Random 80's Wednesday

This time here are some extended mixes I had kicking about.

East Of Java - Different World (Extended Mix)

Heroes - Driftaway (Extended Version)

Mechanical Man - Pressure Situation (Extended Mix)

The Escape - Russian Lady (Extended Mix)

Woodhead Monroe - Mumbo Jumbo

7" Single, released in 1982

Woodhead Monroe - Mumbo Jumbo (A-Side)

Woodhead Monroe - B-Side (B-Side)

The Big Music - Cold Emotion

7" Single, released in 1986

The Big music - Cold Emotion (A-Side)

The Big Music  - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall (B-Side)

By request. I just got this single recently and didn't realize at the time it was by the band East of Java under a different name. The B-Side is a great Bob Dylan cover.

Zak - My World

7" Single, released in 1984

Zak - My World (A-Side)

Zak - Don't Say A Word (B-Side)

Random 80's Wednesday

More 99 cent acquisitions on random play this week.

Social Security - Irrawaddy River (from Waterfalling, 1986)
Ups And Downs - The Living Kind (from Sleepless, 1986)
Heroes - Driftaway (from Here We Are, 1987)
The Metropolitans - Catch A New Wave (from Storybook, 1986)
The Fabulous Pop Tarts - New York City Beat (12" Single, 1986)

Full disclosure - The Metropolitans album only cost me 25 cents. These are all the opening tracks apart from Ups And Downs as the first track was a shorter introductory piece.

Heroes is a band fronted by former Wang Chung drummer Darren Costin.

Random 80's Wednesday

This week I am going to post the opening track from some 99 cent albums I got from The Great Escape in Nashville.

Ian Cussick - The Supernatural (from Danger In The Air, 1983)
The Lost Tropics - Zoo Story (from The Lost Tropics, 1983)
Favorite Nation - Sometimes A Silence (from Favorite Nation, 1988)
The Way Moves - Shadows Of Love (from The Way Moves, 1988)
The City - Season Of The Heart (from Foundation, 1986)

After I ripped the Danger In The Air album, I found that the artist has made the album available on CDBaby, where you can preview the whole album. I've linked to it so you can support the artist.

English Evenings - Those Brilliant Teens

7" Single, released in 1986

English Evenings - Those Brilliant Teens (A-Side)

English Evenings - The Other Side (B-Side)

Random 80's Wednesday

Jeb Million - Second Time Around (7" Single, 1986)
The Jack Rubies - Falling (from Fascinatin' Vacation, 1988)
Easter - Manhattan Boy (from Easter, 1987)
Beds - Don't You Shy Away Boy (from Beds, 1981)
The Word - Kiss The Ground (12" Single, 1989)

Random 80's (or 90's) Thursday

Big Clock - Lori (from The Boy With The Wooden Head, 1990)
The Jeremy Days - That's What I Call Love (from The Jeremy Days, 1988)
Panic - Let It Go (from Familiar Dreams, 1991)
The Talk - Dream Time (from New Language, 1984)
Michael Des Barres & Holly Knight - Obsession (from A Night In Heaven Soundtrack, 1983)

Random 80's Wednesday

In celebration of my recent vacation in France, we have a theme this week.

Jimmy Jimmy - I Met Her In Paris (7" Single, 1985)
In Parallel - Somewhere In Paris (7" Single B-Side, 1984)
Boys In Darkness - Back To France (7" Single, 1981)
The Big Dish - European Rain (7" Single, 1988)
Screen 3 - European Journey (7" Single B-Side, 1981)

Bonus: Fire Next Time - Fields of France (from North To South, 1988)

M Over M - Walk Away

7" Single, released in 1989

M Over M  - Walk Away (A-Side)

M Over M - I'm Scared (B-Side)

Don't know much about these guys but the single is quite reminiscent of Simple Minds from the same era i.e. Street Fighting Years and Real Life.

Random 80's Wednesday

Square Root of Now - Bent Around Corners (from Bent Around Corners, 1987)
Greg Guidry - Show Me Your Love (from Over The Line, 1982)
Helen Terry - Now You're Mine (12" Single, 1984)
Winter Hours - Churches (from Winter Hours EP, 1985)
Unique - Half A Bird (from Psychadermic, 1991)

The Rave-Ups - Class Tramp (1983)

I've decided I love the Rave-Ups. I've owned the 1990 CD Chance for years but partly because of the name I've always associated the group with Baggy England and didn't think they had done much else. When I found this six track album in the dollar bin, I wasn't sure it was the same group, but a quick flick through Trouser Press set me straight.

The remarkable thing about this first recording is main man Jimmer Podrasky's way with a studio. Clearly the dominant force (the line up would change before the first album proper) the writing is clear and incisive, the music direct and succinct, and the dynamics are truly worthy of a well honed studio band. The way Jimmer tells it, the band performed for years without looking for a deal or cutting a demo, and that shows in the professionalism on display here.

More Rave-Ups on the way very soon.

1. They Do Talk
2. That Mexico Song
3. It's You
4. A Girl We All Know
5. Right Now
6. Up To Me

Download or Download

Here's a Sendspace link also.

Jimmer released a solo album a couple of years ago. More details here.

Woyehyeh - Give This Heart

7" Single, released in 1985

Woyehyeh - Give This Heart (A-Side)

Woyehyeh - Doll's House (B-Side)

Glenn Frey on Top of The Pops

Like, thirty years ago