This Other Eden - Sweet Wine (12" Single, 1990)
William - Club Song (7" Single, 1984)
Billy Franks - Watershed (Saint of Contradiction EP, 1986)
Mummy Calls - Mary I Swear (7" Single, 1983)
Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Friday, March 15, 2019
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Bonk - The Smile and the Kiss
7" Single, released in 1983
Bonk - The Smile and the Kiss (A-Side)
Bonk - Big Love (B-Side)
Bonk was an early alias of Barry Flynn, who would continue to release a clutch of quality singles under The Chant of Barry Flynn, The Big Supreme, and, finally, just Flynn. A long time ago I put together a compilation called "Pot Shots" which I should probably revisit at some point.
Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Fingertips - Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy
Monday, March 4, 2019
Shadow Talk - People Watching People
7" Single, released in 1984
Shadow Talk - People Watching People (A-Side)
Shadow Talk - Heaven Up Here (B-Side)
Sunday, March 3, 2019
Quick, before I change my mind!
So what happened was this...
...I've been back in Guernsey for family reasons since last September, with all my music essentially in storage except the old box or two of vinyl (mainly singles) my parents had at their house and no sign of my old USB turntable either.
Back between 2010 and 2013 I digitized a lot of this stuff, and then found out later I had done it wrong (one audio channel only) due to what I assumed was some limitation of the USB turntable I had. So even though my turntable mysteriously turned up in our shed after my brother (who had borrowed it) left it there, I wasn't really motivated to do anything with it. Not to mention I had little time either between jobs and family.
Then about six weeks ago I happened to pick up a couple of vinyl selections I really wanted to hear, so one evening I cleared some space in the kitchen and fiddled around with the settings on the turntable. I finally figured out that the soundcard set up on my laptop was treating the turntable as a mono input and I had to go in and change it. Then - voila! - everything worked pretty well. So I did those, then bought a few more singles from Vinyl Tap and eBay. I've been able to leave the turntable on the kitchen table and hook up the laptop on a fairly regular basis.
So now in addition to some pretty awesome new stuff I will be posting for the first time, I'm also going back through some, maybe all of the singles that were not recorded correctly first time around. These are going to have the tag "reposted in 2019" included so you will know if I've had it up before. Plus most of my older singles have outdated links so it's a good time to refresh those. There's a few albums here too but my best ones tended to travel back to the US with me.
Life has a habit of changing on me pretty rapidly so we'll see how long this lasts.
...I've been back in Guernsey for family reasons since last September, with all my music essentially in storage except the old box or two of vinyl (mainly singles) my parents had at their house and no sign of my old USB turntable either.
Back between 2010 and 2013 I digitized a lot of this stuff, and then found out later I had done it wrong (one audio channel only) due to what I assumed was some limitation of the USB turntable I had. So even though my turntable mysteriously turned up in our shed after my brother (who had borrowed it) left it there, I wasn't really motivated to do anything with it. Not to mention I had little time either between jobs and family.
Then about six weeks ago I happened to pick up a couple of vinyl selections I really wanted to hear, so one evening I cleared some space in the kitchen and fiddled around with the settings on the turntable. I finally figured out that the soundcard set up on my laptop was treating the turntable as a mono input and I had to go in and change it. Then - voila! - everything worked pretty well. So I did those, then bought a few more singles from Vinyl Tap and eBay. I've been able to leave the turntable on the kitchen table and hook up the laptop on a fairly regular basis.
So now in addition to some pretty awesome new stuff I will be posting for the first time, I'm also going back through some, maybe all of the singles that were not recorded correctly first time around. These are going to have the tag "reposted in 2019" included so you will know if I've had it up before. Plus most of my older singles have outdated links so it's a good time to refresh those. There's a few albums here too but my best ones tended to travel back to the US with me.
Life has a habit of changing on me pretty rapidly so we'll see how long this lasts.
The Recognitions - This First Dance
Big Store - The Price of a Secret
7" Single, released in 1983
Big Store - The Price of a Secret (A-Side)
Big Store - Taking The Stage Again (B-Side)
Flip Me!
Michael Anderson and Jim McKinven, both previously with Altered Images, joined forces with vocalist Tina Winters for this one off single. Interestingly, it was co-written with Peter Capaldi before his acting career took off.
Saturday, March 2, 2019
The Big Supreme - Remind Me
7" Single, released in 1987
The Big Supreme - Remind Me (A-Side)
The Big Supreme - What Love Means (B-Side)
Friday, March 1, 2019
Tight Fit - Secret Heart
7" Single, released in 1982
Tight Fit - Secret Heart (A-Side)
Tight Fit - Just A Moment Away (B-Side)
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