I have a shit ton of 7"s. This is simply an excuse to get off my lazy 21st Century ass and make them more easily listened to as 1's & 0's. I then share. It's a symbiotic relationship. I may even toss in an occasional lp or something.
If it's your OOP record and you don't want it posted, Just let me know. I'll gladly take it down. I'm easy.
There is fuck all for information about this particular band anywhere on the sleeve. Just a few names and a date on the back.
I found something anyway.
It's trivial but puts some kind of context on it, I suppose.
The singer on this little seven inch of New Wave Pop is David Baerwald who would achieve a decent paycheck briefly in the middle of the 80's as part of David & David when they had a Top 100 release with a major contender for all-time most 80's production sound "Welcome to the Boomtown"
Not exactly my cup of poison, but hey, they hopefully got paid for it. So there's that.
I doubt that DB saw any sort of money out of Sensible Shoes.
Good on him for having a song that peaked even at #37.
That's still better than you or I have ever done.
Red Balune. There's a bunch of Henry Cow connections which should give the savvy listener some expectation of the Avant Garde scratchy artsy damage that will be contained within.
I am full of Beef and Broccoli.
My colon surely appreciates the vegetable fiber. I have a window open. Life is ok. Even the previous year's quarantine from whence I am typing.
So back in the day there was a local access TV show called "Boston
Live!" on Channel 68 that featured local bands playing live in the
studio. I watched it as much as I could and taped a bunch of stuff off
it onto Betamax and watched that tape quite a bit back in the day.
Now most of that stuff is up and available on YouTube.
Orbits.
This is some really fucking catchy Bubblegum New Wave Pop you could ever want.
It's like sonic cotton candy.
You
just have to tap your foot and nod along so that even when the dude
with the serious hair is singing "Big Tits/They make me giggle" in "Rear
View Mirror" you just kind of let it slide by you without noticing.
And that's what makes this so fucking special.
This is what they looked like when they were doing just that on the aforementioned "Boston Live!"
The 80s sure were a different time, man. (But I do totally dig that Dan Armstrong plexi guitar though)
Redline were from Providence, RI best I can gather without following or looking up diddly squat besides the address on the back of the sleeve.
Very much in the vein of contemporary AOR Nu Wave but not so nearly so delicious.
Let's just say "Band most likely to have frosted hair and wear tight sleeveless t-shirts while the bass player plays his instrument at nearly throat level"