POINTED STICKS Perfect Youth LP QUINTESSENCE 1980 CAN orig+inner QLP002 RARE
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POINTED STICKS
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada punk/power pop band founded in August of 1978,
with original members Nick Jones (vocals), Bill Napier-Hemy (guitar and vocals),
Ian Tiles (drums and vocals, and Tony Bardach (bass and vocals),
later joined by Gord Nicholl (keyboards and engineering)
"PERFECT YOUTH"
1980 LP QUINTESSENCE RECORDS QLP002
MADE IN CANADA ORIGINAL PRESSING
SINGLE COVER + INNER SLEEVE
HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER
Barcode and Other Identifiers
Barcode: none
LABEL: QUINTESSENCE - WHITE (A) & MULTICOLOR ARTWORK (B) LABELS - BLACK/GREY TEXT (Side A)
Catalog on cover: (spine) QLP002
Catalog on label (Side A only): QLP002
Matrix / Runout (Side A): QLP-002-A STERLING 3828 A
Matrix / Runout (Side B): QLP-002-B 3828 B STERLING
On labels: (Side A only) Quintessence Records
© CAPAC
©? 1980 All Rights Reserved By Quintessence
Pointed Sticks Music Co. Ltd.
Made in Canada
On Inner Sleeve: Recorded at Little Mountain Sound Vancouver, Canada Fall 1980
On Back Sleeve: Produced by Bob Rock
tracklisting
Side A: MARCHING SONG - PERFECT YOUTH - NO USE FOR YOU
WHEN SHE'S ALONE - AMERICAN SONG - TRUE LOVE
Side B: 1-2 - THE WITCH - REAL THING - WAY YOU DO
OUT OF LUCK - PART OF THE NOISE
grading
RECORD NEAR EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE NEAR EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
The Pointed Sticks' one studio album is one of those pleasures that is utterly of its time as well as lasting beyond it -- not a bad legacy at all, considering the ups and downs the band went through to finally record it. To be fair, the giddy power pop style the quintet specialized in was fairly crowded and in ways Perfect Youth is less distinct than simply just what was needed. Gord Nichols' keyboards aren't anywhere near as frenetically insane as Barry Andrews' were for XTC, for instance, though they are a fine counterpart to Steve Nieve's work for Elvis Costello. But nothing about Perfect Youth sounds half-assed -- credit in particular for ending on what might be its best song, "Part of the Noise" -- while there are two strong points to the band that anchor everything down...(AllMusic
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