MARY BURNS - California Radio - st LP 80

 Another from the FUNKMYROCK list as I chip away at it.  You would think a gruff male voice is singing but that is Mary Burns for you!  Not much about her on Discogs:  Born in St. Louis, Missouri. Recorded an album with her brother.  Died on August 30, 2022.

https://bestfile.io/en/VFbxBsZkeOTrFTd/file

Ground Zero - st LP 84 w Pink LP 85 w Kitten Comp. Tracks

REPOST and ADD ON:  Big thanks to Robert Calducci for reminding me I was missing their first album as my best friend in high school had it and I had the Pink album (which I prefer)--also added the Kitten compilation tape tracks.  What I wrote before:  Here's a band produced by Bob Mould from Husker Du and Steve Fjelstad that has become somewhat of a classic.  They sing about the old Uptown Mpls. McDonald's by the city lakes where the leather jacket punks took to hanging out and then the skate punks hung out across busy Hennipen Avenue at the Library due to its skateable surfaces.  They were well known in our little scene and were around for quite a few years. Ha ha the hit song was: The 11th Hour Of The Skimpy Peanut Cluster!

https://bestfile.io/dFnoaNE1xFOeOkZ/file

VA - WILDFIRE THE SONGS OF CHIP TAYLOR CD 09

Josef (Austria) pointed out to me a release related to this famous songwriter (Wild Thing):

A masterpiece on the death of Chip Taylor - Seven days in May...a love story (1998)

Per Discogs:  Real Name:  James Wesley Voight

Profile: American singer/songwriter, born 21 March 1940 in Yonkers, NY. Died March 23, 2026. Brother of actor Jon Voight and uncle of Angelina Jolie.

Bands within:  The Troggs, Evie Sands, The Pozo-Seco Singers, Lorraine Ellison, Merrilee Rush, Peggy Lee, Billy Vera & Judy Clay, Walter Jackson, Arhur & Mary, Madeline Bell, Aretha Franklin, Tina Mason, Patti Austin, Al McCarther, Barbara Lewis, Debbie Rollins, Reparata & The Delrons, Dusty Springfield, Little Eva, Billy Vera & Nona Hendryx, Kathy McCord, The Hollies, Stoney Edwards and Chip Tayor.

https://bestfile.io/YLZwlBvaEl59ZZg/file

700 MILES - st CD 93

 A cool anonymous request last week.  Per Discogs:  John Carlin formed Next Big Thing in the late '80s, an alternative rock group that had dynamic music that did not quite fit into the depressing vibe of the musical climate of the time. When the band left its native New York City to record their first album in Detroit, they renamed themselves 700 Miles after the length of the drive between the two cities. The eponymous album was released by RCA in 1992, but failed to gain the record-buying public's attention. The band took one more shot at it with 1994's Dirtbomb, but the failure of the album combined with creative differences took the band apart the next year.

https://bestfile.io/lI4c9b3nwMcgWbH/file

GAMSBART + ADLERFLAUM - Kirta - st tape 81

 I guess this is actually by Reichel-Duo & Die Blaskapelle Hans Niederleitner  per the discogs for this weekly cassette rip theme.

https://bestfile.io/vWwVe2W4ptENvs5/file

THE PRIME MOVERS - Change For The Better 7 83 w Matters Of Time EP 84 w Under Your Spell 7 95 w Back In Line CD 06 w Boston, MA 30 GO Interview & Live from Youtube

REPOST and ADD ON:  Just added the 7 inch from 1995 to previous repost I did a couple of weeks ago per:  Love this band from the early days when they arrived and have now added videos from youtube and the 2006 CD (can't wait to hear it and digest it but sounds ACE!  Per Discogs: Boston, MA power pop group formed in the 1980s, and reformed in the mid-1990s.  Added the live stuff from a guy who used to host "30 Go" show on Boston TV that would play 30 bands each show with interviews.  Grateful for his preserving the last traces.

Here is the video as Josef (Austria) wanted to see it.  NOTE:  At least two other bands with same name.

