My Vinyl Attic - Heather Heywood - Some Kind of Love (1987)

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Heather Heywood - Some Kind of Love (1987)

Got this in Toronto. According to a little label on the cover, the previous owner lived in London, Ontario. The vinyl is a tad clicky but I'm hoping most of that will come out with my de-clicking software. The music is very nice. Heather has a nice voice and the instrumentation is very tasty. Well worth a listen.

Tracklist 

1	The Sally Gardens	5:07
2	Lord Lovat	4:47
3	Song For Ireland Written-By – Phil Colclough	5:16
4	Some Kind Of Love Written-By – John Stewart (2)	4:47
5	Let No Man Steal Your Thyme	3:51
6	Bonnie Laddie Ye Gang By Me	3:26
7	My Bonny Moorhen	3:46
8	The Cruel Mother	9:05

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Pier House Studios
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Greentrax Recordings
• Copyright (c) – Greentrax Recordings
• Made By – DADC Austria

Credits

• Bagpipes [Uilleann Pipes], Whistle – Wattie Lees
• Engineer, Producer – Peter Haigh
• Fiddle, Viola, Mandolin – Brian McNeill (2)
• Guitar – Iain Goodwin
• Keyboards – Jimmy MacMillan (2)
• Producer – Brian McNeill (2)
• Sleeve, Photography By – Iain Goodwin
• Vocals – Heather Heywood

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Heather has sung from an early age and singing and music of various kinds was in the family. Born in Ayrshire, she has some Irish ancestors at grandparent level, her mother was a Bruce and her father’s family were travellers, Gunns from Sutherland.

Heather is widely regarded as a 'singers singer' and has earned the respect of many of the country's top performers, most regarding her as among the very best of Scottish singers. She is best known for her interpretation of traditional songs, her repertoire is wide and the bulk of her material comes from the Scottish tradition. It is the particular quality of her interpretation of ballads that has made many people hold her in such high regard. She sings in an uncomplicated manner that belies her skill in putting across the big songs, grabbing and holding the attention. Although she is still principally singing traditional songs, she is also now using that same gift for telling a story in ballad form to present some contemporary material.
Heather is not a professional singer and has been modest about her own talents. First of all she has seen her role as one of housewife and mother, and has brought up three daughters, Fiona, Susan and Katy. Her faith is very important to her - she has a strong Church connection - and works locally with homeless people in an organisation called ‘Allies’. This work was partly inspired by a Huw Williams’ song, Some People Cry, and ‘Allies’ was developed after her husband Pete saw a project during the Folk Alliance annual convention in Portland, Oregon. He attended a fundraising concert for an organisation called ‘The Sisters of the Road Café’ and brought back a ‘how to do it’ manual to Scotland. Bringing up the family has restricted Heather’s ability to travel as a singer, but the reality is that she has not wanted to do that on a full time basis. Her singing talents are natural and she can rightly be viewed as a traditional singer.
During the period that is often referred to as ‘the folk revival’, there was a tendency to put singers into one of two categories – source singers or revival singers. This was a useful distinction at the time but gave the impression that a revival singer was of less importance to the ongoing tradition. Without new singers the tradition would clearly die and revival singers or any era become the source singers for the next generation. The term ‘tradition bearers’ is perhaps a better description of what always seems to be a relatively small group of singers who are genuinely bearing a tradition. Singing in a traditional style does not mean a slavish copy or a lack of personal input or innovation. Real style does not come easy, but comes from those who have immersed themselves in a tradition and have the skills to carry it forward. Who currently is, or is not, a genuine tradition bearer is a subjective judgement and recognition of a person as a tradition bearer is perhaps best done by their peers. By this measure, Heather takes her place easily, having earned the respect of her fellow singers.
Heather’s first recording was on a compilation recorded at the 1973 Kinross Festival of the Traditional Music & Song Association of Scotland. The recording featured traditional singers including Flora McNeil, Stanley Robertson and Charlie Murray and musicians including Tom Anderson and Aly Bain. In 1987, Heather was finally persuaded to make the recording that many people had asked for over the years. She was reluctant to go into the recording studio but once inside, her performance was remarkable and the result was an LP that has generated tremendous interest and excellent reviews. ("Some Kind of Love" – now reissued on CD)
In 1993 Heather recorded again for the Greentrax label. The result was By Yon Castle Wa', a CD produced by Brian McNeill. With less of a time limitation the recording features a wider range of songs giving a better insight into her ballad singing, together with accompanied traditional songs and some contemporary material. Accompaniments are provided by Brian McNeill (fiddle), Dougie Pincock (Highland pipes and whistle), Colin Matheson (piano), Iain Goodwin (guitar) and Ron Shaw (cello).
In 1975 Heather was one of the first revivalist singers to be booked as a guest at the TSMA Kinross Festival, a measure of the respect she has in Scotland. She has appeared at various festivals including Edinburgh, Girvan, Aberdeen, Inverness and Arran. She has recorded for a programme in a short television series for BBC Scotland and has broadcast several times for BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 2.

