{"title":"The Knack","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"countdown-1980-live-black-friday-2023","title":"Countdown 1980 Live -Black Friday 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis product is a Black Friday Record Store Day title and not available to pre-order.\n\nAvailable to buy in-store and online from 8am on 25\/11\/2023 (Black Friday Record Store Day).\nDon’t forget: Click 'Notify Me' to be the first to know about its availability online. It also helps us to place accurate orders so that we can please as many of you as possible on the day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a very rare 24-minute live set from LA's elusive power pop icons The Knack in 1980 on the music show Countdown. Baby Talks Dirty, Good Girls Don't and their hit single “My Sharona” that went Gold in thirteen days and was the #1 song of 1979. Their debut album \u003ci\u003eGet the Knack\u003c\/i\u003e sold over six million copies worldwide. Their signature combination of pop melodies and irresistible rock beats broke the stranglehold of Disco and changed the course of popular music for the next decade. This rare live performance in Holland features songs from their sophomore album, But the Little Girls Understand as well as few rare covers and classic Knack songs from their iconic debut album.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Baby Talks Dirty 2. Can't Put A Price On Love 3. Come A Little Bit Closer 4. Mr. Handleman 5. Little Girl 6. My Sharona 7. 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Discussions were held with the band, management, distributor, and HOB, all of whom were very concerned with the timing but after talking pros and cons, it was agreed that the show should go on to show how strong the United States is a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 18-track set includes cuts from the band’s recording career with 8 tracks from their groundbreaking bestselling debut album,\u003ci\u003e Get The Knack\u003c\/i\u003e including ‘My Sharona’, ‘Good Girls Don’t’, ‘Frustrated’ and 5 others. Features a cover of ‘Last Train To Clarksville’ by The Monkees and a blistering medley of ‘Tequila’ into The Doors’ ‘Break On Through (To The Other Side)’. 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But, sometimes, we need to be reminded of that.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003ePrincipal songwriter and vocalist Doug Fieger of The Knack created Zen Records as an outlet for new Knack material, as well as early recordings, demos, and more in order to get them into the public ear. Omnivore Recordings has been honoured to have a decade-plus relationship with Zen Records.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnackology: The Zen Recordings\u003c\/em\u003e collects 19 classic Knack performances. From pre-Get The Knack demos (“That’s What The Little Girls Do”), to a live “Let Me Out,” Knackology shows the band’s genesis. Follow that with more across the globe performances of hits including “Good Girls Don’t,” “Baby Talks Dirty,” “One Day At A Time,” and—naturally—“My Sharona,” and feel the live power that caused a bidding war for their debut, and how it never relented onstage throughout their tenure.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eAlso included are studio tracks from their releases Zoom (which Fieger called their best album) and Normal As The Next Guy, showcasing that they were never truly that “one hit wonder” label they had been slapped with. Add in rarities like their cover of Badfinger’s “No Matter What” (originally released on a Badfinger tribute) and you have a total Knack education and experience.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis collection is mastered by multiple Grammy-winning engineer Michael Graves, and features liner notes from Grammy-winner Lee Lodyga (who has helmed Knack reissues for Capitol Records, Virgin Records, and Omnivore Recordings.) \u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eKnackology: The Zen Recordings i\u003c\/em\u003es more than just a compilation. It is both an introduction and refresher course to one of the world’s most important, impressive, and irreplaceable bands.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eYou know we all shine on \/ The light delights the day \/ Return to turn it on or fade away\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Omnivore Recordings","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":57049627590987,"sku":"R0953-0828","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2000x2000bb_5712ca68-6a76-4c2d-858c-9efa858da2df.jpg?v=1776363826"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-knack.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}