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Tuesday, 5 August 2014

T.V. Smith's Explorers - Tomahawk Cruise

This is T.V.Smith's debut single following the Adverts break up. As far as I'm concerned all of the 'Adverts' singles were outstanding and 'Tomahawk Cruise' continued that run.

T.V.Smith's voice is distinctive and you can instantly hear the influence he had on the Adverts. This is one single you will play and play and play, I promise. the b-side is good but nowhere near as good as the a-side.

I also rate the first explorers album 'Last Words from a Great Explorer' and was surprised when I had a look for it that it is no longer commercially available, so I may post this at a later date if anyone likes what they hear. My copy also came with a free single 'World Of My Own / Walk In A Straight Line" which I couldn't find any sign of (but I only did a quick Google) has anyone else got this?

The lyrics are on the back cover, so as per usual I have included a high resolution scan of the back cover.

Band: T.V.Smith's Explorers
Label: Big Beat
Year: 1980
Tracks:
1. Tomahawk Cruise
2. See Europe

Ripped from glorious scratched vinyl:


TV Smith is a prolific artist with a large catalogue of recording which continue right up to today. Although some of them are no longer on Amazon, etc. iTunes has a few of his good albums such as Misinformation Overload. One other to recommend is his recent live cover of the classic Adverts tracks:
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts Live at the 100 Club
Crossing the Red Sea With the Adverts Live at the 100 Club