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What a stupendous mix of this record - there are sounds included on this pressing you never even heard on previous pressings. It’s regarded by critics and fans (as well as Weller) as their most adventurous and experimental collection of material, drawing musical influences from the ‘post-punk’ groups of the late-70s - Wire, Gang Of Four and Joy Division as well as neo-psychedelic touches from The Beatles and The Zombies etc. a track built around almost exact copies of the bass-line and guitar solos from The Beatles’ Taxman (at the time Weller considered the album a cross between Off the Wall and Revolver! At the time of its release, he said that he considered the album a cross between Off the Wall and Revolver. Got this on vinyl as soon as I heard it was out in 1980, it reflects a more expansive and confident band, using horn section, backward tapes and heavy on the Rickenbacker approaches, that give the the whole set a swagger as it paces about the room with assured self belief a plenty.

is built around an almost exact copy of the bassline from the Beatles' " Taxman", the first track on Revolver, and includes a homage to its guitar solo.Nice chunky bass that reverberates in your chest, I swear it sounds like the 4001s Foxton used to play and yet the inner sleeve clearly shows him transitioning to a Precision bass.

Based on a compilation I purchased, I avoided the early punk albums and started with the `Setting Sons' album. I'm 55 and have been enjoying this absolute gem of a record since it was released in my graduating year of high school in 1980. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.Buckler's drumming suddenly has a ferocity that I never noticed before in a dozen previous versions of this record. I doubt it - those 38-year old magnetic tapes were sourced and sent to the Czech Republic to cut a lacquer? Every time I purchase a CD over the last 10+ years, my first concern is if it's going to be blasted so loud that most of the dynamics are squashed out making it painful to listen to. With extensive finagling I was able to extract the record from the way-too-tight inner sleeve without resorting to Caesarean surgery!