Saturday, January 31, 2015

Lost Gringos - Nippon Samba (EP-1982) + Troca Troca (EP-1984)

TRACK LISTING
Nippon Samba [12'' EP-1982]
01 - Nippon Samba
02 - Ohne Dich
03 - Tambo Machai
04 - Vida De Ines
Troca Troca [12'' EP-1984]
05 - Troca Troca Culebrero
06 - Tea And Biscuits
07 - Stella, Dein Make-Up
08 - Ramona

Label: Captain Trip Records (Ata Tak)
Format: CD, Compilation, Digital Remaster (12'' EP's)
Country: Japan (Germany) * Released: 11 Mar 2011 (1982/1984)
Style: New Wave, Experimental, Future Jazz, Latin Jazz
Synthesizer, Sequenced and Mastered by Pyrolator

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Friday, January 30, 2015

V.A. - Obscure Independent Classics: Volume 3 (LP-1986)
"It Was Clearly The Belgian That Was Tampering With The Pilchard"

TRACK LISTING
A1 - The Disney Razors - Two Minutes Later
A2 - R. Stevie Moore - Studio Animals
A3 - R. Stevie Moore - Jesus Rocks
A4 - S-Core - A Frozen Glance
A5 - Yeah Yeah Noh - Trin. Lopez
A6 - S-Core - Substructure
A7 - White Boy - Poker Chip
A8 - Webcore - Shades Of Light
A9 - Richie Hass + The Beatniks - I Wanna Be On 'Lost In Space'
A10 - L.J. Treanor - Wind Song III
A11 - The Swimming Mannequins - Bodega Bay
B1 - Richie Hass + The Beatniks - B.F.I.
B2 - Jesus Couldn't Drum - Theme
B3 - Push-Button Pleasure - It Was Clearly The Belgian Who Tampered With The Sardine
B4 - Algebra Suicide - True Romance At The World's Fair
B5 - Fritz Gosh And The Goshbrokers - Horizontal
B6 - Rich Cuevas - Hello Condemnation
B7 - Robert Cox - Tom And Jerry (One Twist Of The Head To The Right Is Equalled By One Twist To The Left)
B8 - The Wimps - At The Discotheque
B9 - Paul Johnson - Rococo Rocks
B10 - Yukio Yung - The Seven Wild Cucumbers
B11 - The Lunatic Fringe - Carnival Time
 
[M]     Label: Cordelia Records * Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation * Country: UK * Released: 1986 * Style: Art Rock

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Hackney Five-O - Three Foot To The Left (LP-1987)

TRACK LISTING
A1 - Side Of The Road
A2 - Carmen Miranda
A3 - Pentonville
A4 - Friday The 13th
A5 - It's Raining
A6 - Heaven
B1 - Car Crash In The Jungle
B2 - Hipbone
B3 - Outer Limits Part II
B4 - Nineteen Broken Ribs
B5 - Three Foot To The Left
B6 - Untitled

Label: Midnight Music
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1987
Style: Folk

Track B6 is an untitled locked groove and not listed anywhere on the release.

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Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Ja Ja Ja - Ja Ja Ja (1982)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Ain't Gonna Give Up Yet
02 - Graffitti Artists International
03 - Mom
04 - I Am An Animal
05 - On The Other Side
06 - Red
07 - Katz Rap
08 - Ja! Ja! Ja!
09 - Destiny
10 - Habt Nicht Mehr Angst!
11 - Katz Rap (Orginal Version) [Bonus Track]

Label: Suezan Studio (Ata Tak)
Series: Ata Tak The Collection
Format: CD, Album, Remastered, Limited Edition (LP)
Country: Japan (Germany)
Released: 15 Jun 2012 (1982)
Style: New Wave, Experimental

Recorded in September 1982 at Tonstudio Langendreer, Bochum.
Producer: Pyrolator / Digital remasterd by Kurt Pyrolator Dahlke.

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Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Toy Love - Live At The Gluepot 1980 (2012)

After the breakup of one of New Zealand's earliest punk bands "The Enemy" in January 1979, remaining members Chris Knox, Alex Bathgate & Mike Dooley formed a new band called "Toy Love". The members were Chris Knox (vocals), Alex Bathgate (guitar), Mike Dooley (drums), Jane Walker (keyboards) & Paul Kean (bass). After moving to Australia in 1980, they returned to NZ later that year and split.
 
