Kid Creole & The Coconuts - Tropical Gangsters (1982)

Artist:  Kid Creole & The Coconuts
Title:  Tropical Gangsters
Release:  1982
Format:  LP
Label:  ZE Records
Genre:  Latin Disco
Catalog#  204669

“Tropical Gangsters” was the third album by Kid Creole & the Coconuts, released in the U.S. under the title Wise Guy, Kid Creole being the on-stage persona of August Darnell, the Latin Lothario dressed in a sharp suit and wide-brimmed hat backed by a troupe of female singers dressed for a Caribbean holiday, which included his wife, Adriana Kaegi. It was the thumping bassline and irresistible beat of the song “I’m a Wonderful Thing Baby” that finally broke him through to the big time, but even better was to come as Kid Creole released two of the better fun pop songs of 1982, “Stool Pigeon” and “Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy,” totally irresistible, danceable, easy to sing along to, and guaranteed to bring a smile to the face of pop dominated at the time by synthesizers and good-looking young men who looked more like girls. Darnell brought a cool sense of style to the charts of 1982, hitting number three with the album “Tropical Gangsters”. Unfortunately, the Coconuts are given little to do, although the female sassiness came through on the track “Loving You Made a Fool Out of Me.

Side one
1.   Annie, I’m Not Your Daddy   (6:16)
2.   I’m a Wonderful Thing Baby   (5:15)
3.   Imitation   (4:11)
4.   I’m Corrupt   (4:11)

Side two
1.   Loving You Made a Fool Out of Me   (4:50)
2.   Stool Pigeon  (5:00)
3.   The Love We Have   (5:13)
4.   No Fish Today   (4:48)

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Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap (1982)

Artist:  Heaven 17
Title:  The Luxury Gap
Release:  1982
Format:  LP
Label:  B.E.F. Records
Genre:  Synthpop
Catalog#  205337

After creating a marvelous electronic debut, Glenn Gregory, Ian Marsh, and Martyn Ware decided to tamper with their winning formula a bit on Heaven 17's 1983 follow-up to “Penthouse and Pavement”. The result, which added piano, strings, and Earth, Wind, & Fire’s horn section to the band’s cool synthesizer pulse, was even better, and “The Luxury Gap” became one of the seminal albums of the British new wave. The best-known track remains “Let Me Go,” a club hit that features Gregory’s moody, dramatic lead above a percolating vocal and synth arrangement. But even better is the mechanized Motown of “Temptation,” a deservedly huge British smash that got a shot of genuine soul from R&B singer Carol Kenyon. Nearly every song ends up a winner, though, as the album displays undreamed-of range. If beat-heavy techno anthems like “Crushed By the Wheels of Industry” were expected of Heaven 17, the melodic sophistication of “The Best Kept Secret” and “Lady Ice and Mr. Hex” — both of which sound almost like show tunes — wasn’t. If there’s a flaw, it’s that while the band’s leftist messages were more subtle and humorous than most of their time, they still seem rather naïve. But the music, which showed just how warm electro-pop’s usually chilly grooves could be, is another matter entirely.

Side one
1.   Crushed by the Wheels of Industry   (5:54)
2.   Who’ll Stop the Rain   (3:04)
3.   Let Me Go   (4:23)
4.   Key to the World   (3:42)

Side two
1.   Temptation   (3:34)
2.   Come Live With Me   (4:18)
3.   Lady Ice and Mr Hex   (3:46)
4.   We Live So Fast   (3:49)
5.   The Best Kept Secret   (5:09)

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Roxy Music - Flesh + Blood (1980)

Artist:  Roxy Music
Title:  Flesh + Blood
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Label:  E.G. Records
Catalog#  2302099

“Flesh + Blood” is the seventh studio album by Roxy Music and was released in June 1980.
 An even slicker record than “Manifesto”, “Flesh + Blood” precariously balances between alluringly seductive, sophisticated soul-pop and cloying, radio-ready disco-pop. At its best, the album is effortlessly suave and charming. “Over You” is one of their greatest singles, and “Oh Yeah” is nearly as persuasive, but much of the record is devoted to ill-formed, stylish lounge-pop. In particular, the reliance on reworked covers of “In the Midnight Hour” and “Eight Miles High” is distressing, not only because it signals a lack of imagination, but also because it suggests that Flesh + Blood is simply a lesser solo effort from Bryan Ferry. And even the handful of undeniably strong moments can’t erase the feeling that Roxy Music were beginning to run out of ideas.


