Alan Brown left the band in 1984 to focus on his singing and bass-playing in bIG*fLAME. With singles regularly in the Indie single chart and a top 5 indie album, Rumble, Inca Babies soon began to find an audience abroad. Tours of Mainland Europe included Germany, Holland, Belgium, France, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Austria and all of Scandinavia.Three further albums (This Train, Opium Den and Evil Hour) and six more singles were released in the period up to 1988,with guitarist Harry Stafford taking over on vocals.
All releases up to 1988 are analysed in great detail here on the Isolation website, and conclude the first incarnation of Inca Babies 1982 – 1988.