Robyn Hitchcock LP Groovy Decay Rare with 52 Stations Flexi 1982 Soft Boys EX
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Groovy Decay LP
Sleeve has slight bend on upper right hand corner
Both Sleeve & Record are EX condition
Plus "52 Stations" Flexi
Nightride To Trinidad
Fifty Two Stations
Young People Scream
The Rain
America
The Cars She Used To Drive
Grooving On An Inner Plane
St. Petersburg
When I Was A Kid
Midnight Fish
For his second solo album, Robyn Hitchcock decided to work with producer Steve Hillage, a former member of Gong. Under his guidance, Hitchcock made an album that smoothed out his rough edges and obscured his quirks under layers of saxophones, trumpets, and processed guitars. Beneath the stilted production lay some of Hitchcock's weakest songs, most of which were underdeveloped melodically and lyrically. Some of the songs are worthwhile -- "The Cars She Used to Drive" is the best stab at slick new wave pop, while "Fifty Two Stations" and "St. Petersburg" are powerful -- but most of the album is simply lifeless. After its release, Hitchcock retired from music for nearly three years. In 1986, he released an alternate version of Groovy Decay, comprised mostly of songwriting demos, called Groovy Decoy.
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