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Tuesday 30 April 2019

Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!


As  I  said yesterday our trip to St Andrews was yielding meagre pickings from the many charity shops there.
However that all changed in the British Heart Foundation when I checked the vinyl section after Mrs CC had picked up Ennio Morriconne.
I was expecting the usual rubbish - Jim Reeves, James Last and such like and while they were all there I struck gold.
I came away with seven albums all for 99p and all in very good condition.
I thought about listing them here but then decided that I would pad it out and drip feed you with snippets over the next few weeks.
From 1978 Q: Are We Not Men? A: No We Are Devo the  debut album by the band Devo was pretty much the newest of them all and the only one from that genre (if Devo could be described as having a genre). Here are the two singles from the album which most of you will already be familiar with.



You may well be surprised with some of the other albums purchased!



Devo - Satisfaction (I Can't Get Me No)

Devo - Jocko Homo

8 comments:

  1. 99p for this LP is a very very good result.

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  2. Was this one of them?

    http://claddaghrecords.com/index.php/derek-bell-plays-with-himself.html

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    1. I am currently playing one of the tracks. Given the title it is not what I was expecting........

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    2. Sadly (or maybe thankfully) not

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    3. Careful what you wish for Ernie Goggins. I once watched Eric Bell play with Van Morrison from the side of stage at Riverside Theatre in Coleraine. Eric's caressing fingers ran up and down his instrument... delivering light touches, glissandos and some real pounding when it was required.

      https://youtu.be/6IuNJuTxtYU?t=46m15s

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  3. As the owner of a 6lp box set of Jim Reeves songs I am quite upset that you categorise him as rubbish.

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    1. Given I also have acouple of his albums I should maybe have chosen my words more carefully. He is certainly omnipresent in charity shops

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