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Shy - Caught In The Act
1985 Brave The Storm LP
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Terrific, obscure Hi-Tech AOR in my book.
Great to see this album getting some love. 💜
Alan Kelly talks about the song 'Caught In The Act'. Apparently Shy did a pre production version/demo of the song…
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This album should've been called 'The Circus'.
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