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

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Here's a Sendspace link also.

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