>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?

Well, the music is from 2000, 2001 and 2002 if I'm not mistaken, but since
the record was released here in Holland in February and since the latest
edition of Q magazine carries a (three star) review of the album, we might
see it as a 2003 release. I will put it in  my top 10 at the end of 2003 no
matter what.

My copy came in a regular jewel-box, but the artwork was green as well and
the inside of the frontcover was blank.

Patrick Beckers


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Bash" <bashpop@earthlink.net>
To: "Audities" <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: The 45s


> --- 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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