Forward to the Eighties

 It's another trio of treats and trauma from the Eighties.

MA-87 - It Exploded from the 1980s

01. HBO Feature Presentation Intro - Ferdinand J Smith  (1:14)  1983

02. Heartache Heard 'Round the World - Patty Smyth (4:48)  1987

03. Master of the Obvious - The DT's (4:15)  1981

04. The Second Time - Kim Wilde (3:50)  1984

05. Rush Hour - Jane Wiedlin  (3:59)  1988

06. Make Up With Me - Let's Active (3:41)  1983

07. Ever So Lonely - Monsoon (3:57)  1982

08. Cardboard Lamb - Crash Course in Science (2:31)  1981

09. Manifestoi! - Oi! The Robot (2:58)  1983

10. Seein' Double - Shy Imposters (3:27)  1981

11. Club Country - Associates (4:03)  1982

12. Happy Birthday - Altered Images (3:00)  1981

13. Quite Unusual - Front 242 (3:45)  1987

14. Modern Girl - James Freud & the Radio Stars (3:18)  1980

15. When Tomorrow Comes - Eurythmics (4:16)  1986

16. D-Day - Bus Boys (4:14)  1980

17. I Predict - Sparks (2:51)  1982

18. Parents - The Idiots (1:51)  1980

19. I've Done Everything for You - Rick Springfield (2:43)  1981

20. Eighth Day - Hazel O'Connor (3:11)  1980

21. Love Is Ready - Suzi Quatro (3:33)  1980

22. Defreeze Walt Disney - Pajama Slave Dancers (1:49)  1988

23. Love's Got a Line on You - Scandal (3:26)  1983

MA-89 - It Extruded from the 1980s

01. I Need That Record - The Tweeds (3:20)  1980

02. Chinese I's (Here Come the Minutemen) - Venetians (3:49)  1983

03. Vaguely Human - Flesh for Lulu (3:25)  1985

04. Forever Young - Alphaville (3:47)  1984

05. Equal/Equality - The Parachute Club (5:02)  1984

06. Cathode Mamma - Krisma (3:15)  1980

07. Flatland - November Group (2:49)  1982

08. Room That Echoes - Peking Man (3:51)  1986

09. Person to Person - The Signals (2:44)  1984

10. 1,000 Gene Autrys - Scattered Order (4:36)  1985

11. Study Up! - Mechanical Servants (3:42)  1980

12. Kids In America - Kim Wilde (3:29)  1981

13. There Was a Time - One to One (3:19)  1986

14. I Don't Wanna Die - The 4-Skins (3:13)  1982

15. Pac-Man Fever - Buckner and Garcia (3:55)  1981

16. Time to Get Up - Los Microwaves (3:04)  1981

17. You Pull Me Down - The Stabilizers (4:04)  1986

18. Cry Boy Cry - Blue Zoo (4:23)  1982

19. Did You Ever - The Cichlids (2:18)  1980

20. Don't Call Me Baby - Voice of the Beehive (3:07)  1988

21. All the Time in the World - The Crooks (3:03)  1980

22. C·30 C·60 C·90 Go! - Bow Wow Wow (3:03)  1980

MA-101 - It Exited the 1980s

01 - Technical Difficulties - Mondo Vita   1983  (2:12)

02 - Easy to Please Me - The Cheeters   1981  (3:50)

03 - And There's More - The Bytes   1983  (3:54)

04 - Jailhouse Rock - Judy Nylon   1983  (3:51)

05 - You've Lost - Tom Dickie and the Desires   1981  (2:41)

06 - Fotogenic - Ellen Shipley   1980  (3:31)

07 - Watching the Tears - The Pencils   1984  (3:55)

08 - Tina’s Got a New Hairdo - Metro   1982  (3:12)

09 - Payola - The Professionals   1981  (3:39)

10 - All for One - Berlin   1982  (3:17)

11 - O-O-O-O-O - Those French Girls   1982  (2:07)

12 - Aim Low - Graphic Shadows ‎   1984  (2:55)

13 - Worst Suicide - Unlimited Systems   1985  (4:24)

14 - She's So Cynical - The Modulators   1982  (2:33)

15 - She Wants You - The Breaks   1983  (3:54)

16 - Girls - The Lost Tropics   1983  (3:11)

17 - While the City Sleeps - Artificial Organs   1981  (3:33)

18 - Confidential Story - Jane Bond & the Undercover Men   1981  (3:12)

19 - Victim of Hypocracy - The Kids   1982  (3:58)

20 - Generator - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission   1980  (4:33)

21 - Air Heads - Popular Mechanix   1980  (2:18)

22 - Decisions - Unit 5   1981  (4:11)

23 - Non Stop World - Life by Night   1985  (4:02)

So much wonder and thrills!  It's easy to please me when love's got a line on you.  Please don't aim low, or you may find you've lost.  If you keep watching the tears for the second time, you too may become vaguely human.

