The More You Live, The More You Love

 Here are two new Volumes. Volume 120 Volume 121 Enjoy.

And so a couple of weeks past, and the volume list continue to grow. Therefore again a quick  entry with just the links to the Volumes. Volume 117 Volume 118 Volume 119

Sofar I presented you 115 Volumes of Synthpop, New Wave, Goth Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative Rock and sporadically threw in a Progressive Rock song (remember Esquire, IQ and Twelfth Night?). I always was careful to present the prog in this Volumes since I know people love it or hate it, although funny enough I became interested in Progressive Rock through New Wave and New Romantic music. So why finally a twist and present you a Volume with Unknown “Progressive Rock” Beauty Of The 80’s. Well this needs an explanation. Last Sunday, I was checking something on Discogs, when I read in the introduction of the band info that part of the content was taken from a booklet called “The History Of British Progressive Rock Of The Eighties”. I have that booklet on my book shelve for ages. So I defoliated through the booklet and decided to import all discography information of all bands mentioned in the booklet into an Excel file. This info I compared with Discogs and complemented the list. And...

A lot has happened over the past few months after Covid-19 hit the world. That gave me a lot of time to sort my hard drives and prepare 15 Volumes which are presented here with only the links and not the play lists. Volume 101 Volume 102 Volume 103 Volume 104 Volume 105 Volume 106 Volume 107 Volume 108 Volume 109 Volume 110 Volume 111 Volume 112 Volume 113 Volume 114 Volume 115 enjoy.

And so we come on the last April Friday of the year 2020 to Volume 100. Never did I expect when I started this project way back in 2005, that I would get to number 100. But well I reached the 100. I am not gonna predict how long I wish to continue, simply because I still like to search for Unknown Beauties and also I am a hugh fan of eighties New Wave, Synthpop etc. and prefer and appreciate to listen to non charting alternative music. Of which I always wonder why did such nice tunes not make it into the charts. The tracks: 01 About 9 Times - There Is No… 3:54 02 Two Mind Crack - Upside Down 4:55 03 Telepathic - We Are Telepathique 4:05 04 Panic - Ticket To The Tropics (extended cub mix) 6:20 05 Ronny - If You Want Me To Stay 5:48 06 The Stage - I See Love 2:56 07 The Klones - Disco Rhythm 3:35 08 50/50 - Memories Linger (7" single) 3:30 09 The Time Dance - Picture 3:43 10 Frozen Ghost - Promises 3:52 11 Villa De Ville - Everything Counts 3:20 12 Future Daze - House On The Hill 2:...

And here we are again, in the playground of the 80's with yet another Volume. The tracks: 01 The Quarks - Mechanical 6:58 02 Devo - That's Pep! 2:19 03 This Final Frame - Stories (12" version) 5:10 04 The Flirts - On The Beach 2:54 05 Trans-X - 21st Century 5:24 06 Hunters And Collectors - Back On The Breadline 4:03 07 John Dark - Silhouette 3:20 08 Cosmetics - The Crack 4:08 09 Bruce Woolley - Blue Blue (Victoria) 3:50 10 The Puppets - The Way Of Life (dance mix) 5:51 11 Living Links - Gathering The Forces 4:47 12 Information - Inside Your Mind 4:35 13 Masterswitch - Action Replay3:04 14 Overload - Into Overload 3:09 15 Bim - Romance (extended version) 6:57 16 Landscape - Norman Bates 5:08 17 East Of Java - Burning Sun 3:09 18 Science - Look Don't Touch 4:03 The link

Another day, another Volume. Here's number 98. The tracks: 01 Tony Martin - Barriers 6:40 02 Red Turns To… - Deep Sleep 5:36 03 Lars Falk - In The Night 3:52 04 The Mobile Homes - Feeling Better 4:05 05 Norm Norman - Movie Queen 3:22 06 Slow Children - President I Am (hard time) 3:00 07 The And - Marsmellows In A Keyhole 2:55 08 Yes, Let's - Carried Away 3:21 09 Language From Memory - Fortune 3:25 10 Blue Section Two - Strange Fascination (turbo mix) 5:19 11 The Bridge - Shame Is A Girl (live) 4:36 12 First Priority - Pillow Talk 3:46 13 Dominatrix - The Dominatrix Sleeps Tonight 3:33 14 The Pink Of Perfection - By The Sea 3:24 15 Vital Disorders - Zombie 4:26 16 Tools Of Romance - I Won't Wait 4:37 17 Pauline Murray - This Thing Called Love 3:33 18 Send No Flowers - Playing For Time 3:34 19 Motion Pictures - Twisted Avenues 2:25 20 Classix Nouveaux - Never Never Comes 2:53 The link

For the upcoming days I will present you a new Volume running up to number 100 on Friday. With the Covid-19 virus still being active all over the world, and still working at home, I save at least two hours of commuting traffic, which I use for other things. This finally gave me time to clean up my still to do folders on my harddrives and therefore was able to create four new Volumes with songs that were shelved for quite some time. So here is number 97: 01 Lemon Hearts - Shake Yourself 3:16 02 Paul Hyde & The Payolas - You're The Only Love 4:06 03 Inga & Agneta Humpe - Careless Love (radio version) 4:02 04 Intimate Obsession - Assassin 4:23 05 The Sisterhood - Giving Ground (RSV) 4:51 06 Birch And Hallam - Pray For Me 3:28 07 Opéra de Nuit - Amour Noir 5:53 08 Rainbirds - Blueprint 3:49 09 Future Toys - Perfect Strangers 5:08 10 Sodom - Material Flowers 7:26 11 John Adams - Strip This Heart 4:39 12 Axodry - Save Me 5:56 13 Excellent Accident - Bells Of Tomorrow 4:12 14 Lars...

