Sandwiched between the official last track on side one (Magic Michael's Little By Little) and the first track on side two, the bloozy instrumental "Jump For Joy" by Stones Masonry is a mystery cut. Not mentioned on the sleeve, the record label or even on the inner sleeve, it sounds like a killer live version of Graham Parker's "Back To Schooldays" from the dancing midget's beautiful "Howlin' Wind" album. Another Nick Lowe production.

Nick Lowe also produced the aferomentioned instrumental "Jump For Joy" played by a super-group "Stones Masonry" formed before Chilli Willi in the 60's and reunited for the occasion. The musicians were well-known members of the pub rock scene: Martin Stone on guitar, and Paul Bass (aka Paul Riley) of Chilli Willi fame, the same Paul Riley who played with Graham Parker, Bob Irwin on drums - a long time Nick Lowe friend who would later joined Nick Lowe in his "Cowboy Outfit" around 1982 - and finally Will Stallibrass played harmonica, he was part of the Chilli Willi "entourage", and played with such luminaries as Mick Farren.

STONES MASONRY - 1977

As the inner sleeve notes, or even the photo say, little or nothing is known about Jill Read. Anyway "Maybe" is a neo-Spector torch song with a great Dave Edmunds' wall of sound production job - and the lady's got a a voice as powerful as that of Darlene Love or an Edmunds in tight strides.

"Maybe" was released first in 1977 as a 7" single in France coupled with the Takeaways' Food, and in Holland with "Wang Dang-Doodle" on the other side. The latter is far more interesting cause of the b side  also produced by Dave Edmunds who plays and sings on it. Both sleeves had the same printed message: "Jill, If You're Out There, Write To Us For Your Royalties"

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JILL READ - 1977

If Dave Edmunds produced "Maybe" for Jill Read, a song he also recorded for his "Subtle As A Flying Mallet" (1975), Dave Edmunds then gave Chuck Berry's "Jo-Jo Gunne" the kind of work-out Berry's material hadn't seen since the MC5 did "Back In The USA". A stunning version of this little known Chuck Berry classic culled from the vast archives of unissued Edmunds material. The song was released by arrangement with Kingsley Ward and Rockfield Studios.

Next came one of the best track of the album, Tyla Gang rifling through a Lower East Side Rock Dream worthy of a Phil Lynott / Bruce Springsteen collaboration were they asked to rewrite a score for "West Side Story". It's called "The Young Lords" are as superlative as the title. The "Bunch Of Stiffs" version is produced by Deke Leonard, an old time friend of Sean Tyla from the days of "Christmas At The Patti". This was the first incarnation of this great song, later recorded again for "Yachtless" the first Tyla Gang album, but the Stiff version is the definitive one.

DAVE EDMUNDS - 1977