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forgotten80s
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Featuring forgotten and overlooked new wave/powerpop music of the early to mid 80's.
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Forgotten 80's Vol 46: RPM- The Best Band You've Never Heard!
Why this group didn't hit it big in the 80's with this LP, "Phonongenic", I'll never know. The track "Man Overboard" should've been a huge hit, but basically no one ever heard it. Their record company failed to promote them properly, and they fell through the cracks. Band member Jimmy Lee Sloas...
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Forgotten80's Volume 45- Men Without Hats LIVE
Disregarded as "one hit wonders", Men Without Hats actually had some great new wave material up their sleeves as evidenced in this podcast. These songs were taken from a "live" performance during the band's peak. The songs are: 01- Heaven 02- I Got The Message 03- Editions Of You 04- Safety Dance
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Forgotten 80's Vol 44: Huang Chung
Wang Chung's first album was recorded under the name "Huang Chung". They changed the spelling on subsequent albums. Their first album is hard to find on cd, but it's worth it if you can grab it. Some nice forgotten gems from the 80's. The songs included are: 01- China 02- Chinese Girls 03- Hold...
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Forgotten 80's Vol 43- Randy Bishop & The Underdogs
A truly FORGOTTEN powerpop/rock gem from the 80's. I can't even find what this guy's up to now. It's such a common name, searching the net is fruitless! If you have any idea what he's up to now, send me an e-mail. This is a transfer from vinyl, not available on CD. The songs on this podcast are:...
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Forgotten 80's Volume 42- Before They Were The Cars..
Before they were the Cars, they were called Cap''n Swing. I've unearthed a few demos they recorded under that name. I'm just guessing at the titles! You can hear the beginnings of that signature Cars sound in these recordings. 01- Strawberry Moonlight 02- Come Back Down 03- Goes On Sleeping 04-...
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Forgotten 80's Vol 41: A Flock Of Seagulls- The Story Of A Young Heart Part 2
Part two of my special "The Story Of A Young Heart Podcast". Enjoy! The songs on Part 2 are: 1- Remember David 2- Over My Head 3- Heart Of Steel 4- The End 5- Suicide Day
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Forgotten 80's Vol 41: A Flock Of Seagulls- The Story Of A Young Heart Part 1
An excellent yet overlooked album from the 80's. The entire album is presented here divided into two podcasts for your listening pleasure. Good luck findingt this on cd. It's VERY rare! The songs on Part 1 are: 1- The Story Of A Young Heart 2- Never Again (The Dancer) 3- The More You Live, The…
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Forgotten 80's Volume 39: Dweezil Zappa- "Having A Bad Day"
First solo album from Frank's son Dweezil Zappa. He was only 16 at the time. It's a little rough, he got more polished as time went by, but for being just 16....well...just give it a listen.. The songs included are: 1- Let's Talk About It (with his sister Moon) 2- Having A Bad Day 3- You Can't…
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Forgotten 80's Volume 38: J Geils Band Sans Peter Wolf
Peter Wolf left the J Geils Band after their live LP "Showtime". The boys of J Geils forged on with Seth Justman and Stephen Bladd sharing lead vocal duties on this LP "You're Getting Even While I'm Getting Odd". The new vocalists brought a slightly more quirky and "fun" feel to the band. Justman...
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Volume 37: New CD From 80's Influenced Artist Joe Lynch
Joe Lynch has released a new cd called "Taking My Time". It's included here on the Forgotten 80's Podcast page because it's heavily influenced by the 80's music scene. "Taking My Time", the cd's title track, sounds almost exactly like an early 80's Cars tune. "Cover Me" has a hint of journey like...
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Volume 36: Then And Now- The Romantics
This podcast features The Romantics, as they were, and as they are now. Two songs from the past, and two songs from their latest effort. The songs included are: 01- What I Like About You 02- Talking In Your Sleep 03- Devil In Me 04- Get Out Of My Mind The two newest songs are from the CD "6149"...
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Forgotten 80's Volume 34- Paul Carrack- "Suburban VooDoo"
An overlooked, but great album from the early 80's. The songwriting is excellent, and the overall feel is much like 60's good time rock and soul music. This album contained a minor hit, "I Need You". The songs included are: 01- Lesson In Love 02- Always Better With You 03- I Need You 04- From Now...
