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VINYL GOLDMINE - Lost New Wave & Power Pop Gems
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The purpose of this blog is to drum up interest for some fantastic new wave and power pop bands from the past (most from around 1977 to 1985) that seem to have been largely forgotten with the passing of time.
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CD Fit for Vinyl: KAI REINER - Self-Titled LP
In his online biography, Hamburg's Kai Reiner says that being dragged to a Brian Wilson concert against his will just a couple years ago changed his life and inspired him to play pop music. It's a bit hard to believe his conversion was so instant and...
DAVID WERNER - Self-Titled LP
I have seen David Werner remembered online for his contributions to 70s glam rock in the style of early David Bowie, but his third and final LP (the only one I have heard), 1979's self-titled release, sounds much more power pop than glam. That said, ...
THE HEADBOYS - Self-Titled LP
Here's another cool, random record store find - The Headboys.The Headboys were a Scottish power pop act that scored minor chart success in 1979 with their excellent single, The Shape of Things to Come. The song was the first track on their debut and ...
THE CRYERS - Self-Titled Debut
Years ago I came across a power pop compilation that turned me on to a number of obscure bands that have since become staples in my collection. I was able to track down LPs and singles for some of these bands, but others I could never find much more ...
Post Your Requests Here
Some of you have requested or recommended bands and albums you'd like to see here. I've lost track of most of the suggestions and have given up on sifting through all the old comments, so feel free to repost them in the comments to this entry.Chances...
THE SINCEROS - The Sound of Sunbathing
While I included a song from this record in my first Sinceros post as well as its complete follow-up LP, Pet Rock, in my second Sinceros post, I hadn't posted the band's first album, The Sound of Sunbathing from 1979.So here it is - 10 tracks of fun ...
SPOONER - Every Corner Dance
Having just been to a vinyl show and almost picking this up, but passing because the seller wanted too much, the AZ Local blog tapped into my mind and has made it available.Spooner is most widely known for the fact that Garbage drummer Butch Vig and ...
SUE SAAD AND THE NEXT - Self-Titled LP
If you had a listen to the Laurie and the Sighs album I recently posted about, you'll have a good idea of what Sue Saad and the Next sound like. In the same way as the Sighs, Sue Saad and company take a high energy, not quite power pop, not quite new...
TOM DICKIE AND THE DESIRES - The Eleventh Hour
Tom Dickie and the Desires were a New York City band that released two LPs, Competition in 1981 and The Eleventh Hour in 1982. I recently picked up the latter in record shop for just 25 cents (!!) simply because I thought the album art was interestin...
EXPRESSOS - Promises and Ties
First of all, I must send out a big thanks to Music Ruined My Life for turning me on to this gem of an album!Just when I feel like I'm beginning to close in on all the best lost records of the late 70s-early 80s new wave era, I come across something ...
CD Fit for Vinyl: DAVE DILL - Follow the Summer
While the music of indie singer-songwriter Dave Dill comes in CD form, it sounds tailor-made for any vinyl-loving power pop fan.Dill's latest album, Follow the Summer, flows with a cool 70s vibe reminiscent of power pop pioneers such as Badfinger and...
BLUE PETER - Rockin' Canadian New Wave
I have to thank Uncle E of the always entertaining Uncle E's Musical Nightmares for turning me onto Blue Peter, a rather obscure Canadian new wave band of the early 80s.Blue Peter's output consists of two LPs, Radio Silence (1980) and Falling (1983),...
THE RECORDS - Rock and Roll Love Letter (12" Single)
Here's one from another of the superb power pop acts to emerge in the late 1970s - The Records.The Records were a British band most remembered for their debut single Starry Eyes, which is undoubtedly a timeless power pop classic and what I consider t...
DWIGHT TWILLEY - Wild Dogs
While power pop singer-songwriter Dwight Twilley had previously scored chart hits with the singles I'm on Fire and Girls, his 1986 LP Wild Dogs came out so quietly that many fans didn't even know it was released. Another piece of a career plagued by ...
HOLLY AND THE ITALIANS Albums Now Available on iTunes
Holly Beth Vincent produced two fantastic - though very different - albums in the early 1980s: The Right to Be Italian from 1981 and Holly and the Italians from 1982. These new wave classics were reissued on CD in 2002 by Wounded Bird Records, but q...
THE SINCEROS - Pet Rock
I recently posted about The Sinceros, a British power pop act that released two albums, The Sound of Sunbathing in 1979 and Pet Rock in 1981. I also mentioned that Pet Rock is one of my favorite power pop albums of all time, filled with consistently ...
EDDIE AND THE HOT RODS - Do Anything You Wanna Do
Like Bram Tchaikovsky and Red Rockers, London's Eddie and the Hot Rods are a band whose most notable song is pure power pop, but whose other material has a slightly harder edge. In the Hot Rods' case, that one song is Do Anything You Wanna Do, an ene...
MARSHALL CRENSHAW - Self-Titled Debut
Marshall Crenshaw's self-titled debut from 1982 is another vinyl I found for 50 cents, which completely obliterates the theory that you can't get anything good for under a dollar.This record is pretty much flawless, filled with perfect power pop song...
BRAM TCHAIKOVSKY - Strange Man, Changed Man
The things you can find on the discount rack...Last week I made a truly great discovery as I searched through stacks of records on the clearance shelf at a half-price book and music shop. Amidst the legions of Barry Manilow, Barbra Streisand and crap...
THE SINCEROS - More of the Best Power Pop You've (Probably) Never Heard
There are many artists in my music collection who have made a healthy number of albums, yet somehow I rarely find myself listening to them, or when I do, have to dig to find songs I actually want to hear. And then there are bands in my collection lik...
PEZBAND - Tasty Chicago Power Pop
While I've been a major fan of classic power pop bands such as The dB's and Shoes for years, I only very recently found out about the magnificent Pezband. Pezband came out of Chicago and onto the power pop scene in 1977 with their eponymous first alb...
