Friday, September 2, 2011

Pete Stride and John Plain - Laugh at Me 7'' (1980)

 
Roberto's Rarities:
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irregular MRML series powered by the wild generosity of our reader, Roberto: Enjoy and don't forget to leave our benefactor a thank-you comment.

A joining together of Pete Stride from The Lurkers' and John Plain of The Boys led to the highly enjoyable 1980 album New Guitar in Town (which can be found over at the delectable PowerPopCriminals). One of the highlights of the album is the cover of Sonny Bono's "Laugh At Me" that was released as the album's sole single.


The spiffy bonus here is the extremely rare non-album B-side, "Jimmy Brown", which sounds a bit like the Ramones covering a Bruce Springsteen outtake.




Let us know what you think of the work of Stride & Plain in the COMMENTS section (where the Laugh at Me 7''link can be found).

Update: for another Boys-related version of "Jimmy Brown" go HERE.

11 comments:

  1. HEY THIS

    IS COOL.

    A REAL

    RARITY.

    A TREAT

    FOR LURKERS

    AND BOYS

    FANS ALIKE.

    THAT SAID,

    IT'S TIME

    TO COUGH

    UP SOME

    COMMENTS, PEOPLE.

    AFTER ALL,

    YOU DO

    WANT TO

    ENCOURAGE ROBERTO

    AND I

    TO CARRY

    ON THIS

    MIGHTY SERIES

    DON'T YOU


    ????????????


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  2. I love the album that this comes from particularly "He'll have to go".

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  3. Hey Jeffen

    Gee, I had forgotten about that album!A good album.Nice to see Angelo still has an active link.Recommended.

    Doug

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  4. Brilliant post Roberto. You are the main man of the moment! You must be encouraged to continue this great series!

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  5. oops mis-information was posted above

    "Jimmy Brown" is a great track & was also available as the b-side to

    "Ruby" by LIP SERVICE on Zonophone records (Gary Holton and Casino Steel - I think!) - maybe i should post this

    & "still unbeatable records" released the boys version

    http://www.still-unbeatable-records.de/releases

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  6. Hey folks, thanks for coughing up the comments big time.
    Roberto (and me!) were happy that this one hit home - especially with some some of my Blogger-pals - thanks guys!

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