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80s Soundtrack Week: Tuesday – “Party Party” GER CD
Today’s album came from much earlier in the decade and came from a completely different mindset. Instead of US teens living in the “alternative music” scene of the mid-80s, our next soundtrack was from a British holiday comedy about a … Continue reading
Posted in Bowie, Core Collection, New Romantic, Record Review, Scots Rock, Ska, SOTD
Tagged 1982, A+M Records, Altered Images, Bananarama, Elvis Costello, Midge Ure, New Wave Cover Version, ska, soundtrack
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“Checkered Past” Was A Tidy Look At The 2-Tone Label [part 2]
[…continued from last post] By the time that 2-Tone moved forward into 1980, the label’s acts began to sprawl from the focused retro Ska style into exotic new syntheses that found less favor on the British charts. The radical sophomore … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Ska
Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, The Beat, The Selecter, The Specials
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“Checkered Past” Was A Tidy Look At The 2-Tone Label [part 1]
Various Artists: The 2-Tone Collection – A Checkered Past – US – 2xCD [1993] Disc One The Special A.K.A.: Gangsters The Selecter: The Selecter Madness: The Prince The Selecter: On My Radio The Specials featuring Rico: A Message To You … Continue reading
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Tagged 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1993, The Beat, The Selecter, The Specials
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Song Of The Day: The Specials – Ghost Town
The Specials: Ghost Town US 12″ [1981] Ghost Town [extended version] Why? [extended version] Friday Night Saturday Morning “Ghost Town” was a non-LP single by The Specials that made a really big impact in 1981. The song was inspired by … Continue reading
They’ve All Gone …BEAT CRAZY!!
Joe Jackson Band: Beat Crazy US CD [1985] Beat Crazy One To One In Every Dream Home [A Nightmare] The Evil Eye Mad At You Crime Don’t Pay Someone Up There Battleground Biology Pretty Boys Fit It’s funny about Joe Jackson. … Continue reading
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