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Marc Campbell Of The Nails: 1951-2024
Last Saturday I got the sad news that Marc Campbell of The Nails had died. Then that had me pulling my Nails CDs this weekend for a spin, with the expanded “Hotel For Women” making me dance in spite of … Continue reading
REVO Remastering: New Wave Comp – Blitz! [REVO 098]
It took me 40 years, but in 2021, I finally made a CD of one of my favorite New Wave Compilation Albums: RCA’s “Blitz!” Way back in the New Wave era the record labels had a problem. That problem was … Continue reading
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Tagged 1981, 2021, New Wave Compilations, RCA
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New Wave…Or Novelty?
It’s hard enough to define exactly what New Wave is without splitting hairs over what constitutes a novelty song within that genre, yet that’s what we’ll be opening the metaphoric phone lines to in today’s post. With a look at … Continue reading
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