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So for this post whipping through a few musical styles of my youth with a band that I caught back at the time on 'The Tube' on Channel 4 and also 'No.73', but didn't really follow any further, perhaps more because I didn't appreciate their sound at the time however, their political stance was certainly welcomed. At the time this band were formed and active Britain was a 'bit of a mess' (nothing changes really!😞). There was high unemployment, the…

There doesn't seem to be anyone around... An oldie, originally done by Tommy James and the Shondells back in 1967 and been covered more times than a Plasterer's Trowel. It was released by Lene Lovich on the independent 'Stiff Records' label in 1978 as catalogue no. 'BUY32', the B Side to the single called 'Lucky Number' was probably better known and was re-released as an A Side by Stiff in 1979, it hit #3 in the UK Singles Chart of…