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About The Legendary Lost Exits Album
(THE EXITS FORMED IN 1977 AROUND THE BATTERSEA AND TOOTING AREAS OF SOUTH LONDON AND SIGNED TO LIGHTNING RECORDS (THEN RIDING HIGH WITH ANTHEA & DONNA'S HUGE NUMBER ONE HIT "UPTOWN TOP RANKING"), SCORING A TOP TEN HIT IN THE UNK/INDEPENDENT CHARTS WITH THEIR LONE 1978 SINGLE, "THE FASHION PLAGUE" B/W "CHEAM". THEY QUICKLY BECAME SOMETHING OF A LIVE DRAW IN SOUTH LONDON AND PLAYED SEVERAL HIGH PROFILE SHOWS INCLUDING ONE AT THE LONDON DUNGEON SUPPORTING SCREAMING LORD SUTCH! THEIR SET WAS LARGELY COMPRISED OF SONGS WRITTEN BY BASSIST/VOCALIST COLIN SWAN AND GUITARIST/VOCALIST GENO BUCKMASTER WHICH EVOKED THE BEST OF ELVIS COSTELLO, PETE TOWNSHEND AND GRAHAM PARKER BUT THEY ALSO THREW COVERS OF TOMMY JAMES & THE SHONDELLS' "I THINK WE'RE ALONE NOW" AND SMALL FACES' "TIN SOLDIER" IN FOR GOOD MEASURE. A SECOND SINGLE, "KEEP ON TRYIN'", WAS SLATED FOR RELEASE AND AN ALBUM'S WORTH OF HIGH-QUALITY DEMOS LAID DOWN IN EARLY 1979. GIGS PROMOTING THE 'FORTHCOMING ALBUM' SHOWED GREAT PROMI
