Philip Rambow

Philip Rambow, Rebel Kind, 1979.
From his album Shooting Gallery, which is well worth checking out.This is a great single. Ellen Foley also covered his song Young Lust on her Night Out album.

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Richard O´Brien

Richard O´Brien, Shock Treatment, 1981.
I like this camp song from Richard.This was his sequel to Rocky Horror.
It wasn´t a hit as wasn´t the film of the same name.

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Ellen Foley.

Ellen Foley, Sad Song, 1979.
I love Ellen´s voice.She made a couple of great albums.
The first was the classic Night Out which features Ian Hunter and Mick Ronson on production.Just great tunes on that album a must.She also teamed up with Mick Jones from The Clash on her next album who was her boyfriend at the time.
She never had a solo single which was a hit.
She did hit it big with Meat Loaf on the album Bat Out Of Hell, although she was replaced in the video for the song!
This is a "Sad Song when love goes wrong," we´ve all been there, love it.


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The Yachts

The Yachts, Suffice To Say, 1977.
Great single from The Yachts, on the Stiff Record label.This band were from Liverpool and didn´t stay together to long.They made two albums before they split, both worth a listen.

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Zoot Woman.

Zoot Woman, It´s Automatic, 2000.
Great single , this reminds me of Hall And Oates.From a good album, Living In A Magazine, 2001.

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Iron Virgin.

Iron Virgin, Rebels Rule, 1974.
Glam band Iron Virgin second single is good Glam and it should have been a hit.Their first single was Jet, a cover of the Wings single.
Their image was a little second rate Sweet, but still fun

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Vision.

Vision, Tears Idol Tears, 1984.
Don´t know much about this band except this single and Lucifers Friend, which was also on this 12inch.
I know they made 6 singles and one album, if anyone has them to share please let me know.

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The Vapors.

The Vapors, News At Ten, 1980.
Great single from this band who only really had one hit , Turning Japanese.
They made two really good albums, New Clear Days 1980 and Magnets 1981, well worth checking out.

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Tin Machine.

Tin Machine, Prisoner Of Love, 1989.
Great single this from Bowie´s Tin Machine.I remember waiting in a cue after going to a club in Liverpool till the morning for tickets to see him in this band, well worth the wait.It was at The Liverpool Royal Court,I was so close to him.
There were that many versions of this song, 12inch, pic disc,CD, Cassete single etc i´m surprised it wasn´t a massive hit.
I still think Bowie got a bad deal over this group,it´s a shame because there were some good songs on their two albums.

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Ric Ocasek.

Ric Ocasek, Something To Grab For, 1983.
From his first solo album Beatitude 1982, Ric the lead singer with The Cars, this was the first single off the album.
I have always loved the Cars but his solo releases just seem to be missing something for me. This is a good tune though and should have been more successful.

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Zaine Griff.

Zaine Griff, Figures, 1982.
Zine Griff, once touted as the new David Bowie.
Figures from his second album of the same name, was a good single.He also did a duet with Kate Bush on the track Flowers.I bought his first album Ashes And Diamonds which came out in 1980 and had the single Tonight on the album as well as the title track as a single. Both good albums especially Ashes And Diamonds which was also produced by Bowie´s long time producer Tony Visconti.I´ve just read Tony´s autobiography which mentions Zaine,( a really good read ).Zaine actually apears on the 1979 rerecording of Panic In Detroit, from the Heathen album, he played Bass on the track. You will find Zaine´s Videos on You Tube.

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Sweeny Todd.

Sweeny Todd, Roxy Roller, 1975.
Good Glam song this from their debut album of the same name.
This song was a no 1 hit in Canada but didn´t do anything over her.Nick Gilder was the lead singer of the band at this time, and he later rerecorded this song on his album You Know Who You Are, 1977.
When Nick left the band they made one more album with a young Bryan Adams on vocals in 1977, called If Wishes Were Horses.
Nick is best known for his single Hot Child In The City,1978 from his album City Lights.

Sweeny Todd.
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Nick Gilder.
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Stephen Duffy And The Lilac Time.

Stephen Duffy And The Lilac Time, Driving Somwhere, 2007.
Right uptodate with this release from his latest album called Runout Groove.
First Lilac Time album in five years and proves what a good songwriter Stephen is(forget his Robbie Stuff).Nice summer pop this song.Check out his music.

http://www.mediafire.com/?nkvmhyrotmr

The Devils.

The Devils, Come Alive, 2002.
This album is really special,Back with Nick Rhodes some of the tracks written when he was in Duran Duran or around that period.They sound great almost back in that era but still fresh.The single never charted so i´ve included a track which is my fave, Big Store, from the album Dark Circles, which was also a track on the single release.I thought at the time this was going to be big , but hey!!!