TRACK LISTING
01 - Fifteen
02 - Unscrewed Up
03 - Amputee Song
04 - Toy Love Song
05 - I Wanna Die With You
06 - Don't Catch Fire
07 - Photographs Of Naked Ladies
08 - Lust
09 - Second To Last Song Toy Love Ever Wrote
10 - Sheep
11 - Swimming Pool
12 - Fast Ostrich
13 - Good Old Joe
14 - I'm In Love
15 - Green Walls
16 - Horror Comic
17 - Rebel
18 - Cold Meat
19 - Don't Ask Me
20 - Squeeze
21 - I Don't Mind
22 - The Crunch
23 - Death Rehearsal
24 - Bride Of Frankenstein
Label: Goner Records                                                                                                  25 - Pull Down The Shades
Format: CD, Album + The 4 additional songs from the double LP edition ---> A2 - Blackboard Grin
Country: US                                                                                                                     B1 - Bedroom
Released: 3 Nov 2012                              [M]                                                              C2 - I Thought I Needed You
Style: Post-Punk                                                                                                            D3 - Ain't It Nice

Recorded Friday 12th & Saturday 13th at The Gluepot, September 1980, Ponsonby, Auckland, NZ

Monday, January 26, 2015

The Gordons - Gordons [1981] + Future Shock [E.P.-1980] (2002)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Spik And Span
02 - Right On Time
03 - Coalminers Song
04 - Sometimes
05 - I Just Can't Stop
06 - Growing Up
07 - Laughing Now
08 - Future Shock
09 - Machine Song
10 - Adults And Children

Label: Flying Nun
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: New Zealand
Released: 11 Oct 2002
Style: Punk

Tracks 1-7 from the "Gordons" album (1981). Tracks 8-10 from the "Future Shock" EP (1980). Both were produced by The Gordons and Simon Alexander at Harlequin Studios, Auckland, NZ.

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Sunday, January 25, 2015

V.A. - Tuatara: A Flying Nun Compilation (1986)

TRACK LISTING
01 - The Clean - Fish
02 - The Gordons - Coalminer's Song
03 - Fetus Productions - State To Be In
04 - The Verlaines - Death And The Maiden
05 - Children's Hour - Looking For The Sun
06 - Marie And The Atom - Isol
07 - The Chills - Pink Frost
08 - Sneaky Feelings - Throwing Stones
09 - The Great Unwashed - Neck Of The Woods
10 - The Bats - I Go Wild
11 - Expendables - Man With No Desire
12 - Tall Dwarfs - The Brain That Wouldn't Die
13 - Look Blue Go Purple - Circumspect Penelope
14 - Scorched Earth Policy - Since The Accident
15 - The Doublehappys - Needles And Plastic

Label: Flying Nun
Format: Digital, Compilation
Country: New Zealand
Released: 1986
Style: Alternative Rock, Indie Rock

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Saturday, January 24, 2015

The Passage - Enflame (1983 / 2003)

The final album from The Passage, originally released by Cherry Red in 1983, plus non-album single tracks and previously unreleased demos.
* "Angleland (Demo)" is incorrectly labelled "Sing The Praise" on the CD's artwork.

TRACK LISTING
01 - Sharp Tongue
02 - Clear As Crystal
03 - Drugface
04 - Man Of War
05 - The Half Of It; Twats
06 - The Half Of It; Sissies
07 - Dogstar/@th Day
08 - Horseplay
09 - BRD US DDR JFK
10 - Sunburn
Wave [7"-1982]
11 - Wave
12 - Angleland
Demos-1983
13 - Song To Dance
14 - Tattoo
15 - Drugface
16 - Man Of War
17 - Angleland *

Label: LTM (Cherry Red) * Format: CD, Album, Reissue (LP) * Country: UK * Released: 2003 (1983) * Style:New Wave

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Friday, January 23, 2015

Blueboy - If Wishes Were Horses (1992)

UK reissue that contains the "Clearer" (9, 10), "Popkiss" (11 to 13), "Meet Johnny Rave" (14 to 16) and "Some Gorgeous Accident" (17 to 19) EP's as bonus tracks. Licensed by Sarah Records.

