997 artist attribution. A mirror’s infobox calls the 1997 Bracknell item a New English reunion, while its narrative gives The Internationalists. The archive keeps the later duo separate. B01, B02
  • Predecessor bassist tenure. Dave Beech is described as a Fallen Idols bassist and early member only in later accounts. No exact New English tenure is stated. B01
  • Joz’s role. Later accounts call Joz a vocalist, while a quiz beside the 1987 caption asks who left the band with no bassist. A09, B01
  • Length of the partnership. A publicity sheet says the band had been together about eight months, yet a review places them on stage in October 1986. A08, A05
  • Two versions of London 1987. Discogs lists a fifteen-track CDr from 2001, while platforms list an eleven-track digital album from 2019. No document here confirms the CDr. B14, B03, B05
  • Fanzine titles. The two live reviews probably come from one fanzine whose title is not shown. The Reading pages share a contact block. A05, A09, A10, A11, A13

Changelog

Real changes to the content, with their dates.

  • . First public release. The archive was published with fourteen scanned documents, a gig chronology, a timeline, two releases and eight videos, each with its sources.