We had a nice trip to Newcastle and Wallsend last week and I picked these up at an actual record shop (not a charity shop).
The Ska-Dows and Clint Eastwood and General Saint records are the only ones I have been able to get to play all the way through. The whole lot only cost £16, a mixture of £5 and £2 prices, so I wasn’t too disappointed. In general I find most records that haven’t only ever been owned by me don’t play that well, which is I why usually only buy CDs.
It had just been in the news that morning that Abdul ‘Duke’ Fakir, the last of the original Four Tops had died, so it seemed appropriate to pick up the Return of the Magnificent Seven.
I loved Another One Bites the Dust when John Peel used to play it and I remember Ska’s on 45 from the radio as well.
Otis sings a version of the Hucklebuck which I hadn’t heard before. No line about being out of luck if you don’t know how to do it, but it is the same tune as the Coast to Coast hit.
Slade Alive! is a lot of fun too. I can see why people love this album even if my copy doesn’t play so well.