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Those First Impressions: Johnny + The Self-Abusers – “Saints + Sinners” UK 7″
Johnny + The Self-Abusers: Saints + Sinners – UK – 7″ [1977] Johnny + The Self-Abusers was not the first name the band that would eventually become Simple Minds ever had. That would be the even weirder Biba-Rom! But Johnny … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Record Review, Scots Rock, Those First Impressions, Want List
Tagged 1977, 2023, Johnny + The Self Abusers, Soul Jazz Records
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Those First Impressions: Yello – “I.T. Splash” Yellow Vinyl 12″ Reissue
I’ve loved Yello since that fateful night in 1980 when I heard their debut Ralph Records single on WUSF-FM. They were a college radio station with a Friday night New Wave show that I could barely receive on my stereo, … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Immaterial Music, Record Review, Those First Impressions
Tagged 12" single, 1979, 2022, Boris Blank, Colored Vinyl, Dieter Meier, reissue, Yello
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That First Taste Of Transvision Vamp On A Freebie Record Mirror EP
There I was. Minding my own business in the late 80s. Trying to get some nourishment from the thin gruel of the UK music scene of the time, when during one of my weekly MTV sessions during 120 Minutes [all … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Surviving The 90s, The Great B-Sides, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1989, Duncan Bridgeman, EP, Transvision Vamp
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My Tragically Late Recognition of Associates Changed Everything [part 2]
Part 2: The EPIPHANY… As we was in said last post, I had many opportunities to be exposed to both Billy MacKenzie and The Associates and I was curiously deaf to the evidence. Nothing clicked for me. Until that fateful … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1990, Associates, Billy Mackenzie, Sire Records
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Billy MacKenzie Has Been Gone For 25 Years Now… [part 1]
Part 1: My STUPID YEARS… Where does the time go? It feels like he just died last month. I can remember the awful pit in my stomach when I discovered, somehow, on the internet [which in 1997, I only had … Continue reading
Posted in Assorted Images, Bowie, Core Collection, obituary, Scots Rock, Surviving The 90s, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1997, BillyMacKenzie, obituary
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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 2]
The Blow Monkeys: Live Today, Love Tomorrow – UK – 7″ [1981] Live Today, Love Tomorrow In Cold Blood Every story begins with a first step and the one that matters here is the one that happened when Robert Howard … Continue reading
Posted in Record Review, Rock GPA, Scots Rock, Those First Impressions
Tagged 1981, Blow Monkeys, debut single
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Those First Impressions: Tiger Lily – Ain’t Misbehavin’ UK 7″
I almost can’t believe that I have never written about this debut single, but today’s the day to put that to rest! The fact of the matter was that for every truly stunning band that leapt fully formed, as if … Continue reading