Saturday, October 17, 2009

Record Mirror Singles Review October 18, 1986



Big Audio Dynamite - C'Mon Every Beatbox
The Men They Couldn't Hang - Shirt of Blue
The The - Infected
China Crisis - Arizona Sky
The Primitives - We've Found A Way To The Sun
Martin Stephenson & The Daintees - Boat To Bolivia
Lone Justice - Shelter
Colenso Parade - Fontana Eyes
The Mekons - Slightly South of the Border
Swing Out Sister - Breakout
Sci-Fi Sex Stars - Rockit Miss USA

8 comments:

Suzy Andrews said...

China Crisis Bottom of the class!!
Great to see Martin Stephenson there I´d forgot about this great single and The The Infected brilliant effort I´d say.

Simon said...

I didn't think anybody else in the world knew of Colenso Parade - "God put my eyes in with smoky fingers" I loved that single. There was a halfway decent version of Here Comes The Night on the b-side if I recall correctly that I enjoyed.

Anonymous said...

This is a great series - cant wait to see wait pops up in the next one.

Imposs1904 said...

I'll always love The The but I think the gem in that week's batch of singles was the classic by The Flatmates.

Kippers said...

Wonderful stuff. I used to read the Record Mirror religiously at this time so reading this takes me right back.

Brilliant job putting so many of those singles up for download here too. Keep up the good work!

Anonymous said...

Foster And Allen get a better review than China Crisis?

Has the world gone mad?

Anonymous said...

marthin stephenson-great single-thanks..mrdisco--------http://go80smaxis.blogspot.com/

Sebastian said...

Arizona Sky is one of my favorite singles of the 80's... A travesty!

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