THE PRETENDERS - 'BRASS IN POCKET' (Ian Stone's Extended & Remixed 2023 Version)

ABSOLUTE CLASSIC POP ROCK TRACK FROM 1979 CALLED 'BRASS IN POCKET' IT WAS RECORDED AND RELEASED AS A SINGLE BY 'THE PRETENDERS' AND FEATURED ON THEIR WORLDWIDE SUCCESSFUL DEBUT STUDIO ALBUM SIMPLY CALLED 'PRETENDERS'.THE SONG WAS THE THIRD SONG TO BE TAKEN FROM THE L.P. THE OTHER TWO TRACKS WERE THE GREAT 'KID' FOLLOWED UP BY 'STOP YOUR SOBBING' WHICH WAS A FANTASTIC COVER VERSION OF A HIT BY SIXTIES BAND 'THE KINKS'.ORMING WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT LINE UP IN 1978 THEY WERE FRONTED BY THE GORGEOUS 'CHRISSIE HYNDE' AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF 'THE PRETENDERS' AT THAT POINT IN TIME WERE ON LEAD GUITAR 'JAMES HONEYMAN-SCOTT' ALONGSIDE 'PETE FARNDON' ON THE BASS AND ON THE DRUMS WAS THE LEGEND 'MARTIN CHAMBERS' WHO ALSO SUPPLIED BACKGROUND VOCALS TO MOST OF THE SONGS ON THAT DEBUT CLASSIC ALBUM.ORIGINALLY FROM AKRON IN OHIO 'CHRISSIE HYNDE' MOVED OVER TO ENGLAND FIRST IN 1973 AND WAS AROUND WHEN PUNK ROCK STARTED OUT IN 1976 SHE HAS PLAYED ALONG WITH BOTH 'STEVE JONES' AND A FEW YEARS LATER ON WITH 'GLEN MATLOCK' BOTH IN THE EARLY DAYS OF PUNK IN THAT CLASSIC BAND THE 'SEX PISTOLS'.THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER HIT SINGLES COMING OFF OF LATER ALBUMS BY 'THE PRETENDERS' INCLUDING THE WONDERFUL 'BACK ON THE CHAIN GANG' AND THE LOVELY SOFT BALLAD CALLED 'I GO TO SLEEP' TO NAME CHECK JUST TWO.OVER THE YEARS SINCE THE HIT SONG 'BRASS IN POCKET' SHE HAS SUNG WITH MANY DIFFERENT ARTISTS AND HAD A U.K. HIT COVER VERSION OF 'I'VE GOT YOU BABE' WITH 'U.B.4.0.' LEAD VOCALIST 'ALI CAMPBELL' WHICH WAS AS GOOD A TAKE ON THE SONG AS ANY BUT NOT AS GOOD AS THE ORIGINAL SINGLE RELEASE BACK IN THE LATE SIXTIES BY 'SONNY AND CHER'.ANYWAY HERE WE FIND THAT 'IAN STONE' HAS TAKEN HOLD OF THE ORIGINAL 1979 ALBUM MIX OF 'BRASS IN POCKET' AND ADDED A GREAT REMIX TO IT WHILE ALSO EXTENDING IT AND TRYING TO ENHANCE THE SOUND QUALITY RIGHT UPTO TODAY'S 2023 HQ STANDARD.