Various Artists
The Perc Meets the Hidden Gentlemen – Chainsmoker’s Thrill / Rumble on the Beach – Purple Rain (live) - Vinyl Single
Review by Gary Hill
This is a new split single release. It’s on white vinyl and limited to 500 copies. I don’t really see the two songs fitting together all that well, but it’s still a cool thing. I really like the “A Side,” but then again I dig that band. The flip is not nearly as successful to me. It would be easy to say that the label is cashing in on Prince’s death, but given the turn-around usually associated with pressing demands of vinyl, I’d bet this has been in the works for a while. Besides, if that were the case, you’d think they would have made the cover song the first side.
This review is available in book format (hardcover and paperback) in Music Street Journal: 2016 Volume 3 at lulu.com/strangesound.
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