*Wow, that's some serious synchronicity. I was just given a copy of a compilation of Chris Rainbow's work by a friend and I had the exact same response you did. 

Chris Rainbow's music , like the Left Banke, is far too good to be out of print and demanding those ridiculous prices on e-bay.

I'd highly recommend going to that blog and sampling Chris Rainbow's music if Joe's description interests you at all. (Thanks Joe for that link, I wanted to dig a bit deeper into his albums.)


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From: J&J Giddings <jandjgiddings@mindspring.com> 

> At first listen I was worried about some worse than Air Supply-like band. 
> Then I heard "Solid State Brain" from his 1978 "Looking Over My SHoulder". lp 
> and thought: "I found the missing link between the Beatles, Pilot, and Klaatu!" 
> Then I heard "Dansette". This is on par with Queen and Jellyfish regarding 
> harmonies. 
> Thanks to this cat with a blog from the UK I've heard many things that were lost 
> in the shuffle of popdom. 
> wirelessradio.blogspot.com 
> Check out the reconstructions of UK and USA versions of many K-Tel albums. Some 
> of you have mentioned K-Tel recently so just look through his archives. It's 
> probably there. 
> later,joe 
> www.myspace.com/joegiddingspage 
> 
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