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just listening to 'tin drum' by japan, what a great album!

There best, followed by 'Gentlemen Take Polariods' and 'Quiet Life'.
Even there glam punk era, has musical value.

Today was 'Quartet' and 'The Collection' by Ultravox.

Propaganda's 'A Secret Wish' and Ultravox 's 'Island Years' are my choices for today... Might dig out some Japan too now...


Incidentally, is anyone going to the David Sylvian gigs later this year? I'm at the Birmingham Symphony Hall show on 18 September.

Should be a good one..

Sarah

This morning, it was the other side of the old "Architecture & Morality" tape. It was labelled as Rage in Eden, but turned out to be Ultravox, but some sort of singles collection. Very nice. Most of Vienna, Thin Wall, etc, Reap the Wild Wind, blah blah.
Oh yeah, Sleepwalk. I LOVE Sleepwalk. That was the track that got me into Ultravox in the first place. (Discovered Ultravox! later..) I think I bought Sleepwalk just after Underpass. (I remember the lads in the pub singing along to that,too: UnderPAAANTS!) But I digress.. (Help, I'm turning into Ronnie Corbett..)

Sang along all the way to work. Worrying that I can remember all the words, but have trouble remembering what happened yesterday..

Anyway, rolled into the car park at work with "All stood still" blasting out, singing along, and bopping away. The BIGBOSS was surprised.

Nice.

Sarah. hoping to go to at least one of his gigs in Italy, since he has taken the trouble to come to this fair land (and as mentioned before is doing more gigs here than in 'Great' Britain)

Nerve Jam: yes Ultravox did some great singles - I too discovered them only from Sleepwalk onwards .. remeber them on TOTP summer 1980, the 're-vamped' show after the strike where they wrote the name of the band on the screen at the beginning and end of song, usually with some 'fancy' graphics....yeahhhh..soooooo (early)eighties.

Roots check this morning

Ultravox !
Aladdin Sane The Baumeister (Bob the Builder!)
Sunburst Finish Be Bop Deluxe
Queen 2
plus This is my truth ... Manics
and of course only for today SIMEGA ! *

*guardian crossword territory here !

I must apologise to Derrington village for waking them up this morning with 'Burning Car' from Exotour CD blasting out of my car.

Tremendous!

Sarah

just listening to 'the pleasures of electricity', first time for quite some time, this is much better than i remembered...

A Marian Gold night! One of the finest voices in modern music. A great songwriter too.

First was Alphaville´s Crazyshow excerpts a promo of 11 selected tracks from the Crazyshow 4CD album, the follow up to the brilliant Salvation . I might say that this is one of the finest and they haven´t lost their spark. The track Carry on Your Flag is a testament.

A similar release was Visions of Dreamscapes. Selected tracks from the Dreamscapes 8CD boxset. Yep 8CDs of demos and rarities. Something I was longing for John to do. But I like his idea of 2CD albums.

Good night!
Chris C

Europe After the Rain (very appropriate this morning) and most of The Garden ... understand why it was quite a shock after Metamatic and I rejected it for many years. Appreciate it a little more now.