And another!   Reading this thread the past couple of days caused me to bust 
out The Great Puzzle and Demo-itis last night.  Demo-it is was my first 
Jules album after I saw his co-writing credit on a couple of other artists' 
records I really enjoyed (The Bangles and Tommy Keene), and I think the 
semi-raw production has aged well.   I will need to look into finding The 
Eternal Return.  As other posters have noted, Jules is also a very good live 
performer (his guitar playing has a certain minimalist quality to it).

On a semi-related note, 'Til Tuesday's Everything's Different Now is one of 
my all-time favorite albums-- due in no small part to what Jules contributed 
to the record, both directly (and, I am sure, indirectly).

Ron K.

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From: <cloudeleven@ca.rr.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 1:35 PM
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Cc: <audities-owner@smoe.org>
Subject: Jules Shear

> I'm in the middle of a Shear-fest myself. Was always a fan of Jules and 
> the Polar Bears, and when I got the CD's recently, it opened up the 
> floodgates. Always a Rundgren fan, I had to find Watch Dog on CD, but to 
> no avail. I found the vinyl (along with The Eternal Return and The Funky 
> Kings, both unavailable on a US CD)and transfered them to digital. Watch 
> Dog is fantastic - "The Longest Drink" has got to be my favorite unheard 
> song I've discovered in a long time. It sounds like A perfect combo of 
> Todd, Brian Wilson and Jules. The Eternal Return is pretty great too, 
> although the production suffers a bit from Eighties-itis, but the songs 
> are brilliant. Always dug the Reckless Sleepers (saw them live at Club 
> Lingerie in Hollywood in 1988) and was happy to finally get it on CD. I'm 
> starting to collect all of the other solo albums now, really loving The 
> Great Puzzle and Healing Bones. I didn't connect much with The Third Party 
> though, a little too stripped down for my taste and !
> the songs aren't as good as his other releases. Just got Sayin' Hello To 
> The Folks (the covers album) and I'm looking forward to hearing that.
>
> Jules Rules!
>
> Rick Gallego
>
>