The original Rickenbacker 325, a semi-hollow, short-scale guitar that was all crescent moon curves and swooping detail, had a sound hole. Manic Monday may have been a huge hit for the Bangles in 1986, but in 1987 when I first listened to All Over The Place, it was Hero Takes a Fall, James, and Dover Beach that stood out. That the songs on the record had echoes of The Byrds, Beach Boys, and Big Star helped too. While glorious, spine-tingling harmonies seemed as natural as speaking. When 16-year old me looked at that photograph, it spoke of a care-free existence where choruses and hooks were conjured up and written down as casually as a shopping list. Holding that sleeve, looking at the cover, with Susanna Hoffs sitting cross-legged, Rickenbacker 325 balanced in her lap, and listening to those jangling chords, that's what hooked me. But the moment when I really, truly, fell for it was the day I first put the Bangles' All Over The Place on my turntable.
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