Side one
1.   In the Midnight Hour   (3:09)
2.   Oh Yeah   (4:51)
3.   Same Old Scene   (3:57)
4.   Flesh and Blood   (3:08)
5.   My Only Love   (5:16)

Side two
1.   Over You   (3:27)
2.   Eight Miles High   (4:55)
3.   Rain, Rain, Rain   (3:20)
4.   No Strange Delight   (4:44)
5.   Running Wild   (5:03)

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Fleetwood Mac - Mirage (1982)

Artist:  Fleetwood Mac
Title:  Mirage
Release:  1982
Format:  LP
Label:  Warner Bros.
Catalog#  WB 56952

“Mirage” is the 13th studio album by Fleetwood Mac, released in June 1982.
Following a hiatus of over a year after the completion of the worldwide Tusk tour, the band temporarily relocated to Château d’Hérouville in France to record this 12-track collection. By this time Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham had each commenced a solo side-career, with 1981's “Bella Donna”, the latter faring not as well with his first outing “Law and Order”
“Mirage” found the band venturing further into radio-friendly soft rock than it had in any of its previous incarnations. It stood in stark contrast to its highly experimental predecessor, 1979's “Tusk”. “Mirage” yielded several hit singles: “Hold Me, “Love in Store”, “Oh Diane” , “Can’t Go Back” and the Stevie Nicks composition “Gypsy”.
Of the other two compositions from Stevie Nicks on the album, “That’s Alright” dated back to the Buckingham/Nicks days of 1974, whilst “Straight Back” was written in the winter of 1981 and referred to her separation from (then) lover, producer Jimmy Iovine.

Side one
1.   Love in Store  (3:14)
2.   Can’t Go Back   (2:42)
3.   That’s Alright  (3:09)
4.   Book of Love   (3:21)
5.   Gypsy  (4:24)
6.   Only Over You  (4:08)

Side two
1.   Empire State  (2:51)
2.   Straight Back  (4:17)
3.   Hold Me   (3:44)
4.   Oh Diane  (2:33)
5.   Eyes of the World  (3:44)
6.   Wish You Were Here  (4:45)

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Jeff Wayne - The War Of The Worlds (1978)

Artist:  Jeff Wayne
Title:  The War Of The Worlds
Release:  1978
Format:  2 LP
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  96000

Released 40 years after Orson Welles’ infamous radio version of the H.G. Wells tale, Jeff Wayne’s musical version of “War Of The Worlds” straddles old-style radio drama and contemporary orchestrated narratives by Rick Wakeman and David Bedford. And while it lacks the sophisticated arrangements of, say, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, it does boast an impressively odd cast — this may be the only time that a member of Thin Lizzy worked with Richard Burton, and the presence of Julie Covington and the Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward in very attractive singing roles attest to its pop/rock aspirations. It’s Burton’s sonorous tones that sustain this work; his frequent solo narrations are eminently listenable, whereas sections featuring dialogue with other characters often come off as a bit stilted. The music is competent studio rock, and “Horsell Common and the Heat Ray” does strike just the right balance between Burton’s narration and an accompaniment built around a buzzsaw guitar riff. Overall, it’s pleasant as a period piece, and still a fine way to introduce younger listeners to Wells’ classic tale. The album was actually appealing on too many fronts for its own good in many ways — the Justin Hayward-sung ballad “Forever Autumn,” extracted from a much longer piece on the double-LP.

Side one
1.   The Eve of the War   (9:06)
2.   Horsell Common and the Heat Ray   (11:36)

Side two
1.   The Artilleryman and the Fighting Machine   (10:36)
2.   Forever Autumn   (7:43)
3.   Thunder Child   (6:10)

Side three
1.   The Red Weed (Part 1)   (5:55)
2.   Parson Nathaniel   (1:45)
3.   The Spirit of Man   (9:52)
4.   The Red Weed (Part 2)   (6:51)

Side four
1.   Brave New World   (12:13)
2.   Dead London   (8:37)
3.   Wpilogue (Part 1)   (2:42)
4.   Epilogue (Part 2) (NASA)   (2:02)

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Stevie Wonder - Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants (1979)

Release:  1979
Genre: Soul, Funk
Format:  2 LP
Label:  Motown Records
Catalog#  1A 158-62492
Prijs:  €20,00

