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| Artist: The Pop Group Title: Y Date: 1979 Label: Radarscope Records RAD 20 Sleeve: Rich Beale, Malcolm Garrett Photos: Donald McCullin/Sunday Times
Notes: It was 1979 and the forefront of the punk wave was upon us. I was looking through the impot bins at a local record shop and saw the Rickenbacker guitar on the cover and thought I'd found another mod group like The Jam. Took the record home, played it and it scared the shit out of me. "What the hell is this all about?" I thought. Put that sucker away for nigh on 20 years and it ended up back on the rotation pile next to the turntable. I've played it regularly since then. With today's ears I hear severe political punk with some interesting jazz highlights or leanings. And I like it. The cover art is apt to give the young'uns a few nightmares I'd recon. Not a hppy record by any means, but one that I've grown to understand over time and it still appears relevant to me today.
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