3 x YELLO

Plenty of impressive sequencing and sampling on these first 3 albums from Yello, starting with the whacked out disco of Pleasures and culminating in the slick tongue-in-cheek electro of Gotta Say Yes. These guys had lots of ideas and the equipment to realize them.



Yello - Solid Pleasure Remastered (1980)

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Yello - Claro Que Sí Remastered (1981)

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Yello - You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess Remastered (1983)

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+Yello website

some bizzare album

Some Bizzare Records - Some Bizzare Album (Comp., 1981)

Seminal compilation from Some Bizarre Records that served as an introduction and launching point for several of the then-unsigned bands involved.

Eye Lamp Side:

1. Blancmange - "Sad Day"
2. Soft Cell - "The Girl with the Patent Leather Face"
3. Neu Electrikk - "Lust of Berlin"
4. Naked Lunch - "La Femme"
5. The Fast Set - "King of the Rumbling Spires"
6. The Loved One - "Observations"

Fish Side:

1. Illustration - "Tidal Flow"
2. Depeche Mode - "Photographic"
3. The The - "(Untitled)"
4. B-Movie - "Moles"
5. Jell - "I Dare Say it Will Hurt a Little"
6. Blah Blah Blah - "Central Park"

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Some Genesis (P.)

Throbbing Gristle - 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)

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Throbbing Gristle - Greatest Hits (1981)

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Psychic TV - Force the Hands of Chance (1982)

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dynamo beat

Shock - Angel Face + Dynamo Beat (1980, 1981)




Shock was an early project of robot performance artists Tik and Tok. Two singles here for download.

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Artefact

Artefact - Agit 'Pop (1981)

If you liked Sex Computer on last week's mix, here's the entire album from Artefact of France.




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strawberry switchblade + home service addendum

my favorite kind of bubble gum <3<3<3

collected demos, Peel Sessions, home recordings, B-sides, singles, etc (26 songs):

Strawberry Switchblade - Life's Full of Wonders (Peel Session '85)
Strawberry Switchblade - Nothing Changes (Peel Session '85)

Strawberry Switchblade - Secrets (Peel Session '82)
Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers (Peel Session '82)

The Janice Long sessions on here sound like they were produced by Ariel Pink!!

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Strawberry Switchblade - Strawberry Switchblade (1985)

Strawberry Switchblade - Secrets
Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is

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Let Her Go 12" (1985)

Strawberry Switchblade - Michael Who Walks by Night

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Strawberry Switchblade's full length was produced by David Motion of Home Service, who released 3 singles back in the day. Only Men Fall In Love is TOPS



Home Service - Wake-Up 7" (1979):

Home Service - Wake-up



Home Service - Thin Hours 7" (1980)

Home Service - Thin Hours



Home Service - Only Men Fall In Love 12" (1981)

Home Service - Only Men Fall in Love

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palais schaumburg

Yesterday i obsessively tried to download everything ever by them and almost made it.  Here's what i got



Das Single Kabinett (1981) - early singles

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Palais Schaumburg - Palais Schaumburg (1981) - first album

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Palais Schaumburg - Lupa (1983) - 2nd album - produced by someone from kid creole and the coconuts, you can totally hear the influence

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Hockey 12" (1983) / Easy Go 7" (1984)

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die doraus addendum

the 2 die doraus & die marinas albums/ for the childrens



Blumen und Narzissen (1981)

Die Doraus und Die Marinas - Einkauf
Die Doraus und Die Marinas - Ich hab das Gluck

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Geben Offenherzige Antworten auf Brennende Fragen (1983)

Die Doraus Und Die Marinas - Satellit
Die Doraus und Die Marinas - Guten Morgen

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just like gold

Aztec Camera's debut 7" on Postcard / 1981...really nice

Aztec Camera - Just Like Gold

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life after breakfast

Los Microwaves' Life After Breakfast from 1981. Fun shit. Info here

Los Microwaves - What's That Got To Do
Los Microwaves - Coast to Coast

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tanzmusik musik musik

I don't know anything about Deutscher Kaiser and the internet isn't helping, but look how rad:



+ download The Halli-Galli Tanzmusik EP from 1981 here

Die Doraus

This is nearly as good as a thing can be, besides maybe Leoncie. Die Doraus und Die Marinas / Blumen und Narzissen / 1981. Andreas Dorau was only like 16 when this album was made, and the group of schoolgirls billed as Die Marinas were even younger. "Fred Vom Jupiter" is silly and rad and was a hit in Germany at the time, that's how great 1981 was.

Die Doraus und Die Marinas - Einkauf
Die Doraus und Die Marinas - Ich hab das Gluck

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+ "Fred Vom Jupiter" video:



Thanks to Rob for sending.

Way of the West

I don't know much about this Boston band Way of the West, and Google didn't help, but it's pretty good shit. I tracked this down after hearing "White Boys" sandwiched in between The Hawaiian Pups and Cluster by one of the DJs at The Echo. I think it was at an Ariel Pink show.  If you know anything about these dudes, do tell.

Here's a folder with all their singles and a few extras:

Don't Say That's Just For White Boys (1980)
Drum (1981)
See You Shake (1981)
City for Lovers (1984)
Feel the Steel (1984)

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