D.A.F. - Nur Noch Einer / Ein Produkt der Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft
Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
Killing Joke - Laugh, I Nearly Bought One!
Disrupt - Foundation Bit
The Midnight Choir - English Ghosts
Mid 80's 'alernative' Sheffield band that totally passed me by at the time. Really enjoying this 2 CD comp. https://themidnightchoir.bandcamp.com/
https://fourthdimensionrecords.bigcartel.com/product/the-midnight-choir-english-ghosts-2cd
Also stumbled upon the Sheffield Tape Archive on bandcamp. Loads of live gigs
from the mid 80's onwards. Deffo worth a look.... https://sheffieldtapearchive.bandcamp.com/
Sisters of Mercy - First and Last and Always/ Reptile House EP
Currently enjoying a fan biog ebook which covers the most relevant part of their career. Could do without the lyrical interpretations, but in his defence, the book was written/collated from old fanzines he used to write as a teenager.https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08ZVYXLF3/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_d_asin_title_o03?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Simple Minds - Reel To Real/ Empires and Dance/New Gold Dream
Got given a just released biog of the band called 'Theme For Great Cities' for my birthday, prompting some archival delving. https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Themes-for-Great-Cities-by-Graeme-Thomson/9781472134004
(Also got a lovely bound edition/ abridged translation of 'The Monkey King'. If you're old enough to remember 'Monkey' on the TV, same thing. Hugely entertaining adventure romp. https://blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/product/Monkey-King-by-Chengen-Wu-author-Julia-Lovell-translator/9780141393445).
Boney M track 'Rasputin' turned up on a very old CDr comp, and whilst much maligned in my youth, esp. by myself, I've come to love the kitch classic (plus you can insert Vlad Putin instead, and it's still kinda relevant). That led to a youtube mooch of 'Space Disco', stuff I loved as a kid, and had to shut up about when becoming a moody teen. examples of which are....
Space - Magic Fly (1977) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZavwtJxmqJI
Cerrone - Supernature https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ5V3OZdIZM
Charlie - Spacer Woman (1983) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEzeZHYAmQg
TOTP 1977 Synthesizer Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyvVKRDjOiw
Chin Chin!
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