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Seconds of Pleasure   LP

(Yep Roc)

Freshly returned is this 1980 cult-favorite that presented rave-ups and gently crooned movements, instilling in its era (and beyond) masterclass lessons in musicianship. Judicious teen cats who'd only recently unearthed dust-blanketed wax sat forward. 

As a combo, Dave Edmunds, Billy Bremner, Nick Lowe, and Terry Williams were celebrated for ripping up stages as they blasted rousers accessible to all hip ears. (And their gifts had helped Edmunds's 1979 Repeat When Necessary [Swan Song] become the treasure-chest it was.)

It was to the day's New Wave fashion-sense that the four cleverly tailored Pub Rock, Rockabilly, and Power Pop inclinations into party-time finery. Seconds of Pleasure was and remains a delight for discriminating turntables.

Yep Roc's LP rerelease includes a 7" 4-track titled Nick Lowe and Dave Edmunds Sing the Everly Brothers. A scant 1000 yellow vinyl copies of this LP were pressed. Haste is counseled. 

Recommended: "Teacher Teacher," "If Sugar Was As sweet As You," "Heart," "Now and Always," "A Knife and a Fork," "Play That Fast Thing (One More Time)," "Oh, What a Thrill," "When I Write the Book," "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine," "Take a Message To Mary," "Crying In the Rain," "Poor Jenny," "When Will I Be Loved?"

Videos: "You Ain't Nothin' But Fine"  "Heart" "Take a Message To Mary"

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