Spring Hill Fair
und:#d1dbdf; font-size:120%;">Review scoresSpring Hill Fair was released in September 1984 in the UK on Sire Records. It was The Go-Betweens' third album. The LP was recorded at Studio Miraval in Le Val, France. Prior to the recording of the album, bass player Robert Vickers had joined the group, enabling Grant McLennan to move to lead guitar. The original release consisted of ten songs. In 2002, Circus released an expanded CD which included a second disc of ten bonus tracks and a music video for the song, "Bachelor Kisses". The album was named Spring Hill Fair after an annual fair in Spring Hill, Queensland, suburb of Brisbane Grammar School, Forster's high school.
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