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Joe Hall and the Continental Drift - Joe Hall and the Continental Drift

Joe Hall and the Continental Drift. Trying to categorize Joe Hall is a bit of a conundrum, wrapped in an enigma coated in Panko and fried in bacon grease and served with a sprig of parsley. I can't say I ever really understood Mister Hall, or really got his music, but for whatever reason I still kind of consider myself a fan. He's sort of a musical WTF with a question mark. Is he taking the piss or is he serious? During the waning days of poor Krazy Bob's I would go in more often than not to scour his discount bins that were more often than not seeded with some really cool stuff. On the day where I found this 1977 CBC Transcription, I also found replacement copies for a couple of his albums that I had back in the mid '80s: On the Avenue (1978)  and Rancho Banano (1980). I looked and looked hoping to find Drinking with the Continental Drift (1979) an album I never had, that would have filled in a missing piece. But it was either hiding or whoever dumped their records w...