Apr 13, 2024
Shop Assistants at the Room At The Top Club, Chalk Farm London, 1985.
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Shop Assistants at the Room At The Top Club, Chalk Farm London, 1985.
Shop Assistants - Switzerland
Song by David Keegan Performed by The Pastels Artwork by Annabel Wright
Brian Superstar with David Keegan (Shop Assistants) on drums for The Pastels, 1983/84.
The new remastered and expanded release of Will Anything Happen is something of a revelation, it proper chimes and rings and squeals and pops and sings and rumbledethumps along, it's fab, it's gear, it's a solid gold happening and ginchy ginchy goo, for real.
When it was released originally way back when, I remember feeling somehow disappointed, it just didn't seem quite as vital as the Shopping Parade EP or Safety Net 45 that preceded it.
But v'kids all loved it apparently, so I'd perservere, it was still the Shoppies after all, I'd pop it on every so often, wondering why I wasn't quite feeling it like I wanted to feel it... I never gave up on it, I have previously owned at least two reissues and I got this one on a whim- expectations middling, I'll admit- the extras seemed worth the price of admission, I'd have another go on it.
And... the whole thing is just fantastic, the stars aligned or something, I feel like I'm hearing all the magnificence that previously eluded me. It's brilliant! You probably knew that already.
Highly recommended for those of you that appreciate that kind of thing.
Shop Assistants - I Don’t Wanna Be Friends With You
Shop Assistants - It's Up To You
Shop Assistants - Looking Back
