although howard devoto was a founding member of the 'buzzcocks' in 1976, the singer only stayed in that punk band from manchester for a year. for then, declaring that 'punk is dead', he started a new wave group with a middle-of-the road name: magazine. one of the first things he did was to record a single, which was backed with a song he had played with his púnky mates too: I LOVE YOU, YOU BIG DUMMY from lick my decals off, baby. because this second dealing with the track rather is flat than really interesting, it never made its way to any elpee they brought out.

although, the cover version got included on a few samplers the record company wanted to release after the group had fallen apart in 1981 (like magazines do)! the vinyl releases might be hard to find, but the digital versions haven't been sold out completely. especially the most recent one from 2000, i predict. for its total ceedee size causes the price to be three times higher than usual, too...

by the way: don van vliet once said that this performance of the song is 'horrible'. despite the predictable nature of the remark - beefheart could only stand his own music - i agree with him.

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