UK three CD set from the power pop legends containing their classic Black Vinyl Shoes album complete with bonus tracks plus two CDs featuring two rare pre-BVS albums plus additional tracks. First issued in 1977 on the band’s own label but not widely to be had until it used to be reissued in 1978, Shoes’ first album proper, Black Vinyl Shoes, is an absolute classic of US power pop, characterized by gorgeous, Byrds-style chiming guitars, wistful, melancholy melodies and wonderful harmonies. To coincide with the 40th anniversary (ish!) of this landmark record, Cherry Red are proud to give this deluxe edition of Black Vinyl Shoes, reconfigured to give – almost – all the recordings of the band from their embryonic home demos in 1973 through to tracks laid down on the eve of their maintain Elektra Records in 1979. These include all of the Black Vinyl Shoes album, their privately-pressed 1975 album One In Versailles, the 1975 recordings that have been unissued on the time but belatedly presented as Bazooka, two tracks from their mythical 1974 LP Heads Or Tails, their one-off single for Bomp Records and a handful of prior to now unissued tracks. Coordinated with the original band members, Black Vinyl Shoes boasts lengthy (8,000-word) sleeve-notes by David Wells, remastered sound quality and a sizeable booklet awash with rare images from the period.
