The Plimsouls played melodic sixties mod pop with punk aggression, Peter Case’s grazed white soul vocals and Eddie Munoz’ plangent guitars bleeding through the surface noise and cheerleader air-punch rhythms.
This 1983 live recording, the group in explosive form after their second album, betters their studio output in terms of sheer energy and reveals The Plimsouls as one of the great lost groups.
A cover of Moby Grape’s Fall On You holds on to the hippy harmonies whilst serrating them with nerve shredding guitars at white knuckle velocity.
I’m sorry, but they don’t make them like this anymore.
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Al Murray, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Peter Ould, Twitter
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Keilloh, Twitter
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Mrdavisn01, Twitter
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Leach Juice, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Brighton Argus
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Tin Frog, Twitter