Stevie Wonder broke a three-year silence, one that followed a series of six classic albums released within six years, with this double album, the score/soundtrack to a little-seen environmental documentary directed by Wild Bunch co-screenwriter Walon Green. From the release of “Songs In The Key Of Life” through the release of Journey Through The Secret Life Of Plants”, Wonder had been active, actually, but only as a collaborator, working with Ramsey Lewis, the Pointer Sisters, Minnie Riperton, Syreeta, Ronnie Foster, and Michael Jackson.
Though it is dominated by synthesizer-heavy instrumental pieces with evocative titles, there is a handful of full-blown songs. The gorgeous, mostly acoustic ballad “Send One Your Love” was a Top Ten R&B single, while the joyous “Outside My Window” registered in the Top 60. Beyond that, there’s the deep classic “Come Back as a Flower,” a gently lapping, piano-led ballad featuring Syreeta on vocals. Otherwise, there are playfully oddball tracks like “Venus’ Flytrap and the Bug,” where Wonder chirps “Please don’t eat me!” through robotizing effects, and “A Seed’s a Star,” which incorporates crowd noise, a robotized monologue, and a shrieking Tata Vega over a funkier and faster version of Yellow Magic Orchestra.
The album is not for everyone, but it suited its purpose and allowed its maker an amount of creative wiggle room that few major-label artists experience.

Side one
1.   Earth’s Creation (Instrumental)   (4:06)
2.   The First Garden (Instrumental)   (4:48)
3.   Voyage to India (Instrumental)   (6:29)
4.   Same Old Story   (3:44)
5.   Venus’ Flytrap and the Bug   (2:25)
6.   Ai No, Sono   (2:06)

Side two
1.   Seasons (Instrumental)  (2:53)
2.   Power Flower (Lyrics by Michael Sembello)  (5:29)
3.   Send One Your Love (Instrumental)   (3:05)
4.   Race Babbling   (8:51)

Side three
1.   Send One Your Love   (4:01)
2.   Outside My Window   (5:29)
3.   Black Orchid (Lyrics by Yvonne Wright)   (3:47)
4.   Ecclesiastes   (3:42)
5.   Kesse Ye Lolo De Ye   (3:03)
6.   Come Back as a Flower (Lead vocals and lyrics by Syreeta Wright)   (4:59)

Side four
1.   A Seed’s a Star/Tree Medley   (5:53)
2.   The Secret Life of Plants   (4:16)
3.   Tree (Instrumental)  (5:47)
4.   Finale (Instrumental)   (7:01)

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Van Halen - Fair Warning (1981)

Artist:  Van Halen
Title:  Fair Warning
Release:  1981
Format:  LP
Label:  Warner Bros. Records
Catalog#  WB 56899

Of all the early Van Halen records, “Fair Warning” often gets overlooked, partially because it’s a dark, strange beast, partially because it lacks any song as purely fun as the hits from the first three records. Because of that, there were no hits from “Fair Warning” that turned into radio anthems; only “Unchained” and, to a lesser extent, the grinding opener, “Mean Street,” rank among the group’s best-known songs, and they’re not as monumental as “And the Cradle Will Rock,” from the preceding album, “Women And Children First”. There’s a reason for that: this album ain’t a whole lotta fun. “Fair Warning” is the first Van Halen album that doesn’t feel like a party. This may be a reflection of the band’s relentless work schedule, it may be a reflection of the increasing tension between Eddie Van Halen and David Lee Roth. The cause isn’t important, because whatever the reason, “Fair Warning” winds up as a dark, dirty, nasty piece of work. Gloomy it may be, but dull it is not and “Fair Warning” contains some of the fiercest, hardest music that Van Halen ever made. There’s little question that Eddie Van Halen won whatever internal skirmishes they had, since his guitar dominates this record, even with the lack of a single dedicated instrumental showcase (the first time he lacked one on a VH album). Eddie sounds restless here, pushing and pulling the group toward different rhythms and textures, from the disco beat that pulsates on “Push Comes to Shove” to the swinging rhythms on “So This Is Love?” and, especially, the murky synths that comprise the instrumental “Sunday Afternoon in the Park” and the grimy, gunky closing rocker, “One Foot Out the Door.” Either inspired or spurred on by the gloomy rock Eddie cranked out, David Lee Roth casts his net far wider than his usual litany of girls and good times. He spits and swears, swaggering without his usual joie de vivre, with even his sex songs feeling weary and nasty.
Whatever spawned it, that nastiness is the defining characteristic of “Fair Warning”, which certainly doesn’t make it bunches of fun, but it showcases the coiled power of Van Halen better than any other album, which makes it worth visiting on occasion.

