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ABSOLUTE CLASSIC BALLAD FROM 1975 HERE CALLED 'COME UP AND SEE ME (MAKE ME SMILE)' RECORDED BY 'STEVE HARLEY & COCKNEY REBEL' FEATURING ON THEIR WORLDWIDE SUCCESSFUL THIRD STUDIO ALBUM 'THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES'.AN AWESOME TRACK THAT 'STEVE HARLEY' CREATED ALONG WITH THE GROUP HOWEVER BEFORE IT WAS RELEASED THE ORIGINAL 'COCKNEY REBEL' HAD ALREADY SPLIT UP BUT THE SONG WAS TOO STRONG TO SIMPLY FORGET ABOUT AND SHORTLY AFTER IT'S 1975 RELEASE ON BOTH ALBUM AND AS A SINGLE HERE IN THE U.K. 'STEVE HARLEY' HAD THOUGHT ABOUT CREATING ANOTHER VERSION OF IT AND GO SOLO.BUT HE DID A BIT OF A U-TURN AND INSTEAD FORMED A SECOND 'COCKNEY REBEL' WITH DIFFERENT MEMBERS RECRUITED.THE TUNE SHOT TO THE TOP OF MANY POP CHART'S THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND BECAME THE INSTANT CLASSIC SONG THAT WE ALL LOVE TODAY A TIMELESS ROCK BALLAD.THERE HAVE BEEN A STAGGERING 120 DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF 'COME UP AND SEE ME (MAKE ME SMILE)' IN SO MANY DIFFERENT GENRES AND STYLES OF MUSIC THAT CURRENTLY EXIST FROM THE LIKES OF 'DURAN DURAN' TO 'BARBARA DICKSON', 'ERASURE' AND EVEN A RAW PUNK ROCK/NEW WAVE VERSION APPEARING IN THE LATE EIGHTIES BY ''THE WEDDING PRESENT' GROUP.ALONG WITH 'STEVE HARLEY' AFTER THAT 1974/5 BREAK UP ONLY THE DRUMMER 'STUART ELLIOTT' REMAINED ON BOARD UNTIL THE BAND WAS ASSEMBLED SHORTLY AFTER THE ALBUM 'THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES' WAS RELEASED.ANYWAY THAT'S THE HISTORY FOR YOU I HOPE THAT YOU ALL ENJOY THIS EXTENDED AND REMIXED VERSION READY FOR TODAY'S 2023 AUDIENCE'S TO LISTEN TO AND ENJOY.I HAVE GIVEN THAT ORIGINAL 1975 TRACK THE FULL 'IAN STONE' TREATMENT SO SIT BACK AND RELAX AND HAVE ANOTHER LISTEN TO WHAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GOT IN THEIR TOP 10 OF ALL-TIME RECORDS.