TRACK LISTING
01 - Candy Bracelet
02 - Cloud Babies
03 - Too Good To Be True
04 - Fondette
05 - Sea Horses
06 - Clear Skies
07 - Happiness And Smiles
08 - Amoroso
09 - Clearer
10 - Alison
11 - Popkiss
12 - Chelsea Guitar
13 - Fearon
14 - Meet Johnny Rave
15 - Elle
16 - Air France
17 - Try Happiness
18 - A Gentle Sigh
19 - Stephanie

Label: Cherry Red (Sarah Records) * Format: CD, Album, Reissue * Country: UK * Released: 2010 (1992) * Style: Indie Rock

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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Big Flame - Rigour 1983-1986 (1996)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Sink
02 - Sometimes
03 - The Illness
04 - Man Of Few Syllables
05 - Debra
06 - Sargasso
07 - All The Irish (Must Go To Heaven)
08 - Cuba
09 - Where's Our Carol
10 - Why Popstars Can't Dance
11 - Chanel Samba
12 - Breath Of A Nation
13 - Every Conversation
14 - New Way
15 - Cat With Cholic
16 - Earsore
17 - 3 On Baffled Island
18 - Let's Rewrite The American Constitution
19 - XPQWRTZ

Label: Drag City * Format: CD, Compilation * Country: US * Released: 1996 * Style: Indie Rock
 
1-3: Sink 7",  4-6: Rigour 7",  7-9: Tough! 7",  10-12: Why Popstars Can't Dance 7"
13 : Bludgeoned Magazine cassette compilation,  14: Various - C86 collection and Cubist Pop Manifesto mini-LP
15-17: Cubist Pop Manifesto 7" and Cubist Pop Manifesto mini-LP,  18 & 19: Cubist Pop Manifesto mini-LP

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The Monochrome Set - Eligible Bachelors (1982)

TRACK LISTING
01 - The Jet Set Junta
02 - I'll Scry Instead
03 - On The 13th Day
04 - Cloud 10
05 - The Mating Game
06 - March Of The Eligible Batchelors
07 - The Devil Rides Out
08 - Fun For All The Family
09 - The Midas Touch
10 - The Ruling Class
11 - The Great Barrier Riff

Label: Cherry Red
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: UK
Released: 1991 (1982)
Style: Pop Rock, Indie Rock

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

V.A. - The Best Of Your Secret's Safe With Us (1982)

TRACK LISTING
A1 - Thrash - Time Will Tell
A2 - Makaton Chat - The Shape Of The Song
A3 - Atom Spies - Single Dance
A4 - The Vets - World In Action
A5 - The Chameleons - Here Today
B1 - Sun Yama - Subterranean Homesick Blues
B2 - Indians In Moscow - I Wish I Had
B3 - Pulp - What Do You Say?
B4 - Pressure - Pressure
B5 - Height - Looking Through Glass

Label: Statik Records
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation
Country: Greece (UK)
Released: 1982
Style: New Wave, Electro, Synth-Pop, Indie Rock

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Monday, January 19, 2015

The Colorblind James Experience - The Colorblind James Experience (1987)

Colorblind James Experience were an alternative roots/pop/rock band founded in 1980 in San Francisco, California . Bandleader and singer/songwriter/guitarist "Colorblind" James Charles Cuminale was originally from Rochester, New York but assembled early versions of what would become the Experience in Oswego, New York before relocating to San Francisco. After a couple years of mixed results there, the band regrouped and moved again, this time back to Rochester which remained its home base until Cuminale's premature death in 2001. The band enjoyed brief fame in the UK and Europe after BBC DJ John Peel gave the Experience some exposure, and their music has made a deep and lasting impression. Their "Dance Critters" single reached number 10 on the UK Indie Chart, while their albums Colorblind James Experience and Why Should I Stand Up reached numbers 5 and 13 respectively. Often humorous ("The music stopped. And then it started again.") and parodic, and just as often laced with a profoundly questioning spirituality; their music blended elements of polka, country, cocktail jazz, blues, rockabilly, Tex-Mex, rock & roll and other genres. The band's sound was to a large extent inspired by the "old, weird America" famously chased by Bob Dylan and The Band during their Basement Tapes period, but other prominent influences included Ray Charles, Randy Newman, and Van Morrison. Their line-up changed repeatedly over the years, and their third album was released under the name of Colorblind James and the Death Valley Boys. - Wikipedia -
 
TRACK LISTING
01 - Why'd The Boy Throw The Clock Out The Window?
02 - The German Girls
03 - A Different Bob
04 - First Day Of Spring
05 - Walking My Camel Home
06 - Gravel Road
07 - Considering A Move To Memphis
08 - Fledging Circus
09 - Dance Critters
10 - Great Northwest
11 - Sophisticated
12 - Havoc Theme
 
Label: Fundamental
Format: CD, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 1987
Style: Alternative

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Sunday, January 18, 2015

The Walkabouts - Rag & Bone Plus Cataract (1998)

