RIPTIDES 7" 45 77 SUNSET STRIP RARE INDIE PUNK ABLE LABEL GO BETWEENS
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THE RIPTIDES 77 SUNSET STRIP EP 7" 45RPM Vinyl Record 77 SUNSET STRIP b/w MAGIC CASTLE RULES OF LOVE Australia. 1978. Able label. AB004 ~~~~~
Exceptionally rare Australian indie/punk indie EP.
Being a Brisbanite, I grew up with this and hope it goes to a good home where it's appreciated as much as I have for the past 20 or so years.
Only 2000 of these made. See info below I found via google.
CONDITION VINYL is VG, plays VG+ (Shows sleeve marks. Decent gloss. After bit of leader noise but plays clean and bright with no play/needle wear). LABELS are VG (Some marks/writing - see pics) SLEEVE is VG (No seam splits or writing. shows general suraface wear - see pics)
Where it all began, recorded in Brisbane and released on the Go-Betweens Able Label. I can remember hearing in the early 80's that ZZZ had to keep their copy under lock and key as copies were selling for $100. The song 77 Sunset Strip is
a classic Brisbane song, how is it bands write such perfect pop songs right at the beginning of their career's. A bit more riptide history from ganggajang.com
The Riptides formed in 1977 as The Grudge. The band emerged from the Architecture Department of the University of Queensland. In 1978, The Grudge
changed names to, firstly, The Neon Steal and then The Numbers. The Numbers were part of the burgeoning Brisbane punk/new wave scene which also gave rise to
The Leftovers, The Apartments, The Go-Betweens The Survivors, Razar, The Humans and The X-Men.
In September 1978, The Numbers issued the rare `Sunset Strip' EP (500 copies) on The Go-Betweens' Able label. The tracks `Sunset Strip', `Magic Castle' and `Rules of Love' were punchy and energetic and featured a brilliant, English-flavoured 1960s-inspired pop sound. In early 1979, Robert Vickers left The Numbers. He traveled to New York where he joined The Colors; in 1983, he joined The Go-Betweens. Mark Callaghan switched to bass, and The Numbers became The Riptides (in order to avoid confusion with a Sydney band also called The Numbers). The band remixed the `Sunset Strip' EP and reissued it in July 1979,credited to The Riptides
(in a pressing of 2000 copies).
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