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From: colm@MATHCS.EMORY.EDU (Colm Mulcahy)
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Subject: Re: Kirsty MacColl
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Date: 24 Feb 90 16:48:36 GMT
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In article <11900.9002241446@r5.cs.man.ac.uk> stevew@mushroom.COMputer-science.manchester.ac.UK (Steve Wallis) writes:
>Nice to see Colm Mulcahy's article on Kirsty MacColl.  I've quite liked her
>since _A_New_England_ but her new stuff is really good.  May I add a little
>more information...
>
>She released another album imaginatively titled "Kirsty MacColl" in 1985.  It

no, no, no - POLYDOR released this album in the UK to cash in on the interest 
generated by A New England.    She was bored Stiff with it by then :-)

>consisted of ten tracks from "Desperate Character" plus three more (_Annie_,

they left off the best track: Mexican Sofa ....

>_Roman_Gardens_ and _Berlin_).  A strange but interesting fact is that she

Berlin had been a single in 1983 or so.  The other two new songs may have been
its B-sides (there was a 12").  While decent enough cuts, they cetairnly don't
belong jumbled up wth the harder edged Desparate Characters tracks. 

>sings _There's_A_Guy_Down_The_Chip_Shop_Swears_He's_Elvis_ twice as fast on
>the album than the single.

hold on: the original album had BOTH the fast and slow versions.  the reissue
dropped one - the slow one I think.  

If you're from Manchester you'll know about Kirsty's work with both Marr & 
Morrisey ....... and may be interested in the "new" Clive Gregson & Christine
Collister release.


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