Not soul ... Plimsoul!

Alive Records continues with its vault releases from Peter Case related bands. Starting things off was the first release in decades of the Nerves EP material and a whole lot more as 'One Way Ticket.' Then last year saw a limited edition LP release of a live Nerves show and the release of demos by the Breakaways, which was a band consisting of Peter Case and Paul Collins before Peter formed the Plimsouls in 1978. This year sees Alive releasing a live Plimsouls LP and CD called "Live! Beg, Borrow & Steal: October 31, 1981 Whisky A go Go" which pretty much tells you what it is. The sounds quality is very good and consists of quite a few covers and some material that was new at the time and would appear on their second LP, such as songs like 'Inch by Inch' and 'A Million Miles Away.'

The CD contains four more songs than the LP most likely so that it didn't need to be double LP. Tracks only on the CD include the covers; 'Dizzy Miss Lizzy', 'New Orleans', 'Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!' and 'Run Run Run/Who Do You Love?' And a few of those songs include guest appearances by members of The Fleshtones. It was Halloween after all.

Two of the songs have actually appeared before on the very limited fan club cassette release entitled 'Green Tambourines.' They are 'New Orleans,' a Gary U.S. Bonds song and a cover of the Kinks 'Come On Now.' I still have my copy of that cassette, which is #130. The cassette had a number of live covers and one demo 'Memory' that came out on the Rhino release 'Plimsouls ...Plus.' Hopefully the fan club tape is next on Alive's agenda of Peter Case re-releases as my tape isn't in that great of shape.