My Vinyl Attic - Attacco Decente - The Baby Within Us Marches On (1988)

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Attacco Decente - The Baby Within Us Marches On (1988)

Another Toronto acquisition. A terrible name for a band and a terrible title for an album. The vinyl sounds great. The music isn't bad but the lyrics are...how shall I say it...horrible.

Tracklist

	Side 1
1	The Will Of One	2:54
2	Fear Of Freedom	3:10
3	Don't Join Their Army	3:07
4	The Bully	3:28
5	Natural Anger	5:14
	Side 2
1	Dad Was God	3:42
2	There Comes A Time	2:57
3	The Middle Ages	2:57
4	The Rose Grower	4:51
5	The Baby Within Us Marches On	5:11

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Attacco Decente were a musical group from Brighton, England, active from 1984 to 1996.
The band was notable for using unusual acoustic instruments such as hammered dulcimers, Appalachian dulcimers, and tongue drums alongside more conventional instruments such as acoustic guitar and acoustic bass guitar. Their founder member and sole constant was Geoff Smith. Their lyrics, written by Smith, reflected a strong socialist political stance, especially on the early singles and the first album. Although the band were active at the height of Thatcherism, they did not participate in the more moderate Red Wedge collective.
The band's first single, "Trojan Horse", featured Smith and Graham Barlow. Acoustic guitarist and backing vocalist Mark Allen joined and they released a 12" EP, "U.K.A. (United Kingdom of America)", the sleeve of which featured an endorsement from Billy Bragg.
The band released their debut album, The Baby Within Us Marches On, in 1988. Barlow left after the release of the "I Don't Care How Long It Takes" single. Smith and Allen recorded the band's second and last album, Crystal Night, as a duo. The band's sound changed somewhat in this incarnation, with the heavily percussive sound of the trio line-up replaced by a mellower, folky feel. There was less emphasis on the tongue drums and more on the hammered dulcimer and Allen's guitar, which took on a markedly flamenco aspect. Smith's lyrics became less overtly political, and more concerned with love and personal relationships.
The band split after the Crystal Night album. Smith continued as a solo performer and composer, creating music for film and dance. Allen is now a teacher, but has also continued to work as a singer and guitarist in a number of groups

My Vinyl Attic - The Janglers - Sweet Providence (1988)

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The Janglers - Sweet Providence (1988)

Picked this up in Toronto. The vinyl sounds great. I thought this was going to be a folky/rootsy album. It ain't. It's a thoroughly enjoyable rock album. It's also available on CD. This is the vinyl. Really nice record. Highly recommended.

