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by **SomebodySomewhere** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:37 pm

Three Hands started in Boston as a trio. Their 7" single in 1983 - "Climb" b/w "Big Person" - was the only thing released in MA as far as I know. Thanks to the internet, I've since found out they had, appropriately enough, three more 7" singles released in Ireland in the mid '80s. I've given up looking for them. They also had some personnel changes from the lineup listed below (Paul Lebel joined on guitar in 1985, as did some Asian guy) and expanded into a quartet -- which kind of defeated the purpose of the band name, as early promo photos show the trio each holding up one hand. Their original guitarist died earlier this year.

[b]Three Hands - Climb[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/aw5sii

Three Hands (1983 lineup)
Mark Kopenits - guitar, vocals
Chas McCann - bass
John Farrell - drums, vocals

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:55 pm

Ata-Tat was The Storch Brothers new wave band. Originally from South Florida, they moved to Boston in 1983. Their self-titled EP (QQQQ, 1986) featured "Dark Promises," which was popular on Boston radio in early '87.

[b]Ata-Tat - Dark Promises[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/eiuq7g

Ata-Tat
John Storch - lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars
Bill Storch - keyboards, backing vocals
Ron DeSaram - lead and acoustic guitars, backing vocals
Mark Ritchie - bass
Perry Jayasekera - drums

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Tue Dec 08, 2009 8:20 pm

Neat no wave from Boston. Radio Novena put out a 7" single - "My Spine" b/w "Three" (Autistic, 1982) - and broke up quick after doing the Rumble in 1983. Their lead singer, Deanna Hosey (who used the pseudonym Desaray), and bassist, Donyne Cowan, put together a new band that year, Alpha Bettys. Bettys had a couple of compilation cuts in 1984. As for Radio Novena's drummer, he was in every Boston band that ever existed.

[b]Radio Novena - My Spine[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/qcgiwf

Radio Novena
Desaray (Deanna Hosey DeCarlo) - lead vocals, guitar
Gideon Ansell - keyboards
Donyne (Cowan) - bass
James Clements - drums

by **i_like_lectric_motors** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:43 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
Got some things I promised for motors and Blir -- if they're even still reading this thread.
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Present and accounted for. Waiting for my new pc to arrive so I can partake of some of these goodies. [8D]

by **randy** » Wed Dec 09, 2009 12:03 pm

Quick question on The Sighs--any idea if there was a longer version of Charity than what appeared on Teenline?

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 8:27 am

Randy, don't have that volume. According to the label on the EP, it's 3:37. Am I dreaming or did somebody ask about that song in the Identify This section? I think I had a fuzzy recollection and told the poster to get a second opinion and either you or motors confirmed that was it. I needed a good memory jog on that record. Hadn't listened to it in probably 20 years.

[quote]Present and accounted for. Waiting for my new pc to arrive so I can partake of some of these goodies. [8D]
[/quote]

Blackjack!

[b]The Blackjacks - (That's Why I Always) Dress in Black (album version)[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sbb5c3

[b]The Blackjacks - Posession[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h42jt2

[b]The Blackjacks - Born Rude[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/8b6wik

According to the press notes on the "Dress in Black" album (Throbbing Lobster, 1985), "Johnny Angel wrote and played for The Thrills, later City Thrills, who ran out of room(s) in Boston in 1982, moved to New York and bombed. Johnny, Whitey and Jeffrey got the basic Blackjacks together in 1983 and recorded a bunch of radio tapes and a homemade EP as Homestead's debut release. "(That's Why I Always) Dress in Black" led LET'S BREED! (Throbbing Lobster Bisque-2) to the #1 spot on 15 playlists over the winter holidays and has lent its name to this, the Blackjack's newest waxing, and appears in a new, improved version on side one (including the near-legendary lost guitar part).

"Posession," my favorite, also comes from the "Dress in Black" LP. Bad spelling but good song. "Born Rude" is on the compilation "Rock Turns to Stone" (Vild, 1988), so you can hear their transition into a metal band. Wanted to post "Dreaming of Saturday Again," but I can't find it. I'm sure it's around here somewhere.

