we listen so fast: forgotten/unkown/unloved 80s we are listening to.

I love this! I thought it was gonna be hokey but its awesome. the guitars are totally cool. the vocals. everything. do the herky jerk! they have a full album on enigma that i've never heard. it couldn't possibly be better than this.

Volumatix - Volume One (Republic Recording Corporation - 1982)

https://i.discogs.com/OpM3SvdtJWErAgcidCx6s6uUdljlgRGSb3S7x3nSRjY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:599/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4ODMy/MTUtMTU5OTY4NTE3/NS0yODczLmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/jUlOTuURyAFcFP9LVeKCXg6Yr3OWApAM7uwQy4hxgRY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:479/w:375/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTE1MzUz/MjYtMTQyNjYwOTk0/NC0yNzY4LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHTmNBKhllc

I will definitely check out the lines

I don’t know oi at all but I love 80s d beat made by pacific vegan Scandinavians

pacifist not pacific

for the Lines you have to listen to all three release.

Memory Span collects the singles from the melancholic power pop classic White Night throught the angsty post-punk of On the Air/Cool Snap into the more dubbed out new wave of Nerve Pylon.

Flood Bank collects the two LPs which are firmly in the "post-Hanentt" world with as much emphasis on atmosphere and rhythm as songwriting.

Hull Down is the lost "3rd album" featuring material from the early to mid 80s with more electronics being introduced in a manor not unlike what say New Order or Cabaret Voltaire might've been doing circa 82.

at last a band i have heard of : Furniture.
they were a thing re certain aspects of the UK music press for a while.

The Lines are great! Listening now for the first time & wow… Omnivore or LITA or someone should do a reissue series. Not like the records are impossible to get, but they’re not exactly common either. And it’s be great for Memory Span to be available on vinyl.

metal break! this album is so wonderful. power/trad metal but a deep dark and delicious (and heavy and crunchy) power/trad metal. one of the best of the 80s imo. wish more trad bands would take this album as their template instead of the super-muscle manowar or shiny euro-power thing. nothing against dragons i just like stuff like this better. from an era when big ugly guys from florida were doing god's work. satan being god obviously.

iron cross - s/t (private press/no label - 1986)

https://i.discogs.com/D3Jqr0xCwcuO5wKyvUWpmrYKbmslPoOiljSrlTIT7uk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:563/w:580/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTMyNDAw/NzctMTMyMTg5NzQz/OS5qcGVn.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/9j0xiTi3820yyR6UjixQm4Lev8IVl9kGps7P2n2nEIc/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:568/w:568/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9BLTE0NzY3/MDQtMTUxMTQyOTU1/My04NDM5LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzHwtnvhdag

"Omnivore or LITA or someone should do a reissue series"

OMG someone on this thread DID a reissue series!

his name rhymes with...stan melzer.

Yeah, would be great for Memory Span and the LPs to be on vinyl. Get in touch and I can try to help.

We did the CDs during a time when CDs was the way to go for such things.

Some of the original records are easier to find than others.

!!!!!

OMG someone on this thread DID a reissue series!
his name rhymes with...stan melzer.

there's a bunch of those up there but can't find the one where I actually do play the Lines. It's on soundcloud though:

https://soundcloud.com/thelotradio/superimpositions-special-guest-dan-selzer-the-lot-radio-10-24-2022

not really for this thread though, maybe a bit, all last 70s/early 80s post-punk/new wave 7"s.

The other shows on youtube are a variety. Plenty of italo-disco and post-punk. Some house. Some Scott Walker. One that's all electro and hip-hop.

I just get to guest when my friend is out of time. I can't get a regular show on the Lot for some reason.

oh that youtube clip linked to, for half of it I have the Lines Cool Snap ep pulled out sitting in my bag, but I don't think I played it.

talking of lines, anyone here familiar with the planets? liverpool new wave band, they did a great single called “line” in (alright) 1979 and their one album from 1980 has some great moments, especially “iron for the iron”. great arty pop!

i just needed to share this cover. so cool!

https://i.discogs.com/sBbGxgOrhFWWGb70q05XzOQudPbsYLlZU-WHXlQF-G0/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:488/w:486/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTEwMTMw/NzItMTE4NDEwMzA1/Mi5qcGVn.jpeg

I didn't know 99 luftballons Nena was in an earlier band
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gWMOQGTtUE

the Englisch lyrics are weird and also mention balloons.

that woman was just obsessed with balloons!

that is a really cute video.

just say no.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-c7m32-iMQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgGtViqj-ps

what the......hell. i think this did something weird to my brain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c0EUpLGg0U

i don't know that maisonettes record that you posted - the only tune of theirs anyone at all knows is 'heartbreak avenue' which was top ten in the UK and is kind of an 80s take on early 60s doo wop/soul, and it's possibly a bit naff really, but i've a huge soft spot for it all the same:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-t66drtfWs

obviously the racial stereotypes in that freida parton video are awful and dumb, but i really enjoyed the song itself! (probably wouldnt rush to play it to anyone else though)

That's Dolly Parton's sister?!

wow, yes!

maisonettes were pretty good. I'm convinced their one album is all demos polished up. everything sounds a bit worn-out and transparent including "heartache avenue".