Tracklist

A1	Your Turn To Burn	4:31
A2	Lullaby For You	2:39
A3	Easy Louis	2:23
A4	My Way Of Thinking	3:49
A5	Bourbon Rain	4:18
B1	Legend Of The Circuit Riders	3:48
B2	So In The Pink	4:12
B3	Railroad Cat	2:30
B4	Sweet Providence	6:51
B5	All I'M Living To Do	2:41

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Jason Sandbrink White (born May 9, 1967) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, he now resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He began his career as the lead vocalist and songwriter for The Janglers, a Cleveland-based rock band, then as the frontman for Jason White and the Dying Breed. He later moved to Nashville where he continues his career as a solo artist and songwriter. White has released four solo albums, Shades of Gray (2000), Tonight’s Top Story (2004), The Longing (2011), and Journal (2013). He tours throughout the U.S. and is a regular performer at songwriters’ festivals. He is also known for writing “Red Rag Top”, a controversial hit song for country artist Tim McGraw, as well as compositions for other artists, including Carrie Underwood, Old Crow Medicine Show and Liam Titcomb.
^{Jason White was the second child of Keith Ernsberger White (1930–2012, architect) and Leatrice Alonzo White (1923–2013, interior designer). White began playing guitar at the age of seven and wrote his first song at 12. He fronted several local garage bands in his Cleveland Heights, Ohio neighborhood during his elementary school years. At University School in the seventh grade, he met John Treadway (born June 19, 1967) who also played guitar. The two formed a partnership and began performing as Treadway and White in school talent shows, local cafes, and house parties. After attending college for one year, White dropped out of Middlebury College and Treadway left Yale University so the two could pursue their musical interests.}
After their freshman year in college, Jason White and John Treadway moved to Austin, Texas with another high school friend, John “Sonny” Miller, who played bass guitar. The three worked restaurant jobs and played at local bars while honing their musical chops and writing songs. They returned to Cleveland in November 1987, added David Blackwelder on drums and named themselves the Brainbell Janglers, after a line from The Rolling Stones' song "Midnight Rambler." They began performing at local nightclubs in the Cleveland area, and almost instantly were drawing capacity crowds at Peabody’s Café, the Euclid Tavern, the Greenville Inn, and Peabody’s Downunder, among others. They shortened the group’s name to The Janglers, and in 1988 released the first of their two albums, Sweet Providence. The album received positive reviews from local and national critics, who repeatedly compared The Janglers’ sound to that of The Band. After replacing Blackwelder with drummer Will Douglas and adding keyboardist Henry Bruner, the Janglers began touring Midwestern college towns, playing at bars and fraternity parties and developing strong fan bases in towns throughout Ohio, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Indiana and New York. More personnel changes occurred during the next five years. Eric Meany replaced Bruner on keyboards in 1989. John Treadway, White’s best friend and longtime partner, left the band in early 1990 and was replaced by guitarist Jack Silverman. Treadway had struggled with depression for several years and committed suicide on April 21, 1990. Meany’s New Orleans-style piano playing and Silverman’s deft guitar improvisation took the Janglers’ sound in a more jam-oriented direction, and the band’s second album Circuit Ride (1991) was often compared by critics to the music of Little Feat and The Allman Brothers Band. White wrote all the songs on the album, and was recognized by journalists as a songwriter fluent in varied musical styles. The Janglers continued to tour constantly and opened shows for Phish, Widespread Panic, The Radiators, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Hot Tuna and The Dickey Betts Band, among others. They served as the backing band for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee Bo Diddley on two separate occasions. The Janglers performed their song "Ties That Bind" on the television show Star Search on April 20, 1991.
