MA-135 - One Word 80s

In my vast and purely subjective survey of pop music from the 1980s, one clump of songs leapt out at me for a simple reason:

They all have one-word titles!

01 - People - F-Systems - 1980   (3:40)

02 - Freak - Bruce Foxton - 1983   (3:23)

03 - Dance - Odd Stories - 1981   (2:22)

04 - Aggression - Secret Life - 1985   (2:48)

05 - Downstream - The Rainmakers - 1986   (3:31)

06 - Observer - The Stripes - 1980   (2:33)

07 - Vanity - Trial Offer - 1981   (2:49)

08 - Bug - Cleavers - 1980   (2:22)

09 - Mundane - The White Liberals - 1985   (3:26)

10 - Television - The Modes - 1985   (3:55)

11 - Now! - Cement Trampoline - 1989   (3:25)

12 - Amnesia - Fingerprintz - 1980   (2:44)

13 - Secrets - The Staff - 1981   (2:31)

14 - Girls - The Orchids - 1980   (3:28)

15 - Breakout - Drinking Electricity - 1982   (3:25)

16 - Radio - The Lookalikes - 1980   (3:05)

17 - Carefully - Krisma - 1983   (4:37)

18 - Sanctuary - New Musik - 1980   (4:15)

19 - Cameras - Motifs - 1982   (3:54)

20 - Voices - 17 Pygmies - 1986   (3:06)

21 - Channels - I Spy - 1982   (2:21)

22 - Intimacy - Linn Vann Hek - 1982   (4:01)

23 - Intercontinental - Afraid of Mice - 1981   (2:54)

24 - Jungle - Significant ZerØs - 1981   (3:13)

The background Wall of Words is from the October 13, 1988 Bush-Dukakis debate.

The background text for the disc art is from a Gorbachev speech on December 7, 1988.

https://www.filefactory.com/file/2yoe836ojhxs/MA-135.rar

Those of you familiar with the 1982 film Megaforce and its slogan will find something familiar here too.

See you on Thursday, fellow mavens!
 

Just Ghost to Show You

This cassette from Newport Classics is just what it promises, recordings of piano performances using a complicated pneumatic type of piano.

01 - Minuet in G - Paderewski - performed by  Ignace Paderewski  (3:50)

02 - The Beautiful Blue Danube - Strauss   (arr Schulz-Evler) - performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (8:41)

03 - La Campanella (The Bells) - Paganini   (arr Liszt) -performed by  Josef Lhévinne  (5:08)

04 - Scherzo, Op 39, No 3 - Chopin -performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (10:03)

05 - Invitation to the Dance - von Weber -performed by  Artur Schnabel  (7:25)

06 - Hungarian Rhapsody 2 - Liszt -performed by  Alfred Cortot  (7:58)

07 - Mazeppa - Liszt - performed by  Erwin Nyiregyházi  (8:04)

08 - Prelude in C Sharp Minor - Rachmaninoff - performed by  Sergei Rachmaninoff  (4:12)

It's fascinating and beautiful, kind of like a woman I once married.

The Performing Piano

Prepare to be entranced.  See you on Monday.

Rick Springfield's Comic Book Heroes

This is a fun 1973 album.  I'll admit it:  I picked it up at a thrift store because of the cover.

But it's fun.

01. I'm Your Superman / Comic Book Heroes (3:43)

02. Weep No More (3:37)

03. Why Are You Waiting (3:58)

04. Believe in Me (3:54)

05. Misty Water Woman (4:36)

06. The Liar (3:42)

07. The Photograph (3:24)

08. Bad Boy (3:08)

09. Born Out of Time (3:43)

10. Do You Love Your Children (6:01)

Scans of the LP's inner and outer sleeves are included.

You can tell that the cover art was based on Wayne Boring's Superman pin-up.

Comic Book Heroes

See you on Thursday, friends!
 

Malcolm Dalglish - Grey Larson: Banish Misfortune

Here's a 1982 cassette release of a 1977 album of acoustic excitement.

