1979 Blackpool England. Second day of my holiday and first mission was to find this single. I knew it well and loved it but the record collector in me wanted the original ep it came on. I started exploring the record shops and found shops loaded with goodies. Thousands of singles I had only read about. Picture sleeves. I spent hours going through the vinyl. I had to keep sending my girlfriend off to shop for clothes while I looked and looked. And there were plenty of shops like this over Blackpool. Posters of The Clash and Elvis Costello on the wall advertising gigs bus rides away.
I used to love browsing through the vinyl in record shops. A day out could be just looking for that rare piece of vinyl. Even with the coming of CDs it was still fun to pop down to the CD store to look for something new. In my head I would carry a wish list. Nowadays we have access to even the rarest of albums but it’s not that much fun anymore. You no longer claim a prize (opening the bag and playing the record)
I loved The Undertones and in interviews I would often push comparing Little Murders to them. They had a run of brilliant singles. This was only the first.
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