Is it true that Young Marble Giants recorded a reunion single in 1987?
No. This is perhaps the biggest YMG urban myth. Stuart Moxham dispelled this rumor in an interview with author Richie Unterberger: RU: Did you do a reunion single in 1987, as one book says you did? SM: No, there wasn’t. I don’t know where that came up. I’ve seen that in books and things. It must have been a misunderstanding somewhere or other. What happened is they’ve looked in other books, and just taken the information out without checking. From what I remember reading somewhere about it, it said–something to do with the French? There was a time–it was a complete misunderstanding. I was going to do a track called “It Took You,” which is something I did myself. It’s on an album I did in 1992. Have there been any other attempts at a YMG reunion? Stuart has, over the years, informally tried to reassemble all three members in the studio — if not as YMG, then for one-off projects. The Gist’s “Clean Bridges” features Alison on vocals, Phil on bass and Stuart on guitar. They have attempt
