I've just welcomed this little beauty into the family.
I'm collecting Ebony LPs now. I have a few in the collection, bought at the time (mid-late 80s) because of the great music; Touched, Samurai among others, but strangely not Grim Reaper, possibly (I know now) the best act to come out of the Ebony studio. (Don't judge too harshly, these were pre-internet days - we relied on magazines, a weekly rock show and word of mouth. Plus you often had to buy a whole album without any way of sampling any of it on demand. It was easy to miss great stuff.)
With so much of that output currently not available to buy or for streaming, it's a reasonable excuse to fill the gaps in the vinyl collection now.
Why Ebony? Back then, on cheap stereos and without the benefit of an audiophile's ear, it was obvious that the sound on these particular LPs sucks, but what they lacked in polished sound they made up for with top-quality A&R.
They had an ear for a really good band and great songs, and even on the Rock meets Metal compilation albums (bands payed for a day's studio time in return for being cut into a record) there are some real gems.
So here's to Darryl Johnston. Being able to discover (and afford) the music was difficult at the time, but better late than never!
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