Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 40

Here's the last volume of the rare 80s series. It was quite a trip down the memory lane and I hope you enjoyed it. Anyhow some very catchy tunes to close this chapter with............

Tracklisting:

01 The Monochrome Set - The Jet Set Junta
02 Twilight - Talk To You
03 Neo 4A - That's The Way
04 Fatal Charm - Images of Fire
05 Alone Again or - Dream Come True
06 Nomo - We Go to Sleep Believing
07 Rodway - I'd Give You Anything
08 November Group - The promise
09 The Snake Corps - Victory Parade
10 Secret Sounds - Heartbeat
11 East Wall - Eyes of Glass
12 The Mockers - Friend of a Stranger
13 Little Heroes - Modern Times
14 Tam Tam Go! - I Come For You
15 Absolute - T.V. Glare
16 Reason To Live - The Gift
17 Terri Nunn - Dancing In Isolation
18 Agent - Heartbeat
19 Frozen Ghost - Promises
20 Eye Eye - Fall To Pieces
21 Prima Volta - Fiction
22 Hollywood Beyond - What's the Colour of Money
23 Pink & Black - Sometimes I Wish
24 Alone Again Or - Drum The Beat (In My Soul)
25 Stranger Than Fiction - You Don't Turn Me On Anymore
26 The Monitors - Singing In The 80's


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Vibrato 06

L'Austin Space

Heh, heh. Sorry about that; I don't know what got into me. Perhaps it was all the tabloids I was exposed to while living in the UK (see, that's the great thing about being an American: I don't have to take responsibility for my actions--there is always someone or something else to blame).
In any case, as you may have guessed, this collection of ten songs features bands from the Austin, Texas area. The home of Psychedelia's 13th Floor Elevators, Austin seems to have been late in discovering Shoegazing--only Sixteen Deluxe were active in the 90's, but the city is rapidly catching up in terms of both quantity and quality. I did have to leave out one promising newcomer, The Linear High, because they have not yet released a CD and the poor quality of the streaming files from their MySpace page rendered their songs unusable.
As usual, better songs await the listener on CD.
--NWshoegazer

1. I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness - Last Ride Together (Secretly Canadian) from the 2006 release "Fear is on Our Side"

2. The Black Angels - The Sniper at the Gates of Heaven (Light in the Attic) from the 2006 release "Passover"

3. For Those Who Know - Night at the Danceclub (Christmas Mountain) from the 2005 "For Those Who Know" EP

4. All in the Golden Afternoon - Tidal Wave (Mind Expansion) from a soon to be released "All in the Golden Afternoon" EP

5. The Paper South - Caught Leaving the Scene of the Accident (self-released) from their debut EP. All six songs are available for legal download or you can contact the band and request a copy of the EP be sent to you

6. Ghost of the Russian Empire - Psychomedicated (Thirty Ghosts) from the 2006 "With Fiercest Demolition" EP

7. Sixteen Deluxe - Apronstrings (Trance Syndicate) from the out of print 1995 release "Backfeed Magnetbabe" available used

8. Experimental Aircraft - Ghost Train (Graveface) from the out of print 1999 release "Experimental Aircraft" contact the band for CD-R copies

9. Sound Team - You've Never Lived a Day (Capitol) from the 2006 release "Movie Monster"

10. She, Sir - Prairie Burn (She, Sir) from the 2007 "Who Can't Say Yes"


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 39

Here's part 39 of these compilations with some really cool songs on it! Two songs I have put here are actually written by Vince Clarke, part of his unknown projects in the 80s. Let's see if you can find these songs; of course if you don't already know! Have fun listening and seed!

Tracklisting:

01 The Gadgets - We Had No Way of Knowing
02 The Monitors - Nobody Told Me
03 Mainframe - 5 Minutes
04 Mobiles - You're Not Alone
05 Absolute - Can't You See
06 Tin Tin - Hold It
07 Rubber Rodeo - Heartbreak Highway
08 The Woodentops - Last Time
09 Gymslips - Evil Eye
10 Twilight - Just Me Alone
11 Signal - Wave Goodbye Today
12 Shoc Corridor - Holding Treasure
13 4 Out of 5 Doctors - Modern Man
14 The Fountainhead - Feel It Now
15 Vis-A-Vis - Dance With Me
16 The Parachute Club - At The Feet Of The Moon
17 Railway Children - Music Stop
18 Zero Le Creche - Last Year's Wife
19 Story Structure - I Told You
20 Mi-Sex - Only Thinking
21 Ronny - If You Want Me To Stay
22 Classix Nouveaux - Guilty
23 Cee Farrow - Wildlife Romance
24 Captain Sensible - Glad it's all over
25 Mainframe - Talk To Me
26 The Shoes - Will You Spin for Me?


