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Category: Island Records (UK)

"St. Elmo's Fire"
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“St. Elmo’s Fire”: A-Side Disguised as Album Track

I was amused to discover that Eric Tamm – author of Brian Eno:  His Music and the Vertical Color of Sound – shares my opinion about one particular Brian Eno composition, “St. Elmo’s Fire” (1975’s Another Green World) and its unexploited commercial value: St. Elmo’s Fire is the most unblushingly

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"Happy Hunting Ground"
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“Happy Hunting Ground”: Astoundingly, the Band is Not English

Indiscreet, the fifth (Tony Visconti-produced) album by Los Angeles band, Sparks, was released in October 1975 on Island Records, who issued two singles from the album – neither of them including, oddly, the winsomely rocking, “Happy Hunting Ground“: Trevor White:  Guitar Dinky Diamond:  Drums Ian Hampton:  Bass Ron Mael:  Keyboards

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