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

 
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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.




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