The Del-Lords - The Best Of CD 99 w Howlin' At The Halloween Moon CD 89 w Live at The Tower Theater in Philadelphia, PA WISP Radio 'Hands Across America" Broadcast May 3rd, 1986

 H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R ! ! !  My last post of the year for RFelis at his insistence that he needed to hear some Del-Lords after Scott Tempner's untimely death last month and before I could get their vinyl and other related bands like the Dictators and Symptoms (found their 1978 'mainstream new wave album in pretty good shape that I will fix up like the rest plus Skeletons, etc. to post next year when all of it arrives).  For now, this is a great inspiring compilation and I added the radio broadcast just downloaded this week from another blog and it is fabulous.  Hang tight for more--will post when back from using up my year end vacation in town.  Cheers to all and I look forward to a '4' year in music like 1994 which was the peak year for alternative IMO.  Oh yeah, my pre-amp finally blew after doing the Bumpers double album below as I had more for 24 that will continue in January 2024. And Lou Whitney died before him  and what a scene-making force that man was u will see and hear next year!  Stay safe.

https://bestfile.io/R0BX33bbafPJc9r/file

VA - BUMPERS 2LP 70

 This Pink Island record label is a legendary release with rare versions by the likes of King Crimson, John & Beverly Martyn, Traffic, If, Free, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Cat Stevens, Renaissance, Fotheringay, Clouds, Bronco, Spooky Tooth, Quintessence, Mott The Hoople, Jethro Tull, Jimmy Cliff, Blodwyn Pig and Dave Mason.  Top shelf comp of Brit rock and psych!

https://bestfile.io/qNSxOInFQswyKv0/file

SHA-NA-NA - 20 Greatest Hits tape w st LP 71 w The Golden Age Of Rock 'N' Roll (LIVE) 2LP 73 w Rock N' Roll Is Here To Stay CD 88

 REPOST and ADD ON:  Found another of their CD's shown on bottom that I had got at Goodwill and was misfiled...was thinking it would go with the Del-Lord's pre-anthology post above to honor Scott Kempner in his recent passing.  What I wrote before:  The punks don't really seem to give these guys as much credit as they are due after having the Ramones on their old TV show which I used to watch as all knew them from Happy Days back then.  Now adding these three vinyl to my cassette from before REALLY shows how deep and excellent their 50's and 60's cover song selection was carrying it forward to the Woodstock generation.

https://bestfile.io/L35aTHDIYMp5KcM/file

SEMISONIC - Pleasure CD 95 w Great Divide CD 96 w Feeling Strangely Fine CD 98 w All About Chemistry CD 00 w You're Not Alone CD EP 20 w CDEP's 98

 REPOST and CDEP ADD ON:  Short group of three artists for which I had bought their CDEP's all from the same pressing company someone had at an old record show and I forgot to include them in past posts.  A little Christmas bonus this year!  Fitting since Dan Wilson was on the Heiruspecs CD I posted two weeks ago as part of my 2-week 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop Celebration with local video's from my old youtube channel.  What I wrote last post:  Well yes, I saw their first shows at First Avenue club as I had followed and seen shows from two of the members previous band Trip Shakespeare and have been a big fan.  In fact, last time I saw them was a big rib fest block party in downtown Minneapolis and it had to be one of the best live shows I had ever seen!  It was back when I was filming songs for my defunct youtube channel but somehow I missed that show--had to focus on the dancing ya know!   The Twilight Hours with John and Dan's brother Matt were also a big hit on my old youtube channel.  Dan won a Grammy too for a Dixie Chicks tune.

The second CDEP was an 'Enhanced CD' that I think was supposed to be a video but I couldn't get it to work so I just copy and pasted the whole folder of files on it for youse folks to figure out so please post in comments if you do for the rest of us.  Happy New Year!

https://bestfile.io/9JJ6ajQqWSIn1KW/file

PORTISHEAD - Dummy CD 94 w st CD 97 w CDEP's 97 w Roseland NYC Live CD 98

 REPOST and CDEP ADD ON:  Short group of three artists for which I had bought their CDEP's all from the same pressing company someone had at an old record show and I forgot to include them in past posts.  A little Christmas bonus this year!   What I wrote before:  Followed this band since the early days when 'Sour Times' was all over our EDGE radio.  First of bedroom studio type bands like Babybird and others.  Just found the Live CD at Goodwill after all these years and still waiting to hear it as I can't listen to CD's when I save them. 

https://bestfile.io/3eRP59Id6RxEVpj/file

The Verve - Blue CDEP 93 w A Northern Soul CD 95 w Urban Hymns CD 97

REPOST and CDEP ADD ON:  Short group of three artists for which I had bought their CDEP's all from the same pressing company someone had at an old record show and I forgot to include them in past posts.  A little Christmas bonus this year!  What I had wrote before:  Found the first CD at Goodwill with a favorite song of mine from an old 'Slocore' compilation I had for a long time and had posted here 'On Your Own' to go with the second CD I had posted with megahit Stones cover. 

https://bestfile.io/ac8pei27YeRdyTH/file
 

SOFT CELL - EP 81 w Singles CD 81 w Rarities CD w Non-Stop Cabaret LP 81 & Deluxe CD 08 w The Art Of Falling Apart 2LP 83 partial w This Last Night In Sodom LP 84

REPOST Request and ADD ON:  Found the Single and Cabaret Deluxe CD from other blogs so added to my rips.  I guess I only had one vinyl for the Art double but the one with the Hendrix medley!!!