Side one
1.   Mean Street   (5:00)
2.   Dirty Movies   (4:08)
3.   Sinner’s Swing!   (3:09)
4.   Hear About It Later   (4:35)

Side two
1.   Unchained   (3:29)
2.   Push Comes to Shove   (3:49)
3.   So This Is Love?   (3:06)
4.   Sunday Afternoon in the Park (Instrumental)   (1:59)
5.   One Foot out the Door   (1:58)

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Soundtrack - Thank God It´s Friday (1978) - 2Lp

Artist:  Soundtrack
Title:  Thank God It´s Friday
Release:  1978
Format:  2 LP
Label:  Casablanca Records
Catalog#  TGIF 100-1

The soundtrack album “Thank God It´s Friday” is originally issued as a 3 record set in 1978, of which the 3rd record was a single side, 12 inch single of the 15:47 minutes Donna Summer, “Je T’aime track”. Cameo’s “Find My Way” was originally issued as a 7? single in 1975. Giorgio Moroder and Donna Summer’s cover version of Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin’s 1969 hit single “Je t’aime… moi non plus” was also recorded a few years earlier, had its debut on the soundtrack and was subsequently issued as an edited 7? single in a few countries in 1978. “Too Hot Ta Trot” was from The Commodores’ 1977 album Commodores Live! – on certain editions of the Thank God It’s Friday album replaced by a studio recording. Other titles on the soundtrack, including “Last Dance”, were especially recorded for the film. Among the songs heard in the movie but not issued on the soundtrack album are Alec R. Costandinos’ “Romeo and Juliet”, Giorgio Moroder’s “From Here to Eternity”, The Originals’ “Down to Love Town”, D.C. LaRue’s “You Can Always Tell a Lady (By the Company She Keeps)” and The Commodores’ “Brick House”. Diana Ross’ “Lovin’ Livin’ and Givin’” was remixed after the release of the soundtrack and used as the opening track on her 1978 album Ross. It was also released as a single in certain territories and has since been remixed and re-edited a number of times for inclusion on various hits packages issued by Motown/Universal Music.
The final part of Donna Summer’s “Last Dance” is later re-included as a separate track called ‘Reprise’ towards the end of the soundtrack album.

Side one
1.   Love And Kisses – Thank God It’s Friday   (4:16)
2.   Pattie Brooks – After Dark   (7:55)
3.   Donna Summer – With Your Love   (4:00)
4.   Donna Summer – Last Dance   (7:10)

Side two
1.   Paul Jabara – Disco Queen   (3:46)
2.   Cameo – Find My Way   (4:57)
3.   Commodores – Too Hot Ta Trot   (3:309
4.   Wright Bros. Flying Machine – Leatherman’s Theme   (3:25)
5.   Marathon – I Wanna Dance   (6:00)

Side Three
1.   Sunshine – Take It To The Zoo   (8:00)
2.   Santa Esmeralda – Sevilla Nights   (6:08)
3.   Love And Kisses – You’re The Most Precious Thing In My Life   (8:02)

Side four
1.   D. C. La Rue – Do You Want The Real Thing   (4:42)
2.   Paul Jabara – Trapped In A Stairway   (3:30)
3.   Natural Juices – Floyd’s Theme   (2:58)
4.   Diana Ross – Livin’, Lovin’, Givin’   (3:30)
5.   Thelma Houston – Love Masterpiece   (4:03)
6.   Donna Summer – Last Dance (Reprise)   (3:17)

Special Bonus 12inch Single
1.   Donna Summer – Je T’Aime (Moi Non Plus)   (15:51)

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Soundtrack - Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) - 2Lp

Artist:  Soundtrack
Title:  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
Release:  1978
Format:  2 LP
Label:  RSO Records
Catalog#  RS 2-4100

“Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” was a multi-platinum double album produced by George Martin, featuring covers of songs by The Beatles. It was released in July 1978, as the soundtrack to the film Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, which starred the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton and Steve Martin. The project was managed by The Robert Stigwood Organisation.
 Like the album itself, the soundtrack to the 1978 film “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” is a legend in its own right. Where the Beatles’ album was a groundbreaking moment in pop music, the Robert Stigwood film was an unmitigated disaster, an embarrassment not only to the Beatles, but to everyone involved in the production. Nevertheless, as the years passed and ’70s nostalgia grew, certain kitsch fanatics revealed an affection for the debacle. A few performers try to give their best, witness Earth, Wind & Fire’s “Got to Get You into My Life,” Aerosmith’s “Come Together,” and Billy Preston’s “Get Back”, but there’s no erasing the fact that this is an absolutely atrocious record, one that was simply beyond saving. There’s really no excuse for such mind-boggling mismatches as George Burns’ “Fixing a Hole,” Alice Cooper’s “Because,” Steve Martin’s “Maxwell’s Silver Hammer,” or all the endless, awkward numbers from the Bee Gees, Peter Frampton, and Frankie Howard. It’s so bad that it’s not even camp, and only those with truly twisted senses of humor, or who need every ’70s artifact, will find it tolerable.

