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I've written about Brinsley Schwarz before, but in case you're not familiar with them a little history may help you fully understand the significance of the recently released box set, Thinking Back: The Anthology 1970 - 1975 . It contains all sixty-eight tracks from Brinsley Schwarz's seven studio albums including It's All Over Now that was recorded in the mid-70s but not released until 1988. Pub-rock is frequently mentioned as the precursor to punk, but personally I don't hear it in the music of Brinsley Schwarz even with the knowledge that someone possessing a punk sensibility like the young Elvis Costello was obsessed with the British quintet. The view from here is that garage-rock and power-pop describe the band's music far more accurately. The group's lineup for their first two LPs included the guitarist they are named after,  Brinsley Schwarz , and keyboard player Bob Andrews. Billy Rankin pla...

Once again it's time to write about a musical artist named Brinsley Schwarz, but this time it's the early 70s, English, pub-rock quintet, not the musician born with that name who served as the lead guitarist for the group that also used it as their sobriquet. Bloggerhythms' earlier posts about Brinsley Schwarz's Christmas song  and the  interview  that followed it primarily focused on the music and career of the solo artist.  The compilation, What IS So Funny About Peace, Love & Understanding? is an out of print, seventeen track CD that I purchased from  Discogs . It's title is a slight variation of the one Nick Lowe used for his song - originally released as a Brinsley Schwarz single and album track - that later became a standard for Elvis Costello. Everything on this album was broadcast on BBC's Radio 1 from 1972 through 1975. The group worked exactly as The Beatles did for most of their BBC appearanc...