BRAD LONG - LOVE ME AGAIN b/w COME TO ME

LOVE ME AGAIN

COME TO ME

This great post was suggested and written by Collin Makamson (Rock Mania magazine). 

 In and out of unrecorded regional combos since the late 1960's, Logansport, IN music store owner Brad Long issued this, his lone single, on his own Music Stand label in the summer of 1977. Featuring a warm, lo-fi basement pop sound with stylistic roots firmly grounded in the mid 60's, both 'Come to Me' and 'Love me Again'  evoke a hazy mood reminiscent of early Twilley. Also included with the release were a series of press releases, a section of which listed Long's heroes as Roger McGuinn, Paul Revere and the Raiders and Joe Meek. Greeted with positive reviews in the pages of ( Ballroom) Blitz and NY Rocker, Long later contributed a cover of the Rolling Stone's 'Tell Me' to the first VOXX ' Battle of the Garages' compilation. 

3 LEEZ 10"

1. SAVE OUR SCENE

2. IMPULSIVELY INJURED

3. N.Y.C. (REVISITED)

4.NATTY PETA

This is the first of 3 records from the 3 leez.  A band from Hacienda Heights California that consisted of

Mark Lee- Vocals

Robert Lee - Guitar

David Lee- Guitar

Joey Carducci- Guitar

Henry Arias- Drums

Released in 1980 on the "Bobette" label. The record has a nice DIY feel to it. Sleeve is a hand glued paste on and the recording sounds like it was done by the band. I haven't heard the other single. Don't really have much info on this band at all! I'm hoping someone can fill me in.

THE STROLLERS

1. ME AND YOU AND A DOG NAMED BOO


2. CHIRPY CHIRPY CHEEP CHEEP


3. FUNNY FUNNY


4. PUPPET MAN (Recorded Live)


1971. CBS, CES 6001.

Malaysian band The Strollers consisted of Michael Magness, Billy Chang, the late Nand Kumar and brothers Hassan & Hussein Idris. The band had two songwriters in Billy and Nand. Unlike other Asian bands, The Strollers had strong original compositions. Their sound was heavily organized around Michael Magness’s keyboards. Stylistically they were part prog-rock and part hard rock, however this single is more on the bubble-gum side and includes 4 cover songs (from Lobo, Middle of the Road, The Sweet and Tom Jones; respectfully).

BOYS - (BABY) IT'S YOU

1. (BABY) IT'S YOU (D. Shonerd/A. Havlicek)


2. BAD LITTLE GIRL (D. Shonerd/A. Havlicek)

1979. Titan Records, 1421.
A-side run off grooves read "Pop From Nebraska ?!?"
B-Side run off grooves read "Fat Boy Goes Wild"

Here's the third and final single from Lincoln, NE's The Boys from 1979. Missouri's Titan Records signed the Boy's after their first two singles were released on Outrage Records (released in '77 and '79) and the single sold well. Titan Records recently released a comp. titled It's All Pop which features previously unreleased tracks from The Boys.

THE DOUBT- CONTRAST DISORDER

CONTRAST DISORDER

TIME OUT

FRINGES 

LOOKAWAY

 From Bangor,  the Doubt formed in 1978 and were active as a band for only one year. When the band split in 1979 the primary songwriters Paul Corken and Robert Scott recorded this 4 song EP with Fifth Columns drummer Adrian Maddox. The record was released on the bands own "Solo records" label in 1980 in an edition of 500 copies with reportedly 200 copies destroyed or lost.

THE NAMES - WHY CAN'T IT BE b/w BABY YOU'RE A FOOL

1. WHY CAN'T IT BE

2. BABY YOU'RE A FOOL


1977. Fiction Records, F-99.

Originally known as The Nicknames, The Names were from Chicago, IL and released just one single. The b-side is good beatles-esque power pop.

GIRL GUIDED MISSILES

DESPERATE MEN

FULLY QUALIFIED ROBOT

From Shrophire,  Girl Guided Missiles were

Steve Franklin- Guitar, Vocals

Martin Seys- Guitar, Vocals

Adrian Garlick- Bass

Nick Raybould- Drums

Great double A sided DIY punk 45 released in 1979. Martin Seys sings on "Fully Qualified Robot" and was also the founding member of the Cravats.  Steve Franklin sings on "Desperate Men". 1000 copies of this 45 were pressed, most of them were sold locally and at shows.  The band lost Martin Seys in 1980 and carried on as a three piece, shortening their name to the Missiles. The labels are reversed on all copies.

DOW JONES AND THE INDUSTRIALS - S/T EP

1. LET'S GO STEADY


2. CAN'T STAND THE MIDWEST


3. INDETERMINISM


1980. Hardley Music, HMOOOOO2R.

Dow Jones and the Industrials should be a household name for anyone reading this blog but in case you're new to them here ya go! Plenty of info on them via the web. Start here.

BEES - ALREADY IN LOVE b/w SHOEHEAD

1. ALREADY IN LOVE


2. SHOEHEAD
(a) Rough and Ready Boys
(b) H-O-M-E Wrecker

1979. Open-My-Brain Records, BE 333.

Here's the 3rd and final single from South Plainfield, NJ's Bees, a powerpop band who frequently played New York City (enough so that they're often mistakenly labeled a NYC band). The sleeve credits "No thanks to David Johansen" as upon starting his solo career he formed his band with some of Bees' members.

Recorded at Twain Recordings, West Milford, NJ. Engineered by Bob Both.

AMBULANCE- IT'S ALL UP TO YOU / I REMEMBER

IT'S ALL UP TO YOU

I REMEMBER

The one and only 45 from this New Jersey band, Ambulance was:

Steve William - Guitar and Vocals

Bobby Padula - Drums and Vocals

Johnny C. - Bass and Vocals

The single was played alot on local radio stations and supposedly over 1,000 were pressed yet this great 45 never turns up. Both sides are well written and recorded powerpop. in 1978 Steve William was also in the New Jersey band " white boys" who released one 45. "Mabye I Do" b/w  "Young Girls" and "Waisting my Time".

SHOCKING STOCKINGS- RED CHINA

RED CHINA

YOU MOVE THE MOVEMENT

Lone 45 from this Irish Hippy/New Wave group . An LP "Nylon" was recorded but never released. Group members were

Niall MacMahon- Vocals and Guitar

Bree MacMahon- Vocals

Dave Bourke- Bass

Terry O'Sullivan- Drums

Niall has a website where you can listen to the tracks from the LP and read more about the group.