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From: ebm@ingres.ARPA (Grady Toss)
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Subject: Re: Squeeze review  WARNING: Long
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Date: Sat, 14-Dec-85 01:40:24 EST
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I saw virtually the same show here in Berkeley that David Arnold saw...
the same transitions, and a large amount of material from their new LP
(which they kept reminding us was out).  The same 4 part audience version
of ``Black Coffee in Bed'', the same boogie woogie piano solo from Jools
Holland (doing his B. Bumble and the Stingers cover)...

I was very disappointed that they didn't play any of their *really* old
material--from their John Cale produced debut album, ``U.K. Squeeze''
(later reissued as ``Squeeze'' after problems with the band ``U.K.'').

I like some of Squeeze's later material, but it had much more of a
tendency to get really sappy than their early releases.  I guess I shouldn't
have been surprised that their "oldies" were concentrated on that period
of time that they broke into commercial radio (``Sweets From A Stranger'').

Still, as David said, a good show.

... gt