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Subject: Re: Hall of Fame, XTC, Pussy Galore, Steeleye Span, etc.
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Date: Sat, 24-Jan-87 05:13:30 EST
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Really-From: trent@csvax.caltech.edu (Ray Trent)

In article <8701240408.AA01645@EDDIE.MIT.EDU> you write:
>On the flip side of a new XTC single (perhaps it was from "Earn Enough
>for Us" but I don't recall the A side) is a song called "Dear God". I
>don't think that this track is on the album but it is incredible.  If
>you have bought the album, and (therefore) not the single, run out and
>get it right away.

The single is the 12" import "Grass". I agree that this is an incredible
song. The music is perhaps not amazingly *innovative*, but the lyrics
are good and *very* powerfully sung. My first reaction when I heard this
song was roughly: "Wow, the Stairway to Heaven of the 80s"

If you're in the LA area...good luck finding a copy, though. The 12" is
usually incredibly expensive, even if you can find it. (~5.75-6.50)
When I finally found a copy and bought it, I went back the next day to
exchange it because it had two labels on one of the sides, and they had
sold the ~25 copies they had the day before. (not a big chain store, either)
-- 
"...always begins with a single step."
					../ray\..
 (trent@csvax.caltech.edu, rat@caltech.bitnet, ...seismo!cit-vax!trent)