Bruce Foxton - Back In The Room

The forgotten (and over-looked) third of The Jam.  We all know what Paul Weller has been up to but what about that bass player guy.  Well, he's been doing heaps of stuff (including time in the Stiff Little Fingers) and this is one of his later releases.  Don't put it next to Paul's output - it deserves a place on it's own.  Me like!

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Geeza - Street Life

Geeza had a rock n' roll sound - there's no other way to explain it.  Try and get your hands on this LP and you'll encounter a few obstacles!  Simply put - it's just not out there anymore.  So, this will have to do.

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Little Heroes - Play By Numbers

Have always had a soft spot for this band, ever since their first self titled album.  Hey, that's the same opening line I used when blogging that album.  That sez a lot.  Aussie pop rarely sounds this good.  Second album, nearly as good as the first.

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Little Heroes - Watch The World

Third (and last) album.  The glow had gone by now but it still sounds great.

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The Kids (Canada) - Self Titled

Canadian punk/pop from 1982.  Awkward album to search for on the internet so we may as well blog it here.  Having said that, is it Wired & Wasted or Worthy & Whammo?  That's the million dollar question.

It could also be a ploy from me to get you to visit Mr Wired and Wasted if you're on this particular blog.  Very cunning!  I think it belongs here but that can be disputed.

You will also find the Belgian band with the same name on this blogsite.

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Ayers Rock - Beyond

When doing a file exchange with a follower of Mr W&W, this turned up on my doorstep.  Hmmm, sounds very darn good.  70's feel, very psych, it's got that Aussie feel to it - surely this is not the file that was meant to be sent to me.  I enquired further.  Yup, sorry about that, it's a band called Ayers Rock!  Well, I'd heard of them before (in 1976) but never bothered to listen.  Too much of a naff name.  It like calling your band Eifel Tower, or Statue of Liberty etc.  All that aside, this is a hidden gem.  They put out two more albums 'Big Red Rock' (1974) and 'Hot Spell' (1980) but this is the one to wrap your ears around.

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Electrafixion - Burned

This comes from the world of Echo and The Bunnymen.  Made when Ian McCulloch and Will Sergeant were doing their 'not in the Bunnymen' thing (what's that all about? Tossers) - they then made the best 'non-Bunnymen' album ever.  This is seriously very good, but totally ignored.  Songs like 'Zephyr' and 'Too Far Gone' - wowsers!  Oh yeh, ain't the cover great!

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