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The Best Show on WFMU => Show Discussion => Topic started by: mike a on March 08, 2017, 01:54:00 PM
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Matt from Oakland mentioned it. It's really, really good (and predates Five Guys by at least 20 years, oddly enough). And from Hopewell, NJ, not far from Princeton!
https://thetomspowerpop.bandcamp.com/album/the-toms (https://thetomspowerpop.bandcamp.com/album/the-toms)
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I could have sworn someone told Tom to check them out on a call years ago
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I also thought it sounded rad!
AllMusic says:
"Not a true band, the Toms was actually the solo project of singer/songwriter Tom Marolda, a firm believer in D.I.Y. principles who played all of the instruments on his 1979 self-titled debut effort. The album was the group's lone recording, and as a result of distribution problems, it became a much sought-after cult object as the years passed; finally, in 1997, the Not Lame label reissued The Toms for mass consumption, complete with seven unreleased tracks."
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So, it sounds like the label dropped the ball, and the distributor pulled a total choke-job.