Side one
1.   Introducing Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band   (4:42)
      Bee Gees and Paul Nicholas – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band   (1:56)
      Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees – With a Little Help from My Friends   (2:46)
2.   Sandy Farina – Here Comes The Sun   (3:45)
3.   Peter Frampton, The Bee Gees – Getting Better   (2:46)
4.   Dianne Steinberg and Stargard – Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds   (3:41)
5.   George Martin, Peter Frampton, Donald Pleasence, Dianne Steinberg, Paul Nicholas, Bee Gees,
      Stargard – I Want You (She’s So Heavy)   (6:31)

Side two
1.   Paul Nicholas, Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees – Good Morning Good Morning   (1:58)
2.   Steven Tyler, The Bee Gees, Jay MacIntosh and John Wheeler – She’s Leaving Home   (2:41)
3.   Paul Nicholas and Dianne Steinberg – You Never Give Me Your Money   (3:07)
4.   Robin Gibb – Oh! Darling   (3:21)
5.   Steve Martin and The Vocal Chorus – Maxwell’s Silver Hammer   (4:31)
6.   Rise To Stardom Suite   (5:11)
      (a) Bee Gees – Polythene Pam   (0:38)
      (b) Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees – She Came in Through the Bathroom Window   (1:46)
      (c) Bee Gees – Nowhere Man (1:14)
      (d) Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)   (1:33)

Side three
1.   Earth, Wind & Fire – Got To Get You Into My Life   (3:36)
2.   Sandy Farina – Strawberry Fields Forever   (3:31)
3.   Frankie Howerd and Sandy Farina – When I’m Sixty-Four   (2:40)
4.   Frankie Howerd, Steven Tyler, Bee Gees – Mean Mr. Mustard   (2:46)
5.   George Burns – Fixing A Hole   (2:25)
6.   Alice Cooper and The Bee Gees – Because   (2:45)
7.   The Death Of Strawberry   (3:24)
      (a) Peter Frampton – Golden Slumbers   (1:39)
      (b) Bee Gees – Carry That Weight   (1:45)

Side four
1.   Aerosmith – Come Together   (3:46)
2.   Maurice Gibb, Peter Frampton, Bee Gees, George Burns – Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!   
      (3:12)
3.   Peter Frampton – The Long and Winding Road   (3:40)
4.   Barry Gibb and The Bee Gees – A Day in the Life   (5:11)
5.   Billy Preston – Get Back   (2:56)
6.   The Cast – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band [Finale]   (2:13)

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Santana - Festival (1976)

Side A
A1.   Carnaval   (2:15)
A2.   Let the Children Play   (3:28)
A3.   Jugando Areas   (2:12)
A4.   Give Me Love   (4:29)
A5.   Verão Vermelho   (5:00)
A6.   Let the Music Set You Free   (3:39)

Side B
B1.   Revelations   (4:37)
B2.   Reach Up   (5:23)
B3.   The River   (4:53)
B4.   Try a Little Harder   (5:04)
B5.   Maria Caracoles   (4:32)

Release:  1976
Label:  CBS Records
Catalog#  86020

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Cat Stevens - Numbers (1975)

Side A
A1.   Whistlestar   (3:46)
A2.   Novim’s Nightmare   (3:50)
A3.   Majik of Majiks    (4:30)
A4.   Drywood    (4:53)

Side B
B1.   Banapple Gas   (3:07)
B2.   Land o’ Freelove & Goodbye   (2:50)
B3.   Jzero   (3:44)
B4.   Home   (4:09)
B5.   Monad’s Anthem  (2:43)

Release: 1975
Label:  Island Records
Catalog#  89680 GT

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Golden Earring - Contraband (1976)

Side A
A1.  Bombay   (3:52)
A2.  Sueleen   (5:40)
A3.  Con Man   (7:10)

Side B
B1.  Mad Love’s Comin’   (7:45)
B2.  Fighting Windmills   (4:38)
B3.  Faded Jeans   (5:07)
B4.  Time’s Up   (3:52)

