I Bought It 'cause It Sounded Good...
Of course... I could have bought it because it looked really cool, too. I'm not sure which mattered most to A&M Records in 1980. Thankfully, it was a really good record!
This was the first album I had ever seen with a Laser Etched Image Etched into it by a Laser. The idea of an Image being Etched into Anything by a Laser in 1980 was Pretty Wild. The idea of a Vinyl Record Album (which we had been taught to keep safe from scratches) being Scratched to Pieces by a Laser and Still Playing was... Well... Astounding!!! I mean... We weren't even supposed to touch the surface of these things with our greasy little fingertips, for Pete's sake!!!
I searched all over this thing we call The Internet and found this picture, along with a whole bunch of info about the band and this album at: http://www.thelogbook.com/disc/enz/
Allow me to state at this point that I will forever refer you to those who have actually searched and researched the information instead of claiming to have it myself. Them other guys are lots smarter than I am. I have more records than they do, though, so we make a good team.
What I do know about this band is this. For one: Enz is the technical term for the Reservoir at the tip end of a Condom. That being said, the name Split Enz had a good bit in common with The Lovin' Spoonful and 10cc. For two: They were from Australia and were led, by this point anyway, by The Finn Brothers. The Finn Brothers, of course, ended up being The Crowded House Guy (Neil) and That Other Finn Guy (Tim). The band was, actually, composed of a number of tremendously talented individuals, all of whom contributed to the group's interesting-yet-accessible sound. This is one of several great records by a really great band. It was pretty cool lookin', too.
- I Got You
- Shark Attack
- What's the Matter with You
- Double Happy
- I Wouldn't Dream of It
- I Hope I Never
- Nobody Takes Me Seriously
- Missing Person
- Poor Boy
- How Can I Resist Her
- The Choral Sea
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Great album. I still have this on the vinyl.
HAs some of their best work on it: I Hope I Never, I Got You and Poor Boy.
Niiiice.
good stuff man, thanks~!
i have to admit as a wee lad i thought 'i got you' was by joe jackson. it's weird how adolescent minds work.
You also might want to look for another laser etched vinyl album. 'Paradise Theater' by Styx.
Ooh, yeah! I'd forgotten that that record was all etched up!
Actually, there was a quick little spurt of Laser Etched releases around the time of this one. Thanks for reminding me of that one, though. I'm gonna go look at it now.
This is a New Zealand band not Austrailian.
thank you for the album - the link is still good !!
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