Blog: Mine For Life

The Odds - I Would Be Your Man From Good Weird Feeling (1995) Canadian power pop with a deft songwriting edge. Four singles were released from the album; surprisingly, this slow burning torch song was not one of them.

The Odds - I Would Be Your Man From Good Weird Feeling (1995) Canadian power pop with a deft songwriting edge. Four singles were released from the album; surprisingly, this slow burning torch song was not one of them.

7" Single, released in 1987 Stan Campbell - Crawfish (A-Side) Stan Campbell - Till We Meet Again (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1986 Boom Boom Room - Here Comes The Man (A-Side) Boom Boom Room - Days Like These (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1988 Alternative Radio - Change of Heart (A-Side) Alternative Radio - Ordinary Boy (B-Side)

Here's an album I've been looking for over a number of years. Finally, this is my own rip so others can enjoy it too. Still Life was Karel Fialka's debut album, released on the Blueprint label (a Pye subsidiary) in 1980. It included the hit single "The Eyes Have It" as well as another single "Armband" and a cover of The Doors' "People Are Strange". Karel has hardly been prolific in his career, just releasing two other projects Human Animal in 1987 and Film Noir in 2009. His style is fairly unique, combining a [...]

7" Single, released in 1980 Doctor Who Theme (A-Side) The Astronauts (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1986 Sharks In Italy - Time Is Ours (A-Side) Sharks In Italy - Precious (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1985 Big Sound Authority - This House (Is Where Your Love Stands) (A-Side) Big Sound Authority - I Miss My Baby (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1984 H2O - You Take My Breath Away (A-Side) H20 - Leonard (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1990 Girl With Blue Guitar - They Say I'm A Fool (A-Side) Girl With Blue Guitar - Live My Life (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1987 Apple Mosaic - Honey If (A-Side) Apple Mosaic - Mary Hell (B-Side)

Lots of music related events today. I started off by buying albums from The Lover Speaks and Summerhill at a car boot sale. While rummaging around a charity shop before lunch I found CD's by The Models , Band of Horses , Indecent Obsession , Randy Newman and Depeche Mode . In the mail I got singles by One By One and Clox . I drove around this afternoon listening to Blondie (Rip Her To Shreds, Picture This, One [...]

7" Single, released in 1988 Empire - My Imagination (A-Side) Empire - Big City (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1988 The Duel - There's A Living To Be Made (A-Side) The Duel - Not My Kind of Love (B-Side)

7" Single, released in 1986 Beltane Fire - Excalibur (A-Side) Beltane Fire - Uther (II) (B-Side)

7" single, released in 1980 Private Lives - Where Do I Go (A-Side) Private Lives - On Your Own (B-Side) Here is the elusive first single by Private Lives. There seems to be quite a few fans of John Adams and his various outputs which has provided an alternative music soundtrack to the 80's including synth pop, dance pop, moody balladeering and, as here, new wave power pop. I wrote to Cherry Red a while back suggesting they [...]

7" Single, released in 1986 Thirteen Moons - Suddenly One Summer (A-Side) Thirteen Moons - Where Did You All Go (B-Side)

Another batch of various singles up for evaluation. Andy Strickland himself went on to be involved with The Caretaker Race. Here are the ones I've found so far. Hindsight - Heaven's Just A Breath Away The Fall - There's A Ghost In My House Gary Moore - Friday On My Mind The Flatmates - Happy All The Time Slade - That's What Friends Are For The Rosehips - Room In Your Heart [...]

Interview with the band from Record Mirror, August 5 1989.