5/23/2023 0 Comments Marty balin balin rar![]() The album was full of extremely catchy New Wave power pop songs penned by group leader Peet Coombes. ![]() ![]() The debut album had the three songs that I’d previously heard on the US copy of “Reality Effect,” but the version of “The Loneliest Man In The World” was a completely different recording on the Logo Records pressing of “The Tourists.” The album had been produced by Krautrock legend Conny Plank whereas guitarist Dave Stewart manned the boards for the single version of “The Loneliest Man In The World.” At 16 I had finally entered the big leagues of record shopping and wouldn’t be looking back. The cost was somewhat mediated by the polybag with the “Imported By Jem” sticker that all of you old-timers may remember. In fact, three of the numbers on it I quickly discovered were tunes from the original UK debut album, which, if memory serves, was the first import album I ever bought! The $9.98 price tag was twice what I had paid for “Reality Effect” but after hearing that classic, I literally could not wait to get my hands on more Tourists music! Even on my paltry student budget that meant that it would take more than a week’s “lunch money” to buy that album. The Loneliest Man In The World Īfter swooning to The Tourists cover version of “I Only Want To Be With You” and running immediately out to buy its associated album, “Reality Effect,” I had come to discover that it was actually album number two from the feverish power pop band.
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