The Janglers disbanded in 1993, after which White moved to a secluded cabin in Waite Hill, Ohio, where he lived for six months and wrote songs. The songs he composed during this period caught the attention of Clay Bradley, an artist-publisher relations executive at Broadcast Music Incorporated (BMI) in Nashville, Tennessee. White formed a new band, Jason White and the Dying Breed, and began making trips to Nashville where he recorded demos of his new songs at Bradley’s Barn, owned by Clay Bradley’s grandfather, the renowned producer Owen Bradley. Those demos were sent to major record labels and led to a contract with Universal Records for White as a solo artist. White teamed up with producer John Simon (The Band, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Simon and Garfunkel) and recorded an album entitled Confessions on the Overpass (1997). A shakeup in the corporate structure of Universal resulted in the firing of White’s A&R representatives and the album was never released. White relocated to Nashville in 1998.
After severing ties with Universal Records, White recorded a new album at Bradley’s Barn, this time working with producer and bassist Viktor Krauss. White extended his range as an instrumentalist for the project, adding piano, organ and xylophone tracks along with his usual guitar work. The resulting album, Shades of Gray (2000), received high praise from critics and the songs “Average Joe” and “At The Alibi” were placed in rotation on several AAA radio stations, notably Nashville’s WRLT Lightning 100 FM. Bradley, meanwhile, had taken an A&R position at Acuff-Rose Music Publishing, and he signed White to a publishing deal. White toured in support of Shades, including regular performances at: Nashville’s Exit/In, the Bluebird Café, and 12th and Porter; New York City's the Lion’s Den; and the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland.
In 2002, an independent song plugger heard White’s song “Red Rag Top” on Lightning 100. She purchased a copy of White’s album and gave it to country artist Tim McGraw, who recorded “Red Ragtop” for his 2002 release Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. The song’s lyrics, which touched on the topic of abortion, proved too risqué for some radio programmers, and the song was pulled from the playlists of some major country radio stations. The ensuing controversy made headlines in USA Today, The Tennessean, the Cleveland Plain Dealer and other newspapers. White was interviewed by Paula Zahn on CNN where he defended the song as a simple true-to-life love story. Despite the negative reaction of some radio programmers and listeners, the song rose to #5 on the Billboard country singles chart.[c] In 2013, the song appeared in the Paramount Pictures movie "The Guilt Trip." White followed up in 2004 with Tonight’s Top Story, which was also well received by the music press and garnered AAA radio airplay. The album was produced by Viktor Krauss and re-established White as a mordant storyteller and a capable tunesmith. After a seven-year hiatus from releasing albums, during which White was married and divorced, he released The Longing in 2011. Produced by White and Roger Moutenot (Yo La Tengo, Josh Rouse, Jessie Baylin), the album presents a softer, early-1970s pop style and an emphasis on love songs, rather than White’s typically more challenging subject matter. White’s label, Better Angels Music, simultaneously released a video for the song “Perfect Stranger,” which was filmed in Paris, France by director Don Julien. In 2013, White released Journal, a two-disc compilation of some of his best known songs. The album includes the song “Little Pieces of Plastic,” which was chosen by the Occupy Movement to appear on its 2012 release Occupy This Album. White continues to be a regular performer in the multi-media show Freedom Sings,^[ written and directed by Ken Paulson, president of the Freedom Forum and former editor-in-chief of USA Today. The show is a critically acclaimed musical tribute to the First Amendment and has toured throughout the U.S. White has been a participant since 2003.

