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Title: Girls talked, they said, " No"
Review: Name the first toe-dip into the '70's New Wave pool.Wrong! It was Dave Edmunds! with his slowed down hard hitting 1973 hit cover of "I Hear You Knocking". Not on this CD. Maybe his version of "Sabre Dance" not on this CD, either.The England Pub Rock of the early mid '70s scooted Dave into bunches of bands, most importantly a friendship with Nick Lowe a love of '50's American Rock and Roll and a desire to put in a contempory hurray!This Cd has what is probably the first example of a top 40 '70s New Wave hit, "Girl's Talk", written by Elvis Costello, produced by soon to be band member Nick Lowe.The rest of the CD is a nice reminder of LP fun, but hardly the example of Dave at his best. This CD is for only those who want a half smile not a full grin
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