I'd been looking for a 12" version of Paul Young's "Come Back And Stay" since I first heard "Say It Right" and eventually found a copy in one of Notting Hill's second-hand establishments, for the gargantuan sum of 10p!
That's right, TEN WHOLE PENCE!!
I can't think of a single thing that costs 10p, not even nasty little cheapo sweets! There's not a scratch on it either!
The downside, however, is it's awful.
I was hoping there would be some nice instrumental sections or maybe a few Pino Palladino licks but this is one of those 1983 extended-remix-for-the-sake-of-it type things: horrible out-of-time delay on the snares, some nasty farty bass sound and any empty parts are filled with s-s-s-sampled vocal snippets by the backing singers (who were called 'The Fabulous Wealthy Tarts' - what's THAT all about?).
Now, I could probably use some of these sections but they're technically so badly done, you might think it was ME and I can't have that! The addition of a little breakbeat helps move things along a little and here's the finished result:
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