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Tag Archives: 1987
JESSE COLIN YOUNG – The Highway is for Heroes – (Cypress) – 1987
Jesse Colin Young is always welcome on this blog but you have to approach anything released in the mainstream, in the 80s, with trepidation. Yes, yes, I know I whinge about the 80s mainstream but it was, largely, awful. Everything … Continue reading
THE BRANDOS – Honor Among Thieves – (Relativity) – 1987
I had no knowledge about this band till now. They weren't on my radar and that's strange because the 80s and the 90s were the decades I spent a lot of time searching out new non-mainstream sounds, especially from the … Continue reading
JOHN HARTFORD – Annual Waltz – (Dot) – 1987
I'm frequently criticised for all the "old" records I comment on. I point out that this blog is a vinyl music blog and vinyl died in the early to mid 90s in Australia. Accordingly, vinyl product after that is hard … Continue reading
THE NEIGHBORHOODS – Reptile Men – (Emergo) – 1987
A post powerpop band. I’m not sure what that makes them. Don’t say "post powerpop" They are a 3-piece (naturally enough for a powerpop band) The Neighborhoods were formed in 1977 and hail from Boston. Apparently, they were quite popular … Continue reading
WALL OF VOODOO – Happy Planet – (IRS) – 1987
what Frank is listening to #200 – WALL OF VOODOO – Happy Planet – (IRS) – 1987 Of course I love "Wall of Voodoo" ("WOV"), well the Stan Ridgway era. In fact everything I have heard by Stan Ridgway thus far (Wall … Continue reading
THE CHRISTIANS – Self Titled – (Island) – 1987
Urrgghhh … new British Soul – a music that truly makes me ill. Fucken awful. I literally have to stop myself from pulling the record from the turntable and smashing it against the table corner … a act I find … Continue reading
