SEASON OF FIRE

Artist: SEASON OF FIRE     

Title: Tested By Fire

Format: Vinyl EP     

Year: 1987

Songs: 5

Label: Red Duck Music

Style: New Wave

A non-preachy Xian band hailing out of Los Angeles, CA.

RUSH

Artist: RUSH

Title:   The Way It Is

Format: Vinyl LP

Year: 1975

Songs: 8

Label: CRG

Style: Rural Country Rock

Rare private press obscurity from rural lounge/club act out of Maine. 

HOLME

Artist: HOLME

Title: Just A Matter Of Time

Format: Vinyl EP

Year: 1982

Songs: 6

Label: Drive Records

Style: AOR

Holme was a popular and hard-working pop-rock AOR band from  West Orange, NJ that played the New Jersey dance/rock club scene in the 1970s and 1980s. The band described itself as a "mainstream" rock band.  They were prolific and played all the time.

MO MCQUIRE

Artist: MO MCQUIRE

Title: Mo

Format: Vinyl LP

Year: 1974

Songs: 10

Label: Wooden Nickel Records

Style: Pop Rock       

There doesn’t seem to be much information about Mo Mcquire.  My take is a lounge/club singer that found some commercial appeal and had the chance to score a record deal.  She has a solid voice with a blues edge, but she can pivot and do rock and pop as well.  There’s some decent material here – and there’s also filler and dudes on board too - like a country thing ‘Mama Was A Cowgirl’ and sappy ballad ‘First Of May’.  Noteworthy Songs: ‘Got You Covered’ has a cool organ melody and rock edge.  The upbeat pop rockers ‘Hold An Old Friend’s Hand’ and ‘Just About Over The Hill’.  There’s a quirky ragtime yet interesting on the vocal side of things exploration called ‘Chicago Bust Bag’.  For Dixieland jazz enthusiasts, there’s the jazz foray ‘Saturday Night In The Summertime’.

STRAIGHT GOODS

Artist: STRAIGHT GOODS                       

Title: Self-Titled

Format: Vinyl EP

Year: 1989

Songs: 5

Label: Self Released

Style: Indie Rock

Indie rock band with a dominating droney guitar lead sound.  They play mid-paced slower burn songs with male and female singers.  Based out of San Diego. 

THE HOLD

Artist: THE HOLD

Title: Talking Revolution

Format: Vinyl LP

Year: 1989

Songs: 10

Label: Prisoner Records

Style: New Wave  

Super rare indie private press from Michigan - this foursome had the late 80's leather and trench coat alternative look and put together a well-crafted and produced new wave styled with post punk and indie rock leanings set.

THE ACTUALS

Artist: THE ACTUALS

Title: Self-Titled

Format: Vinyl EP

Year: 1984

Songs: 6

Label: Egg Acres Records

Style: New Wave

Southport, Connecticut new wave fivesome in the early 80's.  A very catchy, melodic and synth ridden set with the stand out tracks being the funky spiced 'Space Gun'.