Title: INTELLIGENT EARLY PUNK
Review: This album is a good showcase of early Banshees only but of course not representative of their full career which started moving in different directions after the release of this compilation. Hong Kong Garden which burst onto the UK charts in 1978 still sounds unique and special after all these years while the other early hits have lost none of their icy appeal. I would have included some additional songs for a Best Of covering their early days, like "Mother/Oh Mein Papa' from Join Hands and perhaps "Jigsaw Feeling' from The Scream. In conclusion, Once Upon A Time is a window on the more "elegant" and certainly more intelligent side of UK punk rock.
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