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eric on Aug 29th 2009 Listen,Music

Smartz’s pretty amazing finds

Smartz returned from a trip to Pennsylvania this week with quite a bounty!

She not only found this very wonderful painting…

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But she also found two records that you really wouldn’t expect to find in central PA.

The first was for her and is the very German version of Peter Schilling’s “Major Tom (Vollig Losgelost)” with “Ich Hab’ Keine Lust” as the flip side. “Major Tom” is the unasked-for sequel/retelling of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity.” I’ve always thought it was an ok song, but Smartz really likes it.

She also found the 12″ single for Sparks’s “Progress,” a mid-80s Devo-inspired bit of fun. It’s definitely not the best Sparks song in the world, but it’s worth a listen.

You can check out both of these songs below. Neither have been cleaned up and “Coming Home” is pretty crackly, but that doesn’t take away the fun…

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