This month we travel upstate New York.
French Letter - For You
Jeannie Smith & the Hurricanes - Ooby Dooby
the Watts - Look at Me
Lumpen Proles - Worlds in Darkness
the Stars That Wouldn't Shine - Scream and Shout
Operation Pluto - Doggie Biscuits
the Tragics - It's Ok
Capitle - All There is for Use
the Reedies - Mirage
Nine tracks by nine bands recorded live at a place called the 288 Club in Albany, NY.
This one is another keeper. Only a few of these bands released anything else in their lifetimes and it covers a nice gamut of New Wave to Pop to Synths and Punk with a stray Rockabilly track thrown in for good measure. All of whom would have disappeared without a trace but for records like this one. (Certainly the Tragics and Capitle should have been comped on some punk rock exploitation record a long ass time ago, but they haven't to the best of my knowledge.)
And really all are pretty damn good and I would certainly have enjoyed this as much then as I do now and even now it's hard for me to pick a highlight.
Plus no ska or faux Jam mod bands.
Everyone's a winner at the 288.
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