Sunday Spins: Pet Shop Boys, 'Please'
I obtained an original EMI Records pressing from Luna Music in Indianapolis, Indiana last weekend.
My copy of Please just cooks. Flawless in every way, there is nary a crackle to be found. The sound is crisp and clear and I'm easily transported back to the 80s. My mom had a lot of Pet Shop Boys singles on 45s so I was used to hearing them on vinyl. Finding a copy of Please brought me right back to childhood... and I mean that literally. I was like seven when the album first came out!
I have to say "West End Girls" is one of my favorite tracks of all time. So much so that when I was first connected to the Internet and had the thought to look up music, the song I searched for before any other was "West End Girls." To my delight, I found it! Thanks early song sharing!
I had the very first iteration of the iPod which held like a thimble-full of songs and one of the tracks taking up that precious space was "West End Girls."
Please is one of those albums that you just let play through because every track is a banger. This is especially helpful when listening to vinyl because you don't have to get up to move the needle! On my pressing, the liner is intact and features lots of pictures of Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe as the Pet Shop Boys. It was great fun to gaze at the photos while listening to the record the first time I look it out of the sleeve.