My Vinyl Attic - Myles - And the Team (1986)

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 Myles - And the Team (1986)

Found this in a Toronto cheapie bin. I didn't even know this album existed. Very exciting. The vinyl sounds great - though I think I hear a little sibilance on some of the S's. The first song is pretty strong. The next couple are a little pedestrian. Really Been a Grind picks up the quality. 

TRACKLIST

The Rest is Up to You

Look the Other Way

Send Them On Their Way
Refuse to Leave Behind

Really Been a Grind

Stringing You Along

Something New

Should Have Known Better

Can't Stop Believing in You

Dream Come True

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Folksinger, guitarist, and songwriter Myles Cohen started his professional music career around 1970. At first he worked with school friend Lenny Solomon, a violinist. They did a number of recordings under the name Myles and Lenny, and won a Juno Award together. Near the end of the '70s, Cohen went solo, completing several singles and a couple of albums.
Myles Cohen was born and raised in Montreal, Canada. In his early teens, he taught himself to play the guitar so he could work out the songs he wrote. It wasn't long before he was earning spots in local bands. In high school he met Lenny Solomon and the two began to perform together. In 1972, the team signed a recording contract with the GRT label. The deal produced a debut single, "Time to Know Your Friends." After the release, Myles and Lenny toured regularly, playing clubs and folk festivals, opening for major acts like Savoy Brown and the Beach Boys.
By 1974, Myles and Lenny had switched to the Columbia Records label. Singles like "Can You Give It All to Me," "Hold on Lovers," and "Don't Come Crying to Me" earned the guys a Juno Award for Most Promising Group in 1975. After a few more recordings and a couple of years, Cohen decided to take his talent solo. He only managed two albums -- Take a Ride With Me and Starting All Over Again -- both done under the Polydor Records label. In the '80s, Cohen left Canada behind and moved to the United States.

My Vinyl Attic - Champion - Featuring Alex Machin (1984)

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 Champion - Featuring Alex Machin (1984)

 Picked this up in Toronto. The vinyl sounds terrific, even though the cover looks like a Wheaties box. I think they're similar to Scorpion and not in a bad way. If you like that kind of driving rock with big drums and screaming guitars, you could do a lot worse. Well worth a listen.

Tracklist Hide Credits

1	I'd Lie To You For Your Love (And That's The Truth)
2	Never Give Up
3	Runnin' From My Love
4	It Ain't Eay
5	Bird Of Paradise Written-By – Snowy White
6	Sin Sensation
7	Love's Gone
8	Don't Wait For Me
9	Hold On
10	One Of The Boys
11	Can't Go Back
12	Love's Gone (Original Version)

Credits

• Bass, Backing Vocals – Dave Rose (3)
• Guitar – Ashley Mulford
• Guitar, Backing Vocals – John Duva
• Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals – Brian Allen
• Lead Vocals – Alex Machin
• Producer – Brian Allen
• Saxophone – Leo Sullivan