NEW DOWNLOAD LINK:  https://bestfile.io/en/J300vr6QkiLiK4j/file

Elias Hulk - Unchained CD 70 -cc

 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Love the name of this English heavy psychedelic rock band!

https://bestfile.io/en/PTiR5O3PGG6bnyO/file

Ellen Warshaw - st CD 73 -cc

 COLLECTOR'S CHOICE:  Per Discogs:  US singer, born May 31, 1955. Was discovered at the age of 15 while playing guitar outside of a Manhattan head shop. Her “Sister Morphine” was electronically slowed down to make it sound less rock and more folk. Reputable folk stalwart Vanguard issued Warshaw's self-titled record in 1973 to critical deafness. Other than a phone call from Joan Baez, she received almost no support from the folk fraternity that inhabited Manhattan's lower east side. Too young to hang with Bob Dylan and Fred Neil at The Gaslight or Kenny’s Castaways, Warshaw's few performances there made little impact. She quit playing folk music soon after, and spent the rest of the 1970s performing rock and disco with gigging bands. She continues writing to this day, and even hosts a songwriter’s workshop at her Nashville, Tennessee, bed and breakfast.

https://bestfile.io/en/fhvGAh3DsgNQDNZ/file

LYDIA TAYLOR AND MODERN ROMANCE - st LP 81 w TLTB - BITCH LP 83

REPOST Request:  What I wrote before:  This release has all the best with new wave first album, more rocker second album and a frontwoman with lots of personality.  Thanks for the request!  There were a lot of 'bitch' tunes starting with the Stones back then--we even used one for a guy at school that goes, "the bitch is back and she's chasin' Dulac' was his name.  Actually hope to see that guy at our 35th High School reunion this summer...turns out another friend took a skateboarding break on a long board during his truck route down South and got in a hit and run so we tried to help him with donations on facebook but Dulac went down there to drive his truck back up so he could get paid for his route...DULAC is a true champion!  Yeah, oops what was I talking about, well you know what to do, enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/A7Ip6UOKD7eyXBr/file

BABY ASTRONAUTS - A IS FOR ANARCHY tape w Strawberry Enema 85 w All The Pancakes You Can Eat LP w CD bonus 86

REPOST Request:  What I wrote before:  So dearly I do love this punk band--very much a part of my formulative high school years.  Originally I posted the album rip (cover is 1/500 of splatter painting they did of the 'Pancakes' LP) long ago and got the CD bonus tracks later.  A real treat!

https://bestfile.io/en/gDwNxbZI4d5wVyR/file

VA - The Best Of Godzilla 1954-1975 (Original Film Soundtracks) CD 98

 Found this cool old compilation that I had not opened yet so here ya go!

https://bestfile.io/en/dLR025BNR3U5Osy/file

VA - BATTLE CREEK'S ALL NIGHT SING LP

 Jesus music theme this week features this fine compilation which is not so common.  Artists:  Overbolts, Harbor Lights and Gospel Notes.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/FMszGRbqZnA4Eiz/file

VA - COUNTRY USA 1962 2LP 88

 A real fine double compilation for this week's Country Comp and all from the year 1962.  Which reminds me I will get back to the remaining decades posts:  50's, 60's and 70's when I find time to get them organized so not a strict weekly type theme.  This features:  Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs, Claude King, George Jones, Patsy Cline, Don Gibson, Hank Snow, Marty Robbins, Carl Butler, Loretta Lynn, Billy Walker, Porter Wagoner, Willie Nelson, Johnny Horton, Bill Anderson, Stonewall Jackson, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, Skeeter Davis, The Wilburn Brothers, Jim Reeves and Leroy Van Dyke.

https://bestfile.io/EHpfI4ixZXu3E99/file

Scarlet Party 7 82 7 83

 Found an old request for these two sevens on an old post and went fetch to get them at youtube.  Per Discogs:  Profile:  Power pop band.

Formed in Essex, U.K. in the early 80s by brothers Graham Dye and Steven Dye with the drummer Sean Heaphy and Mark Gilmour, brother of Pink Floyd's David Gilmour. They released two singles in 1982 - 1983 and recorded an album that was never released, titled "Scarlet Skies".

https://bestfile.io/en/I8dBKG9bYgdzBzc/file

EDDY ARNOLD - Country Songs I Love To Sing LP 63 w Pop Hits From The Country Side LP 64 w I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love) LP 65 w My World LP 65 w I Want To Go With You LP 66 w The Everlovin' World Of LP 68 w Songs Of The Young World LLP 69 w Greatest Songs Legendary Artist Series CD 95 w The Masters CD 98 w Eddy Arnold & The Needmore Creek Singers - Folk Song Book LP 64

REPOST and ADD ON:  Went all-in on Eddy adding my Goodwill collected vinyl to the previous CD's I got there shown on bottom two pictures.  Per Discogs:  Real Name:  Richard Edward Arnold

Profile:  An American country music singer with 146 songs on the country charts (including 28 number one hits), Arnold ranks among the most popular country singers in U.S. history. He has sold over 85 million records, making him one of the most successful artists of the 20th century.