TRACK LISTING
01 - The Anvil Song
02 - Ahead Of The Storm
03 - Medicine Hat
04 - Wreck Of The Old #9
05 - Mr. Clancy
06 - Last Ditch
07 - Whiskey XXX
08 - Hell's Soup Kitchen
09 - Whereabouts Unknown
10 - And-In-Tow
11 - Bones Of Contention
12 - Home As Found
13 - Smokestack
14 - The Wicked Skipper
15 - Drille Terriers
16 - Specimen Days
17 - Long Black Veil
18 - Goodbye (To All That)

Label: Sub Pop * Format: CD, Compilation * Country: US * Released: 1998 * Style: Folk Rock, Folk
Tracks 1-6 from their second Mini Album "Rag & Bone" (1989). Tracks 7-18 from their third Album "Cataract" (1989).

Boiled In Lead - From The Ladle To The Grave (1989)

Boiled in Lead is a world music band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. They formed in 1983, going through a number of membership changes over the years. They continue to perform today, most notably each Saint Patrick's Day at First Avenue. Their first album, Bold Ned (1985) contained primarily traditional music, much of it Celtic, as well as a cover of "Over Under Sideways Down" by The Yardbirds. With the addition of Robin Anders on drums and percussion in 1986 the band's sound changed: their repertoire include a wider variety of traditional music (African, Hungarian, Serbian, Egyptian, Swedish and Turkish) as well as original songs written by band members. The band recognized this on their third album, From The Ladle To The Grave (1989) by having a note on the back saying "File Under: Celtodelic Rock 'n' Reel".
 
TRACK LISTING
01 - The Pinch Of Snuff
02 - Madman Mora Blues
03 - Cuz Mapfumo
04 - Step It Out, Mary
05 - Shopetski Kopanitsa
06 - The Microorganism
07 - Sher
08 - The Spanish Lady
09 - Dilley Delaney's / Cherish The Ladies
10 - Bahcevanci (O Ya)
11 - Stop! Stop! Stop!
12 - Pig Dog Daddy
13 - The Guns Of The Magnificent Seven
14 - My Son John
 
Label: Atomic Theory
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 1989
Genre: Folk, World, & Country, Rock
Style: Folk Rock

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Saturday, January 17, 2015

Uzi - Sleep Asylum (1986)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Criminal Child
02 - Pale Light
03 - Gabrielle
04 - Ha Ha Ha
05 - Collections
06 - Underneath

Label: Matador (Homestead Records)
Format: CD, Mini-Album (LP)
Country: US
Released: 15 Dec 1993 (1986)
Style: Alternative Rock

Uzi was a ten-handed combo that burned briefly but brightly in the fertile post-Burma Boston music scene of the mid-1980's. Its founding members were drummer Danny Lee and guitarist / singer / lyricist Thalia Zedek.
 
Reissue of 1986 release, recorded between Fall 1984 & Fall 1985. Includes previously unreleased track 'Underneath'.

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Friday, January 16, 2015

S.Y.P.H. - Ungehörsam: Essential Recordings 1978 - 2003 (2CD-2004)

DISC 1: TRACK LISTING
01 - Zurück Zum Beton
02 - Lachleute & Nettmenschen
03 - Industrie-Mädchen
04 - Mercedes
05 - Der Bauer Im Parkdeck
06 - Meine Frau
07 - Schützt Die Natur
08 - Frau Im Harem
09 - Die Matchbox-Generation
10 - Mein Esel Ist Kaputt
11 - Sturm Auf Dich
12 - Pamela
13 - Lenz Ist Da
14 - Und So Geht Es
15 - Diamint Bub
16 - Lametta
17 - Früh Morgens
18 - Oliver
19 - Der Letzte Held
20 - Falsche Freunde
21 - Vol Del Bld
22 - Keine Ahnung
23 - Du Insel
DISC 2: TRACK LISTING
01 - Nur Ein Tropfen
02 - Schwesterlein
03 - Years Of Revival
04 - Tausend Nackte Neger
05 - Marmelade
06 - Ping Pong Und Die Weisse Frau
07 - Filter Dancing
08 - Die Deep
09 - Improvisation One
10 - Radioland
11 - Unser Zimmer (Demo)
12 - Alte Freundin (Live)
13 - Jenseits Von Jedem
14 - Moderne Romantik
15 - Schneewitter
16 - Nachbar (Long Version)

Label: Glitterhouse Records * Format: 2XCD, Compilation
Country: Germany * Released: 2004 * Style: New Wave

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Thursday, January 15, 2015

The Associates - Sulk (1982)

