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The Real Haircut 100 - Short Back And Sides pre-Arista album

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The Real Haircut 100 - Short Back And Sides pre-Arista album

Postby Dominik500 » Sun Aug 16, 2015 6:21 am

I haven't seen anything about this, but I apologize if this is a repeat post.

I found an old issue of New Sounds New Styles from 1981 and in it there was an article about Haircut 100 and their debut album currently being recorded. The article mentioned a few tracks I hadn't heard ("Chunky Puzzle" and "Blue Penguins") so I did a google...

The first thing I was brought to was a Spotify page for something called The Real Haircut 100. The album "Short Back And Sides" featured both the songs I was trying to track down. A little more googling led me to this:

http://therealhaircut100.blogspot.com/2 ... chive.html

A blogspot for The Real Haircut 100, featuring a handful of posts from around 2012. Many of them boasting this "Short Back And Sides" album that supposedly was on iTunes, Amazon and eMusic. Unfortunately all the links are dead. The Spotify version of the album isn't in my country, so I can't confirm if that's been pulled or not, but I'd imagine it has. (if there's anyone in the UK who could check, it would be appreciated)

A little more googling led me to this: a website called OkMusic has samples of two songs from the album including an early version of "Favourite Shirts" and another new track called "Go Motion."

http://okmusic.jp/#!/i/collections/1114 ... des%201981

Did anyone manage to snag this while it was available? Does anyone know the full tracklisting? Who was involved in getting this out there? Can anyone answer these burning questions?

Thanks!

Dominik
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You've got your mother's looks, but she's 45, not 22." The Quarks - "Mechanical" (1981 Magnet Records)
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Re: The Real Haircut 100 - Short Back And Sides pre-Arista a

Postby magnum » Mon Aug 17, 2015 2:43 am

Yup......would love to the demo of Favourite shirts in full.
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Re: The Real Haircut 100 - Short Back And Sides pre-Arista a

Postby joeldantas » Wed Dec 03, 2025 11:12 am

I'm looking for this The Real Haircut 100 - Short Back And Sides pre-Arista album fo many years.

Does anyone have this record they could share with me? Thanks in advance.
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