This is just one of those records that you can't get out of your head - definitely the A1 side - '(My Baby Does) Good Sculptures'. (I've always liked a song title with brackets - see The Clash in my last post).
A brilliant melody, funny lyrics, a rocksteady beat and a up-in-the-mix bass line that doodles all over the place. What else could you want - now or in 1977?
The A2 side also crackles along although for me it never quite reaches the peaks of Sculptures.
The Rezillos were from Scotland and this was their second single, but their first for a major label. Both songs were recorded in Edinburgh and I prefer the production on these to the ever-so-slightly polished versions that they re-recorded in New York for their still fantastic debut album "Can't Stand The...Rezillos"
Their main songwriter - as with both of these songs - was Luke Warm. Not his real name of course - it was the pseudonym of guitarist Jo Callis. He left The Rezillos shortly after the album was released, joined a group called The Human League and hit the songwriting jackpot by penning many of their big hits including their biggest and multi-million selling single "Don't You Want Me Baby?"
Probably the best career move he could have made - think of the royalties.
