GO-BETWEENS Very Quick On The Eye Brisbane 1981 LP MAN MADE 1985 AUS orig MM008
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THIS IS THE AUSSIE ORIGINAL PRESSING on MAN MADE label. SINGLE COVER. The cover is in VG+ condition: normal wear and without any major deterioration but surface ringwear to clean, mild creases on right corners (especially on top), ; please for details see photos (with and without flashlight). The vinyl is in EX/NEAR MINT condition (played twice) and plays wonderfully.
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THE GO-BETWEENS
ROBERT FORSTER, GRANT McLENNAN, LINDY MORRISON
Critically acclaimed Australian indie band whose literate pop songs and sparkling guitars evoked influences from Bob Dylan to the Velvet Underground. The Go-Betweens were perhaps the quintessential cult band of the '80s: they came from an exotic locale (Brisbane, Australia), moved to a major recording center (in their case, London) in a sustained bid to make a career out of music, released album after album of music seemingly tailor-made for the radio in spite of their having little use for contemporary Top 40 musical/lyrical formulas, and earned considerable critical praise and a small but fervent international fan base. Although the Go-Betweens were absent throughout the '90s before re-forming in the new millennium, both of the band's songwriters embarked on respectable solo careers in the interim and, while rarely reaching the heights the Go-Betweens scaled, they still managed to uphold the group's legacy.
"VERY QUICK ON THE EYES = BRISBANE, 1985"
tracklisting
Side A: SUNDAY NIGHT - ONE WORD - IF ONE THING CAN HOLD US - HOPE - IT TOOK YOU A WEEK
Side B: RIDE - ARROW IN A BOY - THE CLOWNS ARE IN TOWN - SERENADE SOUND - CARELESS
1986 LP MAN MADE RECORDS MM008 MADE IN AUSTRALIA ORIGINAL PRESSING SINGLE COVER
NOTES: Recorded in Brisbane at Queensland Recording Studio early 1981 as demos for Send Me A Lullaby. Released under license from Missing Link Records. The LP was licensed and issued without the band's approval.
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Label Code: none
LABEL: MAN MADE - WHITE LABEL w/RED LOGO & TEXT
Catalog on cover: none
Catalog on labels: MM008
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): G B DEMO-A F.H.
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): G B DEMO-B F H.
On labels: rim text "All Rights.......Reserved" "Unauthorised.......Prohibited" "Manufactured and Distributed in Australia"
On Back Sleeve: Tracklist & Credits
Notes by Robert Forster. 1981
Under License from Missing Link Records
grading
RECORD EX/NEAR MINT but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Positioned between '78 Till '79 and Send Me a Lullaby, Very Quick on the Eye, a semi-official album which has never been formally re-released, is a listenable curio from the band's archives. Lindy Morrison had joined at this point, and the ten songs were indeed cut as demos in 1981 for Send Me a Lullaby, recorded and released later that year. Several tracks later reappeared on that album, but others were left in the vault, and the overall result is a quick, rough snapshot of a band still getting it together, but already demonstrating a precocious talent. Both McLennan and Forster are in fine voice, generally calm and gentle. The tendencies of the early band toward the edgier side of things like Pere Ubu aren't completely in immediate evidence here, though Forster does occasionally peel off some nicely trebly solos while arrangements reflect some new wave stiffness, as the take on "Arrow in a Bow" shows. Anytime the trio seems to be on the verge of suddenly becoming the Gang of Four or the like, though (and McLennan's bass playing definitely smacks of Dave Allen's stripped-down funk at points), it's the emotional, lovely singing which transforms it, just enough. Once or twice, though, it can be more petulant -- "It Took You a Week" doesn't sound like a bit of emotional despair as it does a bit of snottiness. Those familiar with Send Me will find the earlier takes of familiar songs enjoyable -- "If One Thing Can Hold Us" is neatly balanced between fragility and sudden brisk work on the chorus, and the de-emphasis of vocals in the mix actually works like a charm. Morrison's drum abilities, always a deeply underrated part of the band's appeal, fit hand in glove with the arrangements -- nothing fancy, just a bit of flair here and there for fun...(AllMusic)
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