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  • NOW ONLY 11 AVAILABLE! — Promotional copy from initial pressing of obscure LP from influential Dayton, Ohio jangle pop quartet, recorded 1986-87 and released 1988 by Cincinnati's Heresy Records. Original packaging includes corner-clipped jacket, corner-clipped printed sleeve with lyrics, and 17" x 22" poster. Never played.

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{1987 LP version transferred from pre-master cassette, restored and mastered}

lyrics

In my dandelion field
On this luscious spring day
We with heads full of spender lay
Twice as nice and not split in two
The world revolves around me and you

In my dandelion field
On this luscious spring day
We with heads full of splendor lay
Oh, with the sting of an early bee
My imagination gets the best of me

So there’s pain in the past, here’s a rule for today
There is nothing now I’m afraid to say
In my dandelion field the yellow is you
In my dandelion field the green is me

As I lie, in your eyes I see glorious days
And I am weary of ardent ways
With languorous look and lavish limb
It was you who fell the seraphim*

Still you hold my longing gaze
Will my thoughts never tire of their wishful ways?
Languorous look and lavish limb
Will my dreams not give in?

So there’s pain in the past, here’s a rule for today
There is nothing now I’m afraid to say
In my dandelion field the yellow is you
In my dandelion filed the green is me

Like a saint it was said
’Twas a momentary lapse when I fell into the lap
Of compromise and petty dread
And though the world may tower and the world may leer
The sun still shines between my ears
Oh, the world may tower and the world may leer
But the sun still shines between my ears
Oh, the green is me

And though the world may tower and the world may leer
The sun still shines between my ears
Oh, the world may tower, the world may leer
But the sun still shines between my ears
The sun still shines between my ears

*2nd verse adapted loosely from James Joyce

credits

from The Pleasures Pale! (Remastered), released February 22, 2019
voice – jeffrey bright
6-string guitars – mitchell swann
bass guitar – luis lerma
drums – jeff keating

words – bright
music – swann & lerma

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The Pleasures Pale Dayton, Ohio

The Pleasures Pale was an influential indie quartet based in Dayton Ohio active from 1985 to 1987. Oft-compared to anglo groups such as The Smiths, TPP's influences can now be read as more diverse — taking cues from postpunk, rockabilly, swing, Motown and Dayton funk. A band for misfits, their extensive, lyric-driven output sought to light a way through the rust belt's post-industrial bleakness. ... more

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