{"title":"The Scruffs","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"teenage-tragedies-1974-1979","title":"Teenage Tragedies 1974-1979","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailing from Memphis, Tennessee, The Scruffs are best known for their classic powerpop LP \u003ci\u003eWanna Meet The Scruffs?\u003c\/i\u003e issued in 1977. They started to record a follow-up album with John Fry at Ardent Studios, supposedly entitled \u003ci\u003eTeenage Gurls\u003c\/i\u003e. In 1978, due to interest from Warner Bros in New York City, the band moved to The Big Apple, playing at CBGB and Max's Kansas City. One year later, leader Stephen Burns returned to Memphis to finish the recordings which survived for years in his archives. They eventually resurfaced only on CD, in 1998 on Burns' private label Northern Heights and in 2003 on Rev'Ola. Die-hard popsters regard some of these songs as their strongest material with the best ones being compiled here on Side 1. Flashback: in 1974, the same year of Big Star's\u003ci\u003e Radio City\u003c\/i\u003e LP release and Chris Bell solo recording sessions, producer Jim Dickinson heard the Scruffs' early stages and their pre-\u003ci\u003eWanna Meet...\u003c\/i\u003e material and expected the band to be the next big thing. Only heard on CD on Northern Heights in 1998, the best tracks from this stunning collection, recorded in the same Shoe Studio where Chris Bell immortalized the track\u003ci\u003e I Am The Cosmos\u003c\/i\u003e basically at the same time, are compiled here on Side 2. Mixed and remasterised by Adam Hill and Stepen Burns at Ardent Studio. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mono-Tone","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50526551376203,"sku":"1091020","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/3fd8cfa4-81c1-4345-b17c-34cd0f847df4_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1728045058"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-scruffs.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}