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ROGER C. REALE & RUE MORGUE "The Collection" Burger Records (2019) PRE-ORDER LP/CD NOW: https://burgerrecords.11spot.com/roger-c-reale-rue-morgue-the-collection.html Starting in his teens, Rhode Island-born Roger C. Reale was a party to New England’s raucous band scene, but his shot at stardom came when he signed to Connecticut indie Big Sound in 1978. “Big Sound initially patterned itself after Stiff,” reveals Reale. “Stiff Records, The Jam, The Clash... we were getting all those singles and we wanted to be a part of it.” For his explosive debut LP ‘Radioactive,” Reale enlisted hotshot local guitarist G.E. Smith (later of Hall & Oates, Bob Dylan, SNL Band) and Sparks drummer Hilly Michaels. “That record is a MONSTERPIECE of magic, and power and pop,” gushes Michaels." G.E. Smith confesses, "I’ve played on a bunch of things since then, but that whole album is really one of my top two or three.” “I brought Roger’s record over to Mick Ronson’s house,” recalls Michaels. “‘F**king hell, Hilly, this is amazing!