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Powerpop/punk band who self-released a fantastic single which is now impossible
to find. It's as good as anything released on Good Vibrations and is highly
recommended. A CD of Blaze X recordings came out in 2002 which included the full
6-song demo session from which the single was culled. Amazingly, there are
even better songs than the two released on the single. The more often I play
this demo, the better it sounds. Think Moondogs, Tearjerkers and Ramones. Buy
the CD!
Recorded on St.Patrick's Day 1980 at the Scout Hall in Tuam (that's March 17 to you foreign devils). This is a live tape which circulated among fans at the time. It may in fact be their first gig. None of this material was used for the CD. About 17 tracks in all.
Only 500 copies pressed and it's a tough one to find these days. Plans to release the single in time for Christmas were scuppered by the death of John Lennon: Beatles records monopolised the pressing plants for several weeks thereafter. The single was finally collected by the band on December 30th. Most were sold locally and some were sent out as promos -- one of which went to RTE DJ Larry Gogan, who made it his Hit-Pick of the week (though the B-side "Rippy" was banned). Despite this success, the band failed to get on TV and the single was no more copies were pressed.
The crownd noises at the end of "Some Hope" were recorded at
Pope John Paul's rally in Galway in 1979. 'Blackie' is
credited with piano. Cover and label artwork by Jimmy McHugh,
whose brother Mouse McHugh was in Too Much For The Whiteman.
Someone sell me this single ferfugsake...
This CD contains the complete 6-track session recorded at RCF Studios in
Ballybane, Galway on 23 November 1980 that yielded the single, plus 8 live
tracks from the gig recorded at the local Scout Hall in Tuam on 24.1.1981
which yielded the "I Used To Love Her" track on the Saw Doctors single which
(which itself is not included on the CD). A complete tape of this show exists.
Finally, video footage of live performances of "Some Hope" and "Should I?" exists.
Hopefully the next edition of the archive CD will include this material as bonus tracks.
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