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Long Tall Shorty
A London band originally known as The Indicators, Long Tall Shorty were
immensely popular on the the mod revival club circuit.
Fronted by Keith
Mono, they recorded By Your Love for Warner Brothers but the
record was mysteriously withdrawn after a week (rumours suggest as few
as 250 copies exist), making it prized among mod revival collectors.
By Your Love was one of a trio of 45's with consecutive
catalogue numbers, produced by Jimmy Pursey of Sham
69. Long Tall Shorty
actually recorded an entire album with the Sham 69 singer, 1970's
Boy, but that too was scrapped - until exhumed by the Captain Mod
label on CD in 1997.
Mono was replaced by Tony Perfect for Win Or Lose, issued on
the Ramkup label. The single appeared exactly two years after their
debut, and three months after a Lyntone flexidisc, If I Was You,
issued through Direction Reaction Creation fanzine. Later, the
band released two singles for Diamond, On The Streets and a
re-recording of Win Or Lose.
Two members of LTS later joined the Angelic Upstarts for a while. LTS
reunited on several occasions and recorded Anti-CND as Joe
Public, while drummer Derwent played with bands called Case and Rage.
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