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Bourgie Bourgie - Breaking Point [BOU 1 UK 1984 24-Bit FLAC] Staying in Scotland, with a new rip of an old favourite seven inch single and a tale of what if? Paul Quinn walked away from Bourgie Bourgie (formerly The Jazzateers) just as they started recording their first album, and after just two minor hits and a Peel Session, Bourgie Bourgie were no more. A cassette has emerged on Discogs of ten tracks which were allegedly for an album on MCA Records. My only assumption is that this was something circulated among label employees and like many others out there, I would love to hear it. Quinn has had very limited success since and there is no doubt Breaking Point is his finest work, though his excellent cover of the Velvet's Pale Blue Eyes with Edwyn Collins is noteworthy, he also worked with Vince Clarke on a one off project on Mute Records and then formed Paul Quinn & The Independent Group, gathering up a posse of fine Scottish musicians, who released a couple of...