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The Left Banke - Walk Away Renee [NRIC 022 UK 1984 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] In the late eighties, as I was becoming disillusioned with then current music trends, I began looking back at the seventies and sixties for music new to me. I would consider myself as a bit of a labellist, and Bam Caruso Records ticked all my boxes, so I built a hefty collection of their extensive releases. The Bam-Caruso psyche compilations, which I had been peddling at my chain store music retailer, had fueled my interest in the alternative sixties to a point (early Floyd, Velvets and Them) and I also began to investigate the artists Phil Smee had compiled on Rubbles etc. I have all the Rubbles albums among my collection, they will feature at some point. Bam-Caruso had obtained the rights to The Left Banke back catelogue and these were eventually to find their way into my collection. Often misconceived as a British pop band, they were actually American and from New York, their baroque and strings sound ...