Summer officially arrived last week which is a good excuse to dig this old chestnut out. One of my favourite records from the famous “punk” summer of 1977 wasn’t “White Riot” or “God Save The Queen” but, I’m afraid to say (I’m not really), the sugary sweet “Oh Lori” by Alessi. It always reminds me of a camping trip our school took us on that summer which was memorable because we got to see our sexy young English teacher Miss Cowan in a bikini. Though we also discovered on the trip that she was having it off with our Maths teacher Mr. “Ziggy” Zbigniew which made him go right up in our estimation.

This was on the radio a lot that summer along with “Telephone Line” by ELO and “Peaches” by The Stranglers but with it’s breezy, sunny vibe this one sounds most like the soundtrack to a carefree teenage summer — though I spent a large part of that camping trip avoiding school bully Ian Smith who wanted to beat me up for some reason, so it wasn’t all that carefree. Wonder what that chubby twat is up to now. More importantly, I wonder what Miss Cowan is up to now.

Download: Oh Lori – Alessi (mp3)