They'll Need A Crane (EP)/UK Press Release
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MUSIC INDUSTRY MEDIA SERVICES APPEARING 61-71 COLLIER STREET LONDON N1 9BE Tel: (01) 833 2841 TELEX: 299579 THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ... THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ... ------------------------------------------------------ "THEY'LL NEED A CRANE"... 7" & 12" SINGLE... ONE LITTLE INDIAN RELEASE DATE... 30 JANUARY 1989 VIDEO OF THIS SINGLE, PLUS PREVIOUS AWARD-WINNING CLIPS... ARTISTS AVAILABLE IN THE U.K. FOR INTERVIEWS, P.A.S AND SESSIONS FROM 26TH FEBRUARY THROUGH 3 MARCH... ****************************************************** THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS ARE: JOHN LINNELL AND JOHN FLANSBURGH, FROM BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. ****************************************************** THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS RELEASE THEIR FIRST SINGLE ON ONE LITTLE INDIAN RECORDS (HOME OF THE SUGARCUBES) AS THEY CONTINUE TO RACK UP AN IMPRESSIVE STRING OF AMERICAN TELEVISION APPEARANCES TO MATCH THE ADULATION OF THE U.S. PRESS (E.G. T.V. SHOWS LIKE JOHNNY CARSON'S "TONIGHT" SHOW, "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" AND DAVID LETTERMAN'S CHAT SHOW). THEIR QUICK FORAY INTO THE U.K. IN MID-JANUARY WAS A TEASER FOR THE MAIN EVENT THAT STARTS FEBRUARY 27, WHICH COINCIDENTALLY MARKS THE RELEASE OF THE EXTRAORDINARY SECOND LP "LINCOLN" THAT HAS NOTCHED UP NEARLY ONE QUARTER-MILLION SALES IN THE U.S.. ANYONE WHO ATTENDED EITHER OF THE TWO LONDON CONCERTS WILL ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT TO SEE THEM LIVE IS TO GET THE FULL T.M.B.G. EXPERIENCE. "THEY'LL NEED A CRANE" IS A LOVESONG WHICH USES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE SKILLFULLY AND CLEVERLY WOVEN THROUGHOUT THE CATCHY POP MELODY. UNTIL THE RELEASE OF "LINCOLN", YOU'LL HAVE TO PHONE T.M.B.G.'S "DIAL-A-SONG" SERVICE ON 0101 718 387 6962 TO HEAR SOME OF THE 400 OTHER SONGS THEY'VE WRITTEN (THEY CHANGE THEM DAILY IF POSSIBLE). OR... RING SCOTT OR PAM ON (01) 833 2841 TO GET AN ADVANCE COPY OF THE LP.
