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Boomtown Rats – The Fine Art Of Surfacing (Vinyl) Original Japanese Pressing
Mercury Records (1979)
$35.00
1979 Japanese First Pressing ~ Complete With Obi! Still In Top Condition! With Inner Sleeve, Lyrics & Insert. “I Don’t Like Mondays”, “Diamond Smiles”…
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Hard To Find Actual 1979 Japanese First Pressing ~ Complete With Highly Collectable Obi Strip! Vinyl & Cover Still In Top Condition! Includes Inner Sleeve With Lyrics In English & Insert With Lyrics In Japanese, Labels Are Clean. The Third Boomtown Rats LP Is Their Most Popular, Featuring “I Don’t Like Mondays”, “Diamond Smiles” & “Someone’s Looking At You”.
Condition – Vinyl: NEAR MINT!
Condition – Cover: EXCELLENT! Light wear.
Japanese vinyl pressings are highly sought after by audiophiles and collectors, due to their premium sound quality and beautifully presented packaging. The sonic quality of Japanese records is regarded as the best in the world. The covers are printed on better quality heavy stock paper. Near Mint condition original Japanese pressings are becoming scarcer ~ and therefore more collectable and valuable every year.
Side 1:
Someone’s Looking At You
Diamond Smiles
Wind Chill Factor (Minus Zero)
Having My Picture Taken
Sleep (Fingers’ Lullaby)
Side 2:
I Don’t Like Mondays
Nothing Happened Today
Keep It Up
Nice ‘N’ Neat
When The Night Comes
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Mercury Records (1979)
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The Fine Art of Surfacing bursts with florid pop genius! Chock-full of new wave charisma and tamed by Bob Geldof's upfront wit, The Fine Art of Surfacing is novel in both its lyrical flair and modern pounce. Made famous by the colorful history of "I Don't Like Mondays," a true story about a 16-year-old girl who shot 11 people without showing any remorse, The Fine Art of Surfacing switches gears from this song's well-crafted harshness to the hectic pace of tracks such as "Nice N' Neat" and "Sleep," among others. "Diamond Smiles" jaunts along on a hiccup-like rhythm, while "Keep It Up" is downright frantic. "Someone's Looking at You" basks in a certain type of smug paranoia, and songs like "Having My Picture Taken" and "Nothing Happened Today" are beautifully lit up by Geldof's wide-eyed dramatics and explicit vocal swings. Sharing the same sort of stylishness as A Tonic for the Troops, The Fine Art of Surfacing bursts with florid pop genius, which in turn kept the Boomtown Rats from sounding like other new wave bands that existed at the time.