I also refreshed the Marc and the Mambas link.

https://bestfile.io/9JquhqtRkdKyoO1/file

Also David Ball’s side project band The Grid is quite good just search above!

TALK TALK - The Party's Over LP 82 w It's My Life LP 84 w The Colour Of Spring LP 86 w Spirit Of Eden LP 88 w Laughing Stock LP 91

REPOST Request:  What was wrote before:  Another passing this year (per below post) from February, thanks Angsty for the comment:  Still in shock after hearing about Mark Hollis's death this morning. 64 was way too young. There aren't many true geniuses in music, but he was one of them.  Also, I forget who said it under another post but that the 86 LP was some kind of masterpiece.

https://bestfile.io/NwfeH5VwZoTpdYZ/file
 

SHERIFF - st CD 82 12

 Yes, generally I avoid the hair metal but ClassicMusic20 was hyping up his fellow Canadians here saying how much fun people at youtube were having reminiscing about this one-off wonder!  From Discogs: Sheriff is an AOR/hard rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that was formed in 1979. The band split up in 1985.

Sheriff was a 'one-hit wonder' Canadian band, who had a huge hit with When I'm With You. When the band broke up, Curci & DeMarchi formed Alias (13), while Lanni & Hassel formed Frōzen Ghōst, with both groups garnering further success for the members.

Freddie Curci the singer and of their big hit song that became a hit years after its release "When I'm With You" well his wife (Lara Cody) does a lot of Anime Voice Acting and Loves talking about her husband's music career on her facebook page.

https://bestfile.io/MQfUITYPKt7zdvN/file

Simple Minds - Demos 77 78 w Life In A Day LP 79 w Real to Real Cacophony LP 79 w Sister Feelings Call LP 81 w EP 81 w Promised You A Miracle EP 82 w Celebration LP 82 w New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) LP 82 w EP 83 w

 REPOST Request:  Should have most of what I ripped pictured up there as a couple pix errored out.  

https://bestfile.io/6hBN3sgYGgye8eu/file

MOONDOG - st LP 69 w 2 CD 71

REPOST Request and ADD ON:  Found MOONDOG 2 at another blog a while back.  From Discogs:  Real Name: Louis Thomas Hardin

Profile: Born May 26, 1916 in Marysville, Kansas; died September 8, 1999 in Münster, Germany.

Moondog wrote most of his music in braille, having lost his sight in an accident involving a dynamite cap at the age of 17.

Revered pioneer on the avant-garde/minimalist scene, usually within the jazz realm. His revolutionary attitude towards composition and melody was lauded by such eminent contemporaries as Philip Glass and Steve Reich, while his style and attitude drew comparisons to Harry Partch. His influence can be seen in the music of Stereolab and Moonshake among many others.

For his own label see Moondog Records

https://bestfile.io/uubqirYhTKNwuu3/file

 

The Manhattan Transfer - st CD 75 w The Very Best Of CD 94 w tonin' CD 94 w The Christmas Album CD 92

 REPOST and ADD ON:  Added the first disc shown from 1975.  Detail from first post:  On tonin' they collaberate on each song with the following:  Frankie Valli, Felix Cavaliere, Bette Midler, Smokey Robinson, Laura Nyro, Phil Collins, B.B. King and Ruth Brown, Chaka Khan, James Taylor and Ben E. King.                     https://bestfile.io/mlgTGkUyTSbXuUL/file

JOHNNY MATHIS - Greatest Hits LP 58 w Newest Hits LP 63 w Wonderful! Wonderful! LP 57 w Warm LP 57 w Faithfully LP 59 w Open Fire/Two Guitars LP 59 w I'll Buy You A Star LP 61 w Romantically LP 63 w This Is Love LP 64 w The Shadow Of Your Smile LP 66 w Up, Up and Away LP 67 w Those Were The Days LP 68 w Love Theme Romeo & Juliet LP 69 w Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head LP 70 w Me & Mrs. Jones LP 72 73 w Feelings LP 75 w (Do You Know Where You're Going To) Theme From Mahogony LP 76 w This Heart Of Mine tape 72 w Disc 3 CD w Ultimate Hits CD 96 w Denise Williams - That's What Friends Are For LP 78 w JOHNNY MATHIS w Percy Faith And His Orch - MERRY CHRISTMAS LP w Sending You A Little Christmas CD 13

 REPOST Request:  Added the 'Heavenly' CD and combined all past posts...very much Christmas!

https://bestfile.io/TTikMkBJhggTRxp/file