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The Job's Done - Back Catalogue
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The complete works of the thoughts of David Clancy are now on the site. We would like to thank David for his sterling work in taking us from the debut album right through to In The Long Grass. Taking a look at both the original vinyl album versions and the re-release CD versions.
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3 rats CDs in amazon top 100!!!
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53. The Fine Art of Surfacing ~The Boomtown Rats Audio CD - Mercury / February 7, 2005
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Boomtown Rats ~Boomtown Rats Audio CD - Mercury / February 7, 2005
100. A Tonic for the Troops ~Boomtown Rats Audio CD - Mercury / February 7, 2005
Very popular, aren't they? Wait un...
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Today's a big day...
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I started the day with a letter of mine in a newspaper about social delinquents, and the latest half-arsed government measure to combat it ("Ban Buckfast"...jeez, grow up!), before going into Glasgow to hand in the paper work & accept the job offer that came in the post last Friday.
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CDs in the shops today and they look good
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They all come with a cardboard slip covers, and pretty much ape the front & back covers with the additional tracks. Didn't have the debut or V deep @ HMV Covent Garden, but the others looked good. Couldn't look inside as they were sealed. Only one copy of each, so not expecting a run on them. Also the B...
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84th greatest pop video
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http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_videos/results.html , but even worse nothing from Blondie! No Atomic!!!!!
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Fingers Speaks!!!
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http://www.metro.co.uk/metro/interviews/interview.html?in_page_id=8&in_interview_id=1016Johnnie Fingers was keyboard player in Irish rock band, The Boomtown Rats. Formed in 1975 the Ra...
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If you buy Q magazine this month...
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...be warned, make sure that when you are reading it:
(a) you are sitting down
(b) you have someone standing by with smelling salts.
...when you see the reviews for the Boomtown Rats back catologue re-issue.
4 stars and a "Q Recommended!" label for The Fine Art Of Surfacing, Mondo...
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More From his prolific pen
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The prolific pen of David Clancy has been busy again. This time perusing over the aritstic merits of Mondo Bongo and V Deep. Take a look for yourselves and see if he has panned your favourite track, like he did mine ( Charmed Lives).
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Reviews of Back Catalogue
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It's nice to see the reviews are beginning to appear in the music press. Q have reviewed the albums quite positively. Interestingly though, they rate Mondo Bongo and V Deep very highly, in fact as many stars as Tonic (I also hold this view which not a popular view among general fans, I much...
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Rats essay in Standard tonight...
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... shame if you missed it, but the Rats Essay on Tonic for the Troops was published in full in tonight's Standard. (London paper)
A tonic for Geldof's troops
With a special Brit Award coming and the Boomtown Rats on CD for the first time, Sir Bob should be a happy man. The band's second album w...
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Review of new CD
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One of things I find most pleasing about editing this website, is the number of talented writers we have encountered. Corinna, R S Wayment and if you require proof of this, just look at this message board, contributions from Mark Boyle and Arrgee. I have just uploaded onto the site the first of t...
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Missing from DVD
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Does anyone know why the "Rats in America" RTE 1979 T.V Doc has not appeared on forthcoming DVD.The show included the first live performance of Mondays,Rats live in Fredricks,radio interviews,returning to Dublin airport etc...clips were used in "Saint or Singer".
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Rats Essays - Level of interest reflects CDs
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Well for me they do!
The first two are very good. Possibly too much reference to the post-release visit to the US in the Tonic essay, but very readable!
However, the Surfacing essay seems to focus on December 1978 and Rat Trap in particular, and though interesting not as good as it...
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Rats Competition
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Those nice people at Universal are sending us copies of the 6 forthcoming back catalogue CD releases.
We are running a competition to give you the opportunity to win one of the albums. Today's competition is to win a copy of the previously un-released on CD debut album - Boomtown Rats. The question i...
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