Soho Roses – Whatever Happened To ...

Soho Roses

Whatever Happened To ...
Trash Can Records TWAT001

£4.45 + £2.99 p&p
Filed between Patti Smith ‘Easter’ and Bruce Springsteen ‘Born To Run’

Frequently referenced over on Glamrock Aftershock (probably only second to Gunfire Dance), Soho Roses were the band we modelled our own outfit, the Rockit Dolls, on. Indeed as a nod to this EP's closing track 'Crazy 'Bout Me', we wrote 'I Love Me (Who Do You Love?)'.

The sleeve is pure class, Paul Blitz reclining with a bottle of Thunderbird in his varnished grasp - two more bottles lay strewn on the floor along with a can of Shockwaves Hard Rock hairspray (seriously, nothing else worked as well before CFCs were banned in aerosols), a full ashtray, party ribbons and a book on Marilyn Monroe.

The band's second release, 'So Alone' (the first record of theirs I heard) was their finest song, but this EP is a valued (re)addition to the collection.

John Lennon – The John Lennon Collection

John Lennon

The John Lennon Collection

EMI EMTV 37

50p

Filed between John Lennon ‘Shaved Fish’ and John Lennon and Yoko Ono ‘Milk And Honey’

A popular game in our house is to hold up certain pictures of John Lennon and ask our two year old daughter who it is. More often than not she will say 'daddy'. This worked with the inner sleeve photo. 50p well spent for that reason alone.