Rain Parade - Crashing Dream on CD

Just discovered that Rain Parade's final official LP, Crashing Dream, is going to be released on CD on 23rd November 2009. Undoubtedly the best of the Paisley Underground bands, they were the first band I ever went to see. It was 14th October 1985 at The Electric Ballroom in Camden and I was just 17. They were fantastic and I think this LP came out a short while later. Needless to say it was roundly slagged by the music press and didn't fare too well. I thought it was great then and I still love it now. My only gripe was the cover which showed the band members submerged in a swimming pool. The back cover had a really cool picture of a wrecked car and I hope they have the sense to switch them around for the CD release. It's out on Lemon Records, a sub division of Cherry Red who say that it will have enhanced artwork and liner notes by some guy who seems to write about metal bands more than anything else! Sadly, former band leader Matt Piucci doesn't seem to know anything about it. Do yourself a favour and pre order now from Amazon.