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| From | "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net> |
| Subject | Re: The 45s |
| Date | Tue, 8 Apr 2003 18:49:31 -0700 |
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--- In audities@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Beckers" <patriczik@w...> wrote:
> For those of you who like pure and melodic, power pop, I can recommend to
> check out an album by a band called The 45s. Their album is one of the
best
> releases I have heard in a long time. Their sound is based on the Sixties
> (Beatles, Who, Kinks), with flashes of contemporary artists like Owsley,
> Phantom Planet and others.
> The funny thing about this release is, that it isn't a 'real' release. In
> fact, the band (from Austin, Texas) doesn't even exist anymore. The CD
> contains 11 tracks that were supposed for an album release on Mercury, but
> except for two singles, nothing else was released. One of the their
members
> (and main songwriter) Matt Hales went on to a solo career and released an
> album as Aqualung at the end of last year.
>
> Anyway, I can only recommend this album (and I know some of you on this
list
> will LOVE it), though it will be very hard to get. Fortunately, a
> distribution company in Holland (Bertus) picked it up, so I was able to
get
> my copy, even though I still had to wait four weeks for it. But, according
> to a web site from the UK dedicated to the now defunct band, the CD can be
> ordered online.
>
> Go here to find some info about the album:
> http://www.the45s.co.uk/news.shtml
>
> Or here to hear some samples:
>
http://www.the45s.co.uk/cgi-bin/imagefolio/imageFolio.cgi?direct=Downloads/M
> P3s
>
> Patrick Beckers
Hey Patrick,
I just got this today and yes, it's really good! Your description is
spot-on! Auditeers, a lot of you will really like this! It's really too
bad these guys broke up.
The question is: in what year is this album "released"? Should it count as
a 2003? Also, my copy came in a flat green cardboard sleeve. Is that how
yours came, or is yours a jewel-box?
--
Pop Rules!!!!!
Take Care,
David (N.P. The batch that came in today's mail: The Effection, The Chains,
and The 45s. The best trifecta I've received in one day for quite a long
time!)
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