See you Monday!  Thanks for journeying through this MAXI MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

Some Favorites

 I still have most of my 45s. Years ago I dubbed them to mp3 and added some other favorites.

MA-63 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 9

01 - Maybe Tomorrow - Badfinger - 1970  (2:51)

02 - 25 or 6 to 4 (single version) - Chicago - 1970  (2:53)

03 - You've Got a Friend (live) - Carole King with James Taylor - 1971  (5:07)

04 - Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Leon Russell - 1973  (4:25)

05 - Bad Company - Bad Company - 1974  (4:46)

06 - The School of Instant Pain - Triumvirat - 1975  (6:23)

07 - Don Juan's Reckless Daughter/Coyote (edit) - Joni Mitchell - 1976  (11:19)

08 - Here Come Those Tears Again - Jackson Browne - 1976  (3:34)

09 - Cat Scratch Fever - Ted Nugent - 1977  (3:38)

10 - Because the Night - Patti Smith - 1978  (3:22)

11 - Long Hot Summer Nights - Wendy Waldman - 1978  (4:09)

12 - Life During Wartime - Talking Heads - 1979  (3:41)

13 - Crying - Don McLean - 1978  (3:40)

14 - Precious Time - Pat Benatar - 1981  (6:01)

15 - Destination Unknown - Missing Persons - 1981  (3:33)

16 - Rock the Casbah - The Clash - 1982  (3:42)

MA-85 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 17

01. Run Away Child, Running Wild - The Temptations (4:36)  1969

02. Burning Bridges - The Mike Curb Congregation (2:48)  1970

03. Freddy's Dead (single version) - Curtis Mayfield (3:19)  1972

04. I Can't Stand the Rain - Ann Peebles (2:32)  1974

05. Devil Gate Drive - Suzi Quatro (3:46)  1974

06. Showstopper - Triumvirat (3:39)  1975

07. Mr Blue Sky - Electric Light Orchestra (5:07)  1977

08. Zero Hour - The Plimsouls (2:31)  1980

09. Chart Buster - De Cylinders (2:20)  1980

10. Shadows of the Night - Rachel Sweet (4:01)  1981

11. Valentino's Had Enough - The Expressos (2:58)  1981

12. Valley Girl - Frank and Moon Zappa (4:53)  1982

13. I Eat Cannibals (Parts I & II) - Toto Coelo (6:48)  1983

14. My Baby's the Star of a Driver's Ed Movie - Blotto (3:34)  1983

15. All Around the World - Robert Palmer (2:18)  1985

16. The Goonies 'R' Good Enough - Cyndi Lauper (3:39)  1985

17. Weird Science (album version) - Oingo Boingo (6:06)  1985

18. Big Trouble in Little China (original version) - The Coupe De Villes (3:02)  1986

19. Punk Rock Girl - The Dead Milkmen (2:42)  1988

20. Witch in a Ditch - Erasure (3:42)  1988

21. Night Ride Home - Joni Mitchell (3:21)  1991

MA-183 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 23

01 - Right Now - Runaways - 1976  (3:33)

02 - The Empire Strikes Back (Medley) - Meco - 1980  (3:01)

03 - Breakfast Cereal Deviant - The Undead - 2002  (1:47)

04 - It's No Game (Pt 1) - David Bowie - 1980  (4:40)

05 - At the Dance - Jezebel & the Nudes - 1983  (3:54)

06 - Suicide a Go Go - Big in Japan - 1978  (2:25)

07 - Radical Attitude - Epicycle - 1979  (2:18)

08 - Your Love Is Like a Ballistic Missile - Roses Are Red - 1979  (3:04)

09 - Love Canal - The Vores - 1978  (3:26)

10 - Ain't That Peculiar - Fanny - 1972  (4:03)

11 - Living on Dreams - Vice Squad - 1981  (2:49)

12 - Paint by Number Heart - Martha and the Muffins - 1980  (3:45)

13 - Sometimes I (live) - The Plasmatics - 1979  (3:55)

14 - Explosive Decompression - The Maps - 1979  (1:51)

15 - The Wicked Name - House and Gardens - 1985  (4:12)

16 - Identity - X-Ray Spex - 1979  (2:19)

17 - Final Kiss of Love - West and Byrd - 1988  (4:25)

