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THE LEFT BANKE - VOICES CALLING (1986)

Martin reunited with George Cameron and Tom Finn to release the album Voices Calling (released as Strangers on a Train in the USA), in 1978 under the auspices of something called Camerica Productions, and, augmented with Jimmy MacAllister (from The Beckies), cut ten tracks, two of which ("Queen of Paradise" b/w "And One Day", Camerica CS-005) were released as a single, which promptly vanished. Camerica shelved the album, which did not resurface for eight years, when it was exhumed by the British Bam-Caruso label, which had been reissuing the earlier Left Banke tracks. The UK issue was titled Voices Calling, a title which was changed for the US issue (different artwork) on Relic. Though the album is not the greatest album ever released, it has to be viewed in the context of Seventies soft-pop, and Voices Calling (Strangers on a Train) is a pretty decent LP, arguably better than some of the stuff being vended in those days. www.dustbury.com

Lossless: ZS1 + ZS2 (235mb)

Songs (Bam-Caruso Edition):
Strangers on A Train /Heartbreaker /Lorraine /Yesterday's Love /Hold On Tight / And One Day / You Say /I Can Fly / Only My Opinion / Queen Of Paradise