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Jul 23, 2022Liked by Michael

“So many reasons to rejoice” Eddie Robinson ?? Todd Rundgren’s amazing production skills created a beautiful recorded segue between the songs “Summer's Cauldron” and “Grass” on XTC’s fabulous album “Skylarking” -- it might have been Rundgren’s way of making a statement at the very beginning of the record, that this was going to be a true all inclusive band record, and not just an Andy Partridge showpiece. So Andy wrote “Summer's Cauldron”, but Colin Moulding wrote “Grass”. Rundgren welded those two together. Much to the band’s surprise the record label chose to promote the very edgy song “Dear God” instead of what Andy thought would be their best chance at a Top 40 hit which was, “Earn Enough For Us.” I love em all :)

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Thanks for the shout-out, Michael! You'll be happy to know that everything I learned about radio I stole from Johnny Fever (I haven't used a "WKRP in Cincinnati" reference in a while, so......!) Happy weekend to you and your loyal following!

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