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Two years of constant touring and several disappointing close brushes with a major label recording contract had taken their toll on the band, and True West called it quits in the summer of 1985. Tolman started a successful solo career and the band decided to reform without Tolman shortly after and go
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British TV that would have pushed them over the top and into the arms of a waiting major, unlike other Paisley Underground bands. After a successful tour of the European continent, the band returned to the U.S. to write and prepare to record their third album.
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True West reformed in 2006, with original members Tolman, McGrath, and Blair, along with new members drummer Jim Huie and bassist Ian
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tour. Playing venues such as
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Suddenly, England couldn't get enough of
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in April 1985 amidst what the U.K. music press had declared "The
American Invasion," which had been kicked off a few months earlier by the arrival of
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sessions, along with many live recordings of the band. It was compiled by True West drummer Jim Huie and noted author and reissue producer
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on their Bring Out Your Dead label in 2021. It contains all three of the band's studio albums, including for the first time on CD
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the next year. However, in 1987, bassist Kevin
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In 2009, True West played at a festival in Norway called Down On The Farm, which also featured
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350:Bearsville Studios
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330:Russ Tolman
315:Lucifer Sam
307:Syd Barrett
287:David Gates
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252:Rain Parade
240:Los Angeles
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334:Steve Wynn
311:Pink Floyd
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