away from adult education soon to come with City Preachers, I.D. Company or Atlantis... The Hi-Fis left London in 66 after 5 commercially disappointing singles for Piccadilly, Pye and A.L.P., Hamburg bound. They recorded 2 more unnoticed 45's for the famous Hamburg label of the stars, including the fantastic "Tread Softly For The Sleepers". In spite of zero chart action they had the opportunity to record an LP. On "Snakes And Hi-Fis"we've found this lovely tribute to a roadie called Uwe and we take the chance to dedicate this song to Uwe, the artist without whom we'd have 6 LP-covers less. While listening to the Hi-Fis you may wonder what's been so new about the New Wave. XTC had hits with that stuff a decade later... Attention shoppers! This are The Strings from Hamburg of "Don't Go" fame, but here's their second single, called "Don't Play". Similar titles caused much confusion and often these two are mistaken for being one and the same song, but this cryptic snotter on Kerston is even better than their Acondor 7"... If you still think that psych and garage sounds don't mix well, listen to this 69 single on Tresiton by Fox & Company with heavy guitar strangling and vocals from the tomb. Forget trying to find an original. Reliable sources confirm that the ridiculous amount of 25 copies has been pressed... The Donkeys were on the shortlist for the last 4 years and grew up to be