It's rather unfortunate that if the Dolly Mixture are remembered for anything these days it's that they appeared on Captain Sensible's unfortunate recording of "Happy Talk" which brought him some success that he's still trying to live down. But even he has bills to pay, so I can't begrudge him a hit with a dreadful novelty cover.
Been Teen (1981)
This is the second of four singles and a 12" that they released in their lifetime. But they did record quite a bit apparently based on the amount of stuff that has come out since then. But still they remain as ever absurdly obscure.
It's a shame. This is such sweet pop music.
Fourth and final single. One more 12" on Cordelia Records (label of the Deep Freeze Mice) and they were done for the most part. The B-side is a bit of a departure from previous efforts with a bit of chamber style music and cello, but I personally don't have any issues with that. As it is two people on Discogs apparently think this one is worth over a hundred American dollars. I'd argue, but I only paid a buck apiece for the three so I'm pretty sure I got a good buy no matter how you shake it out.
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