The Dils opened for the Pistols, in 1978, wrote melodic, political punkers like Class War, never recorded a full album, but left us with this beauty. The Sound of the Rain is available on a few Dils compilations and they polished up and re-released it as a Rank and File tune in 1984.The Dils - Sound of the Rain
Much as I enjoy both incarnations of the Kinman Brothers' bands, I did not realize "Sound of the Rain" was originally a Dils tune. The Rank and File version was a standard on my college radio show way back when...
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