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July 29, 2007 | Filed Under Music |

On a lazy, rainy, hang around weekend - what’s there to do but watch horror movies and upload tunes?

Brian Eno & David Byrne - “My Life In The Bush of Ghosts”
Uncle tupelo - “Still Feel Gone”
John Coltrane - “A Retrospective” Three-disk set.
Versus - “Two Cents Plus Tax” Great pop from this NYC band.
Richard & Linda Thompson - “Shoot Out The Lights” A classic.
PIL - “The best of..So Far”

Now a very special addition. I spent my Saturday night (since no one else was home) recording old vinyl. These four were part of my life in the early ’80s in Boston. They are pretty much one offs because they all came out in 1980-81 and - hell, there was a LOT of good music coming out in that period. Each of these bands got lost - where never picked up or developed - and that is all she wrote. But I loved these records because of the time, the place and my life at that point.
Interview - “Snakes and Lovers” This album was just self-titled in the States. You all know “Adventurers”, right? “Hide And Seek”? The lead singer sounded a bit like Richard Butler of the Psych Furs.
Private Lightning Their only LP. Fun Boston band I saw open for the Boomtown Rats at the Orpheum. Big sounds, big songs and a beautiful woman playing violin. What could be bad?
The Vapors - “Magnets” Everyone knows the song “Turning Japanese”. Well, this was their second and much stronger LP. Songs of fear and paranoia with a new wave beat. The lead single was a bouncing little number about “Jimmie Jones”. The title track a fabulously dramatic take of the Kennedy assasination. What ever happened to these guys?
Original Mirrors Self-titled LP. Another Motown-meets-new wave enterprise (good cover of “Reflections”), but not nearly as mannered and self-conscious as some of that stuff got (remember the Style Council?). A bright, shiny sound with good crunchy guitars. Friday night in Boston under the Great God Citgo! Kenmore Square - here we come!

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9 comments so far
  1. terry July 30, 2007 4:52 am

    I think I have you to thank for introducing me to Richard Thompson. Didn’t you buy me Daring Adventures one year for Christmas or something??

    Anyways, I’ve seen him live 3 times and he’s just the best!

  2. mburma July 30, 2007 8:04 am

    That sounds like me. This is the record he and his former wife did while they were breaking up. AND they toured with it! Her solo albums are pretty good, too.

  3. Mike July 30, 2007 8:48 am

    Didn’t you steal my vinyl copies of Private Lightning and Original Mirrors? Only kidding, I know I gave them to you. Got Bad Religion’s New Maps of Hell Friday, awesome as usual. If only about 50 more bands would make relevant music this year, I could have something to listen to rather than wear-out all my Tool and Rancid CD’s.

  4. mburma July 30, 2007 10:58 am

    I DID steal Original Mirrors, but I don’t know what happened to Private Lightning. I just had to buy another copy off Ebay.

  5. Tommy July 30, 2007 12:45 pm

    I do believe that I will require copies of those records. I bought Richard Thompson’s Hand of Kindness at Goodwill for a pair of quarters and its the best fifty cents I ever spent.

    There are new tunes on my bands website if you anybody’s interested. www.myspace.com/thejoinerinners

  6. mburma July 30, 2007 5:31 pm

    Yes - Thompson is a guitar God. But I highly suggest The Vapors album and “My Life In The Bush Ghosts” as well.

    Nice tunes, my friend. One thought - Remeber that Grant Hart was the KEY to Husker Du. Trust me on this.

    So - when will you be playing around this area?

  7. The Bowmar Brain August 1, 2007 1:06 pm

    It was my copy of Private Lightning you are referring to, and, Tommy, I have all of these records. In fact, my first attempt at burning a record to CD was the Interview record your uncle referred to. The only sad thing about Private Lightning is that their best song (”Geneva”) is not on the LP.

  8. mburma August 1, 2007 2:26 pm

    I don’t remember “Geneva”. It’s a drag there was no follow up to the record. I read somewhere where to band wasn’t happy with the record. But it certainly sounds like the Private Lightning I saw in concert. Good car music.

  9. Paul May 27, 2008 5:00 pm

    I have been looking everywhere for digital copies of the Private Lightning songs. Is there any way you could share with me for my IPOD? I was at that Boomtown Rats show - Orchestra Luna also opened. THanks.