Fact #156385
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Short story:
How Green Is The Valley by The Men They Couldn't Hang enters the UK album chart where it will peak at No68 during a two-week run.
Full article:
Johnny Black : My favourite fanzine, the wonderfully titled, Oscillate Wildly, once claimed that these chaps released the best record of 1984, and it was called The Greenfield Of France. It’s not on this CD but never fear, because there’s much here that’s worthy of investigation. Think of a politer Pogues, or a better-rehearsed Boothill Foot Tappers, and you’ve just about cracked it. The music is passionate contemporary folk – songs of North Sea oilfields, unemployment and hard times, set to chiming 12-string guitar melodies.
(Review first appeared in CD Review magazine, October 1987)
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(Review first appeared in CD Review magazine, October 1987)