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  Tones On Tail - Pop [BEGA 51 UK 1988 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] I previously posted the mid-price repress of this popular album by Bauhaus splinter group, Tones On Tail. Here is a 176.4kHz rip of the original 1984 UK pressing The opening bars of Lions are a clear indication that the talented Daniel Ash had a great deal more to contribute than just his guitar and occasional sax with Bauhaus. His voice is dreamy and melodic, fitting neatly within the gentle pop-synths - a great opener and a real surprise to all those who were expecting something darker. The British pressing does not include the American college radio hit, Go! . Aside from the splendid darkwave synth classic Performance , this album does struggle to keep up to the standard of the opening track. War borrows heavily from Kick In The Eye , and then you have to endure plenty of filler, Movement Of Fear and The Never Never (Is Forever) sound like Bauhaus b-sides - Happiness is their Love Cats , Slender Fungus  just ...

Tones On Tail - Pop [BBL 51 UK 1988 24-Bit FLAC] Originally released in 1984, this is the Beggars Banquet Lowdown re-pressing from a few years later from penguinflight's archive. These are the same files that I posted to ESWA back in February 2017, but as Pop is on the list for a RSD2020 reissue (with a modified cover), I though it would make a worthy post. The opening bars of Lions are a clear indication that the talented Daniel Ash had a great deal more to contribute than just his guitar and occasional sax with Bauhaus. His voice is dreamy and melodic, fitting neatly inside the gentle pop-synths - a great opener and a real surprise to all those who were expecting something darker. Aside from the splendid darkwave synth classic Performance , this album does struggle to keep up to the standard of the opening track. War borrows heavily from Kick In The Eye , and then you have to endure plenty of filler (like many of the worst Bauhaus b-sides) until you get to the prog...

Tones On Tail - Lions b/w Go! (Club Mix) [BEG 109T UK 1984 24-Bit FLAC] ...actually it wasn't a hit, but maybe it should have been? It was all about Go! which was a college radio hit in the US and a goth-disco monster in the UK. Lions is as subtle an a-side as they come, with a very simple synth-hook. The distorted bassline and pounding disco beat on Go! is truly memorable and stands the test of time really well, so much so that it recently featured on the soundtrack to stream tv hit Stranger Things . Ripped here from my UK red vinyl pressing. ya...ya...ya...ya...ya...ya-ya...yaaaaaa! A1 Lions B1 Go! (Club Mix)

Tones On Tail - Burning Skies [SIT 21T UK 1983 24-Bit FLAC] This is an improved rework of my original ESWA blogpost from January 2017, ripped from penguinflight's immaculate twelve inch single. After a tricky start, these chaps found their feet with the dark gothica of Burning Skies and the subsequent Performance and Lions/Go! singles. They rounded off their short career with the excellent goth-psyche Pop album before Campling left and they reunited with David J as Love & Rockets. A1 Burning Skies A2 OK, This Is The Pops B1 When You're Smiling B2 You, The Night And The Music

Tones On Tail - There's Only One [BEG 85T UK 1982 24-Bit FLAC] Daniel Ash teams up with Bauhaus roadie, Glenn Campling as Tones On Tail for a one off dub-goth single in two mixes which only really ever sold to Bauhaus groupies and the curious. It wasn't their best however they persevered and better was to follow.... A1 There's Only One B1   Now We Lustre (Beam Me Up Scotty, There's No Intelligent Life Down Here)