And then, after 12 years - a third one appeared:

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Quite simply one of the most beautiful albums ever made, "Longshot For Your Love" is in fact nothing of the sort. Rather than being a studio album, it's a compilation, of rare singles, radio sessions, live tracks, and obscure off cuts, brought together by Marina Records in 1998.

For many Pale Fountains officianados, this is their definitive musical statement - a bouncy, lush, soaring collection of songs which taps into their sun-dappled sensibilities arguably a lot better than their expansive debut or their rickety-guitar follow-up.

For some strange reason, this album seems to float in and out of print, almost arbitarily. Five years ago, for example, the CD was regularly going for £25.00 on Ebay. I would advise, therefore, if you are at all interested in this beautiful music, and see either the CD or the (especially) the limited edition vinyl, then you buy it immediately. Every home should have one.

In the meantime, here's the CD ripped at 320 kps:

http://www.protectlinks.com/118127

Also - STOP PRESS - here is a live bootleg of the Paleys playing in Japan in 1985 I just found on another blog:

http://www.protectlinks.com/118135

I've not listened to it yet, so can't comment on its sound quality. Thanks to http://bubu-musicalementvotre.blogspot.com/ - the original uploader!