Hi all,
We have got two new (and good!) reviews about the Sally Shapiro maxi:

Vice Magazine, UK:

"...in every respect it is an utterly perfect slice of italo synth-pop.
Like all the classic vocal Italo productions from the early 80s,
"Sally" only exists on paper - she's actually a girl from Sweden, a
friend of the record's producer, Johan Agebjörn. With its naive melody,
slightly off vocal and analogue flavour, "I'll be by your side" evokes
the melancholy feel of authentic italo far more convincingly than, for
example, Alden Tyrell. One of the B-sides, suitably titled "Overload",
is an insanely fruity hypermelodic 8-bit synth odyssey by Agebjörn that
recalls the soaring sci-fi instruments of Hypnosis and Koto. The other
B-side, "Time to Let Go", is as heartbreakingly good as "I'll be by
your side"."

whole review with images at:
http://www.johanagebjorn.info/sally-vice.jpg
(thanks marfloW for scanning!)

Groove, Germany:

"Sally Shapiro könnte ihre Valerie Dore werden: „I’ll Be By Your Side“
ist bereits ein Hit auf I-Fs Internetradio CBS: So hemmungslos
nostalgisch war bei allem Eklektizismus der letzten Jahre lange keine
Produktion mehr unterwegs."

whole review at http://www.groove.de/reviews.php?id=2011

...and about the release: Clone has started to distribute the record to
other record shops this week, so I guess they will put it up for sale
on their own webshop (again) in a few days, probably Friday.

Cheers,
Johan.
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mp3s: www.johanagebjorn.info