Sunday, November 24, 2013

Exotica Maximus - Younger Now


7" Single, released in 1983

Exotica Maximus - Younger Now (A-Side)
Exotica Maximus - Shout (B-Side)


Saturday, November 23, 2013

Digney Fignus (1985)


Digney Fignus (1985)

1. The Girl With The Curious Hand
2. City Dancing
3. Another Girl
4. She's My Girl
5. Blue Movie
6. Primitive Motion

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Purchased at McKay Books, Nashville, for 45 cents. 

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Ted Lindsay and the Democrats - Russian Women (1987)


I was pretty stoked to get my turntable out of storage in early September, and since then I've been buying up a good selection of cheap vinyl. I also got a new boondoggle for my laptop so my new rips will be in proper stereo.

I wanted to post this one first because I could not find anything out about this band over the web, and I love a good mystery. Ted Lindsay and the Democrats were from Nashville and recorded on the equally mysterious Ancient Mystic record label. It's a relatively short, but impressively dynamic album. Further information would be very welcome.

Ted Lindsay and the Democrats - Russian Women (1987)

1.  Russian Women
2.  Bohemian
3.  Hot Jungle
4.  Wild Night
5.  Walk On Fire
6.  Here Comes My Baby
7.  The Quiet Guy
8.  Frankie and the Beat
9.  Whatever Baby Wants

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Personnel:
Ted Lindsay - vocals, bass
Jim Ramsey - lead guitar
Chip Gabbert - vocals, keyboards
Paula Abbott - guitar, vocals
Herb Shucher - drums

Bought at The Great Escape, Nashville for 99 cents.

Friday, October 11, 2013

MediaFire Died

Nice of MediaFire to suspend my account without even bothering to let me know about it. This means all of the rare singles I have posted in the last three or four years are not accessible at the moment. Regular visitors will know I try hard to avoid circulating things that have been issued on CD or download and are easy to purchase.

I have some webspace of my own now so I will start migrating files there. If there is a single you are looking for and the link is lost let me know and I will see what I can do.

[Update] I have started posting various singles to my Box account. Hopefully this should be a bit smoother going forward. Follow me on Twitter for details on new links as I add them.

Friday, August 2, 2013

In Pursuit - When Darkness Falls EP (1985)


Reupped by request.

Track list:

1. Losing Control
2. When Darkness Falls
3. Sacrifice
4. Witness
5. Cold World

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Thanks for the requests - I'll try to keep them coming if they are available.

Friday, July 5, 2013

When is stereo not stereo?

It's been pointed out to me that the rips I have uploaded from my laptop - i.e. everything in the last two years - have not been "true" stereo rips because the laptop microphone input just double tracks one channel into two. So if you are a connoisseur of these things my apologies. 

At the moment I don't have a desktop computer and all the singles I have worked on recently are in storage for at least several months so I'm not going to be ripping any of these again for a while. I also have several album rips which I will check but I suspect they will have the same issue.

On a positive note, I have been reunited with my CD collection in the USA so requests for reups for Terry Hoax, This Other Eden, Dubh Chapter and Nicky Holland will shortly be fulfilled.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Ginger To The Rescue - Don't Say Na Na Na


7" Single, released in 1985


Monday, February 11, 2013

The Fountainhead - Feel It Now


7" Single, released in 1987


The Tapes - Life In The New City


7" Single, released in 1981


Friday, February 8, 2013

Big Sur - Dancing On The High Wire

12" Single, released in 1987

Please Stay
Dancing On The High Wire
Catch Me I'm Falling

[Update - August 2016] Happy to report that main man Andy Thornton has made Big Sur's entire recorded output available through Bandcamp. Great stuff, Andy!

Monday, January 28, 2013

Idle Eyes - Tokyo Rose


7" Single, released in 1984

Idle Eyes - Tokyo Rose (A-Side)
Idle Eyes - Uniform (B-Side)

Saturday, January 19, 2013

Academy - You Are In My System

7" Single, released in 1986


Saturday, January 12, 2013

The Rhythm Method - No Joy


7" Single, released in 1987

The Rhythm Method - No Joy (A-Side)
The Rhythm Method - Softly In The Morning (B-Side)

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