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Big Store.
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The Lilac Time.

The Lilac Time, The Laundry, 1990.
Another great tune from Stephen Duffy, taken from his album, And Love For All.This was their third album and was produced by XTC´s Andy Partridge with John Leckie.

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Stephen Tin Tin Duffy.

Stephen Tin Tin Duffy, She Makes Me Quiver, 1984.
I love this album,great pop songs and this was a great single,not a hit.
Stephen Duffy was the original singer in Duran Duran and left before they made it big.
This track is from his album The Ups And Downs.
I´ve bought his music over the years in his various bands, The Lilac Time, solo and The Devils, and my next posts will be some of these.
He has just released a new Lilac Time album after working with Robbie Williams on his last album.

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Lemming.

Lemming, Father John, 1974.
Bit of a Glam Rock band this from Holand.I don´t know much about them at all and I only have the one album. There were a couple of single from it.

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Siobhan Fahey.

Siobhan Fahey, Bitter Pill, 2002.
Great single from Siobhan, should have been massive, (if only Kylie had covered it)Great pop song.
Siobhan a founding member of Bananarama, then Shakespeare Sister, has gone on to a interesting solo career.
The Pussycat Dolls covered this on their debut album but changed some of the lyrics and name, see which version you like best.

Bitter Pill.

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Hot Stuff.

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Tommy Tutone.

Tommy Tutone, 876 5309/Jenny, 1981.
Dont know anything about Tommy, just that this is a good tune and should have been a hit in the UK.

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Polystyrene.

Polystyrene, Talk In Toy Town, 1980.
Taken from her solo album Translucence, 1980.I love this album, very chilled and smooth to the ear.Great single.
Polystyrene was a member of X-Ray Spex, who had a big hit with the brilliant Germ Free Adolescents, 1978.
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Ryuichio Sakamoto / Holly Johnson.

Ryuichio Sakamoto / Holly Johnson, Love Hate, 1994.
Great single with a fab sleeve,should have been bigger,or a least a radio hit.
From Sakamoto´s album Sweet Revenge.

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Royal Melody / Sugar Ray / Tronic Heads / Sweet

Royal Melody, Love Is Like Oxygen Originally by The Sweet and their last hit single in 1978.It was covered again this year as a dance track.It wasn´t a hit but a good version.
The Tronic Heads version of this song called Oxygen,is great dance and should have been massive i love this.
The Sugar Ray used the song as a sample in this single The Bartender(Its So Easy)to good effect, a good single.
I have also included The Sweets original version from the album Level Headed, their last album with lead singer Brian Connolly.This is the long version.



Royal Melody
http://www.mediafire.com/?ztlmzm2ywny


Sugar Ray
http://www.mediafire.com/?ywhdoogiym5




Tronic Heads 2003
http://www.mediafire.com/?diznmywyw0m




The Sweet 1978
http://www.mediafire.com/?grjgg2yfzfn

The Rumour.

The Rumour, Frozen Years, 1979.
Great pop single from Graham Parkers backing band.
They made three albums, Max, 1977, Frogs Sprouts Clogs And Krauts, 1979 and Purity Of Essence, 1980.


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Red Noise.

Red Noise, Furniture Music, 1979.
Bill Nelson´s band after Be Bop Deluxe.
From the album Sound On Sound, which really could have been a Be Bop album.I went to see them on tour and brilliant they were.This was the first single off the album on red vinyl. Why oh why was it not a hit. Great tune.


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Trek W/ Quintronic

Trek W/ Quintronic, When I Was Young, 1981
Paul Wilcox is the man behind this band.This is a single fro their self titled album. This could possibly be my fave single of the early 80´s, i just love it.
They made two albums, the second being Landing, 1980.
Both are soon to be released on CD for the first time.If you like the single you must get the albums,both are really good.
Check out this myspace site too, http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=210062918
Some good new demos on there.
Just got the Tina Turner, Private Dancer re-issue and as a bonus track she dose When I Was Young.Mmm not sure what I think yet, perhaps better left alone!!


Trek W/Quintronic
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Tina Turner.
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Tears For Fears.

Tears For Fears, Everybody Loves A Happy Ending, 2004.
Always loved this band, from fist buying my 12inch white label of the classic Mad World.
This track from the album of the same name was when they got back together again.It wasn´t a big hit, but a good tune.


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Utopia.

Utopia, Love Is The Answer,
I remember buying this album in a bargain bin just because i liked the sleeve.I actually went on to buy a few of their albums.The album was Oop´s Wrong Planet,1977.
This was a single off the album and is a good tune. I like Tod Rundgren and thought this should have been more sucesful.
I don´t usually like it when a band has a new lead singer but Todd went on tour with the New Cars and made some new tracks with them as the lead singer which were really good.


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