Oh this is a good one. Some of my most favorite of CDs/music come from my "formative" period and this is one of those. A long time back (no not in 1977, more like 1984/5 I think) I had to resit my French O-level and my French teacher gave me and another lad (also resitting) some additional lessons at his house on Sunday afternoons. It must have worked because I passed it second time around! Anyhow, the relationship during these additional tutorials was more akin to college tutorials than school pupil/teacher stuff, and about half way through our stint Mr B brought this album out and lent it to me. I loved it and had it on a C-90 tape (with some MSG on the other side methinks) and played it to death. Since then the tapes obviously died, but I decided to get this on CD. And here it is.
It's a less would be more CD, because the original album is blindingly brief, so they've packed it with another 9 tracks that I could have done without. But the main course (tracks 1 - 9) are truly amazing.
Eddie... is a classic 1970's punk band with rock tendencies. They've got about three riffs and three different speeds. But some how manage to make each of the tracks refreshingly unique. The three tracks of real note are "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (a real fist raiser), "Life on the Line" (bit of an anthum about drugs) and "Beginning of the End" (sort of an angry young man at the world song). But the whole thing is just awesome. And if you compare it to some of todays "punk/rock" bands that should still be on the pub circuit - this one just blows them all away.
Oh, yes, it's very summery to! Put it in the car, crank up the sterio and let's rock...