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Formed in 1982 in Michigan, CHAMPION is an electric mix of musicians brought together by singer / songwriter Alex Machin, a Scottish born front man and the driving force behind CHAMPION’S music.
After being convinced at the age of 15 to put down the guitar and pick up the mike, Alex began a prosperous career that would span a spectrum of playing for 10 people in a small Northern Ontario bar, to playing for 100,000 people at a rock festival in Vermont. From the beginning Alex seemed to surround himself with gifted musicians who had bright futures in the music industry.
At age 19 he briefly joined the CHRISTOPHER EDWARD CAMPAIGN whose members included Bill Wade, the future drummer of Moxy, and Doni Underhill who went on to be the bass player for TROOPER. The CAMPAIGN, ended however when Alex met “Hot” guitarist Paul Naumann, and in turn joined NUCLEUS, a thriving Toronto based rock band with a strong reputation. Along with Hughie Leggat on bass, Danny Taylor on drums and Bob Horne on keyboards, the powerful quintet preformed successfully at outdoor and indoor venues highlighted by a concert before 25,000 people with the Guess Who at Toronto’s Varsity Stadium. A trip to the studio was imminent.
The independently released NUCLEUS tape made it’s way onto CHUM FM, the biggest progressive rock station in Canada at the time. The exposure caught the ear of Frank Davies of Daffodil Records who immediately signed them onto the label. It was Frank Davies who concocted the now famous name for the band: A FOOT IN COLDWATER. With the release of their debut album, a stunning rock balled, (Make Me Do) Anything You Want , was quickly discovered and rocketed to number one across the nation. Critics and fans alike anxiously awaited something new from the band who hand an instant classic on their first album. A FOOT IN COLDWATER did not disappoint.
In 1973, The Second Foot In Coldwater was released and another successful ballad, “In My Life” climbed the charts. With such a strong Canadian reaction to “Foot”, American interest escalated, and in 1974 a deal was consummated with Electra Records. John Anthony, Queen’s original manager and producer, was brought on board to produce an international version of Foot music at London’s famous Trident Studio’s. The Elecktra LP contained all the Canadian hits plus some brand new material from an exciting, young Canadian band. Upon the date of their debut American release entitled “All Around Us”, Rolling Stone Magazine glowingly compared the Canadian classic “Make Me Do (Anything You Want) “ with Procol Harem’s “Whiter Shade of Pale”.
As the second LP option was to be called for by Electra, an unexpected merger of Warner Brothers, Electra and Atlantic records took place and the now famous WEA Alliance was formed. It now appears in hindsight that Alex and Foot got “lost” in the shuffle.
During the next two years, the band toured in Canada and eventually signed with Anthem Records. They released their fourth album “Breaking Through”, but were seriously disappointed with Anthem’s marketing approach to what they felt, was their best musical effort to date. Their relationship with Anthem ended, and shortly thereafter A FOOT IN COLDWATER disbanded. Their seven years together had it’s highs and lows including having fellow Canadians RUSH as an opening act to becoming an opening act for Rush and performing with such acts as Electric Light Orchestra, The Guess Who, Procol Harem and the J. Geils Band.
Looking back, philosophically on his career, Alex realized that he had been a co-writer for most of his proceeding years and felt that now was the time to work on his own material. He subsequently moved to Los Angeles where he landed a staff writer position with United Artists Music on Hollywood Boulevard. Management changes in the early 80’s, however, found Alex looking for new opportunities.
Later Alex hooked up with L.A. Lawyer Gary Turnbull, a former Trontonian himself and patron of the arts. Gary ensured that Alex’s demo’ tapes continued to be financed. (These tapes would end up playing an important part in obtaining a record contract for Champion). It was at this time that Alex met Robin Rabbins, the former BOB SEGER AND THE SILVER BULLET BAND keyboardist who had just left the band after 7 years. Alex and Robin struck up a friendship and when Robin returned to his home base of Michigan, he called Alex some 6 months later and asked him to become the lead singer of his new band called CHAMPION. Alex decided he had had enough of L.A. and promptly hopped a plane to Michigan joining Robin and a line up consisting of John Duva, a lead guitarist and session player from California, David Rose, a Michigan born bass guitarist and Dean Campbell on drums.
While in Michigan, Alex met Mark Farner, lead vocalist of GRAND FUNK RAILROAD (As an interesting note, on the first version s of CAN’T GO BACK featured on this CD, was recorded at Robin’s home studio and Mark Farner sings background to Alex’s lead).
The College scene was big at this time in Michigan and CHAMPION had no problem filling venues around the state for the next 7 months. Realizing it was time to record, Alex suggested to Robin that they make there way up to Canada where bands like LOVERBOY and BRIAN ADAMS were tapping the ever elusive American market like they never had before. Music in Canada, it seemed, was being taken seriously for the first time. In the spring of 1983, CHAMPION landed in Toronto. Shortly after landing, Dean Campbell, the drummer, left the band and was replaced by MOXY’S former drummer Bill Wade.
Trough Alex’s past connections in Toronto, CHAMPION obtained instant recognition and caught the eye of Ralf Jolivet, President of Platinum Artists, one of the booking agencies in Toronto at this time. Ralph heard Alex’s demo tapes from L.A. (remember those!) and began to shop them around to various record companies. In the meantime, Robin left the band for personal reasons and headed back to Michigan. Many record labels expressed interest in the tapes, but it was Solid Gold Records, a smaller label whose owners played an active “hands on role” in all their artists development, that was most sincere in their pursuit. Unfortunately Solid Gold was adamant that they would not sign the band only Alex. In November of 1983 Alex went ahead and signed a solo artist deal promising the remaining members of CHAMPION – Dave Rose and John Duva – he would see what he could do.
Intense pre-production of the album began almost immediately. Brian Allen, former lead guitarist and main songwriter of the band TORONTO (another Solid Gold act) was chosen to produce the album. (Brian, along with wife, Sharon Alton, and Jim Valance, penned the number1 hit for HEART entitled “What About Love”). Further writing for the album ensued, and Ashley Mulford, who had previous musical success with the band SAD CAFÉ and who had just completed an album with Bill Henderson’s CHILLIWACK (another Solid Gold Act), was brought on board with former CHAMPION guitarist John Duva to collaborate. Session musicians Mike Gingrich, Paul Hannah and former CHAMPION member David Rose (now with the popular Toronto threesome DAVID WILCOX) rounded out the rhythm section. Sharon Alton, also of TORONTO, helped with background vocals. The album was recorded at Eastern Sound in Toronto’s opulent Yorkville with Alex assisting in the production. On the date of the album’s release in September1984, Solid Gold Records slipped into receivership, and the Champion album and accompanying video for the hit single ”I’d Lie to You for Your Love” slid along with it.
Alex Machin is proud to present what he described in 1984 as “an offering of music which covers the rock spectrum and which was a pure pleasure to record”