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Vibrato 05

Rocky Mountain High-Tops

With the exception of mid-90's Arizona and present-day Colorado, the Rocky Mountain states don't seem to be a hot-bed of Shoegazing. This compilation features songs by four Phoenix, Arizona Beautiful Noise Festival alumni, three Colorado bands, two more from Utah, and one from New Mexico. A fourth Colorado band, A Shoreline Dream, has been featured in previous Tremelo and Vibrato compilations, while New Mexico's Henry's Dress enjoyed their fifteen minutes in California's Bay Area. Built to Spill was the closest I got to finding a Shoegazing band from Idaho; Montana, on the other hand, seems almost to be bereft of music of any kind.

1. Henry's Dress - All This Time For Nothing (Slumberland)
from the out of print 1995 release "Bust 'em Green"

2. Half String - Momentum (Independant Project)
from the out of print 1996 release "A Fascination with Heights"

3. Supra-Argo - Die Aphrodite (Tantalus)
from the out of print 1997 release "Silveresque"

4. Bright Channel - Howler (Flight Approved)
from the 2006 release "Self-Propelled"

5. The Echo People - Incapacitating (self-released)
from the 2006 "Inside" EP

6. Moccasin - Ezra's Ghost (self-released)
from the 2006 release "Last Leaf"

7. Allison's Halo - Sunshy (Burnt Hair)
from the out of print 1997 compilation "Eyedazzler 1992-1996"

8. Dulce Sky - I Dreamt of You (Eden's Watchtower)
from the 2006 release "Lands"

9. Volplane - Mirror (Flight Approved)
from the 2006 compilation "Volplane 1997-1999"

10. Lovesliescrushing - Youreyesimmaculate (Projekt)
from the 1994 release "Bloweyelashwish"


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 38

Part 38 of these compilations includes a wide variety of rare and non-mainstream songs from the 80s, from post-punk to power pop, from new wave to new romantic. I hope you’d like a few tracks as it’s so diverse that it just does not happen one can like them all. Enjoy and seed!

Tracklisting:

Richard Strange & The Engine Room - Damascus
Malaria! - You You
Bruce Foxton - It Makes Me Wonder
Ohama - Julie Is A TV Set
Poesie Noire - Starvation of a Mind
Identity Crisis - Whispering Castles
Gymslips - Evil Eye
Perfect Zebras - Fascination
Naked Eyes - No Flowers Please
The Holy Sisters Of The Gaga Dada - Neighbor's Scream
Cold Phoenix - Stonehenge
The Elektrics - Go Now
Slow Children - President Am I
Winston Tong - Big Brother
Microdisney - Town to Town
Eddie & Sunshine - There's Someone Following Me
The Fountainhead - Feel It Now
The Defectors - Forever And Never
Fingerprintz - Bulletproof Heart
Cowboys International - Today
Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind at All
The Snake Corps - In Flux
The Ward Brothers - Madness Of It All
Millions Like Us - In Love With Yourself
Hurrah! - If Love Could Kill
This Scarlet Train - Picture Frame
Sad Lovers and Giants - Sleep (Is For Everyone)
Gardening by Moonlight - Methods in the Madness

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Vibrato 04

'Gazing Up and Down the Pacific Coast Highway

This week, we take a virtual trip up and down the western shore of the United States and sample five songs each from Seattle as well as Northern and Southern California. All songs were taken from the artists' MySpace pages.
One band, The Slow Club, apparently disbanded without releasing any CDs (if anyone has news to the contrary, please let me know; I'd like to buy something from these guys).
--NWshoegazer


1. Sky Cries Mary - Rainfall (HoodooH)
from the 2007 release "Small Town"

2. The Otherside - Dirty Devil (self-released)
from the out of print "Something Else Right Now" EP. Their self-titled full-length can be had for $6 (shipping included)

