Le Passepartout - Paradoxa (1982)

First release of new wave/mod band from vorarlberg & wien/vienna/austria/osterreich
formed: 1979
disbanded: 1989

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Sway - Human Carnage (1979)

Obscure pearl coming from Belgium, active in the late 70's. The group Sway was formed in the city of Liege and had as keyboardist and leader Yvon Hubert (ex-Laurelie) and with one ex-member of S to S. They launched an only and rare album in 1979 privately and most in their shows. The album Human Carnage consists of 10 short tracks of progressive rock typical of late 70s, having its best, creative and complex, moments led by Hubert, with synthesizer and organ and more melodic passages of folk and classic rock, with good guitar, saxophone and percussion solos. The lyrics are all in English. Emphasis on "Human Carnage", "Why" and "Sway". Recommended for progressive rock fans at the time.

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The Stripes - The Stripes plus singles (1980)

The Stripes were a German New Wave music ensemble with strong pop influence founded in Hagen, Germany, by Rainer Kitzman, who played guitar. The lead singer was Gabriele Kerner (Gabriele Susanne Kerner), before she became known as Nena Kerner, who would later form the band Nena. Another future member of the band Nena, Rolf Brendel (Nena's boyfriend at the time), played the drums. Frank Röhlerplayed bass. The band was known for singing exclusively in English. They released four singles and one studio album, after which they split up in May 1982. Their song "Ecstasy" was a minor hit.

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Hallucination Company - Vision (1982)

Debut LP from austria New Wave/Art Rock band, released in 1982

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The Restless - S/T (1984)

In terms of vintage garage-cum-power pop in the environs of Buffalo, NY, the Terry Sullivan helmed Jumpers are one of the few names still readily recalled from the late '70s/early '80s "punk" era.  I featured them eons ago on these pages via their '79 "Sick Girls" 45.  A classic, local or otherwise.  Ironically, after the Jumpers disconnected, Terry went on to front the altogether more ambitious and visible The Restless.  I say ironically in the respect that the Jumpers who only released a local single are lauded and talked about way more than the Restless, who not only recorded a full length, but issued it under the auspices of a major label, Mercury, to be exact, in 1984. Per the norm with '80s mainstream albums, The Restless skewed to the more pedestrian side of the spectrum, but the songs were often well above average.  Shades of the Tubes, not to mention the more flattering side of Reagan-era Cheap Trick abound on sassy, bristling slammers like "The Contender," "1000 X"and "I Wanna Know."  Although they ran circles around most of their AOR contemporaries, The Restless weren't particularly distinct, ergo they were one of many neglected big label casualties of their time.  Maybe folks were too preoccupied with watching the summer Olympics that year.  Mystery solved!  Enjoy (you will).

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The Young Lords - S-T LP (1984)

If the rather graphic depiction on the Young Lords album sleeve (to your left) has you doing a double take, it's probably for a valid reason.  Rage Against the Machine used a photo of the same self-immolating, Vietnamese Buddhist for their debut record as well.  Thing is, barely a modicum of intensity or tumult grazes the agenda of the Lords, a power trio whose modus operandi is par-for-the-course garage rock.  Not a bullet or a bombtrack in sight.  Sonically unremarkable (to be quite honest) these guys drifted from lightweight psych to punkier barroom maneuvers, peppering their tunes with churning organ riffs and occasionally sax.  In spite of frequent generic tendencies, The Lords succeed in a face-value capacity, even exposing shards of character on "Working for the Underground" and "I Want a Doctor Like Elvis Had."  A halfway there cover of "There She Goes Again" (cleverly hidden under the title of "Here She Comes") is somehow not credited to the Velvet Underground. Funny that.

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Richard Lloyd - Field Of Fire (1985)

It was released in 1986, seven years after his solo debut, Alchemy. The album was recorded in Stockholm, Sweden, backed mostly by Swedish musicians.

The liner notes state that the album is "dedicated to the lodestone". The album sleeve also includes a quote from St. Paul's epistle to the Romans (chapter 15, verse 13, NIV): "May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit."

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