The Lyres - Don't Give It Up Now

DIRTY WATER CLUB RECORDS JOINS FORTE, AND RELEASES AN ARCHIVAL MASTERPIECE!! ONE OF THE ALL-TIME MOST POPULAR BOSTON ROCK’N’ROLL GROUPS, THIS IS AN OFFICIAL RE-RELEASE OF THE DEBUT LYRES SINGLE FROM 1979. RIGHT BEFORE THANKSGIVING 1978, DMZ PLAYED THEIR LAST CONCERT, WITH THE OWNER PULLING THE PLUG ON THE USE OF THAT NAME FOR THE GROUP. THE SONGWRITER AND RHYTHM SECTION DECIDED TO CONTINUE, WITH THE REAL KIDS’ ROADIE ON BEGINNER’S-STYLE GUITAR. ON 1ST JANUARY 1979 THE FIRST REHEARSAL TOOK PLACE, IN THE DRUMMER’S BASEMENT, IN SOMERVILLE, MASS. THE FIRST GIGS TOOK PLACE JUST A FEW WEEKS LATER, FOLLOWED BY A THREENIGHTER WITH KENNY & THE KASUALS AT THE SPACE. BY THEN THE FIRST RECORDING SESSIONS HAD TAKEN PLACE AT THE SAME JOINT AS THE DMZ SESSIONS FOR BOMP RECORDS, BUT THESE SESSIONS WERE IMMEDIATELY ABANDONED FOR THE ORIGINAL DMZ RECORDING STUDIO, INTERMEDIA ON NEWBURY STREET, HOME OF AEROSMITH’S FIRST ALBUM. A FEW MONTHS LATER, IN AUGUST 1979, THE FIRST BOX OF 100 COPIES SHOWED UP AND WERE THE VERY FIRST INDIE 7“ SINGLES WITH SLEEVES TO BE SOLD AT NEWBURY COMICS.

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