Dave Edmunds: Tracks on Wax 4

Dave Edmunds: Tracks on Wax 4

1978

Swan Song Records

Format I Own it on: Vinyl

Track Listing: 1. Trouble Boys  2. Never Been in Love  3. Not a Woman, Not a Child  4. Television  5. What Looks Best on You  6. Readers Wives  7. Deborah  8. Thread Your Needle  9. A.1. On the Jukebox   10. It's My Own Business  11.Heart of the City


I might actually finish up the Dave Edmunds section over the next few days before doing the annual reboot to "A"... I don't think the new A-D's will take as long as 2015's, which took up...well...the whole year...Anyway, let's get on to today's records, "Tracks on Wax 4"...Here, I'm going to give this one a proper Dave Edmunds introduction...

"WEEEEE-E-E-E-E-L-L-L-L-L..."

Listening to "Tracks on Wax 4" back to back with "Get It," points out what was missing on that prior album...It's the glorious power-pop! Listen to "Never Been in Love"! Now that's some sweet, sweet stuff...Or the boppy Buddy Holly-isms of "Deborah"...Pop heaven, I'm telling you...

 And the overall tempo is upped as well, resulting in some pretty ferocious punk on his take of Nick Lowe's "Heart of the City" and the whiplash rockabilly of "Readers Wives"...Probably his most bracing material...And I'm giving Dave the nod for best version of "Heart of the City," since his take rocks so hard that it just about blows the pomade outta your quaff, Teddy...We also get the usual array of popabilly singles in "A1 on the Jukebox" and "Trouble Boys"...I can't praise his melding of pop, new wave and 50's rock enough...It really was a refreshing antidote to punk's nihilism, new wave's coldness and country's clean-boots professionalism...He ironed out some kinks in a few different genres and melded them into one...Hats off...

There's a couple of "meh's" here and there..."Not a Woman, Not a Child" is kinda dopey unless you like dopey-ass blues, and "Television" is merely okay, but for the most part this album is pure fun...Just a bunch of fast-paced, old-timey rock n' roll that never fails to get me boppin' around...They don't make music like this anymore...That's fer damn sure...

Here's "Never Been in Love" by Dave Edmunds...Enjerr...