New Wave Outpost Forum

Posted: **Wed Jun 22, 2005 10:31 pm**

I was just glancing at the MFV/Obscure 80s listing on this site, and wanted to note that somewhere years ago I picked up a copy of Horizontal Brian's "Vertical" on cassettte. I managed to convert this to CD in the past year, and the conversion came out quite nicely.

Has it ever been released on CD? Is it truly 'obscure'? Great little effort, I still listen to this today.

Posted: **Fri Jun 09, 2006 10:19 am**

Horizontal Brian's LP Vertical was released on Gold Mountain Records in 1983 and produced by Graham Gouldman of 10cc. I have "rediscovered" this recently and haven't been able to get it out of rotation, an overlooked "classic" IMHO:

Here's a sampling:

Buried In Your Best Suit

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 00615B09BA

Over We Go Lightly
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 6D5656E749

Everybody Wants To Be American
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 8D44818B80

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Posted: **Sat Jun 10, 2006 1:18 am**

[quote][i]Originally posted by kilbey1[/i]
<br>Has it ever been released on CD[/quote]

No.

[quote]Is it truly 'obscure'? Great little effort, I still listen to this today.[/quote]

Well, we all know it. But it received poor distribution, minimal promotion, and subsequently sold next to nothing. "Practicing First Aid" and "Everybody Wants to Be American" deserved better. They're timeless. Great album artwork, too.