The Records: Strictly for The Kids Who Understand What Makes Great Power-Pop!
Back in the late-70s, punk rock’s open-ended exuberance and will to break walls (imaginary & real) got me going ultra-obssessive about whatever sort of music that was deemed “good” out there in the brave new world and power-pop was one of the most exciting variants of the punk/new wave spin-offs.
I got into The Jam-influenced mod bands of 1979 (Secret Affair, The Lambrettas, The Chords, Squire, The Vaporz etc.), their American pop cousins (The Knack, The Plimsouls, The Cars, The Real Kids etc.) and also “pub-rockers-touched-by-punk-rockers” such as Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe and Joe Jackson.
One mysterious band I found was The Records. Their song “Starry Eyes” really did me in when I first heard it on a comp LP (long forgotten the title now) but I’ve never managed to get their full albums here in Malaysia back then. It was only back in the early 90s that I managed to get their brilliant comp CD; Smashes, Crashes And Near Misses (1988).
Anyway, I stumbled upon a fine collection of various live recordings by The Records earlier today, so those who like their pop sharpened with spiky, stripped-down Byrds-ian guitars, driving catchy beat, teenage love tales and fine harmonies, go download!
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Starry Eyes (Live) by The Records
The Records Live Tracks | The Records @ Wikipedia | therecords.com | Full download of the “Crashes” comp here
What is “Power-Pop”? Go here
Joe, ini sangat best.
Aku memang suka band band yang ada er “oozing oooh dan ahhh”. thanks for sharing! ada lagi? hehe
serious layan gila siot lagu nih. nak carik la album kat soulseek heh
shah, just click on that full download link and you’ll get on rapidshare untuk seluruh CD Smashes, Crashes And Near Misses! Well-worth segala usaha!
Fahmi, itu hari si Fahmi Reza ada bawak CD-R penuh dengan mod/power-pop bands, untuk kita share-share. So just ask for it, aku burn kan. Fahmi R is a power-pop freak! I was very terkejut but also pleasantly glad ada kaki!
Mr. SuperS, “Nyack” ? Aku pun dah lupa boss! but maybe its this band, yang datang dari New York, bergiat sekitar awal 90an: NYACK
i remember back in mid 90s, kau ada review satu band called ‘nyack’. aku try google tak dpt. kau ada simpan copy?
shah! you’re the man! aku tak tau yang BB dah ada album baru. dang! exciting news. thank you boss! meanwhile guys, check this live show from 1982 – streaming video: here
awesome, thanks joe. tengah download! tak perasan ada link pulak tadi.
yup! thanks. nanti boleh aku pegi shop, bawak cd kosong tuan? share2 🙂
eh check out the new bad brains album. nice! read somewhere it’s full original line-up. the best thing is, diorang dah main laju balik, yeay!
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no problem joe. thanks so much for the dvd link
oh yeah anyone wish to keep the video, here’s the link:
http://pdl.stream.aol.com/aol/us/aolmusic/artists/mvd/badbrains/badbrains_live_1982_full_bb_dl.flv
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hoi punkroker jiwang! lyn power pop ka?ini nak cari cikidot dan melepaskan ‘perasaan’ terpendam boleh la hahaha(tension tul ketawa pun nk kena type!)..x boleh lah, hyptonize sioll..
oi shah! tlg burnkan aku mp3 bad brain baru. kau tlg pakai cd kau dulu boleh?nanti aku ganti.aku dah beli cd kosong 50 keping ni. teng que!
oh i love you to luv me! oh darling! i cross my heart n burn my pants for you! this is truely frm my deep heart! no matter how hard your dad hates me! i’m stil in luv with u forevah! i’d crushed wit ur lil’ sista bebeh!
bes siot! just got the chance to check it out. being too busy these past few weeks….ahhh! work sucks
saya ada satu website mp3 blog yg khas dedicated to powerpop… try link nie :- http://punkmodpop.free.fr
pasti puas hati…