{"id":357,"date":"2019-07-29T19:14:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/?p=357"},"modified":"2023-11-21T11:41:13","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T11:41:13","slug":"the-go-betweens-a-life-time-commitment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/2019\/07\/29\/the-go-betweens-a-life-time-commitment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Go-Betweens &#8211; a life-time commitment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1329\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs.jpg?fit=771%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs-768x1021.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs-771x1024.jpg 771w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>The Go-Betweeens Uk 12&#8243; collection and a bit of my cat Merle&#8217;s tail&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I recently met a neighbour who unbeknown to me shared a life-long passion for the Australian group The Go-Betweens.  He introduced me to a facebook group called Right Here: The Go-Betweens Appreciation Society and I been posting all day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Above the UK catalogue on vinyl as purchased throughout the 1980s. I knew of The Go-Betweens from early on having collected Postcard Records like Orange Juice and Aztec Camera and the first Go-Betweens single in the UK. Then my friend Pete Astor through his bands The Loft and The Weather Prophets got to know and play alongside them. I loved <em>Cattle and Cane <\/em>and started to collect everything they did. That collection has come through two relationships and four cities so at least some things stay constant. Loving The Go-Betweens going by the Facebook comments is a lifetime commitment&#8230;.and despite &#8216;Part Company&#8217; there will be no divorce. We been together nearly 40 years already \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1543\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs2.jpg?fit=664%2C1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs2-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs2-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trailerstar.co.uk\/squirrel\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/GBs2-664x1024.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption>UK 7&#8243; collection 1980 -1990<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Facebook Group:  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2238310669\/\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/2238310669\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently met a neighbour who unbeknown to me shared a life-long passion for the Australian group The Go-Betweens. He introduced me to a facebook group called Right Here: The Go-Betweens Appreciation Society and I been posting all day. Above the UK catalogue on vinyl as purchased throughout the 1980s. 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