Sold Date: July 13, 2017
Start Date: July 12, 2017
Final Price: $19.00 (USD)
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Vinyl:  Mint!  Sealed!  This is the Original 1984 Pressing.  Obscure unsung 80s Power Pop Heroes!!!
Cover: Mint!  Sealed!!  (see photos)
Goldmine Standards.   See Review Below!

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REVIEW:

Prior to recording the excellent 1981 cult-classic power-pop platter , of the band that band bore his namesake was cranking out beat pop in Germany in the mid-60s with his brother Herb in this little known combo.  According to the handy accompanying bio, Guitars and Drums didn't get serious about hitting the studio until the next decade, and by the time the '80s rolled around they were drumming to a different beat than the British Invasion.  Believe It or Not isn't an overt stab at any genre in particular - punk, power-pop, new wave or otherwise, though the record would have still been a trifle left of center for the likes of Top-40 radio.  "Nightclubland" boasts some faint ska maneuvers a la early Police, but Guthrie doesn't make as nearly an effective case as Sting and Co.  Something similar permeates the song "Guitars and Drums," this time usurping a quotient of Gang of Four's jerky funk mechanizations, sans the choppy six-string bite needed to put this sucker over the top.  Perhaps the most notable selection here is the closing title track, that despite weighing in at over eight minutes possesses the record's strongest hook.