Artist:
GORDON GRIP
Title:
Guitar Music
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1987
Songs:
10
Label:
Estra House Records
Style:
Melodic Hard Rock
Sunday, July 30, 2017
GORDON GRIP
TERESA GUNN
Artist:
TERESA GUNN
Title:
Identity
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1986
Songs:
8
Label:
Vanity Records
Style:
AOR
TIM BOGERT
Artist:
TIM BOGERT
Title:
Progressions
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1981
Songs:
10
Label:
Accord Records
Style:
AOR
Former
bassist from Vanilla Fudge, Beck-Bogert-Appice and Cactus moves out on his
first solo album. Side 1 is very strong
with quick paced keyboard laced AOR rockers and ends with a cool little slow
burner ‘Friend Of Mine’. Side 2 kicks
off with a killer single worthy infectious rocker ‘Take It Or Leave It’. ‘Caught In Her Flame’ changes things up a bit
with quirky progressive moves. Closer
‘Blind Love’ works in some power pop/new wave angles. This debut delivers the goods – it’s
consistently strong track by track.
Sunday, July 16, 2017
NO I.D.
Artist:
NO I.D.
Title:
Atomic Cartoon
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1987
Songs:
10
Label:
Third World Records
Style:
New Wave
U2 influenced new wave guitar rock foursome
hailing out of Houston, TX. Check out
the anthemic driving guitar rockers ‘Sticky Guilt’ and ‘Where The Water Reaches
Ground’. The guitars and drumming take
it up a notch on the harder and edgier ‘Too Close To Cuba’. The synthesizer comes out to play and leads
the charge on ‘Dancing Snails’. The band
taps into some nice melancholic arrangements on the mid-paced ‘For Now
Anyway’. The urgent ‘Under Water’ is an
album standout with its angular guitar melody.
ZINK
Artist:
ZINK
Title:
Self Titled
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1982
Songs:
10
Label:
Self Released
Style:
Rural Rock
Unknown and highly rare
private rural rock with country flourishes.
The band looked to have been from St. Paul, MN. The opening ‘Coffee Can Do It’ is quirky and
comical.
JEFF HELLER
Artist:
JEFF HELLER
Title:
Jeff Heller Collection
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1985
Songs:
10
Label:
Self Released
Style:
AOR
Jeff Heller
was the guitarist and lead vocalist in the late 70’s/early 80’s rock band Ian
Shelter. They band played the club
circuit in the Northwest. In the early
80’s he hooked up with the prolific Kim Fowley, who eventually helped him
produce this solo album. Catchy melodic
AOR is the order of the day with cool stints of guitar heroics – Overall, well
played, produced and FM Radio ready.
BATTERY SOUND
Artist:
BATTERY SOUND
Title:
Discharge
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1982
Songs:
7
Label:
Flexible Records
Style:
Minimal Synth
This obscure and rare album is the
brain child of Mark Freedman – a composer, multi-instrumentalist and
engineer. He operated under a variety of
monikers in the 80’s, most notably the Powerman name. He also owned and operated a New York based
recording studio called Battery Sound.
This project starts with three quirky female led minimal electro tracks
and then proceeds into a couple of more experimental male fronted tracks. The second side (East Side) kicks off with an
instrumental minimalist arrangement. The
closing number ‘Breakdown’ goes back to the cheeky female fronted electro
vibes.
THE IVORIES
Artist:
THE IVORIES
Title:
X-15
Format:
7” Vinyl EP
Year:
1978
Songs:
4
Label:
Tremor Records
Style:
Indie Rock
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
RICHARD H
Artist:
RICHARD H
Title:
Hi-Fi Limbo
Format:
Vinyl EP
Year:
1985
Songs:
4
Label:
Optional Art Records
Style:
New Wave
MAD RACKET
Artist:
MAD RACKET
Title:
It’s A
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1985
Songs:
11
Label:
Racketmad Records
Style:
Hard Rock
THE LOWGISTICS
Artist:
THE LOWGISTICS
Title:
Self Titled
Format:
Vinyl EP
Year:
1984
Songs:
6
Label:
Rampant Frog Records
Style:
New Wave
SYMON MICHAEL
Artist:
SYMON MICHAEL
Title:
Big Deal
Format:
Vinyl LP
Year:
1985
Songs:
7
Label:
Self Released
Style:
SSW Outsider Rock
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