The Blackjacks
(1984 lineup)
Johnny Angel (John Carman) - lead vocals, electric and acoustic guitar
Rafael Maybry - guitar, backing vocals
"Whitey" White (Mike White) - bass, backing vocals
Jeffrey Erna - drums

(1988 lineup)
Johnny Angel (John Carman) - lead vocals, guitar
Glenco Gaudin - bass
Jeffrey Erna - drums

by **randy** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 9:59 am

The Teenline version is only over a minute and says edited--if you could post in full that would be great.
And thanks for the Blackjacks--another that I have looked for to no avail!!

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:01 pm

Gary Shane and the Detour was one of Gary Shane's many Boston-based bands, and undoubtedly his most popular thanks to the popular 1982 7" single, "Johnny's Coaltrain" (John Coltrane - get it?), which was included on their one album, "Forever on Your Way" (Pure and Easy, 1982). "Forever on Your Way" featured some assistance from Shane's former Shane Champagne bandmate, David Champagne. Their swansong was the less-than-essential 7" single, "Man and Machine" (Pure and Easy, 1984).

Checked Gary's website and he doesn't have any of these available, so... "Love Isn't Coming Back" is the B-side of "Man and Machine." "Gonna Win" and "Workin' on a Deadline" are "Forever on Your Way" album tracks. "Man and Machine" is the original '84 single version. It was remixed for his CD compilation of "hits." And check out www.garyshane.com and buy stuff.

[b]Gary Shane and the Detour - Man and Machine[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/zh6kgl

[b]Gary Shane and the Detour - Love Isn't Coming Back[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2vwpvi

[b]Gary Shane and the Detour - Gonna Win[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/g003rm

[b]Gary Shane and the Detour - Workin' on a Deadline[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/9eag92

Gary Shane and the Detour (1982 lineup)
Gary Shane - lead vocals, guitar
Ron Erickson - guitar, backing vocals
Colin Bodge - bass, backing vocals
Carl Bergman - drums, backing vocals

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 2:32 pm

[quote][i]Originally posted by randy[/i]
<br>The Teenline version is only over a minute and says edited--if you could post in full that would be great.[/quote]

You're kidding, right? What is it, a sampler? Well, all bets are off then! Look upthread.

Pretty sure I have everything The Blackjacks released except for their last single, "Work Sucks" (didn't know that even existed until the internet). Just haven't dug out the other records yet. As for unreleased stuff, there's a live bootleg thing posted on a bunch of blogs.

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Thu Dec 10, 2009 4:12 pm

Drezniak started as a clueless new romantic-wannabe quintet. (They actually compared themselves to Ultravox, which makes me LOL to this day.) In 1983, their crude video for "Change of Heart" was entered into MTV's "Basement Tapes" (supposedly without their knowledge) -- the first Massachusetts band so honored. That same year, their keyboardist left and they never replaced her. That helped the band, as it led to their transition into a much-improved jangle-pop outfit. The four-piece Drezniak released two 7" singles (both produced by Bosstown Records head Andrew Gordon) on their own label - "Mesmoreyes" b/w "Circles" (Nibelung, 1984) and "Say You Will" b/w "Bang Bang" (Nibelung, 1985) -- the latter of which I thought was their best track. "Change of Heart" (and another 1983 video, "Positive Attraction") were only released as radio tapes to my knowledge, and I don't have copies, but if you want to hear them, a YouTube user by the name of mediamogul48 has posted them there. Check 'em out.

[b]Drezniak - Mesmoreyes[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/r3who3

[b]Drezniak - Bang Bang[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/1ky386

Drezniak
1983 lineup (Change of Heart/Positive Attraction)
Charles White III - vocals, bass
Dennis McCarthy - vocals, guitar
Tommy Brosnan - guitar
Carmen Marusich - keyboards, vocals
Paul "Yippa" Iappini - drums

1983-1984 lineup (Mesmoreyes/Circles)
Charles White III - vocals, bass
Dennis McCarthy - vocals, guitar
Joe LaBonte - guitar
Paul "Yippa" Iappini - drums

1984-1985 lineup (Say You Will/Bang Bang)
Charles White III - vocals, bass
Dennis McCarthy - vocals, guitar
John Hayes - vocals, tambourine
Paul "Yippa" Iappini - drums

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:18 am

Lou Miami was not my bag, but there's a lot of fans on here (and I promised these tracks to Blir, like, a century ago), so here are both sides of The Kozmetix's debut 7" "Fascist Lover" b/w "To Sir with Love" (Final Vinyl, 1982) and "Love in the Backseat" from "Sounds Eclectic" (Revolution, 1986). The latter (co-written by Thalia Zedek - Dangerous Birds, Uzi, etc.) is actually not a bad song. The cover of "To Sir with Love?" Uh, no comment.

