Two of the finest musical acts that have ever graced the planet. One features a teenage boy wonder from a town just outside of Glasgow while the other lot come from Brisbane which is in the land down under.
mp3 : The Go-Betweens – I Need Two Heads
mp3 : The Go-Betweens – Stop Before You Say It
(Postcard 80-4 : November 1980)
mp3 : Aztec Camera – Just Like Gold
mp3 : Aztec Camera – We Could Send Letters
(Postcard 81-3 : April 1981)
mp3 : Aztec Camera – Mattress Of Wire
mp3 : Aztec Camera – Lost Outside The Tunnel
(Postcard 81-8 : August 1981)
The b-sides to the Aztec Camera singles were later re-recorded for High Land, Hard Rain. The Postcard versions are way superior IMHO….
And now…..the moment I’ve been dreading….the Top 11 rundown.
The great thing was listening to all 11 records over and over and over again. The bad thing was agonising over which song should be #1 – all of the Top 4 were very serious contenders – but in the end, I went for the song that today still fills me with joy every time I hear it….and which even now, more than 30 years on, still has the ability to have me lose it completely on the dance floor whenever it gets aired at one of the Little League nights.
11. Poor Old Soul
10. I Need Two Heads
9. Chance Meeting
8. Mattress Of Wire
7. Radio Drill Time
6. Sorry For Laughing
5. Simply Thrilled Honey
4. It’s Kinda Funny
3. Just Like Gold
2. Falling and Laughing
1. Blue Boy
I’ve got it all wrong, haven’t I????
THE NEW VINYL VILLAIN 
This is usually a cliche, but there are no wrong answers, JC. Every song is wonderful. Great week of posts. I salute you.
Not going to argue with that. Used to own “Just like Gold” / “We Could Send Letters” on that fine Sound of young Scotland label. That being sais “High Land, Hard Rain” should be in everyone’s collection. Go-Betweens – personally I felt they were always criminally underrated.
I’m with Brian here, the order isn’t as important as the music included. Postcard was knee deep in greatness, how could you go wrong.