Nine Miles High 1983-1990

NINE MILES HIGH 1983-1990
 
Speaking of “one of the best”, I managed to stumble upon a 12” single by the Lime Spiders I think in Fairhope, AL, called “Jessica”. I absolutely love that song and regularly pull the disk out of my stacks to replay it. Despite pretty active shopping on my part, that is the only record by this Australian band that I have ever found, after reading about them in the Village Voice more than 30 years ago. Finally found out why; as noted in  Allmusic: “The bottom line is this: The Lime Spiders’ catalog is unavailable in the United States.” I checked the 12” single that I had, and sure enough, it was made in Australia. About as soon as I found that out, I ordered their retrospective collection on Amazon.com, Nine Miles High 1983-1990. Hoo boy, is that a great record.
 
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Last edited: April 3, 2021