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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

109. Virginia Plain by Roxy Music 1972



1972 and 73. Glam was really starting to happen and each copy of NME I bought had top twenties full of songs I'd never heard of and some I wouldn't get to hear for many years. I didn't get to hear Virginia Plain for a long time after I started loving Roxy Music. Although the cover of the first album was brilliant I was too infatuated by Bowie to take notice. But with "For Your Pleasure" their second album  I was well and truly hooked. I tracked down the first album on import but Virginia Plain wasn't on it. (Later releases would add it). My best mate at the time Pete J was an avid music fan. he got me into the import shops at Monash and Melbourne Unis. And the import was a gatefold.

Roxy Music was very glamourous. I loved the sleeves of the album. The first four album sleeves are burned into my memory. I wanted to be a part of Roxy world.When I finally got round to hearing the single it was just magic. It still holds it's power now. As for all those singles I missed out on back in the early 70s. Most were rubbish. Some were classics that Australian radio ignored. But I kinda miss all that searching for records I did until the advent of Napster I guess. Now a song is a click away. So the hunt is on for the obscure. And the b-side "The Numberer". I wonder how long it would take for me to hear that.  Found it on the internet and started listening to it in less than 30 seconds. What a world!


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