# Get Ready

> Get Ready is track 1 of London 1987 and appears again as track 10 in a live version recorded in Bonn. A fanzine review of a two-song tape discusses it with This Evening, and the studio version was recorded at Triple X Studios in North Acton in October 1987. The band recorded it for the BBC Two programme Network East, and at the Bazooka in Bonn played it with guitar, bass and vocals only. (Sources: [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4), [A13](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/demo-tape-review/), [Y04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM), [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE), [B01](https://thenewenglish.uk/research/#source-B01), [B02](https://thenewenglish.uk/research/#source-B02), [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987))

- Also written: Get Ready!
- Canonical page: https://thenewenglish.uk/songs/get-ready/

## Versions

- **Album version** (Studio, 03:00). Track 1 of London 1987. Listen: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/4KPxMmNkwpeZJEHhjpFHPA), [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-ready/1448550541?i=1448550544), [Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/track/612736622), [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=taH5WxdvXxk). (Sources: [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4))
- **Live in Bonn** (Live, 04:35). Track 10 of London 1987. Recorded live at the Bazooka in Bonn. Listen: [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/track/7MO1KU3e5vn7tFdrWlVEtj), [Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/get-ready-live-in-bonn/1448550541?i=1448550724), [Deezer](https://www.deezer.com/track/612736712), [YouTube Music](https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=yT3s2BzowFQ). (Sources: [B05](https://music.amazon.com.br/albums/B07MHZ48Y4), [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE))
- **Get Ready on the 2001 CDr** (CDr). Track 10 of 15 on the 2001 CDr. (Sources: [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987))
- **Get Ready (Live) on the 2001 CDr** (Live). Track 14 of 15 on the 2001 CDr. (Sources: [B14](https://www.discogs.com/release/25197358-New-English-London-1987))

## Where the archive mentions it

- [Demo review: Get Ready and This Evening](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/demo-tape-review/): The demo review discusses Get Ready as one of the two songs on a tape, likens the vocals to Lloyd Cole, and says the brass sounds obviously synthesised. “show shades of Lloyd Cole” (Sources: [A13](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/demo-tape-review/))

## Videos

- [The New English - Get Ready!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM), 3:02. (Sources: [Y04](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opZEBh10uxM))
- [The New English - Get Ready! (Live)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE), 3:59. (Sources: [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE))

## Gigs

- **17 February 1990**, [Bazooka, Bonn](https://thenewenglish.uk/live/1990-02-17-bazooka/). Documents: [Poster](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/bazooka-poster/). (Sources: [A07](https://thenewenglish.uk/archive/bazooka-poster/), [B02](https://thenewenglish.uk/research/#source-B02), [Y07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRwZiTIubiE))

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## Cite this page

Get Ready. The New English Archive. Last substantive revision 6 November 2026. https://thenewenglish.uk/songs/get-ready/