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Michael Head and Shack, May 1988

Michael Head and Shack, May 1988

"Sweetly burning vignettes of inner city reality and regret"

Penny Kiley
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Michael Head and Shack, May 1988
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Zilch LP cover. Black and white photo of 1950s young men and women flirting.
Shack’s 1988 LP Zilch

Michael aka Mick Head (not sure why he’s down as “Mike” here) first made waves in Liverpool with the Pale Fountains in the early 1980s. Neither they or Shack quite got the success they should have done, despite being highly thought of in their hometown. But Mick’s stature seems to be growing over the years and he’s finally getting t…

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