3. Sky Parade - Free My Love (Sky Parade)
from the 2007 release "Love is Forever"

4. Black Nite Crash - Soft Focus
not yet released

5. the Stars Misplaced - Prophets and Kings
not yet released

6. The Slow Club - Keep It Cool
never released?

7. Blue Light Curtain - Sleeping (BLCMusic)
from the 2006 "EP" EP

8. August Bodies - Golden Dream
not yet released

9. Tears Run Rings - Beautiful Stranger [demo] (Disaster Club)
not yet released, but the 2007 "A Question and an Answer" EP is available

10. Voyager One - The Future is Obsolete
from the soon to be released "Afterhours in the Afterlife". A new single, "Bed Of Sound", is available

11. Fleeting Joys - LightsUnderground (Only Forever)
not yet released, but make sure you own a copy of "Despondent Transponder"

12. The Warlocks - Isolation (Bomp)
from the vinyl-only "Isolation / Red Camera" single

13. C'est la Mort - Stand Fast
not yet released

14. Halcyon High - Close Your Eyes, See the Light (Vibraphone)
not yet released

15. In Waves - A Walk [demo] (Henry)
not yet released


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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 37

The vol. 37 of these compilations consists of a few songs requested here as well as those that did not make it to the past rare hits of the 80s torrents; mostly got kicked out in the last moment. But I realized there are couple of really cool songs among them and deserve posting. Some of the ultra obscure bands that are featured here are Natural Scientist, Shadows As Tall As Trees, Standing Waves, Allez Allez, Whizz For Atoms and Richard Strange. Hope you enjoy it.

Tracklisting:

01 Natural Scientist - See Through You
02 Bolland & Bolland - Images
03 Fiction Factory - Everyone But You
04 Breakfast Club - Right On Track
05 Vision - Tears Idle Tears
06 Silent Running - Heartland
07 Geisha - Part Time Love Affair
08 One to One - Hold Me Now
09 Cutting Crew - (Another one of my) Big Ideas
10 Paradox - One Look
11 Shadows As Tall As Trees - Now Don't Cry
12 Standing Waves - Vertigo
13 Academy - Stranded
14 Music For Pleasure - Fuel To The Fire
15 Thomas Lang - The Happy Man
16 Bone Symphony - Everything I Say is a Lie
17 Zerra One - Ten Thousand Voices
18 Hollywood Beyond - Save Me
19 Strange Advance - Love Becomes Electric
20 Paparazzi - Tell Me
21 Allez Allez - Valley Of The Kings
22 Dugites - Cut the Talking
23 Whizz For Atoms - That Sinking Feeling
24 Animotion - Let Him Go
25 Bolland & Bolland - Night of The Shooting Stars
26 Mood Six - Hanging Around
27 Richard Strange - International Language
28 Vision - Breakdown
29 Box of Toys - Time Takes Me Back
30 Red Box - Heart Of The Sun

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Vibrato 03

Shoegazing on the Willamette

I am not a Portland native and do not pretend to know the history or full scope of the local Shoegazing scene, but in this compilation, I have included ten slices of what I have discovered since moving here.
I do know that Portland is home to several indie labels, one of which is particularly worth noting. Reverb Records currently has only four bands signed: Drakes Hotel, The High Violets, Lab Partners, and The Upsidedown, but all four are very good. Lab Partners are not present on this compilation only because they are neither from nor currently residing in Portland, but I do recommend checking them out. If you order from Reverb, be sure to pick up the three, free compilation CDs from the sadly defunct NW Shoegazers Ball: NW SHOEGAZERBLISS, IN A DIFFERENT PLACE, and THE FUZZY BALL.
Portland also has a music mail-order establishment of some renown. At CD Baby, one can find--among many others--CDs by Charmparticles, Nordic, The Prids, and Saturna.
Once again, I have, in most cases, deliberately avoided using the best songs from the sampled artists and CDs. So, if you find a song here that you like, chances are you will also like the CD from which it was taken.

-- NWshoegazer


1. Swoon 23 - Pussycat Fingertips (Tim Kerr) from the out of print 1995 release "Famous Swan Song"

2. Saturna - Just for Thrills (self-released) from the 2006 "...All Night" EP. The recently released "Some Delicious Enemy" is also available

3. The Upsidedown - Drag Race (Reverb) from the 2004 release "Trust Electricity". New CD coming soon

4. Nordic - Polare (self-released) from the 2004 "The Transatlantic" EP. Nordic release CDs at a rate only marginally faster than post-"Loveless" My Bloody Valentine

