Actually, I believe it was recorded in England in '78 and released in 
'79.   I also clearly remember hearing it for the first time at Keystone 
Berkely right after their return from England.

Marty

Bruce Brodeen wrote:

>Hey Damian...
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>No, the song was available at least by 1976, late in the year probably....
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>I bought a Beserkely Records 7" sampler around then via mail order and this
>was a 7" of the song was in there along w/ Greg Kihn and others.  Fun little
>package, which I still have.
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>It caused a bit of buzz to the kind of folks who were reading, say, Bomp and
>Trouser Press, at the time, as well.
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>Peace,
>Bruce
>@ Not Lame
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>>From: <audities-owner@smoe.org>
>>Reply-To: <audities@smoe.org>
>>Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:00:24 -0400
>>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>>Subject: audities-digest V5 #461 (9 msgs)
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>>This is a historical inaccuracy, right?  The miniseries is set in 1977, and
>>the song wasn't released until 1979.
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