Skid Row - Dublin City Girls (Irish 7" single) 1973 - Brush Shiels (Thin Lizzy)

	£		69
	$		91

Description

"Dublin City Girls" by Skid Row b/w "Don't Let Me Down" 1973 - Hawk records - HASP 327 Made in the Republic Of Ireland
This early single by the original (and best) Skid Row is incredibly difficult to track down and almost never comes up for sale on the net. Added to that is the fact that it contains two absolutely cracking Rock'n'Roll numbers that are not available on any other release. Both tracks are written by Brush Shiels with drummer John Wilson (ex Taste) getting a co-writer credit on the B-Side. Skid Row line-ups always contained the cream of Ireland's musical talent (Phil Lynott and Gary Moore cut their teeth with the outfit) and this record is no exception. Joining the aforementioned Shiels and Wilson are virtuoso guitarist Ed Deane (Granny's Intentions and The Woods Band) and vocalist Eamonn Gibney who sang with Jimi Slevin's Alice. 
There were two versions of this record released: one with a solid centre and another with a 4-prong push-out centre. This copy is one of the latter and the centre remains intact. Some copies came with a picture sleeve but this comes in a plain white paper sleeve. The A-side label is clean and bright with all text totally legible and no tears or writing. The B-side label is the same apart from a small biro squiggle (see photos). As far as the vinyl is concerned suffice it to say that it looks worse than it sounds. There are a lot of little scrapes on both sides from where it wasn't very well looked after at some time during its life. But it is remarkable how durable a medium vinyl is and the music sounds fantastic with the surface noise not really affecting side A and just a little more noticeable on the flipside. There are no skips or noticeable sound deterioration. I have graded the record as GOOD ++. In order to give an idea of how good it sounds here is a link to some clips of a recording I made of the record:
http://souncloud.com/ektachrome23/dcg-clips
Please do not hesitate to contact me with any queries you may have in relation to this auction.

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