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28 May 2018

27 May 2018

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Say You Will by Blanket of Secrecy. 3^rd single from their 1982 album, their only one, Walls Have Ears. Short-lived British band that, true to their name, didn’t release the names of the band members till decades later.

+100,000 Fireflies by The Magnetic Fields. Debut single from 1991 this American Indie band made up of one gay male artist (Stephin Merritt), one lesbian (Claudia Gonson), one straight female (Susan Amway, who is no longer with the group), and two straight males (Sam Davol and John Woo).

+A different Corner by Wham!. 1986 single from The Final, the band’s third and final album. It is slightly different from the third and final album they released in the US & Japan, Music from the Edge of Heaven. The track lists differ a bit and this song is re-mastered…not sure what the US version sounds like!

+I don’t wanna be your Boyfriend by Dead or Alive. 1989. Pete Burns, who died last year.

DPO system for some reason played part of a track by 4 Non-Blondes…

Love and Pride by King. 1984 debut album, Steps in Time. Also British.

Searching for Heaven by Pauline Murray and the Invisible Girls. 1980 self-titled debut and only album. They were John Cooper Clarke’s backing band…whoever he is!

Sweet Rejection by Experimental Products. 1982 debut and only full length album, Prototype. They self-produced it. Also put out a couple of EPs later. Philadelphia based group from 82-87.

Softly Saying Goodbye by Swamp Children. 1982 single. The band is better known by their second name, Kalima, and came out of Manchester’s music scene in 1980. The name change happened in ’83.

Selling So Sweet by Lou Champagne System. From their 1984 album, No Visible Means.

Yo Mister by Patti LaBelle. Request.

Aussies who are Kiwis

*Melting Pot by When the Cat’s Away. 1988 single from this Kiwi band.

*Into Temptation by Crowded House. 1988

*People by Mi-Sex. Released in March 1980 as the lead single from their second studio album, Space Race (1980). The song peaked at number 3 in New Zealand and 6 in Australia.

*+Kick back by Shona Laing. Bisexual Kiwi’s final single. Released from her 1994 album, Shona.

*Counting the Beat by The Swingers. The 1981 1-hit-wonder from Kiwi band. The band featured Split Enz member, Phil Judd, and actually had a number of hits in New Zealand. Sadly they never broke through again here, despite being signed by Mushroom Records and, as with so many Kiwis, having moved here permanently.

*Saved Me by Jenny Morris. From the 1989 album Shiver, her second solo album. Single did really well that year as well, finishing in Australian top 50. She fronted QED and got her start in Kiwi band The Crocodiles.

Hit the Mark by Fiction Factory. From their 1984 debut album, Throw the Warped Wheel Out. Scottish.

Birth, School, Work, Death by The Godfathers. Request. Great song!!

Drowning in Berlin by The Mobiles. British 1980s synthpop band, whose existence was notable for this one major hit single from early 1982.

How Much are They by Jah Wobble, Holger Czukay and Jaki Liebezeit. From their 1982 collaboration album, Full Circle. They are German.

Boy by Book of Love. From their 1986 self-titled debut.

Working with Fire and Steel by China Crisis. 12” inch from 1983.