THE CUBAN HEELS - Downtown - JY1 - RARE PUNK 7"
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Description
The Cuban Heels. Downtown / Smok Walk.
Housewives Choice JY1. 1978.
Picture Sleeve. A real rarity, this does not appear very often. See story below.
However, the Simple Mind's official web site is uncertain if this is how it went down. A gig advert on the site of the apollo from July of 1977 lists The Cuban Heels and The Self Abusers as performers. No one's sure why the members of the latter band were using their former moniker and not their new one, Simple Minds. A head-scratcher, indeed.
The group released this single on Steve Mackie’s Housewive's Choice label in 1978. It’s a thorny version of Petula Clark's 1964 crossover hit of the same name. An album entitled, Work Our Way To Heaven followed soon after, before The Cuban Heels faded into obscurity.
Condition-
Vinyl: Near Mint
Sleeve: EX (A slight bit of ring wear some scuffing on the edges)
Label: EX - M
Inserts: n/a
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