TRACK LISTING
01 - It's Better This Way (Remix)
02 - Party Fears Two (Remix)
03 - Club Country
04 - Love Hangover
05 - 18 Carat Love Affair
06 - Arrogance Gave Him Up
07 - No
08 - Skipping
09 - White Car in Germany
10 - Gloomy Sunday
11 - The Associate

Label: WEA (Beggars Banquet)
Format: CD, Album
Country: UK & Europe
Released: Jul 1988 (1982)
Style: Synth-Pop

1988  CD  issue. Different to the original U.K. album, based on the 1982 German/US tracklisting, but with three edited tracks. Includes remixed versions of It's Better This Way and Party Fears Two, and edits of Love Hangover, White Car In Germany and The Associate.

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Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Orange Juice - Rip It Up (1982)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Rip It Up
02 - A Million Pleading Faces
03 - Mud In Your Eye
04 - Turn Away
05 - Breakfast Time
06 - I Can't Help Myself
07 - Flesh Of My Flesh
08 - Louise Louise
09 - Hokoyo
10 - Tenter Hook
11 - Tongues Begin To Wag [Bonus Track]
12 - Barbeque [Bonus Track]
13 - Flesh Of My Flesh (7'' Version) [Bonus Track]

Label: Polydor
Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered (LP, Cassette)
Country: UK * Released: 1998 (1982)
Style: Pop Rock, Indie Rock

Recorded at Berwick Street Studios, London.
Mastered at CBS.

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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The Passage - For All And None (1981 / 2003)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Dark Times
02 - Lon Don
03 - The Shadows
04 - Do The Bastinado
05 - One To One
06 - A Good And Useful Life (Begun)
07 - A Good And Useful Life (Revived)
08 - Flag Night
09 - Shave Your Head
10 - Tangled
11 - Photo Romance
12 - The Great Refusal
Troops Out [7"-1981]
13 - Troops Out
14 - Hip Rebels
Devils And Angels [7"-1981]
15 - Devils And Angels
16 - Watching You Dance

Label: LTM (Night & Day) * Format: CD, Album, Remastered (LP)
Country: UK * Released: 2003 (1981) * Style: New Wave, Synth-Pop

Monday, January 12, 2015

Toy Love - Cuts (2CD-2005)

Toy Love was a New Zealand new wave/punk rock band fronted by Chris Knox. Other members were guitarist Alec Bathgate, bass player Paul Kean, drummer Mike Dooley, and keyboard player Jane Walker. The band developed out of the earlier punk band The Enemy from Dunedin, New Zealand, and are often regarded as the progenitors of the Dunedin Sound movement. Toy Love were together for less than two years (1978–80) and spent a large part of that time in Australia. They released just one (self-titled) album, however the band members were apparently appalled by the mixing of the tracks which took the edge off the band's deliberately raw sound. Allmusic gave the album a 3/5 rating. In April 2005, this album was remastered and released along with a bunch of demos and unreleased tracks as a double CD entitled Cuts. After Toy Love broke up, Bathgate and Knox remained together as the Tall Dwarfs. In 2012, the band was inducted into the New Zealand Music Hall of Fame and given the Legacy Award at the Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards. - wikipedia -
 
DISC 1: TRACK LISTING
01 - Squeeze
02 - Rebel
03 - Don't Ask Me
04 - Sheep
05 - I Don't Mind
06 - Swimming Pool
07 - Death Rehearsal
08 - Bride Of Frankenstein
09 - Toy Love Song
10 - Photographs Of Naked Ladies
11 - Bedroom
12 - The Crunch
13 - Ain't It Nice
14 - Cold Meat
15 - Don't Catch Fire
16 - Green Walls
17 - Pull Down The Shades
18 - Frogs
19 - Fast Ostrich
20 - Amputee Song
21 - Good Old Joe

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DISC 2: TRACK LISTING
01 - Squeeze
02 - Sheep
03 - I Don't Mind
04 - Swimming Pool
05 - Death Rehearsal
06 - Unscrewed Up
07 - Toy Love Song
08 - Photographs Of Naked Ladies
09 - Lust
10 - I'm Not Bored
11 - 1978
12 - 15
13 - Cold Meat
14 - Wanna Die With You
15 - Don't Catch Fire
16 - Green Walls
17 - Pull Down The Shades
18 - Frogs
19 - Fast Ostrich
 
Label: Flying Nun Records * Format: 2XCD, Compilation
Country: New Zealand * Released: 25 Apr 2005
Style: Alternative Rock, Punk

Sunday, January 11, 2015

The June Brides - Every Conversation: The Story Of The June Brides & Phil Wilson (2CD-2005)

A compilation of all tracks by The June Brides plus most of tracks by Phil Wilson with some rarities includes BBC sessions between 1984-1987.

