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Post by jk on Jan 5, 2024 7:35:22 GMT -5
Dennis’s "You And I"/"Friday Night" and David Bowie's album "Heroes" were both released on 14 October 1977. I bought "Heroes" at the time after seeing Fripp's name on the cover -- I wasn't disappointed. "The Secret Life Of Arabia" closes side two: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%22Heroes%22_(David_Bowie_album)
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Post by jk on Jan 9, 2024 6:25:45 GMT -5
August 28th 1978 brought the release of a cover version of a classic, "Peggy Sue" (b/w "Hey Little Tomboy") and an original later to be covered, the Jagger-Richards song "Beast Of Burden". But it's the B-side, "When The Whip Comes Down", that really speaks to me, particularly in this stunning live version: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Whip_Comes_Down
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Post by jk on Jan 11, 2024 15:20:56 GMT -5
It was tricky finding a musical companion for "Here Comes The Night"/"Baby Blue" on 13 February 1979. In fact it's taken me to the strangest place yet in this thread. Released in the UK in July 1996, the art work of Tori Amos's single "Hey Jupiter" includes what has been seen by some as a female breast complete with nipple: Frank Beck (whoever he may be) puts this theory to rest: "It is in fact the planet Jupiter. The picture on the single is a photograph taken by NASA's Voyager 1 space probe on [wait for it] February 13, 1979. You can see the giant Great Red Spot, a permanent cloud feature on Jupiter, about 3 times the size of Earth. In front of that cloud passes one of Jupiters satellites called Io (that's the nipple!)." [ Source]
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Post by jk on Jan 19, 2024 9:25:27 GMT -5
"Good Timin'"/"Love Surrounds Me"'s release date of 17 April 1979 takes us to Finland for its partner-in-time. Eppu Normaali hail from Ylöjärvi, just 100 miles north of the capital Helsinki. Maximum Jee&Jee was the band's second album in the punk-pop style of their early years. This is the album's closer, "Kuolleet Kakarat", which google-translates as "Dead Brats": www.discogs.com/master/19696-Eppu-Normaali-Maximum-Jee-Jee
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Post by jk on Feb 6, 2024 17:36:52 GMT -5
"Lady Lynda"/"Full Sail" was released on 1 August 1979, the same day as this single taken from the OST of the 1979 Japanese animated science fiction film Galaxy Express 999. SIDE A – Yasashiku Shinai de (Vocals: Kumiko Kaori) SIDE B – Wakusei Maetel no Theme (Performance: Columbia Symphonic Orchestra) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Express_999_(film)
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Post by jk on Feb 10, 2024 6:26:37 GMT -5
For a companion for "It's A Beautiful Day"/"Sumahama", released on 18 October 1979, we have to look again to the world of film; more specifically Home Before Midnight, getting its first public showing that day in the UK. From the OST (in all likelihood released on another date) this is the title track, performed by the English band Jigsaw: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jigsaw_(British_band)
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Post by jk on Feb 18, 2024 16:49:38 GMT -5
"Goin' On"/"Endless Harmony" was released on 11 March 1980, which is when one of the original LPs now comprising Trio Amanecer's CD Desde la Tierra del Mercurio also saw the light of day (in Peru). My spies tell me track #18, "Palomita", was certainly on that LP: www.deezer.com/en/album/57410882
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Post by jk on Feb 28, 2024 6:34:45 GMT -5
May 21st 1980 saw the simultaneous release of "Livin' With A Heartache"/"Santa Ana Winds" and "Sekai Eiyushi" (世界英雄史, literally "world history of heroes"), the 18th single by the immensely successful Japanese duo Pink Lady, Mitsuyo Nemoto (Mie) and Keiko Masuda (Kei). With lyrics by Akira Itō and music composed and arranged by Makoto Kawaguchi, "Sekai Eiyushi" was the duo's last new release before disbanding four months later in the wake of an unsuccessful (read: disastrous) US variety show (they would reunite several times in the decades to come): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_Lady_(duo)
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Post by jk on Mar 1, 2024 5:37:01 GMT -5
By sheer coincidence, the release on 5 March 1981 of Carl's single "Hold Me"/"Hurry Love" coincided with that of another Pink Lady single ("Oh!") and another Jacksons track, "Can You Feel It". Time now, then, for Genesis and "Man On The Corner". It's good to be reminded now and again just much good stuff they recorded besides the over-familiar warhorses: totally80s.com/article/march-1981-genesis-releases-man-corner
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Post by jk on Mar 3, 2024 10:20:29 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Mar 5, 2024 17:15:54 GMT -5
September 29th 1981 saw the release of "Looking Back With Love"/"One Good Reason", Mike's first solo single. Also released that day was Herbie Hancock's 32nd (!) album Magic Windows. Its opening track, "Magic Number", features Sylvester (and Jeanie Tracy) on vocals and "Ready" Freddie Washington on bass guitar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic_Windows
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Post by jk on Mar 11, 2024 6:33:05 GMT -5