My Vinyl Attic - John Townley - Townley (1979)

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John Townley - Townley (1979) 

I picked this up in Toronto. The vinyl is in surprisingly good shape. Don't know Townley's work but this a pretty good album.  Well worth checking out. (it even came with a fold-out poster!)

Tracklist

A1	Shine On	2:55
A2	You've Let Me Down	2:56
A3	Dream	4:09
A4	Take Me Or Leave Me	4:08
A5	Woman Of Age	4:18
B1	Throwing It All Away	3:31
B2	Hard Night	3:00
B3	You Bother Me	3:04
B4	Evil Angel	3:29
B5	To Love You	4:44

Credits

• Engineer – Ray Hendriksen
• Executive-Producer – John Darnley
• Producer – Christopher Rainbow*, John Townley
• Written-By – John Townley

 John Townley (born 1945) is a musician who was a member of the folk-rock group The Magicians from 1965-66. After The Magicians "disappeared", Townley built the first 12-track recording studio in New York, Apostolic Studios, which opened in 1967 and which was often used by Frank Zappa. A naval historian, he is the founding president of the Confederate Naval Historical Society. He performs maritime music professionally and has recorded several albums in that genre. He has been part of several sea shanty bands, including the "X-Seamen" and "The Press Gang" He is also a professional astrologer, has published eight books on the subject, and was a former president of the renowned Astrologers’ Guild of America.

My Vinyl Attic - Boys Don't Cry - Self Titled (1986)

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 Boys Don't Cry - Self Titled (1986)

This is the Canadian pressing of the album. The vinyl seems to be in very good shape.  The music is certainly of its time. Lots of those 80's keyboards that forever have damned that era of music. The songs are relatively ordinary - and then there's the 80's production! There big hit - I Wanna Be a Cowboy - is completely idiotic.

Tracklist

Cities On Fire	5:10
22nd Century Boy	3:48
Hearts Bin Broken	4:25
I Wanna Be A Cowboy	6:05
Josephine	4:05
Lipstick	4:02
Take My Love And Run	3:21
Turn Over (I Like It Better That Way)	4:19
Ships In The Night	2:59

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Boys Don't Cry are a British pop/rock band known for the hit single "I Wanna Be a Cowboy", which peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1986 and charted around the world. They are considered a one-hit wonder, though they released an EP, two albums and several singles.

