JFK and the Cuban Crisis - The End of the Affair

This fantastic record was the very first vinyl record I brought into the
digital age from the analog age. I saw it requested for quite a while
on overhere's wonderful blog "They called it good at the time"
and after hoping someone else with the expertise would do a convert,
I eventually got of my bum and did it.
Not without some mistakes and much help from overhere,
but it did happen. I'm glad I did cause this is one of my top 5
Australian albums.
I'm posting this today cause I just read that overhere
is closing his blog down and the link for this is no longer working,
so a big thanks to overhere for a fantastic blog
and a whole lot of great music.
It was his blog that really encouraged me to get into this.
For anyone who missed this the first time round, download this you
won't be sorry, the following background is from the
JFK and the Cuban Crisis my space site found here

JFK and the Cuban Crisis had its origins in the Brisbane
southern suburb of Acacia Ridge in the late 1970's.
John Kennedy and James Paterson were friends from
high school with a common interest in pop music
and memberships in the Beatles Fan Club.They went through a few garage band line ups with
names including Barley Rhyme, Mantelpiece and
Post Mod, before James returned from a period
overseas with the proposal of taking their musicto the small Brisbane post-punk club scene using
the band name JFK and the Cuban Crisis.
With John on vocals and rhythm guitar and James
playing lead,the pair formed the core of a band
that was to see a number of line ups in Brisbane
and later, Sydney.They took inspiration from the Beatles in using their
respective talents to co-write a number of the early
JFK tunes.In 1982, after some small success including
support spots for the Pretenders and Ian Dury
and the Blockheads, they decided to make the move
to Sydney in the hope of securing major label interest.
A number of false starts later, with a new line-up
and a new EP on Waterfront Records,
they established themselves on Sydney's
inner city indie club scene.

I brought this Lp in 1984 which was just after I had finished school,
It was a soundtrack for my passage into adulthood, a Brisbane band
like most, who had left for Sydney to make something of themselves.
They had a sound unlike anyone else.
I ended up following John Kennedy, the bands main lead singer's,
career closely for many years. He is an incredible talent.
James Paterson who also sings and wrote the classic "Gotham City"
went on to work on other projects like the wonderful
"Lawson Square Infirmary"
This is a fine album, recorded on a low budget with some killer
songs on it. There's some very nice instrumentation with cello,
trumpet, sax and violin and backing vocals from the late David
McComb, Graham Lee and Alsy McDonald, Robert McComb
plays violin.
The Triffids must of been good friends.
"Follow that car" is a great song
with its brass section working overtime,
"The ballad of Jackie O" a beautiful melody,
which was the single I believe.
A special mention for "We're no Angels"
which is a killer song and the
brilliant "Gotham City"
the greatest song written about Brisbane.

Tracklist

1. Follow that Car
2. Ballad of Jackie O
3. Happy Today
4. I Just Want to Go to Sleep
5. Mother's Concern
6. Quite Like Love
7. Sometimes I Just Want to Scream
8. A Place for Children
9. We're No Angels
10. Gotham City


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Juliet Jones by JFK and the Cuban Crisis 1980