STEVE HAW - 1988 + SMETHWICK

Steve Haw returns with a tribute to one of his favourite years

and a road map of his favourite place in the West Midlands...

STEVE HAW

1988 + SMETHWICK

WOKKA CHOKKA CHUM! RECORDS

2012

320 KBPS

24 mb

1. 1988 (6:06)

2. SMETHWICK (5:48)

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CUMBRIAN SPACEWOMAN - LIQUID SPACE

So here's the second of two obscure sci-fi influenced albums. This one is by the brilliantly named Cumbrian Spacewoman! Never heard of them/her but an intriguing find nonetheless. Apparently the band members were a mixed-European bunch of German, Scottish and Czech who all met at college. Liquid Space is a weird and wonderful mix of progressive rock, disco funk and atmospheric Jean Michel Jarre-ish ambience. Originally released in Germany in 1980 (according to the liner notes - apparently it was a very poor seller, the band more-or-less disbanded afterwards and original vinyl copies are very hard to find as most of the unsold copies were melted down), this here is the recent limited edition remastered release.


CUMBRIAN SPACEWOMAN
LIQUID SPACE
TAURION RECORDS
1980 (2012 REMASTERED EDITION)
320 KBPS
91 mb


1. LIQUID SPACE
2. STAR SPRINKLE VENUS
3. SPACE JUNK FUNK
4. NEW PLANET
5. BLUE STREAK ROCKET LAUNCH
6. A HUMANOID SPACEMAN ON AN OLD ENGLISH HILLSIDE
7. VACATION PLANET:
   PART I - A PEACEFUL HOLIDAY IN OUTER SPACE
   PART II - DARKNESS FALLS ON VACATION PLANET
   PART III - ALIENS ATTACK
   PART IV - VACATION PLANET DESTROYED

THE SCIENCE FICTION CORPORATION - SCIENCE FICTION DANCE PARTY - DANCE WITH ACTION

Here's the first of two obscure sci-fi influenced albums by bands I know barely anything about. This one here is "Science Fiction Dance Party - Dance With Action" from the Science Fiction Corporation. This is a mad novelty-ish blend of 60s surf and crazy robots - think along the lines of the Wondermints' "Skyman".


THE SCIENCE FICTION CORPORATION
SCIENCE FICTION DANCE PARTY - DANCE WITH ACTION
FINDERS KEEPERS
2010
VBR
83 mb


1. The End Of A Robot
2. Monster On Saturn 1
3. Visitors Of A.D 2022
4. Galactic Adventures Of The Outer Space Fleet 'Hope'
5. Hit Parade In The Light Year 25
6. The Whistling Astronaut
7. Murder In The Space Station
8. Flirtation On Venus
9. Dance On Mars
10. Man Out Of A Test Tube
11. Just Walking On The Moon
12. Death Rays Out Of The Universe
13. BONUS TRACKS - Racing Motion
14. Industry Computer
15. In A Siamese Temple
16. Souk El Juma

INJECTION XXX featuring LORI BLUE - LITTLE GIRL BLUE

A horny, pulsating beast of a track from Injection X-X-X!

INJECTION XXX featuring LORI BLUE

LITTLE GIRL BLUE

WOKKA CHOKKA CHUM! RECORDS

2012

1. LITTLE GIRL BLUE (15:02)


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REID ERROL/ARRON HARRY/DERRICK PARRIS - IMAGES (BRH-29)

More mid-80s library goodness from Bruton. This one is full of the kind of upbeat electro and smooth Shakatak-style easy-funk tracks that ITV would play during a technical fault. In other words, it's all good stuff!

REID ERROL/ARRON HARRY/DERRICK PARRIS
IMAGES (BRH-29)
BRUTON MUSIC
1986
VBR 256-320 kbps
97 mb


1 Blue Stardust    3:15
2 On Golden Sands    3:04
3 Chesapeake Bay    3:24
4 Low Riders   2:49
5 Cut Up   3:13
6 Star Turn 3:10
7 Check 'Em Out 2:04
8 Crosstalk 2:39
9 Super Heroes 2:13
10 Dreams 1.  3:06
11 Dreams 2.  3:06
12 Station N°1. 3:04
13 Back To The Streets     2:53

WARREN BENNETT & BRIAN BENNETT - IN THE GROOVE (BRH-28)

Excellent mid-80s Bruton release from the two Bennetts containing loads of sound-a-likes of upbeat dance-pop hits of the time (see how many you can spot!) - most likely used by tv productions who couldn't afford to license the original songs by the original artists that most of the tracks on here appear to emulate... For instance, "Xenon Lights" is heavily reminiscent of anything by Frankie Goes To Hollywood and even starts off with the main coda from Edwin Starr's "War", whilst "Mix It Up" is a total dead ringer for "Axel F" and "Master Mix" has Paul Hardcastle's "19" written all over it! Great fun.


WARREN BENNETT & BRIAN BENNETT
IN THE GROOVE (BRH-28)
BRUTON MUSIC
1985
128 kbps
35 mb


1  Really Moving 2:42
2  Xenon Lights 3:44
3  In The Groove 2:46
4  Master Mix 3:00
5  Laser Love 2:54
6  Live It Up 3:06
7  Tracking 2:30
8  Electro Nights 3:11
9  Beat Crazy 3:03
10  Mix It Up 2:38
11  Tight Fit 2:07
12  Whiskey Bent 3:29

COCKTAIL SWING

Here's a repost of the superb and exceedingly rare Cocktail Swing... This is an absolute must-own for easy listening, library and tv music collectors so gets it whilst you cannst!............

From the people who bought you Girl In A Suitcase, Watch With Teacher, Natural Born Fillers, The Day The TV Stood Still, Department TV and Girl In A Suitcase (Upgraded), here is one of the earliest of their superb cult/retro tv/radio/library music releases - the increasingly incredibly rare 1999 release Cocktail Swing on the Codename Music label. Cocktail Swing is an absolute must-own for collectors and connoiseurs of testcard/tv/radio/library music. All of the music comes from legendary big bands The Johnny Howard Band and The Otto Keller Band. The vibe is totally of an easy listening-lounge-testcard nature - so from that description you should know what to expect: plenty of brass, dings, dongs, happy nostalgia and how's yer father. Pearls on here include the original theme tune to ITV's Wish You Were Here, "Carnaby Chick" from Radio 2's Two's Best and "Eye Catcher" for Radio 2's The Early Show. Plus Test Card Transmission Tape classics such as "That's How The Hula Was Born", "Don't Fall In Love", "King For A Night" and "You Blew It". "Cocktails For Two" and "Everybody Loves Somebody" were used when Radio 5's Test Match Cricket was abandoned due to "Rain Stopped Play". Like I say - Cocktail Swing is an absolute must-own so download, listen and enjoy the classic retro television sound they just don't make anymore.

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Cocktail Swing

Codename Music

1999
320 kbps

1. Cocktails For Two
2. Everybody Loves Somebody
3. Opus 88
4. Burros De Bahia
5. That's How The Hula Was Born
6. Don't Fall In Love
7. King For A Night
8. You Blew It
9. Carnaby Chick
10. Eye Catcher
11. Mr Paganini: You'll Have To Swing It
12. Just One More Chance
13. Lucky 13
14. Rockin' Bugler Boy
15. I Dig You The Most
16. Beware My Heart
17. Starting Point
18. Calypso Reggae
19. Liebchen
20. See You Later

Ripped & encoded by X-Y-Z-Cosmonaut.

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