POLL - I bought 13 bargain early-mid 80s new wave records in Montreal this week. They range from pretty unknown to not-quite-obscure. (?) Pick your fave!

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Picked all of these up used for between $1.99 and $11.99 CAD at Aux 33 Tours. Total cost was about $89 CAD. (What an awesome record shop!!!) I am looking forward to adding them to the rotation on my radio show. Here are the Discogs links in case you want to really do your own research...

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Martha & The Muffins - The World Is A Ball 4
Klaus Nomi - Encore... 4
Kissing The Pink - What Noise? 2
Blue Peter - Radio Silence 1
Cats Can Fly - Cats Can Fly 0
Thinkman - The Formula 0
Classix Nouveaux - La Verite 0
Endgames - Building Beauty 0
Walkie Talkies - Surveillance 0
Zot - Zot 0
Tictoc - 20 Questions 12" 0
The Technos - Foreign Land 12" 0
Spoons - Talkback 0


christopher.ivan, Saturday, 23 November 2024 14:50 (four weeks ago) link

Endgames - Building Beauty has one great song - "Ecstacy"

one time gaffled 'em up (one time), Saturday, 23 November 2024 16:23 (four weeks ago) link

Klaus 4eva

sleeve, Saturday, 23 November 2024 16:28 (four weeks ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 29 November 2024 00:01 (three weeks ago) link

I've only heard The World Is a Ball, though Spoons and Cats Can Fly were on the TV and radio at the time. My parents knew Mark Gane's parents, so we heard a bit about the protracted recording sessions in Bath.

The only record I ever bought in Montreal was Henry Cow's debut on vinyl.

Halfway there but for you, Friday, 29 November 2024 00:24 (three weeks ago) link

I remember a Spoons LP as being… okay? Good, maybe?

Cognosc in Tyrol (emsworth), Friday, 29 November 2024 02:51 (three weeks ago) link

"Take Me To War" from Blue Peter's Radio Silence is an impressive Siren-era pastiche.

The World Is A Ball gets the vote. The first half is solid, and Song In My Head is so damn happy.

sawdust lagoon, Friday, 29 November 2024 03:56 (three weeks ago) link

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 30 November 2024 00:01 (three weeks ago) link


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