{"product_id":"shoes-pre-tense-demos-1978-1979-lp","title":"Shoes - Pre-Tense: Demos 1978-1979 (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSealed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZion, Illinois’ Shoes comes in second only to Cheap Trick in embodying the sound and story of Illinois pop in the late ’70s and early ’80s. Helmed by brothers Jon and Jeff Murphy and schoolmate Gary Klebe, Zion’s favorite sons were more bedroom than barroom, focusing on nailing their technique, not the local barmaid. While their Elektra-issued Present Tense LP produced four MTV-ready singles and videos, it’s their pre-major label work that genre fans have clung onto hardest.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrior to signing with Elektra in 1979, Shoes were just four guys cutting demos in a Zion, Illinois, basement. Compiled here for the first time on vinyl is a track-by-track reevaluation of their major label debut Present Tense, cut from the original master tapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide One \u003cbr\u003e1 Hangin' Around With You\u003cbr\u003e2 Every Girl\u003cbr\u003e3 Too Late\u003cbr\u003e4 Your Very Eyes\u003cbr\u003e5 Tomorrow Night\u003cbr\u003e6 Cruel You\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSide Two\u003cbr\u003e1 Three Times\u003cbr\u003e2 I Don't Wanna Hear It\u003cbr\u003e3 In My Arms Again\u003cbr\u003e4 Somebody Has What I Had\u003cbr\u003e5 I Don't Miss You\u003cbr\u003e6 Now And Then\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"SecCan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43056815046790,"sku":"NUM1204","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0088\/2959\/9806\/files\/shoes-pre-tense-demos.jpg?v=1768512207","url":"https:\/\/www.parasolrecords.com\/products\/shoes-pre-tense-demos-1978-1979-lp","provider":"Parasol Mail Order","version":"1.0","type":"link"}