The latest two releases on one day (2 November 1981) are "Come Go With Me"/"Don't Go Near The Water" and Spandau Ballet's polarizing follow-up to the anthemic "Chant No. 1 (I Don't Need This Pressure On)", which had reached #3 in the UK. "Paint Me Down'' lacks the memorable hooks of its predecessor and barely scraped into the top thirty. That said, it doesn't deserve the lambasting the critics gave it at the time: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paint_Me_Down
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Post by jk on Mar 12, 2024 15:41:04 GMT -5
Folks these are desperate times. After scouring the net from end to end, the only partner-in-time I could find for "Getcha Back"/"Male Ego" (8 May 1985) was a Bengali thriller movie called Baidurya Rahasya (Mystery of the Electric Gem). Rather than link the entire film (it's all I could find with any certainty), here is one of the songs from Baidurya Rahasya, "Momo [or Mamo] Giridhari Nacho" sung by Lily Sen: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baidurya_Rahasya
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Post by jk on Mar 21, 2024 8:50:54 GMT -5
I always accept the date a companion single or album is said to have been issued when it's not contradicted on a subsequent site. If it is, I abandon it and start again. It's astonishing (or maybe not) how often this happens! Ahmad Jamal is one of the few jazz musicians to get a namecheck in a rock and roll song, to wit Chuck Berry's "Go Go Go". From his album Digital Works, released (I’m told) on 17 July 1985, the same day as the Boys' single "It's Gettin' Late"/ "It's O.K.", this is the opening track, Nat Simon's "Poinciana": Ahmad Jamal – piano Larry Ball – bass Herlin Riley – drums Iraj Lashkary – percussion en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Jamal
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Post by jk on Mar 26, 2024 13:36:11 GMT -5
"She Believes In Love Again”/"It's Just A Matter Of Time" entered the world of 45s on 2 October 1985 in the company of Prince's "America", which made the top 50 in the US and the top 40 in Flanders (Dutch-speaking Belgium). I have great respect for Prince, which doesn't mean I like his music, with the odd exception. I was truly shocked when he died, more so even than when David Bowie passed. Rest in peace both: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_(Prince_song)
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Post by jk on Mar 28, 2024 17:05:08 GMT -5
The release of "Rock & Roll To The Rescue"/"Good Vibrations" (live) on 9 June 1986 coincided with that of Wham!'s farewell single, "The Edge Of Heaven" (rest in peace, George Michael): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Edge_of_Heaven
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Post by jk on Apr 2, 2024 4:10:42 GMT -5
Released on 8 April 1987, Brian's "Let's Go To Heaven In My Car"/"Too Much Sugar" saw the light of day together with the album Spanish Fly, a typical product of its age by Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam, whom I first heard at the same time as "Kokomo" on a Dutch cassette tape comp. "I Promise You", the fifth single from the album, opens side one of the original LP: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Lisa_and_Cult_Jam
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Post by jk on Apr 4, 2024 14:17:12 GMT -5
I never thought I would ever say this, but out of the double release on 3 November 1987 of "Happy Endings"/"California Girls" (live) and Prince's "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man", His Royal Badness wins by light years. I'm not a fan of Prince's music except for "1999" (and believe me I really have tried) but I have massive respect for the man. As for the BB–Richard collaboration, I just gave it a listen to see whether I might possibly have misjudged it but it sounded even worse this time round. I'd say "Happy Endings" is for the BB and for Little Richard what "My Ding-A-Ling" is for Chuck Berry. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Could_Never_Take_the_Place_of_Your_Man
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Post by jk on Apr 11, 2024 16:01:58 GMT -5
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Post by jk on Apr 14, 2024 14:10:38 GMT -5
"Kokomo" (with another song from the Cocktail OST, Little Richard's "Tutti Frutti", as the B-side) was released on 18 July 1988. So was "The Harder I Try", a Stock Aitken Waterman song that gave struggling UK boyband Brother Beyond a #2 hit in their home country. "Kokomo" hitting #1 I can understand, but how SAW's watered-down Motown rip-off got as high as it did is a complete mystery: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Harder_I_Try
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Post by jk on Apr 28, 2024 5:59:49 GMT -5
BW's gorgeous "Melt Away" b/w "Being With The One You Love" saw the light of day on 19 January 1989 in the incongruous company of glam metal merchants Britny Fox. "Save The Weak" was the third single from their self-titled debut album released the previous year: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britny_Fox
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Post by jk on May 2, 2024 15:31:37 GMT -5
August 7th 1989 saw the twin release of "Still Cruisin'", with "Kokomo" as the flipside (not for the last time), and "The Invisible Man", the third single from Queen’s album, The Miracle (it would reach #12 in the UK later that month): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man_(song)
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