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Four CD box. Having created a grassroots buzz with their homemade proto-power pop classic Black Vinyl Shoes, Illinois band Shoes duly attracted major tag interest, and they signed to Elektra in early 1979. Over the next three years they released a triptych of classic pop albums - Present Tense, Tongue Twister, and Boomerang - and a clutch of Wurlitzer-worthy seven-inch nuggets that should have catapulted them to fame, fortune and all manner of related excess. Sadly, however, they never quite made the leap from critics' darlings to Top Thirty success, and the band were obliged to settle for enduring cult status as power pop avatars. But while rock-star level fame and fortune never quite came their way, Shoes do have the considerable consolation of knowing that their body of work has stood the test of time far better than many of their more commercially successful contemporaries. This anthology of the band's recordings for Elektra, fleshed out with a swathe of pre-album demos, lost songs, alternative versions and live tracks dating from the same period, is a veritable smorgasbord of perfect pop from a time when Shoes were genuine contenders for rock's glittering prizes. Housed in a stylish clamshell box, Elektrafied contains a 32 page booklet that features rare photos and a new 10,000 essay on the band's adventures during their sojourn with Elektra. Album Tracks 1. Tomorrow Night 2. Too Late 3. Hangin' Around with You 4. Your Very Eyes 5. In My Arms Again 6. Somebody Has What I Had 7. Now and Then 8. Every Girl 9. I Don't Miss You 10. Cruel You 11. Three Times See Me/Say It/Listen 12. I Don't Wanna Hear It 13. Tomorrow Night 14. Too Late 15. Hangin' Around with You 16. Your Very Eyes 17. In My Arms Again 18. Somebody Has What I Had 19. Now and Then 20. Every Girl 21. I Don't Miss You 22. Cruel You 23. Three Times See M
