Referencing black vinyl shoes lp album re 150 s 51477 njr lp 003 in 2015 a run of these albums were pressed by numero on white vinyl at united.
The shoes black vinyl shoes album.
First issued in 1977 on the band s own label but not widely available until it was reissued in 1978 shoes first album proper black vinyl shoes is an.
The album was sold at local record stores and by mail order through bomp.
In 1977 shoes recorded the album black vinyl shoes in jeff murphy s living room and pressed 1 000 copies on their own label black vinyl records.
Soon after that black vinyl shoes was licensed to pvc records which released the album in.
Some of these copies have a pressing flaw on side 2 track 3.
With 15 tunes to record and only four tracks on hand shoes made a record that was about melodies hooks and harmonies and the result was an album that helped kick start the 80s pop revival and still sounds fine almost a quarter of a century later.
Black vinyl shoes is an album whose somewhat primitive production actually works in its favor.
Shoes then released a single tomorrow night on bomp records in june 1978.
Uk three cd set from the power pop legends containing their classic black vinyl shoes album complete with bonus tracks plus two cds featuring two rare pre bvs albums plus additional tracks.