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Wax (sometimes Wax UK) were a duo, generally referred to as a new wave side project of the famous 10CC.

https://www.discogs.com/artist/272202-Wax-6

By the time Graham Gouldman (b. May 10, 1946) and Andrew Gold (b. August 2, 1951) joined forces in 1983, they both already had impressive careers behind them. The first of them, at the dawn of the 60s, recorded with the Manchester teams “The Whirlwinds” and “The Mockingbirds”, after which he became the author of many sixties hits, such as “For Your Love”, “Heart Full Of Soul”, “Evil Hearted You” " ("Yardbirds"), "Bus Stop", "Look Through Any Window" ("Hollies") and "No Milk Today" ("Herman's Hermits"), and in the early 70s settled in the popular group "10CC" . Meanwhile, California native Gold became an in-demand session guitarist. He worked with Carly Simon. Art Garfunkel, Don Henley. James Taylor, Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt, and from the mid-70s began releasing solo albums.
The first meeting between Graham and Andrew took place in 1981 on the initiative of Warner Brothers, who decided to attract Gold to record the American version of the Ten Out Of 10 album. They say that it was even planned to introduce him to the official staff of the “10CC”, but he refused due to other obligations.

One way or another, the result of those sessions left a favorable impression on the musicians, and when Gouldman’s group’s activities were suspended in 1983, he called his American friend and invited him to work together again. Gold happily responded and flew to Cheshire, where the couple, hiding under the name "Common Knowledge", began preparing a joint album. However, the first two singles of the project failed, and it never came to the release of a full-length. Despite the fiasco, Andrew decided to stay in England and continue writing songs with Graham. The duo entered into a new deal with RCA, renamed themselves Wax, and debuted Magnetic Heaven in 1986. The album was recorded at RAK Studios in London and produced by Phil Thornelly.

If neither Gouldman nor Gold had previously specialized in dance music, the album "Magnetic Heaven" became a tribute to the eighties fashion for computerized dance music. The main highlight of the disc was the opener "Right Between The Eyes", which barely made it to the American Top 40, but topped the Spanish charts for three months.
British success came to the duo later - with the album "American English", or rather with the accompanying hit single "Bridge To Your Heart". The EP reached number 12 on the island list, and also entered the continental hot tens and came close to the Billboard Top 40. The song became a radio hit in 1987, and Graham and Andrew were openly glad that, despite their mature age, they managed to achieve popularity in a market traditionally occupied by teenagers. After the second album, "Wax" changed producer Chris Neil (Celine Dion, "Mike + The Mechanics") to Peter Collins (Nik Kershaw, Tracy Ullman), with whom they recorded the disc "A Hundred Thousand In Fresh Notes". Despite the presence of quite pleasant ballads "Maybe" and "Wherever You Are", the general public ignored this work, and the project stalled. In the early 90s, Gold left to restore the seventies pop-folk band "Bryndle", and Gouldman began resuscitating "10CC".

However, the musicians kept in touch and from time to time found windows for joint creativity. As a result, in 1997 the disc “The Wax Files” was released, which, along with proven hits, included several new things. The following year, the tandem's early recordings were published ("Common Knowledge.Com"), and a couple of years later Gold scratched the surface and collected unsold material for another disc ("Bikini").
(c) taken from the web.

Collected here are their albums from the 80ies era:
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1998 (1984) Common Knowledge.com
https://wdfiles.ru/2NT6A

1986 Magnetic Heaven
https://wdfiles.ru/2NT6w

1987 American English
https://wdfiles.ru/27VE9

1989 A Hundred Thousand In Fresh Notes
https://wdfiles.ru/2NT6x

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One more:

Wax - Right Between The Eyes (Extended Mix)-12'' ref. RCA – PT40510-(1986)

FLAC - [16Bit-48 Khz]

A Right Between The Eyes (Extended Mix) 6:55
B Only A Visitor 4:58

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