On June 9, 1979 (the day I graduated from college), two of the best records of the year were released: Nick Lowe's Labour of Lust and Dave Edmunds' Repeat When Necessary. They were really records by the same band: Rockpile. Edmunds and Lowe (along with Billy Bremner and Terry Williams) had been touring together as Rockpile since 1976, but due to their own solo contractual obligations, they could not record as such. They would actually get it all together in 1980, put out a band record, Seconds of Pleasure, and then promptly ... break up.
But in '79 the boys were still releasing "solo" records. Lowe scored a major hit from his, the power pop gem, "Cruel to be Kind". The video features the band, with Edmunds acting as chauffeur, and Lowe recreating his nuptials to Carlene Carter, daughter of June...
Edmunds had a lesser hit with his nice cover of Elvis Costello's "Girls Talk":
Cool. Never saw that clip of Girls Talk before.
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