250 Albums- An Arbitrary Rumble Through My Record Collection # 40 The Go Betweens - Liberty Bell & The Black Diamond Express

 

Listening to this record for at least the thousandth time it strikes me as a misshapen but utterly sincere Act of Love. A marriage that may have not been built to last but remarkably has. Two songwriters, their partners and a bassist with a Brian Jones haircut . Singles which should have been but weren't hits,

I saw the band at the time when this came out. Almost exactly 40 years ago. At Kingston  Polytechnic for a pound. The band did their soundcheck in full and startling lights before the gig. A month later I started going out with one of the enduring loves of my life. This is another one. Some emotions, and songs, are built to last.