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| From | "Patrick Beckers" <patriczik@home.nl> |
| Subject | Re: Shake Some Action - Too Few Women In Power Pop, Gadzooks! |
| Date | Fri, 4 Jan 2008 08:22:48 +0100 |
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> I'm surprised that so few people have ever heard the Expressos album
> (pardon me, I spelled it
> wrong the first time--it is "ss"), especially considering the glowing
> review it got in the Trouser
> Press guide, which is why I sought it out in the first place.
>
> Unfortunately the album has never been reissued on CD, and the original LP
> is very hard to find
> despite being on a major UK label (WEA.) No US release, which is probably
> why so few know
> it. It was released in the UK in 1983.
>
> Anyway, I encourage you all to check it out--it's as perfect a pop album
> as I have ever heard,
> one of the very few from my youth that sounds as good today as it did
> then.
I tried to do just that and came across a MySpace page:
http://www.myspace.com/theexpressos
Patrick Beckers
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