5. The Dandy Warhols - Best Friend (Tim Kerr) from the 1996 release "Dandy's Rule OK"

6. The Prids - Lienzencages (Death Tech) from the out of print 2000 "Duracraft" EP. Two full-lengths are available: "Love Zero" and "...Until the World is Beautiful"

7. Stars of Track and Field - Say Hello (Wind-up) from the 2007 release "Centuries Before Love and War"

8. The High Violets - Ballad (Comet Rock) from the 2000 "Dream Away" EP. This one is out of print, but, if you don't already own them, you can and should buy "44 Down" and "To Where You Are"

9. Charmparticles - Moving On (Chris Gragg) from the 2004 compilation "Deep Roots 7"--which is not about Shoegazing

10. Drakes Hotel - Here's to the Days (Reverb) from the 2007 release "Tell Me Everything"

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Rare Hits of The 80's Vol. 36

Here's another mix of some rare 80s tracks. Enjoy and seed! let this cool but obscure music stay alive....

Tracklisting:

01 Hohokam - Don't you know
02 Bone Symphony - It's A Jungle Out There
03 Howard Devoto - Cold Imagination
04 Paparazzi - Don't Stay All Night
05 éVoid - Shadows
06 Vision - Lucifer's Friend
07 Fools Dance - They'll Never Know
08 Manikins - What Are You On
09 Foluntear - In My Minds Eye
10 The Kane Gang - Closest Thing to Heaven
11 Pefect Zebras - Touching My Heart Again
12 So - Are You Sure
13 Pookah Makes 3 - Time After Time
14 The Mockers - New Day Dawning
15 The Lucy Show - New Message
16 Chakk - Stare Me Out
17 Malcolm Burn - House of Glass
18 Seance - My Room
19 Digney Fignus - The Girl With The Curious Hand
20 Vision - Don't Stop
21 Circuit 7 - Video Boys
22 Paparazzi - Stop
23 Paul King - Follow My Heart
24 M - The Bridge
25 éVoid - Taximan
26 Colour Code - Dance With The Times
27 Tim Scott - The Rules I Broke
28 Code Blue - Where I Am
29 The Visitor - The Eye of Madness
30 Sam Harris - Sugar Don't Bite
31 Furniture - One Step Behind You
32 The Ward Brothers - Cross That Bridge

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Vibrato 02

Here's a bunch of cover songs for you. About a third of the source CDs are out of print, but most can be picked up used from Amazon re-sellers, eBay, and the like.
-- NWshoegazer


1. The Raveonettes - My Boyfriend's Back (Angels)
from the 2005 release "Pretty in Black" (Columbia)

2. The December Sound - Reverence (The Jesus and Mary Chain)
from the 2006 "Kill Me" EP (self-released)

3. Lush - Outdoor Miner (Wire)
from the 1992 "For Love" EP (4AD)

4. Spacemen 3 - Mary Anne (13th Floor Elevators)
from the 2003 re-issue of "Taking Drugs to Make Music to Take Drugs To" (Space Age)

5. Trespassers William - Vapour Trail (Ride)
from the 2004 release "Different Stars" (Nettwerk)

6. Ride - Sight of You (Pale Saints)
from the 2003 release "Waves" (BBC)

7. Pale Saints - Blue Flower (Mazzy Star)
from the 1992 release "In Ribbons" (4AD)

8. Loop - Cinnamon Girl (Neil Young)
from the 1989 compilation "The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil Young" (Number Six)

9. Anne McCue - Machine Gun (Jimi Hendrix)
from the 2004 release "Roll" (Messenger) Makes me wonder: had Jimi Hendrix lived long enough, would he have tried his hand at Shoegazing?

10. The Upsidedown - Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
from the 2004 release "Trust Electricity" (Reverb)

11. Morella's Forest - Voices Carry ('Til Tuesday)
from the 1995 "Hang-Out" EP (Tooth & Nail)

12. The Boo Radleys - Alone Again Or (Bryan MacLean)
from the 2003 re-issue of "Learining to Walk" (Pinnacle)

13. The Manhattan Love Suicides - Indian Summer (Beat Happening)
from the 2006 self-titled release (Magic Marker)

14. Galaxie 500 - Ceremony (Joy Division)
from the 1996 box-set re-issue of "On Fire" (Ryko)

15. Lunasect - How To Disappear Completely (Radiohead)
from the 2001 compilation "Anyone Can Play Radiohead" (Cleopatra) While some of the songs clearly demonstrate that the claim made in the CD's title is false, I really do like this cover of my favorite Radiohead song.

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