01. Jig: Banish Misfortune (3:13)

02. Reels: Pigeon on the Gate / Musical Priest / Drowsy Maggie (1:29)

03. Airs: Sir John Fenwick's The Flower Among Them All / Noble Squire Dacre (4:01)

04. Jigs: The Road to Lisdoonvarna / Trip to Sligo – Slides: Dennis Murphy's Slide / O'Keefe's Slide (4:17)

05. Midnight Mountain Road (1:22)

06. Air: O'Connell's Lamentation (4:51)

07. Jigs: The Three Little Drummers / Kate Caulfield's Jig / Paddy in London (2:05)

08. Reels: Growling Old Man and Cackling Old Woman / The Nine Points of Roguery (2:15)

09. Marches: March of the King Laois / Brian Boru's March (4:52)

10. Hornpipes: The First of May / Drunkard's Path / An Comhra Donn (3:20)

11. Air: Tar Hollow / Dog in the Mustard / Kid on the Mountain (two part version) / Kid on the Mountain (four part version) / Drops of Brandy / Foxhunter's Jig / The Rocky Road to Dublin (7:26)

12. Schottisches: #1 / Maggie McGee's Schottische / Johnny, Will You Marry Me? (2:50)

13. Air: Christ Child's Lullaby (3:14)

Hop to it!

See you on Monday.
 

My Home Is in Transylvania -- Get Used to It!

I fell for this CD because of its title.  Part of me was hoping that this was spooky, Halloween-type music.  No, folk music from Transylvania.

The orchestral accompaniment is a small band of accordion, violin, etc.  There are several fascinating and sometimes unsettling aspects to this music.  First, at times the accordionist and violinist are playing separate, competing, showoff-ish arpeggios and runs that sound completely unrelated to what Máté is singing.  Second, these melodies are often strange and different to my Western-music ears.  Third, occasionally, the ding-dang songs just STOP.  It's on purpose.  Máté and her band stop at the same time.  The tape is not cut off.  The song just halts.  Fascinating!

01. Országúton hosszú a jegenyesor (1:55)

02. Álmodó Tisza part (4:19)

03. Nem lehet azt parancsolni senkinek (2:56)

04. Szomorú a nyárfaerdõ (2:39)

05. Ott, ahol a Maros vize (1:49)

06. Vadvirágos erdõ szélén rózsabokor (2:09)

07. Fenyõ, fenyõ, de magas fenyõ (3:20)

08. Udvarhelyi templom (2:21)

09. Szép vagy, gyönyörû vagy, Magyarország (4:12)

10. Van jogom a boldogsághoz (2:41)

11. Adj, Uram Isten (5:05)

12. Erdélyországban van az én hazám (2:27)

13. Édesanyám sírját (3:05)

14. Bujdokolva járok (2:05)

15. Csíkországi fenyvesekben (2:11)

16. Valahol már nap ragyog (4:04)

17. Kolozsvári kiskertekben (2:07)

18. Székely himnusz (2:48)

Máté Ottília - Erdélyországban van az én hazám

See you on Thursday!
  

Music of WWII, Volume 1

I found this fun CD at a thrift store recently, and was surprised by the obscurity of this compilation.

01. Alvino Rey, Bill Schallen & the King Sisters  - The Army Air Corps (2:41)

02. Dick Todd (with Leonard Joy's Orchestra) - Goodnight, Mother (2:43)

03. Johnny Mercer (with Paul Weston's Orchestra) - G.I. Jive (3:20)

04. Sgt. Jules Munshin, Pvt. Buddy Moreno with GI Chorus - Ain't Misbehavin'/Hinky Dinky Parlay Voos (2:48)

05. Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye - I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen  (3:17)

06. Andrews Sisters (with Vic Schoen's Orchestra) - Here Comes the Navy (Beer Barrel Polka) (2:46)

07. Kate Smith (with Jack Miller's Orchestra) - (There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs of Dover (3:01)

08. Glenn Miller (Ray Eberle, vocals) - A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (3:36)

09. Lena Horne (with Lou Bring & His Orchestra) - Stormy Weather (3:17)

10. Hour of Charm All-Girl Orchestra - We Must Be Vigilant (American Patrol) (2:52)

11. Swing & Sway with Sammy Kaye - Dear Mom (2:59)

12. Horace Heidt & His Musical Knights - Goodbye Dear, I'll Be Back In A Year (2:50)

I certainly was unfamiliar with the Andrews Sisters' "Here Comes the Navy."  Hope you too are charmed.

Music of WWII

See you back here on Monday, friends!