DISC 1: TRACK LISTING
01 - The June Brides - In The Rain
02 - The June Brides - Every Conversation
03 - The June Brides - The Instrumental
04 - The June Brides - I Fall
05 - The June Brides - Sunday To Saturday
06 - The June Brides - Sick Tired And Drunk
07 - The June Brides - Disneyland
08 - The June Brides - Comfort
09 - The June Brides - Heard You Whisper
10 - The June Brides - Enemies
11 - The June Brides - No Place Called Home
12 - The June Brides - Josef's Gone
13 - The June Brides - This Town
14 - The June Brides - On The Rocks
15 - The June Brides - We Belong
16 - The June Brides - Just The Same
17 - Phil Wilson - Waiting For A Change
18 - Phil Wilson - The Written Word
19 - Phil Wilson - Even Now
20 - Phil Wilson - Better Days
21 - Phil Wilson - A Jingle
22 - Phil Wilson - 10 Miles
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DISC 2: TRACK LISTING
01 - The June Brides - In The Rain [Long Session]
02 - The June Brides - I Fall [Long Session]
03 - The June Brides - On The Rocks [Long Session]
04 - The June Brides - No Place Called Home [Long Session]
05 - The June Brides - Just The Same [Unreleased Version]
06 - The June Brides - Cold
07 - The June Brides - One Day [Peel Session]
08 - The June Brides - We Belong [Peel Session]
09 - The June Brides - Waiting 4 A Change [Peel Session]
10 - The June Brides - This Town [Peel Session]
11 - The June Brides - Pound For Pound [Live]
12 - Phil Wilson - Joy Will Find You Out [Long Session]
13 - Phil Wilson - A Cowboy's Lament
14 - Phil Wilson - Even Now [Long Session]
15 - Phil Wilson - Jackson
16 - Phil Wilson - Love In Vain
17 - Phil Wilson - 10 Miles [Long Session]
18 - Phil Wilson - Small Town [Long Session]
19 - Phil Wilson - After Hours

Label: Cherry Red * Format: 2xCD, Compilation
Country: UK * Released: 2005 * Style: Indie Rock
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Saturday, January 10, 2015

The Chills - The BBC Sessions (2014)

TRACK LISTING
25.11.1985
01 - Rolling Moon
02 - Brave Words
03 - Wet Blanket
04 - Night Of Chill Blue
05.04.1987
05 - Dan Destiny & The Silver Dawn
06 - Living In A Jungle
07 - Rain
08 - Moonlight On Flesh
18.12.1988
09 - Part Past, Part Fiction
10 - Christmas Chimes
11 - Effloresce And Deliquesce
12 - Dead Web

Label: Fire Records
Format: CD
Country: UK
Released: 3 Nov 2014
Style: Indie Rock, Alternative Rock
 

Friday, January 9, 2015

V.A. - Early Indiana Punk And New Wave: The Crazy Al's Year(s) 1976 - 1983
(2CD-2014)

Documenting a vibrant and diverse Indianapolis area punk/new wave scene from 1976-1983 and featuring a mammoth lineup of 38 bands and 46 tracks, mostly original material, many unreleased and few available elsewhere today.   Includes Zero Boys, MX-80 Sound, Jetsons, Repellents, Dow Jones and the Industrials, Gizmos (original and later version), Latex Novelties, Last Four Digits, Panics, The Future, Your Parents, Hoosier Daddies, Dancing Cigarettes, Video Kids, Positions and many more.  Carefully sequenced to flow from metallic punk and artsy new wave to revivalist garage, girl group, rockabilly and ska. Thematically centered on the beloved Crazy Al’s club from Indianapolis which closed in 1982.  All music officially licensed. TimeChange Records is a new label focusing on archival releases of vintage Indiana music.  This is their first release, with several others planned for 2015. - This is a special post. For personal reasons, i feel Indiana like home. -
 
