Tag: 1980’s

Joe Dolce – “Shaddap You Face / Ain’t in No Hurry”

Joe Dolce – “Shaddap You Face / Ain’t in No Hurry”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  Time to take a nostalgia trip back to my childhood, I remember when I was really young this song would come on the radio and my mother and I would always sing along together. Good times.  So, the A-Side is “Shaddap You Face” and well, it has... Read More »

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – “Long After Dark”

Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers – “Long After Dark”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  Once more we’re back with another Petty release, and just like the last one this one is also going to great.  The album opens with the track “A One Story Town” and right from the initial guitar intro to Petty’s lyrics, the song becomes a great way... Read More »

Carl Lewis – “Break It Up / Quebra La”

Carl Lewis – “Break It Up / Quebra La”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  Basically, a long time ago, long before other certain former Olympic gold medalists were all over the news, Carl Lewis was one of the big shots. At the height of his Olympic career, he decided to do an anthem for himself… this is it.  The A-Side is... Read More »

Chandra – “Transportation”

Chandra – “Transportation”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  So, Chandra Oppenheim was a 12 year old girl in the 1980’s, whose father Dennis Oppenheim – a conceptual artist, who teamed up with members of The Dance to create this girl fronted punk EP.  So, the EP opens with the track “Opposite” which starts with some weird... Read More »

Kevin Denbok – “People Like You”

Kevin Denbok – “People Like You”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes:   “A dream, and in the dream a challenge to help find a cure for the genetic disorder of Cystic Fibrosis. My name is Kevin Denbok. Born and raised in the small tourist town of Collingwood, Ontario. I made my first public appearance at age seven. At thirteen, I received... Read More »

Roman Holliday – “Roman Holliday”

Roman Holliday – “Roman Holliday”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  So, I don’t know, I really liked the sailor hats.  So, the album opens with the song “Stand By” and there has never been a record that has sounded more 80’s than this album, the instrumentals, the vocals, the lyrics, it’s all way too 80’s. It’s different,... Read More »

Jiří Korn – “Magic Jet”

Jiří Korn – “Magic Jet”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  I don’t even know where this record came from.  The album opens with “Someone Else is On the Line” (“S Kým Teď Právě Hovor Máš“) and well, that instrument opening is rather weird, then Jiří begins to sing, and it’s definitely different, the chorus comes around and hey, it’s... Read More »

Elizabeth Barraclough – “Willy Ruby / Late In My Bed”

Elizabeth Barraclough – “Willy Ruby / Late In My Bed”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  So, this one is a lesser known Spain issued single from American singer Elizabeth Barraclough, who to me, is one of the greatest female vocalists out there.  The A-Side is the song “Willy Ruby” which is one of my favorites by Elizabeth Barraclough – and immediately we... Read More »

Christopher Hart – “Gipsy Man / Super Boy”

Christopher Hart – “Gipsy Man / Super Boy”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  So, there isn’t really much to say about this record. Christopher Hart was a part of the St. Julians Choir, and somewhere along the lines this 45 came to be.  The A-Side is “Super Boy” and it kind of just goes right into the vocals, which is... Read More »

John Lennon & Yoko Ono – “Double Fantasy”

John Lennon & Yoko Ono – “Double Fantasy”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  So, finally out of the Beatles solo works we come to an end with yet another John Lennon release – this time with more Yoko!  So, the album opens with “(Just Like) Starting Over” which actually is pretty decent John Lennon song, and it’s sung really well,... Read More »

Paul McCartney – “Give My Regards to Broad Street: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”

Paul McCartney – “Give My Regards to Broad Street: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack”The Sleeve: The Gatefold: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  Okay, So maybe Paul McCartney is everyone’s favorite Beatle? After all Wings was amazing. Most of his solo work is too. A lot of the population just kinda wants to forget that Rihanna / Kanye travesty of a song he was in.  Anyways, the album... Read More »

Tom Petty – “Full Moon Fever”

Tom Petty – “Full Moon Fever”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes: None. Personal Review:  So, Tom Petty is definitely up there in my top five favorite male singers, and this album here seems to have quite a few of my favorite Petty songs.  So, the album opens with what I’m sure is Tom Petty’s most known song, “Free Fallin’” and it’s... Read More »

Prince & the Revolution – “Purple Rain”

Prince & the Revolution – “Purple Rain”The Sleeve: The Liner/Sleeve Notes:  “Dig if u will the picture – of u and I engaged in a kiss. The sweat of your body covers me. Can u picture this, my darling? An ocean of violets engulf our persons. A bird screams. At 1st, I think it’s u and u thought it was me.... Read More »

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