'Galore' is their third and final album and was criminally ignored upon release. It's very difficult to find these days but if you can try 'Lead Me Astray' or 'Slip Away' for starters. Great pop songs.
The Primitives came into view with their hit single 'Crash'; a song that will always remind me of a memorable event.....
In 1988 most of us were, one-by-one, passing our driving tests. One such day MJ had passed his and to celebrate had borrowed his Dad's car. So within no more than an hour of passing his test we were off in The Johnsons' car for a celebratory drive. The celebrations did not last long though. We were travelling a little fast down Clavering bank with the sharp corner looming far too quickly. Each of MJ's passengers slowly took up the brace position. Clearly this went unnoticed by the confident driver as no attempt was made to slow down. Well that was until we left the road and started travelling towards a row of houses. Brakes were finally applied and we managed to 'stay' on the grass verge. The next obstacle was a row of saplings. Surely we would hit these. I've no idea what happened next as we hit a number of them and came to an eventual stop. We straightened out from our brace position, shaken and shocked but in one piece. MJ then turned to us - his glasses were wonky from the impact..... and that was enough to set us off. We started howling with laughter. The howling intensified when we got out of the car and saw tyre tracks either side if the row of trees - which were still standing. How in earth had he done that? And the song on the stereo that accompanied us on our collision course? 'Crash' by The Primitives. I kid you not! What a hoot.
I don't think his Dad saw the funny side though.....
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