Just to end the third week at home. The tracks: 01. Living Links - I Live In Here (4:05) 02. Another Sunny Day - I'm In Love With A Girl Who Doesn't Know I Exist (1:38) 03. Primary Colours - Sometimes Memories Return (3:33) 04. 1000 Mexicans - The Last Pop Song (3:05) 05. Abecedarians - Smiling Monarchs (6:41) 06. Eskimos & Egypt - The Cold (5:19) 07. The Alphabet - This Strange Love (3:05) 08. Eighteen - Old In Love (3:33) 09. Intelligent Dept. - Sleeping City (6:23) 10. Ana - Shy Boys (single version) (3:11) 11. Fury In The Slaughterhouse - Time To Wonder (live) (4:19) 12. Pauline Murray And The Invisible Girls - Mr. X (4:28) 13. Central Unit - Saturday Nite (4:38) 14. Some Now Are - Truth To Tell (4:58) 15. Sardine F - Sudan (4:20) 16. Casino Shanghai - Breathless (4:43) 17. Opéra de Nuit - Amour Noir (5:53) 18. NU-FX - I Believed You (4:06) link

To keep up the good spirit. The tracks: 01. Yön - I Dream (02:33) 02. Cosa Rosa - Millionenmal (4:530 03. Karen Barak - In Beirut (3:55) 04. Love And Rockets! - The Light (4:16) 05. Die Hausfrauen - Midnight Train (4:23) 06. Black Cillas - Theme From "The Masochists" (3:04) 07. Vienna - Pour Ne Pas Me Toucher (3:47) 08. The Cosmopolitans - (how to keep your) Husband Happy (2:46) 09. Hula - Cut Me Loose (5:33) 10. The Pinups - New Wave Lover (5:21) 11. Metropolitan - Bara Du (4:45) 12. Decadance - On And On (fears keep on) (7:57) 13. Rexy - In The Force (3:14) 14. Ann-ka - Note Coleré (3:24) 15. Indochine - Miss Paramount (3:01) 16. Roy Finch - Buildings (5:00) 17. A Caus' Des Garçon - A Caus' Des Garçon (4:08) 18. Under For - Free-Force Structure (6:13) Link

With this Corona virus thrashing around and half Europe on lock down and working from home I thought I bring you a new Volume of the never ending story of "The Unknown Beauty Of The 80s". And to be honest this one has a bit of a thread. the first New Wave / Synthpop record I bought was in March 1982, when I got the 12" of I Ran by A Flock Of Seagulls. I guess it was the first record I bought not being influenced by a friend or someone from high school. Already so many volumes behind me I decided to look back at the real early 80's, with even some '79 songs. The total of 25 songs were taken from the period 1979-1982. The second thread is the optimistic and good vibe of the songs. I n these uncertain days, we need some light to take us to the end of this Corona tunnel. Cos like a Dutch politician described it tonight: "This virus is not a Chinese virus or French virus or a Dutch virus. It is a pandemic. We are all in the same boat on the unpredictable sea clin...

Here's a new addition to the growing list. Tracklist: 01. T.X.T. - Cold As Ice (3:55) 02. Original Mirrors - Dancing With The Rebels (3:24) 03. Virna Lindt - Pillow Talk (4:13) 04. Digital Dance - Treatment (5:15) 05. Payoles - Eyes Of A Stranger (4:58) 06. Monday - Fallen Angel (7 inch mix) (3:25) 07. Pale Saints - Sight Of You (5:45) 08. The Migthy Ballistics Hi-Power - Ghost Train (5:50) 09. Fear Of Falling - Like A Lion (4:17) 10. Takumi - Mein Schatz (3:23) 11. Johnny Average Band - Ch Ch Cherie (2:44) 12. Boris Grebenshikov - The Postcard (7" edit) (3:46) 13. The Flirts - Jukebox (don't put another dime) (3:45) 14. Department S - Going Left Right (extended version) (4:24) 15. Siglo XX - The Art Of War (3:07) 16. Nine Below Zero - Eleven Plus Eleven (2:20) 17. Toto Coelo - I Eat Cannibal (part 1) (3:33) 18. Andy Gill - Dispossession (3:55) 19. Translator - Everywhere That I'm Not (3:51) 20. Jules Shear - Whispering Your Name (3:44) link

Nearly two months ago I thought I had presented enough Dutch New Wave to you. 35 Volumes in three years, I thought I call it a day. But soon it turned out, although I brought you quit a lot of new names, I didn't present you the whole bunch. I know I can't deliver you all the Dutch bands which were making New Wave, Synthpop, Gothic or Alternative music in the period of 1977-1988, but I could try to get as close as possible. So somewhere halfway of January I reduced the list of groups, which I was desperate to find, mainly because I was curious about their music as well. A couple of Discogs orders later I was pretty sure I had a new Volume on the break of release. The result is a diverse list of tracks and bands of which 90% was never presented in a digital format before. The tracks: 01. The Whisper Mode - No Romance (3:25) 02. European Syndrome - The Well (4:44) 03. Vlis - Never Think Of It (4:09) 04. Sanity Commission - The Widow Of Wilson (3:22) 05. New Image - Di...