The singer from the Maisonettes had been in City Boy a few years before, the sound of young Birmingham c1978 (or perhaps not)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pykQ7pxFBQ

ISTR he died a few years back, RIP.

i love city boy. at one point i had all their albums. the poor man's 10cc.

not an easy one to find by a long shot. david wertman is on some really great 70s records that are even harder to find. i'm still looking for a nice copy of steve reid's Odyssey of the Oblong Square record that he plays on. anyway, he was cool and this is another rare thing. a free/spiritual jazz flexi-disc! and it sounds really good. eva-tone soundsheets for the win! he made another one the same year. a good cheap way to get your music out.

https://i.discogs.com/Afjv570r5Ohl531CdoLi6hing6tXurZKsK5K9WZQlhY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:564/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYzOTM5/MjktMTU1MTI5Njg5/My02ODk3LnBuZw.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/IlM_3PhNWGCgP0JQKTV4C4kBIxAEasUQ5mA16IZMJSI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:568/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTYzOTM5/MjktMTU1MTI5Njg5/Ni05MjA0LnBuZw.jpeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMIc1ZYBGRo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_iaqihk6bo

^ stellar stuff!

Record of the day! I love this. They are connected to the band Red Guitars and I have an album by THEM on deck that i have never heard. I don't even know how to describe this one. Or maybe i'm just too tired to. Sounds great on vinyl. It's not on Youtube! They were from Hull.

The Planet Wilson - In The Best Of All Possible Worlds (Virgin - 1988)

https://i.discogs.com/nxr3BkfwFsn_vFBNsi5JX5aYlVjPc-Szq6dhbA3XkzI/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:311/w:320/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTU2NTI3/MDAtMTQwNDMyMjgy/My0zNjc0LmpwZWc.jpeg

its like 3 bucks on discogs. probably even less if you are in Hull.

stuff i wasn't feeling that i'm not going to go into:

alliance - s/t (handshake - 1982)

badbob - now is reaction (incas records - 1988)

the atom smashers - first strike (pathfinder - 1986) (monte cazazza! but, uh, no thanks.)

justo almario - plumbline (meadowlark - 1987)

nancy and the antlers - presents 101 heresies (psychotic-plastic - 1989)

the pedaljets - today today (twilight - 1988)

underrated soundtrack alert. a nice album experience of synth goodness. check the dollar bins. unfortunately sells for more than a dollar now online.

once bitten ost - v/a (curb - 1985)

https://i.discogs.com/uAKSC0EPCuWsDIrKBa3rqvmY0Q__THKzvJn60A4bhuY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:597/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgwNDcy/NjItMTU4NzkzNjcy/My03NjA1LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://i.discogs.com/0yLDD_M_oqc_NDuVP4uvM6iSoRmuH_DVantiIh6WRUY/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTgwNDcy/NjItMTU4NzkzNjcy/Mi05NDU1LmpwZWc.jpeg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_eleBuvQas

Is that the vampire 80s movie Jim Carrey is in? That was on tv all the time when I was a kid omg.

yes! his shining moment. that and earth girls are easy.

just gonna post YT vids. too many broken links on here. sorry. my bad. plus, i am just swamped over here. hooooooboy. so many records. which is great, but, you know. work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9N6H9LMAug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wtWHD-iSAw

If you post YT links without naming them they’ll be unidentifiable when they break. :-(

oh right that. okay i'll do that.

those two aren't so essential anyway! haha. more examples of "they gave a major label deal to who again?".

you don’t need to name YouTube’s this is a discussion board not a museum

i went to my old 80s skot thread and i couldn't believe there were still pictures there! i posted them 16 years ago! the web is wild.

me and my 80s ladies

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2129/1783586722_1cdd19b07a_b.jpg

my authentic 80s bedroom

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2164/1782734157_3afb5a27b3_b.jpg

i even know what those pictures are that you can't see. gene loves jezebel, madonna, die kreuzen poster, and a picture of david lynch with isabella rosellini.

best high school smoking lounge ever.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2341/1782730137_59c7d4105e_b.jpg

my best pal LV had the best bedroom. he genius.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/1782725383_45a00f8671_b.jpg

my failed attempt at college. it didn't take. i tried to fit in. all i learned was how to smoke. 1988 was my nadir.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2084/1784362672_0abd03e2dc_b.jpg

okay back to work. too many records to price!