Release:  1976
Label:  Polydor Records
Catalog#  2310491

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Blondie - Autoamerican (1980)

Artist:  Blondie
Title:  Autoamerican
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Label:  Chrysalis Records
Genre:  Dance, Pop, Rap
Catalog#  202987

“Autoamerican” is the fifth studio album by the US new wave band Blondie. It was released in November 1980. The album proved to be a radical departure for the band, with opening track “Europa” setting the pace. The track was a dramatic instrumental overture featuring orchestral arrangements and ending with vocalist Debbie Harry reciting a poem about the importance of the car in American society. Besides rock and pop tracks, the band explored a wide range of other musical genres; “Here’s Looking At You” and “Faces” show jazz and blues influences, the reggae hit “The Tide Is High” was a cover of The Paragons 1965 Jamaican ska hit, whereas “Rapture” combined funk, rock, jazz, and even saw them embracing the then budding genre of rap. The closing track, “Follow Me”, was a cover of a torch song from Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe’s 1960 Broadway musical Camelot, based on the King Arthur legend.
The band released two singles from this album, “The Tide Is High” and “Rapture”.

Side One
1.  Europa   (3:31)
2.  Live It Up   (4:09)
3.  Here’s Looking at You   (2:58)
4.  The Tide Is High   (4:39)
5.  Angels on the Balcony   (3:47)
6.  Go Through It   (2:40)

Side Two
1.  Do the Dark   (3:51)
2.  Rapture   (6:30)
3.  Faces   (3:51)
4.  T-Birds   (3:56)
5.  Walk Like Me   (3:44)
6.  Follow Me   (3:01)

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The J. Geils Band - Showtime (1982)

Artist:  The J. Geils Band
Title:  Showtime
Release:  1983
Format:  LP
Label:  EMI Records
Catalog#  1C 064-400144

“Showtime!” is the 13th album (and third live album) by American rock band The J. Geils Band, released in 1982. It was recorded in Detroit, Michigan.
 Basically, this is a snap-shot of those shows. It’s about 1/3 of the actual concert, it makes you want more. This includes hits like “Centerfold” and “Love Stinks”, but it’s gems like “I’m Falling” and “Stoop Down #39″ that make it a great album. From the start of “Jus’ Can’t Stop Me” to the last cheers of “Land of a Thousand Dances”. If you like hot, sweaty, blues-based boogie rock played with a good-time frenetic approach, J. Geils is the band for you, and any of their aforementioned live albums will represent nicely.

Side One
1.  Jus´ Can’t Stop Me   (3:44)
2.  Just Can’t Wait   (3:27)
3.  Till the Walls Come Tumblin’ Down   (3:31)
4.  Sanctuary   (3:49)
5.  I’m Falling   (6:01)
6.  Love Rap (5:14)

Side Two
1.  Love Stinks   (3:28)
2.  Stoop Down #39   (5:56)
3.  I Do   (3:04)
4   Centerfold   (4:03)
5.  Land of a Thousand Dances   (5:41)

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Various - The Secret Policeman´s Concert (1982) - Lp

Artist:   Various Artists

Title:   The Secret Policeman´s Concert
Year:   1982
Format:   LP
Label:   Island
Catalog#   204368

Recorded at “The Secret Policeman’s Other Ball” – The 1981 Amnesty International Gala, at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London on 9th, 10th, 11th & 12th september 1981.

On this album Sting performs solo versions of “Roxanne” and “Message in a bottle”. Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton Jammin´. He accompanies himself, strumming simply on electric guitar. He also sings the lead vocals on (Bob Dylan’s) “I shall be released”, together with a full band (including Phil Collins and Eric Clapton).
An amazing version of Bob Geldolf doing his boomtown rats song. Phil Collins at his absolute best. And Donvan not letting go of the 70s.

Side one

1.   Sting - Roxanne    (3:06)
2.   Sting - Message In A Bottle   (3:44)
3.   Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton - ‘Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers   (3:47)
4.   Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton - Farther Up The Road    (4:46)
5.   Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton - Crossroads    (4:15)
6.   Bob Geldof & Johnny Fingers - I Don’t Like Mondays   (4:549

Side two
1.   Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight (Acoustic Guitar: Daryl Stuermer)    (5:10)
2.   Phil Collins - The Roof Is Leaking (Banjo: Daryl Stuermer)    (3:34)
3.   Donovan - The Universal Soldier    (3:00)
4.   Donovan - Catch The Wind (Double Bass: Danny Thompson)   (2:32)
5.   The Secret Police - I Shall Be Released    (9:20)

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