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Gruesome Twosome: Limeys Only Edition

_splitenz.jpg Split Enz: “Six Months In A Leaky Boat”
LP: Time and Tide, 1982 | BUY

Reparata & The Delrons: “Captain Of Your Ship”
Mala Records single, 1968 | BUY

Two psychedelic odes to sea travel and the vagaries of love. The Split Enz track captures them in their usual overlooked brilliance, while Reparata & the Delrons’ (huge in the UK, obscure in the US) single proves that Waylon Smithers was wrong — women and seamen do mix. These files will be available for four weeks. After that, it’s “sayonara”.

November 23, 2005 05:11 PM | | Gruesome


Comments

Nice aquatic pairing, Matt! I've always loved that Split Enz song and that Reparata & the Delrons song is excellent. Reparata also did a similar underwater-sounding version of "Octopus's Garden." It's nice that the good people at Ace have compiled all of their long out of print singles for the world to enjoy.

Posted by: ion | November 23, 2005 06:08 PM

Thanks, Ion! To answer the question you had at AotM, I don't own that new Reparata collection (I can always make an Xmas wish!).

Posted by: Matt | November 23, 2005 06:26 PM

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