Had another stroll down 45 memory lane the other day and pulled this plum out of the singles box. You probably all know the a-side “Plain Sailing” from her 1982 student-bedsit classic album A Distant Shore, but it was the other side I loved more. “Goodbye Joe” is a cover of a Monochrome Set song and is a beautiful little gem of a track. Those were the days when you were more likely than not to find such hidden treasure on the other side of a single. We got our money’s worth back then.
I have posted this track before but I think it was long enough ago — eight years! — to warrant doing it again. Another reason is it’s only available on a rather expensive Cherry Red boxset which is a shame. Such beauty shouldn’t be so rare.
Download: Goodbye Joe – Tracey Thorn (mp3)
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You can be forgiven for this repeat. I love this one too.
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Great cover too
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Spooky synchronicity. I was listening earlier today to her “Hands Up To The Ceiling”:
Here is the street and here is the door
Same as it was before
And up the stairs and on the wall
Is Doisneau’s “Kiss” and Terry Hall
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