DISC 1: TRACK LISTING
01 - Jetsons - Genetically Stupid
02 - Dow Jones And The Industrials - Can't Stand The Midwest
03 - Your Grocer's Freezer - We're All Gonna Die
04 - Repellents - Technorama
05 - Repellents - AFC!
06 - Slammies - P-U-S
07 - Cheeses From France - Heart Of Gold
08 - Gizmos - Mean Screen
09 - Gizmos - Mommy's In The Kitchen With A Sales Pitch
10 - Joint Chiefs - I Hate Pretty Girls
11 - Zero Boys - Commies
12 - Zero Boys - I'm Absent
13 - We're Jimmy Hoffa - Rock 'n' Roll
14 - Panics - I Wanna Kill My Mom
15 - Latex Novelties - Kiss And Make Up
16 - Dow Jones And The Industrials - Ain't Good Enough
17 - Dancing Cigarettes - Pop Doormat
18 - Last Four (5) Digits - Don't Move
19 - Cast Of Thousands - War Maker
20 - Amoebas In Chaos - Have You Slugged Your Kid Today
21 - Last Four Digits - Meet The Parents
22 - Amoebas In Chaos - Ronald Reggae
23 - E-In Brino - Watch Alarm
24 - Observers Observing Observables - Next Available Date
                                                                                                                                           25 - Vibrato Fetish - Surf Bandits
DISC 2: TRACK LISTING
01 - New Avengers - Mary's In A Coma
02 - The Positions - Follower Of The Space Race
03 - The Future - The Standing Joy
04 - Video Kids - Born Too Late
05 - Young Brandos - Doesn't Get You Nowhere
06 - The Tools - Come With Me
07 - Your Parents - Whiplash
08 - Hoosier Daddies - New York Shuffle
09 - The Race Records - Baby Take Me Back
10 - Lip Service - Money
11 - MX-80 Sound - Paint It Black
12 - The Future - Everything's OK
13 - Johnny And The Piledrivers - You Keep A Knockin'
14 - The Obvious - Feelings Of Love
15 - Art Thieves - Bohemian Girl
16 - Hugo Smooth - Won't Play Bumpum Cars
17 - The Positions - Get Up
18 - Club Pressure - Slinkin'
19 - Abstractions - Why Can't It Wait
20 - Your Parents - No Substitutions
21 - The Shouts - Gloria
 
[M-D1]   [M-D2]   Label: Time Change * Format: 2XCD, Compilation * Country: US * Released: Oct 2014 * Style: Punk, New Wave

Thursday, January 8, 2015

Able Tasmans - The Tired Sun (EP-1985)

TRACK LISTING
A1 - Patrick's Mother
A2 - Rain In Tulsa
A3 - Tom Song
B1 - Snow White Chook
B2 - Nelson The Cat!!
B3 - Rhyme For Orange

Label: Flying Nun Records
Format: Vinyl, 12"
Country: New Zealand
Released: 1985
Style: Indie Rock

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Die Radierer - Eisbären Und Zitronen (1981)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Das Gelobte Land Der Mathematik
02 - Charakterschwein
03 - Autobahn
04 - Eisbär Disco
05 - Versteck Dich Nicht Im Kühlschrank
06 - Pubertät
07 - Probleme
08 - Automaten
09 - Filmjury
10 - Gib Mir Zitrone
11 - Drogentod
12 - Ob Es So

Label: 3-Klang Records (ZickZack)
Format: CD, Album, Reissue (LP)
Country: Germany
Released: 1991 (1981)
Style: New Wave, Punk

Re-release of the vinyl from 1981.
Recorded in the Schoko Studio of T. Dokoupil.

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Tuesday, January 6, 2015

The Gordons - Volume 2 (1984)

TRACK LISTING
A1 - Quality Control
A2 - Reactor
A3 - Lead Room
A4 - Red Line
B1 - Identity
B2 - Mono Flo
B3 - Gone Machine
B4 - Joker
B5 - Mentus Fugit

Label: Gordons
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: New Zealand
Released: 1984
Style: Alternative Rock

Recorded at Harlequin Studios.
Title is "Vol 2" on jacket spine.

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Monday, January 5, 2015

Thalia Zedek - Been Here And Gone (2001)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Excommunications (Everybody Knows)
02 - Back To School
03 - Strong
04 - Temporary Guest
05 - Treacherous Thing
06 - Dance Me To The End Of Love
07 - 1926
08 - Desanctified (Full Circle)
09 - Somebody Else
10 - 10th Lament
11 - Manha De Carnaval

Label: Matador
Format: CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2001
Style: Blues Rock, Indie Rock

Recorded at Higher Power Recording, March 2001.
Mastered at Absolute Audio Inc.
Cover painting by Sean Griffin.