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Forgotten 80's Volume 33: The Vapors
Much like their name, The Vapors quickly vanished from the music world after only two albums in the early 80's. Their lead singer David Fenton did record a solo album, but it's so rare I've only seen pictures of it and can't find it anywhere. Their debut album was a great new wave/punk/pop album....
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Forgotten 80's Special Edition: History Lesson- The Cars (A Beginning)
It's not widely known, but The Cars was NOT the first group that Ric Ocasek and Benjamin Orr had. The first group they formed was named Milkwood. It was 1973 and they released on LP, "How's The Weather". Good luck finding it. It's NOT on cd, and most likely never will be. It's reported that Ric...
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Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 32- Pot Luck Pt 5
Some more various gems from the wonderful 80's!! The decade of prosperity, NOT greed! Some good songs on this one. Paul McCartney's "Coming Up". Although this studio version was intended as the A side of the single, radio stations played the B side which was the live version. I like the studio...
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Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 31- Pot Luck Pt 4
Some more rarely heard gems from the 80's..... The songs featured are: 01- Fantasy- Aldo Nova 02- When The Rain Comes Down- Andy Taylor 03- Holiday- Nazareth 04- I Don't Mind At All- Bourgeois Tagg
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Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 30- Pot Luck Pt 3
Another Pot Luck edition of Forgotten 80's. A couple of rare gems in this one; one you may not have even heard of. The songs featured are: 01- Lunatic Fringe- Red Rider 02- On The Loose- Saga 03- Square Rooms- Al Corley 04- What You Need- Joe English Band (Joe English was drummer for Paul...
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Forgotten 80's Podcast Volume 29- Robert Fleischman
While you many not know Robert Fleischman, his voice in undeniable. Robert was the original lead singer of Journey. (yes, there WAS someone before Steve Perry!) If you listen closely, I believe you'll hear a voice that, in my opinion, Steve Perry on some level tried to emulate. Having said that...
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Forgotten 80's Podcast Vol 26: The States Pt. 2, "Picture Me With You"
The second and final official release from the States, "Picture Me With You". How this was NOT a hit I don't know! Their sound was tailor made for the 80's. I got to see the band at Western Carolina University in NC back in '83, and they were just as good live as they were on the records. They…
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Forgotten 80's Podcast Vol 25: The States Pt. 1
One of my favorite bands of the 80's. As far as I know they only had two albums released, although I've heard rumor of a third independent release, which I'm sure, if it exists, I'LL never be able to find it! I have no contact info for the band as they are no longer together. I have no info on...
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Forgotten 80's Vol 24: SPECIAL POT-LUCK EDITION VOLUME 2
More random songs from the best decade ever! The songs featured are: 01- Let The Day Begin- The Call 02- Pump It Up- Elvis Costello 03- Voices Carry- Til Tuesday 04- Come On Eileen- Dexy's MIdnight Runners 05- Let's Talk About It- Dweezil & Moon Zappa My 'shouldabeenaBIGGERhit' pick: "Let The Day...
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Forgotten 80's Vol 23: SPECIAL POT-LUCK EDITION
A special edition of the Forgotten 80's pocast! A potluck collection of songs by various artists that didn't quite catch on with the masses, but nonetheless were great songs. The Songs Featured Are: 01- The Salt In My Tears- Martin Briley 02- Breaking Away- Balance 03- Every Word Means No- Let's...
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Forgotten 80's Volume 17- Kasim Sulton "Basement Tapes" CD
Recorded in his basement studio during the 70's and 80's; this collection of "demos" from Utopia bassist Kasim Sulton surpasses the quality of most "legit" releases of the same era. Great songwriting and production. This is a very hard to find out of print cd, so I thought I'd share some of the...
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Forgotten 80's Podcast Vol 13- Kasim Sulton Interview
Interview and in-studio performance from Kasim Sulton on 96.7 The Buzzard Radio in Greenville, SC. In studio songs: Sacrifice Drive http://www.kasiminfo.com http://www.kasimsulton.com
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