The Flies-All Hung Up b/w How Come? (1984)

 

Artist: The Flies

Title: All Hung Up b/w How Come?

Label: Conflict

Format: 7"

Cat:  CON 002

Year of Release: 1984

Country and Year of Edition: US 1984

Sell Price: $5.66

Discogs Last Sold:2/4/24 VG+/VG+ $7.00

Low:$3.50

Median: $6.98

Average: $7.14

High: $12.00

Current low price: $7.53

Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 13

Have/Want: 106/50

Where Sold:  Portland, OR

Time it took to sell:  9 years

Where and When Purchased: NYC Etheria late aughts 99 cent sticker still on it from 99 cent  bin

Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A

Sad To See It Go: Yes

Excellent single a year prior to the Homestead Records release Get Wise that I always liked to play on the radio and bought at some point in time.  The Wayland MA address and label name made me wonder if this came with an issue of Gerard Cosloy’s Conflict zine since the only other release on the label was the classic Bands That Could Be God compilation.   Leader Nat Freedberg went on to form other Boston Rock mainstays The Titanics and the Upper Crust.  For whatever reason I always liked the Flies best and didn't really link the three bands in their day.  Upper Crust is probably the one I saw the most, although I did see the Titanics at some point in time.

Anyway, the B-side which I can't seem to find in streamland features Mission Of Burma's Clint Connelly on Sitar (!) and is a good melodic vocal "stop-starter."  That A-side is a chiming anthem that made it to Get Wise.  Even though I'm now sad to see this dollar bin record go, I'm glad the sale made me actively reexamine a band long gone that I always like when I hear 'em.

Sometimes music can be that way.