Still Nothing To Do In A Town Like Leatherhead - Head (3)

...30 years later this is still seriously kicking some ass. It's releases and bands like this that show you just how ahead of their time some of this much really was a song/s that can still grab you and wake you up almost a third of a century after they were written is something to absolutely worship. Hats off to Detour again...  ... more

This is a phenomenal collection of THE HEAD's recordings from 1979 - 1981 including their legendary (and much sought-after) Nothing To Do In a Town Like Leatherhead / University '79 single from 1979 as well as the withdrawn Middle Class Revolution / No Girls For Billy and a whole bunch of lost recordings that have all been digitally remastered and sound fantastic as well as a photo slide show (on the CD version only of course!) that an be viewed on your computer. This is a fantastic package and what an important one too THE HEAD's approach was so interesting because they blended the simplicity, attitude and attack of punk rock with intoxicating MOD melody and power pop catchiness with heavy organ presence and their songs are so addictive it's wild. This is such an important sound and so necessary right now with contemporary bands seemingly unable to write real songs anymore and settling for half-baked crap. We need this more than ever and some 30 years later this is still seriously kicking some ass. It's releases and bands like this that show you just how ahead of their time some of this much really was a song/s that can still grab you and wake you up almost a third of a century after they were written is something to absolutely worship. Hats off to Detour again... 

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