The band was formed in 1983 as the brainchild of lead vocalist/keyboardist Nick Richards, who had just purchased Maison Rouge Recording Studios in London. An early version of the group (featuring Richards, guitarist Richard Taee and drummer Steve Creese, augmented by session musicians) released their debut EP Don't Talk to Strangers on independent UK label Legacy Records in Britain in 1983. By the mid-1980s, the band's lineup had stabilized around principal members Richards and keyboardist Brian Chatton (one of the session players on the debut EP), along with Jeff Seopardi on drums, Nico Ramsden on guitar, and Mark Smith on bass. Chatton had previously had a brief stint on keyboards with 1970s progressive band Jackson Heights, contributing heavily to their Ragamuffin's Fool LP.
Boys Don't Cry were discovered by Paul Oakenfold, who was a talent scout for Profile Records in London in the mid-'80s. Best known for being Run DMC's record label at the time, Profile signed the band for the U.S. market and Legacy retained the rights to the band's UK releases. Mercury Records won the bidding for Canada and Intercord Tonträger GmbH handled their releases in Germany.
The single "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" was released in 1986. A novelty song with deadpan humour and kitschy references, the song has been described as the perfect musical realization of a spaghetti western movie. It hit No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 13 on the Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart in 1986–1987, and was R&R No. 8. "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" was also a top 10 hit in Australia and South Africa. The video, filmed on-location in Hampstead Heath, featured a cameo appearance by Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead.
They would go on to release two full-length albums: a self-titled debut in 1986, which included "I Wanna Be a Cowboy", and a follow-up the following year titled Who the Am Dam Do You Think We Am. The second album was simply released in America as Boys Don't Cry, creating some confusion there, since the band now had two consecutive self-titled albums released within a year of each other. The follow-up single to "I Wanna Be a Cowboy" was (necessarily perhaps) a complete departure; "Cities On Fire", an energetic rush of synth-rock which was released in 7" and 12" remix form, received early attention from MTV but failed to connect with fans of the novelty hit and didn't receive enough airplay to create a new fanbase.
On July 30, 1997, co-writers Nick Richards and Brian Chatton sued Paula Cole, Warner Brothers Records, and Imago Records, along with remix producers DJ EFX, Big Ed, and the E-Team, for $7 million in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, claiming that Cole's remix of "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone?" used the phrase "I wanna be a cowboy" 24 times in the same style and syntax as their song and constituted copyright infringement.
Contrary to popular belief, the moniker "Boys Don't Cry" did not actually come from The Cure's song/album of the same name. Rather, the name has its origins in some whispered lyrics from fellow British band 10cc's hit song "I'm Not in Love" (specifically, "be quiet... big boys don't cry"). However, the band were evidently completely aware of (and perhaps amused by) the confusion surrounding their name, and they even included an instrumental bonus track titled "The Cure" on their second album as a joke.
2009 saw Nick Richards and Brian Chatton teaming up again in Los Angeles to write an album. The first single from the album, "Don't Call Me a Country Singer" peaked at No. 7 on the FMQB a/c radio charts. Richards put together a new Boys Don't Cry lineup, featuring Doug Gild on bass, Mike Licata on drums, Aaron McClain and James Richards on guitars, and Teddy Rae Richards on backing vocals. Barbara Baker has taken over the management. This incarnation later planned to tour with Red Entertainment on an "Eighties Retro" tour.
On 30 October 2009, the band's former bass player, Mark Smith, died at his home in London. Mark was just 49 years old, and he had originally been tapped to join the band for the following year's touring.^{[citation needed]}
The anthology album, White Punks on Rap is now available to download. It is a solid history of the band from 1983–1995.
The band played a New Year's Eve show in Hollywood with special guest stars including Roy Hay from Culture Club and Nina Hagen. They have also released a brand new 6-track EP entitled Blow Me, which is only available as a download.^{[citation needed]}
Boys Don't Cry have released a brand new album, "HEAR IT IS!", on August 14, 2014. The songs were penned by original members Nick Richards and Brian Chatton. The album is on Richards' own label Microrich inc. The band will be touring the states for the rest of the year in support of the album.