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Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 5]
1987 found Icehouse making their inevitable “big commercial move” album that so many acts were also doing in the mid 80s. It speaks highly for Icehouse’s taste that their “groomed for maximum selling potential” release walks a finer line than most … Continue reading
Posted in BSOG, Core Collection
Tagged 12" singles, 1987, CD singles, Icehouse, promo only
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Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 4]
1985 brought a new drive to Icehouse since the previous album, “Sidewalk” saw a marked shift downward from the growth curve that had moved from “Icehouse” to “Primitive Man.” The pressure was on, but the band had now gelled around … Continue reading
Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 3]
1983 brought a new Icehouse album made with the same band that had toured the previous album, which had been made without them, deep in Keith Forsey’s laboratory. After an album of glossy, synthesizer atmospherics, this one took a half … Continue reading
Posted in Bowie, BSOG, Core Collection
Tagged 1983, 1984, 1985, David Bowie, Icehouse, Iva Davies, soundtrack
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Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 2]
After beginning life as Flowers in Australia, only to find a Scot band using that name in the Northern Hemisphere, the group wisely chose to take the name of their debut album, Icehouse. For the follow up, leader Iva Davies … Continue reading
Raiding The “Ice Box” – Planning An Icehouse BSOG [part 1]
Yesterday we skirted the edge of the phenomenon of bands I deeply love and collect but have not yet compiled a BSOG for. Ultravox were the elephant in the room, but as I mentioned, most of their rarity output can … Continue reading
New Wave MVP: Guy Pratt
This morning I was listening to my favorite Icehouse album and it reminded me that I’ve needed to look more closely at the career of bass player Guy Pratt in a way that I have been meaning to do for … Continue reading
Posted in Core Collection, Uncategorized
Tagged Bryan Ferry, Guy Pratt, Icehouse, Power Station, Robert Palmer, Stephen Duffy
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Icehouse – Taking The Town
Icehouse: Taking The Town UK 12″ [1984] Taking The Town [extended dance mix] Java Taking The Town This was a single that I encountered after getting the “Sidewalk” album courtesy of a UK pressing of the 12″ single, which was … Continue reading
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