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Sunday, 18 November 2012

The Kustom - Let The Girl Dance (1981)

b/w - Arrested

 Let The Girl Dance is a likable (if not a little twee) stab at Jazz/swing but it's Arrested that you should "lend an ear to" (Powerpop/pop rock which will also appeal to the Mod Revival fans as it incorporates a few horns as well)

 I'm pretty sure the band were London based, with the songs being penned by members R Helman & K Yallop

They had a big hitter behind them as the executive producer was Douglas Kean  which is why (I'm guessing here) it was released twice (the Silhouette pressing in Jan '82 & then on the Red Bus (RBUS71) imprint in July '82 - Let The Girl Dance also made it on to a Red Bus compilation LP [Hearts & Stars])

As always if anyone can add to the (scarce) info please leasve a comment

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4 comments:

  1. JamesTrash19 November 2012 at 09:47

    Nice B-side. Reminds me of The Step (on Epic/Direction).

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  2. Merton20 November 2012 at 15:49

    This compilation "Hearts & Stars" was released in Portugal, unfortunately only feature "Let girl Dance" of the Kustom 7". http://rocknoliceu.blogspot.pt/2012/08/a-colectanea-do-kustome.html

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  3. bristolboy24 November 2012 at 04:41

    Thanks for the comments & James - You're right, I'd forgotten about "The Step" so dragged out their stuff to give a listen.

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  4. Anonymous13 April 2014 at 05:33

    Oh this takes me back.
    Keith (Yallop - bass) and I shared a house in South Ealing at the time this was demoed (on a Teac Portastudio 4 track cassette) and then recorded.

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