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The story goes that when Scritti's first album ("Songs To Remember") came out in 1982, Green Gartside went around the London record shops, making sure it was being well-promoted, and picking up copies of other albums out at the same time. One of these was "Thriller", which he listened to and took to his record label boss, saying, "Now that's what I want the next album to sound like!"
Rough Trade couldn't afford the proposed studio fees, so Green went to Virgin instead, and the wonderful C&P was the result... Predictable by The Kinks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-vuqTWGGlA(one of funniest vids ever IMO and Profoundly In Love With Pandora by Ian Dury http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhRsvWZ1Hlc,a and one of my fave novelty songs,Kissing With Confidence by WIll Powers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-4o0IodsE |
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Worth checking out the 12" of Oh Patti for even more Miles Davis good stuff..
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rare 80s classics-There's More Snakes Than Ladders by Captain Sensible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZJOIMzsjgA
Predictable by The Kinks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-vuqTWGGlA(one of funniest vids ever IMO and Profoundly In Love With Pandora by Ian Dury http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhRsvWZ1Hlc,a and one of my fave novelty songs,Kissing With Confidence by WIll Powers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dp-4o0IodsE Captain Sensible can do no wrong, in my book. Look how much fun he's having in Glad it's all over And that Kinks video is great, as you say. Davies looks like the lovechild of Mark Kermode and Wilfred Brambell at the beginning! |
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Some excellent tracks there, Mike. Not heard any of them before, but most of 'em could have been UK hits if they'd been a bit luckier or had the right backing from record companies.
I think New Muzik got into the charts with another song; "living by numbers" (or certainly got some airplay at the time) - their albums were good, too, if I recall. Mandy Winter should indeed by checked out by any fans of early Kate Bush. Sal Solo and Classix Nouveau never really did it for me - they seemed a bit too derivative for my liking, but maybe I'll check out some of their stuff again. Thank God for YouTube! New Musik - This World Of Water (1980) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbuAa_4kks Hugh Masekela - Don't Go Lose It Baby (1984) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQeikqBXhag&feature=fvsr A song from the first LP by Sarah-Jane Morris, a pity she fell out with Zomba Music and they have never re-issued it! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0AwxOlYvsU Sarah Jane Morris "Sunny" (1988) Remember Engelbert Humberdinck from the 1960s? In 1989 he recorded some tracks for Dieter Bohlen of "Modern Talking" "Red Roses For My Lady" (1989) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ahu5rGO2sg Dieter Bohlen recorded several other people including this girl who was apparently very popular in the USSR! "Strangers by night" - CC CATCH (1986) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0W2RpFapM54 and another of her songs for those ladies who love their spiders! ![]() C.C CATCH- Heaven and Hell (1986) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnv1g...eature=related Apparently she was very popular in the USSR. A song by Canadian band April Wine "Just Between You And Me" (1981) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iafnAiYDpXM Finally for now 3 minutes of cheesy pop from 1981 Aneka "Ooh Shooby Doo Doo Lang" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipg2qlr_9Ls |
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Anybody remember "Working Week"?
"Inner City Blues" (1985) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5mtH3_439s |
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Last two are terrific
Great pop song- Shooting From My Heart- Big Bam Boo (198) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQJK15PEe8 |
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Downtown- One 2 Many
Certainly one of the greatest songs never to be a hit in this country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rbMt2-U7TU |
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Does anyone remember this instrumental version of
Culture Club: "Time clock of the Heart" (1982) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVyj1RrMHpI or Basia "New Day for You" - 1986 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5GKHqU35Y finally Matt Fretton "It's So High" (1983) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJsaBKeQ89Y |
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Does anyone remember this instrumental version of
Culture Club: "Time clock of the Heart" (1982) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVyj1RrMHpI or Basia "New Day for You" - 1986 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T5GKHqU35Y finally Matt Fretton "It's So High" (1983) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJsaBKeQ89Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPuU7oI31hc |
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(quick note to any lurking radio programmers: the "Now!" compilations were far from the whole story...)
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Loved that song and still do. I remember they did a Prince and didnt actually want to be called a name and just had a funny squiggle on the cover. !2" version is great and doesnt sound dated at all.
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[quote=Mike_1101;47325267]A few more tracks for those who like rare and unusual material
New Musik - This World Of Water (1980) [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbuAa_4kks[/url] Ha ha, I really liked that at the time and went to see them in concert. They were CRAP Worse concert ever. Still like the song though
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New Musik - This World Of Water (1980)
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One I never heard on british radio but it was very popular in Ireland
Daisy Chains - "No time to stop believing in love" 1984 Otherwise, kudos to all for the above mentions of... Will Powers - actually photographer Lynn Goldsmith & some musician friends - Carly Simon is the female vocalist on that track New Muzik - Tony Mansfield looked like he was going to be another Trevor Horn for a while, producing Captain Sensible, A-Ha, Mari Wilson, even The B-52's, but it didn't last... the "From A To B" album is great. Sal Solo - his solo career nosedived when he "came out" as a major Christian and did a lot of the Sunday music shows that were around then - "Music & You" is a nice track, but was the first casualty of his lack of "cool". Working Week - an offshoot of a band called Weekend (see what they did there?) Their first single 'Venceremos' was wonderful, and featured Everything But the Girl's Tracy Thorn on vocals, though the inferior album version didn't... Colourbox - great band, 'The Official Colourbox World Cup Theme' is a brilliant lost hit, but they ended up at the top of the charts as half of M/A/R/R/S with 'Pump Up The Volume'... |
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Worse concert ever. Still like the song though