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essexpete

13-01-2011

Originally Posted by Metal Mickey:
“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...”

C and P and Songs To Remember are good but I would rate 'Provision' above them, and in partcular the single Oh Patti with its great Miles Davis solo. Virgin helped Scritti become more soulful it seems then. Anyway 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

rhod

13-01-2011

Worth checking out the 12" of Oh Patti for even more Miles Davis good stuff..

rhod

13-01-2011

Originally Posted by essexpete:
“ 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”

More good, good stuff there, pete.

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!

Mike_1101

13-01-2011

Originally Posted by rhod:
“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!”

A few more tracks for those who like rare and unusual material

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

Hayden

13-01-2011

This was gorgeous

View From The Hill - No Conversation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCIFKekYq0

Hound of Love

13-01-2011

Originally Posted by Hayden:
“This was gorgeous

View From The Hill - No Conversation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCIFKekYq0”

The actress who played Patrick's wife, Yolande, in EastEnders, was in that group

Mike_1101

13-01-2011

Originally Posted by Hayden:
“This was gorgeous

View From The Hill - No Conversation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCIFKekYq0”

Excellent - never heard that one before though.

Mike_1101

13-01-2011

Anybody remember "Working Week"?
"Inner City Blues" (1985)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5mtH3_439s

wedk656

13-01-2011

It's Immaterial.......Ed's Funky Diner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL1h39PxInI

wedk656

13-01-2011

Coloubox - The Moon Is Blue

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK13i7SHhcA

Hayden

13-01-2011

Last two are terrific

Great pop song- Shooting From My Heart- Big Bam Boo (198)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBQJK15PEe8

wedk656

13-01-2011

Dif Juz - No Motion

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbQiUv1QHo

Hayden

13-01-2011

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

wedk656

13-01-2011

Boys In Darkness - Back To France

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQpd-1-7in0

wedk656

13-01-2011

Freur - Doot Doot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnNYpkSN4kk&ob=av2nl

Mike_1101

13-01-2011

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

wedk656

14-01-2011

Originally Posted by Mike_1101:
“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”

Don't remember 'New Day For You' by Basia, but I did have 'Cruising For Bruising' which would have been around at that time.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPuU7oI31hc

rhod

14-01-2011

(quick note to any lurking radio programmers: the "Now!" compilations were far from the whole story...)

shackfan

14-01-2011

Originally Posted by wedk656:
“Freur - Doot Doot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnNYpkSN4kk&ob=av2nl”

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.

shackfan

14-01-2011

[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

nate1970

14-01-2011

Originally Posted by Hayden:
“This was gorgeous

View From The Hill - No Conversation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfCIFKekYq0”

I had completely forgotten about that track!

nate1970

14-01-2011

Originally Posted by Mike_1101:
“New Musik - This World Of Water (1980)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qbuAa_4kks”

I've always loved this track. Very very talented man that Tony Mansfield, it's almost criminal that New Musik aren't on their 20th album by now.

Metal Mickey

14-01-2011

Originally Posted by Mike_1101:
“One I never heard on british radio but it was very popular in Ireland
Daisy Chains - "No time to stop believing in love" 1984”

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I have been after that track for literally YEARS, but could never remember the track name or artist, just the tune and the rap in the middle that ends "Sayonara Tokyo"... an ex-girlfriend had that record and I loved it, but we split up before I had a chance to tape it... brilliant!

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'...

Randy Gibbons

14-01-2011

The Triffids - Field Of Glass
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFd-FuCURh0

Epic, magnificent, genius.

wedk656

14-01-2011

Desireless - Voyage Voyage........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PDmZnG8KsM

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