18 - More Suicides Please - The Thought Criminals - 1979  (2:32)

19 - Big Chain - The Flamingo Group - 1971  (2:30)

20 - Heads Are Gonna Roll - Straight Lines - 1980  (3:09)

21 - Happey Valley - pragVEC - 1980  (3:32)

22 - Betty Lou's Got a New Tattoo - The Creep - 1964  (1:59)

23 - New Maiden - Metal Boys featuring China - 1980  (2:45)

24 - Radio Dream (The Last Song) - The Orchids - 1979  (1:51)

25 - Audio, Audio - The Classics - 1979  (2:43)

26 - All Wound Up - Phobia - 1979  (2:08)

Now you  got some new favorites, too!  See you Friday for some songs from the Eighties, wrapping up this MAXI MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

  

Tracking Some Sounds

 Here are three collections.

MA-02 - TREKonometry: Good, Bad, & Silly Versions of Star Trek Themes

1 The Galactic Force Band Star Trek TV Theme

2 Gene Page Star Trek TV Theme

3 Gotham’s Greatest Star Trek TV Theme

4 Gotham’s Greatest STAR TREK: The Motion Picture Theme

5 Chris Holland  Star Trek TV Theme

6 Nichelle Nichols Theme from Star Trek

7 Now Sound Orchestra Ilia’s Theme from ST:TMP

8 Now Sound Orchestra Star Trek II Theme

9 Now Sound Orchestra ST:TMP Theme

10 Schnauzer Radio Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

11 The Charles Randolph Grean Sounde Star Trek TV Theme

12 Orion Star Trek Tekkno

13 The Secret Agents Star Trek TV Theme

14 Phil Reavis Star Trek TV Theme

15 Super Hero Orchestra Star Trek TV Theme

16 Ettore Strata Star Trek Suite

17 Ed Willett Star Trek TV Theme

18 Wonderland Space Shuttle Star Trek TV Theme

19 Laserlight Label Star Trek TV Theme

20 Phil Woods Quintet Star Trek TV Theme

21 London Philharmonic Star Trek TV Theme

22 James Horner The Search for Spock

23 Opie & Anthony Star Trek Rhapsody

24 The Firm Star Trekkin’

Track 22 was a maxi-single included with the vinyl STAR TREK III album in its original release.

MA-04 - 2001:  A  Musical  Odyssey: Thirteen Versions of "Also Sprach Zarathustra"

1)  As heard in the film

2)  From the Telarc album “Time Warp”

3)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (1)

4)  From the Columbia album “Selections from 2001”

5)  From the Stage & Screen album “Space Movies”

6)  By the Doctor Exx Band

7)  By the Now Sound Orchestra (2)

8)  From the Laserlight album “Science Fiction Movie Themes”

9)  By the Wonderland Space Shuttle

10)  By Neil Norman

11)  From the soundtrack album “2010: The Year We Make Contact”

12) By the Ventures

13) From the soundtrack album “2001: A Space Odyssey” (but not heard in the film)

MA-129 - WATCHNOTES

01 - The Times They Are A-Changin' (Film Edit) - Bob Dylan - 1964  (3:49)

02 - Diary Of A Madman - Ozzy Osbourne - 1981  (6:15)

03 - Neighborhood Threat - Iggy Pop - 1977  (3:23)

04 - The Comedians - Elvis Costello - 1984  (2:30)

05 - The Black Freighter (Live) - Steeleye Span - 1978  (6:15)

06 - Heroes (Album Version) - David Bowie - 1977  (6:06)

07 - Walking On The Moon - The Police - 1979  (4:59)

08 - If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day - Robert Johnson - 1961  (2:35)

09 - Life On Mars - David Bowie - 1971  (3:51)

10 - We Will Become Silhouettes - The Postal Service - 2005  (3:43)

11 - Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends - Phil Ochs - 1967  (3:41)

12 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1977  (3:37)

13 - Eve Of Destruction - Barry Mcguire - 1965  (3:33)

14 - Nightshift Watchman - David Wilcox - 1987  (3:15)

15 - Two - R D Laing, Alan Blakley, Ken Howard - 1978  (1:42)

16 - Requiem Aeternam - W A Mozart - 1791  (6:51)

17 - Santies - John Cale - 1982  (5:55)

18 - The Smiley Face Song - Charles Ball - 1998  (3:08)

19 - Def Con One - Pop Will Eat Itself - 1988  (4:01)

The post concerning MA-129 is here, with more info.  I was pretty satisfied at how I made the characters look like they were musical.

Hope you find some fun in here.  See you Wednesday with somethin I assembled.