Early in his career, Eddy was the lead male vocalist for the Pee Wee King band. By 1943 Arnold had become a solo star on the Grand Ole Opry. He had a folksy nickname "The Tennessee Plowboy." He successfully made the transition from radio to television, appearing frequently on all of the major television shows of the era. He was the first country star to have his own television show, "Eddy Arnold Time".

Arnold's record sales dipped in the late 1950s due to the arrival of Rock and Roll. He continued to try to court a wider audience by using pop-sounding, string-laced arrangements, a style that would come to be known as the Nashville sound.

In 1966, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. In 1967, he was the first Entertainer of the Year named by the Country Music Association and in 1985 he received the Academy of Country Music's Pioneer Award.

Arnold published his autobiography, It's A Long Way From Chester County, in 1969. His 100th album, "After All These Years", was released in 2005 by RCA Records.

Eddy performed his final concert on May 16, 1999, the day after his 81st birthday, at The Orleans Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.

Born: May 15, 1918, Henderson, Tennessee

Died: May 8, 2008, Nashville, Tennessee

https://bestfile.io/en/ZzBX1c9kHKGCBAq/file

RIOT - Narita LP 79 w Fire Down Under LP 81 w Restless Breed LP 82 w LIVE EP 82

REPOST Request:  Per Discogs:  Riot is a hard rock / heavy metal band from New York City formed in 1975 by Mark Reale (Brooklyn, June 7, 1955 – San Antonio, January 25, 2012)

After his death the remaining members formed Riot V the new incarnation of the band. Also see Rick Ventura's band, Riot Act

https://bestfile.io/en/k1JGfgjWmr19cTd/file

SS Decontrol - The Kids Will Have Their Say LP 82 w Get It Away CD 83 w How We Rock CD 84 w Break It Up CD 85

REPOST:  Someone had mentioned this band a couple of weeks ago for the Boston posts so I brought it in to share what I have.  Per Discogs:  SSD stands for Society System Decontrol. SSD was formed in 1981 and they played their last show in April 1985. The band was from Boston, MA, USA, and was formed by guitarist/songwriter Alan Barile. SSD was the driving force behind the early Boston hardcore punk scene, with Al often arranging for local shows and putting out records on his own label, Xclaim!. Many Boston kids were also inspired by SSD's musical approach and strict Straight Edge ideology (although it later came to be known that vocalist Springa did not always subscribe to those beliefs). The group's first two records, "The Kids Will Have Their Say" (1982) and "Get It Away" (1983) are now considered classics by many hardcore fans. By the time 1984's "How We Rock" was released, SSD was clearly moving in more a hard rock/heavy metal direction, which alienated some fans. After 1985's "Break It Up" was released, the band split up, and Al sold off all his equipment to buy a jet ski.

In 2008, it was announced that SSD would be appearing at a festival in Europe. Shortly after, it was revealed that this version of SSD was actually Springa with some new musicians. On his SSD Myspace page, Al denounced this reunion and stated that SSD and Xclaim! had severed all ties with Springa. There is currently no mention of Springa on Xclaim!'s SSD page.

https://bestfile.io/en/4ByicUZO6luk9k9/file

INCLINED - Bright New Day CD 93

 Going to make this main post as they had this big hit CD with first two songs on our local EDGE radio station and an old sampler which I don't have anymore.  I don't know history because they fell off the radar at Discogs and Wiki with no write up.  After all these years, I couldn't remember their name but knew the great hit songs:  Two Minds and Somewhere In The Middle, and even Jonder at Jon-ky blog missed them and he is an encyclopedia of band knowledge along with Stinky over there but something he said triggered an idea so I figured it out and bought the CD a few weeks ago after all these years.  It has a sound that is quite intricate and modern for those songs and we'll see about the rest.  Almost a dimensional sound on first two hits on the CD.  Enjoy!

https://bestfile.io/en/MKS9yDwSNxkOnvk/file