Midnight Oil

Midnight Oil,Dreamworld, 1987

Loved this band, a shame they never really made it big in the UK. They had nine chart hits but all except Beds Are Buring were at the lower end of the top 100.

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The Gents

The Gents, Give It To Me, 1986

Their second to last single, still a good one.

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Drum Theatre

Drum Theatre,Home (Is Where the Heart Is) 1986

Cool single from their album Everyman

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The Divine Comedy

The Divine Comedy,Perfect Lovesong, 2001

A great single from their album Regeneration.

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Mekanik Kommando

Mekanik Kommando, Dancing Elephants Ep, 1982
Stop and Play
Fab minimal synth.
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The Potbelleez

The Potbelleez,Don't Hold Back, 2007

Fantastic indie dance from the Potbelleez.Love this.

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Sue Saad and the Next

Sue Saad and the Next, Young Girl, 1981

fab new wave single

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The Havalinas

The Havalinas,High Hopes, 1990

Great single from their self titled album

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Secret Sounds

Secret Sounds, Wasteland, 1984

This is such a good single.
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The Cry

The Cry,Take It Round Again,12inch, 1984

I good twelve inch version of this single by The Cry from their album, Quick Quick Slow
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Axle Whitehead

Axle Whitehead,I Don't Do Surprises, 2008

Fab song from his album Losing Sleep

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The Thought

The Thought, The Thought 1983

Great tracks from this their self titled Ep

Tracks
Download I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
Download There´s A Boy
Download Am I

For Against

For Against, It's A Lie, 1987
Dark brooding synth from For Against.

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Screams

Screams, Imagine Me Without You, 1979

Great power pop single

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Jupiter One

Jupiter One, Platform Moon, 1988

Love this single from their excelent album Jupiter One

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Lung Overcoat

Lung Overcoat, Voice In The Box
Taken from their Climbing Up The Hill Ep, 1986, fab tune.

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Tuff Darts

Tuff Darts, Who´s Been Sleeping Here,1978

Great tune from the late 70s

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Rage

Rage, My Cryings Done, 1995
A good dance single from the 90´s this is the Moody Guitar Mix.
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Surplus Stock

Surplus Stock,Spiv, 1979
Cracking minimal synthpop tune, great lyrics to this one

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Six Sed Red

Six Sed Red,Shake It Right/ Bang Em Right,1984

Caberet Voltairs side project which has the wonderful Cindy Ecstasy on vocals

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Richard Darbyshire

Richard Darbyshire, I Swear, 1993
From Living In A Box to..... a UK no 50 which is a shame as it´s a good single, I do like this guys voice.
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The Gents

The Gents, Friday On My Mind,12inch version,1986

This was their last single and is a fantastic cover version of the classic Easy beats song, which I first heard covered by Bowie on his Pin Ups album.I love the start of this track.

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Naommon

Naommon, Love is struggling, 2003
Wonderful synth/electro pop from Naommon
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The Dolphin Brothers

The Dolphin Brothers, Second Site,1987

From their album Second Site, great synth pop, from former Japan members.
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I Can Crawl

I Can Crawl, Abandon, 1986
Fantastic single from their album Desert.

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