Apparently a reissue of this LP is coming, hardly surprising given the amount of interest it receives on eBay. (Here is a good link for keeping up to date on such matters.) Good thing too, as my vinyl is a little noisy. Most of the Midwestern power-pop bands of the era were caught in the whipsaw between wanting to play Beatles/Byrds/Costello-derived "new wave" and having to have a Journey/REO Speedwagon AOR bent in order to find work. Obviously the records that work best are the ones that avoid the latter as much as possible, and that's why power pop fans like The Late Show so much. Plenty of Rickenbacker jangle and harmonies, but the guitar player does not take long solos, and the lead singer does not sound like a cokehead studio hack recording a jingle for shock absorbers. One of the best US indie power pop LPs, along with the Heats, the Scruffs, the Wind, the Toms...what am I missing?