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other NC bands to remember...

in your travels would be Dillon Fence/Hobex, the almighty Don Dixon, the Woods, Snatches of Pink and the assorted works of Parthenon Huxley. Don't forget Dixon had a smash hit with Praying Mantis in the Netherlands!

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I'll vote for Boylan Heights being the best Connells album, produced by Mitch Easter of the dB's extended family.

And though it may have seemed that they were an NC-area secret at the time, we were certainly listening in Pittsburgh, and I recall them being fairly widespread college-radio favorites in the late 80s/early 90s. (They were on TVT after all.)

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Despite having seen both bands outside of NC, I still picture both the Connells and Dillon Fence/Hobex (Love that Greg H.!) playing frat houses in Chapel Hill. Ah, youth & ignorance, how I miss them!

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That first Connels album with Darker Days was great. I still think Darker Days is the best song they ever did. There later albums, while they have some good songs, never quite did it for me. Since someone mentioned Mitch Easter, that album he did for Love Tractor, Themes from Venus, is remarkable. Cruelly underrated.

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Agree on Love Tractor and Themes from Venus.

Also like Darker Days but hard for me to say it is better than Boylan Heights, One Simple Word or Fun & Games.

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Funny P.S. to our Connells discussion: Received a postcard from my old college roommate, who is vacationing in Europe. We had seen the Connells play in Pittsburgh circa "Fun & Games."

He writes:
"Would you believe I heard a Connells song over the loudspeaker in a German grocery store?"

Re: PH in Praha

Just heard 74/75 again the other day on radio as well.Amazing.Hopefully,the composer's been receiving his/their royalty checks on a regular basis.The life!



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