Behind The Mask's release caught me in Budapest, Hungary of all places, where at that time, international releases were out very late. i was almost 2 weeks from returning home and a decent record store.
but when it comes to FM i can become (highly uncharacteristicly) very resourceful, and managed to come up with a brilliant solution; a friend of mine from england was supposed to be in Warsaw a few days later, same time as me!, so i called and asked her to bring me a copy there.
i remember my 17 year old self, alone in a taxi in an unbelievably freezing north european night, in what seemed like an absolutly dead city, reaching her hotel and getting what was probably the only copy of BTM in poland at that time.
i don't remember whether it was me who was dumb enough not to ask her to make me a taped copy, or was it her who forgot to do it, but the result was that i had only the LP, a walkman, and obviously no record player
i had about a week to stare at the sleeve, analyze the lyrics, imagine what it must sound like, and waiting desperately to be back home.
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somewhere deep in the middle of the night baby, i think about you!!! she says somewhere deep in the middle of the night my baby, i think about you!!!! she says i know what it sounds liiike! i know what it sounds liiiiiiiiiiike, i know what it sounds like, it sounds like youuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!