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Sunday, January 4, 2015

The Associates - The Glamour Chase & Perhaps (1989/1983 - 2CD-2002)

DISC 1: THE GLAMOUR CHASE
TRACK LISTING
01 - Reach The Top
02 - Heart Of Glass
03 - Terrorbeat
04 - Set Me Up
05 - Country Boy
06 - Because You Love
07 - The Rhythm Divine
08 - Snowball
09 - You'd Be The One
10 - Empires Of The Heart
11 - In Windows All
12 - Heaven's Blue
13 - Take Me To The Girl

Disc 1 is the 'lost' Associates album from 1989, "The Glamour Chase", issued here for the first time.
Tracks 12 & 13 are taken from other sessions.

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DISC 2: PERHAPS
TRACK LISTING
01 - Those First Impressions
02 - Waiting For The Loveboat
03 - Perhaps
04 - Schampout
05 - Helicopter Helicopter
06 - Breakfast
07 - Thirteen Feelings
08 - The Stranger In Your Voice
09 - The Best Of You
10 - Don't Give Me That 'I Told You So' Look
 
Disc 2 is the 1983 album "Perhaps", previously unavailable on CD.
 
Label: Warner Strategic Marketing
Format: 2XCD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: UK
Released: May 2002 (1989/1983)
Style: Synth-Pop
 

Saturday, January 3, 2015

Orange Juice - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever (1982)

TRACK LISTING
01 - Falling And Laughing
02 - Untitled Melody
03 - Wan Light
04 - Tender Object
05 - Dying Day
06 - L.O.V.E. (Love)
07 - Intuition Told Me (Part 1)
08 - Upwards And Onwards
09 - Satellite City
10 - Three Cheers For Our Side
11 - Consolation Prize
12 - Felicity
13 - In A Nutshell
14 - You Old Eccentric [Bonus Track]
15 - Intuition Told Me (Part 2) [Bonus Track]

Label: Polydor
Format: CD, Album, Reissue (LP)
Country: Japan (UK)
Released: 13 Sep 2002 (1982)
Style: Indie Rock

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Friday, January 2, 2015

The Passage - BBC Sessions (2003)

All three BBC John Peel sessions recorded by The Passage, originally aired in November 1980, October 1981 and June 1982, plus three previously unreleased demos from 1983.
 
TRACK LISTING
November 18th, 1980, Langham, Studio 1
01 - Dark Times
02 - Devils And Angels
03 - Shave Your Head
04 - The Shadows
September 30th, 1981, Maida Vale, Studio 4
05 - Rod Of Iron
06 - Form And Void
07 - Man Or War
08 - Love As Is
May 24th, 1981, Maida Vale, Studio 4
09 - A Day
10 - Empty Words
11 - Horseplay
Demo Recordings 1983
12 - Sing The Praise (Demo)
13 - Clear As Crystal (Demo)
14 - Dogstar (Demo)

Label: LTM * Format: CD, Album * Country: UK
Released: 2003 * Style: New Wave, Synth-Pop

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Thursday, January 1, 2015

Happy Fourth & New Year On Monster Tracks!
* * * *

 
V.A. - The Snoopies Album: The Last Remain Of A Richmond Venue
(LP-1981)
TRACK LISTING
A1 - Rich & Famous - Machine Gun
A2 - The Mag 7 - Rosalind Jones's Umbrella
A3 - Tronics - I'm A Diver
A4 - The People Upstairs - Whips Leather & Other Animals
A5 - Plain Characters - I Am A.
A6 - The Trudy - The Trudy
A7 - Thirteen At Midnight - Follow Yourself
A8 - Babybabybabybaby - Supernatural
B1 - Snatch 22 - Be Like You
B2 - Sister Sister - The Blackmen Dance
B3 - Scissor Fits - Radio Teeth
B4 - M.L.R. - The Recked Rectors Of Og
B5 - The Crew - Songs Like These
B6 - The Europeans - Drink Pink Zinc!
B7 - Cardiacs - Is This The Life?
 
Label: 1,000 Only Records
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition
Country: UK * Released: 1981
Style: Alternative Rock, New Wave, Punk, Experimental
 
Something rare or at least expensive for the beginning of 2015.
Numbered edition of 1000 copies. Mine is #828.
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...and something by request:
New Age Steppers / London Underground - Fade Away / Learn A Language (7"-1980)
TRACK LISTING
1A - New Age Steppers - Fade Away
1B - London Underground - Learn A Language

Label: On-U Sound * Format: Vinyl, 7"
Country: UK * Released: Jan 1980
Style: Dub, Punk, Experimental
The first "On-U Sound" release.

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