[b]Lou Miami and the Kozmetix - Fascist Lover[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jcxero

[b]Lou Miami and the Kozmetix - To Sir with Love[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/6k9vt8

[b]Lou Miami - Love in the Backseat[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/h6dg9z

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:07 am

Boston's Vasco da Gama are, I guess, best remembered now as the band that Laurie Geltman was in. (A session vocalist on their first album, she became a full-time member for their second.) They caught my ear in the late '80s with an incredible ballad "In This Land" (which is called "Where There's Smoke" on the lyric sheet but "In This Land" on the record label and jacket) from their debut album, "Sex Sells Sex" (Major Label, 1988). That record had something for everyone. Literally. Every single track sounds like a different band. After promoting sex, they promoted virginity for their followup 2 years later. "Mary" (Major Label, 1990) can probably be found in the dictionary next to the words "sophomore slump."

I've posted "Bloody Mary," the one good track on the otherwise poor "Mary," along with the more unabashedly new wave "Tell Me" from "Sex Sells Sex" -- the latter of which sounds like it was borrowed from a Depeche Mode session.

[b]Vasco da Gama - In This Land (a.k.a. Where There's Smoke)[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/420y6t

[b]Vasco da Gama - Tell Me[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ohl488

[b]Vasco da Gama - Bloody Mary[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/k2jec5

Vasco da Gama
Nik Gerboth - vocals, drums
Daniel Kellar - violin, guitar
Pat Daugherty - bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals
Tom Daugherty - bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals (on Sex Sells Sex)
Laurie Geltman - guitar, vocals
Louis Cataldo III - percussion, drums (on Mary)

by **i_like_lectric_motors** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:27 am

Thanks for Blackjacks! [8D]

by **Frau_Blucher** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:52 am

[quote][i]Originally posted by SomebodySomewhere[/i]
<br>Lou Miami was not my bag, but there's a lot of fans on here (and I promised these tracks to Blir, like, a century ago), so here are both sides of The Kozmetix's debut 7" "Fascist Lover" b/w "To Sir with Love" (Final Vinyl, 1982) and "Love in the Backseat" from "Sounds Eclectic" (Revolution, 1986). The latter (co-written by Thalia Zedek - Dangerous Birds, Uzi, etc.) is actually not a bad song. The cover of "To Sir with Love?" Uh, no comment.
[/quote]
AWESOME man! Big thanks.

by **SomebodySomewhere** » Sat Dec 12, 2009 7:52 am

The other British-sounding new romantic group that formed out of the Atlantics and had a self-titled EP in 1983, Ball and Pivot (1983-1988) made the two o'clock jump to CD last year. So of course their best song, "You Broke My Heart Today," was left off it. (What is it with '83 "Broke Heart" songs that get overlooked?) Also not on the CD is "Nowhere to Hide," a radio tape that wasn't available then... and isn't available now. Ball and Pivot scored in 1985 with a delightful ode to oral sex, "Down," which was played... and played... and played... oh, god, how that song was played.

"You Broke My Heart Today" comes from the EP (Z Club, 1983). Their live cover of Sam and Dave's "I Thank You" is another one off "Sounds Eclectic" (Revolution, 1986)

P.S. The CD is on sale now for 5 bucks at CD Baby if you feel the need to get up when you're going down.

[b]Ball and Pivot - You Broke My Heart Today[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/jn4g18

[b]Ball and Pivot - I Thank You[/b]
http://www.sendspace.com/file/2czqs5

Ball and Pivot
B. (Bruce) Wilkinson - lead vocals, keyboards, sax
Tom Hauck - guitar, guitar synth
Tim Long - vocals, keyboards (on I Thank You)
Paul Michaels - bass (on I Thank You)
Paul Caruso - drums, keyboards, vocals (on You Broke My Heart Today)
Gene Gilmartin - drums (on I Thank You)

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