More Aztec Camera

Knife (1984)

Roundly trashed upon its fall 1984 release -- many reviewers took the album almost as a personal insult -- Knife is nowhere near as terrible an album as it seemed at the time. One must remember the circumstances, however: 1983's High Land Hard Rain, as well as the preceding singles on the legendary Postcard and Les Disques du Crepuscule labels, had presented Roddy Frame and crew as the jazz and folk-inflected, acoustic guitar-slinging saviors of pop music from the synth-driven hordes. Knife, on the other hand, was (yikes!) produced by Dire Straits' Mark Knopfler, who (gasp!) brought in a pair of keyboard players to color Frame's (shriek!) newly R&B-flavored pop songs. In retrospect, though, Knife is, while deeply flawed, a thoughtful and largely likable set of tunes. There are three killer singles, the danceable "Still on Fire," "Just Like the USA" (which features a jiggly guitar riff that almost turns into the hook from the Jackson 5's "I Want You Back" in a few spots), and the sublime "All I Need Is Everything," a lovely, yearning tune based on a hypnotic guitar riff and featuring possibly the best chorus of Frame's career. Slightly below that fine triumvirate are "The Birth of the True" and the stirring "Backwards and Forwards," which both recall the pretty but slightly strident ballads of Frame's early career, and the peppier "Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane)," all of which are perfectly respectable tunes. Then, though, comes the bland, forgettable "The Back Door to Heaven," and the truly horrible title track, which stretches out too few musical or lyrical ideas over an endless, nearly ten-minute track that seems to be going for a Dire Straits-like ambience but merely sounds noodly and insipid. With a more sympathetic producer and a less obvious method of filler (why not record new versions of those early singles?), Knife would have made it past the cultural arbiters. As it was, Aztec Camera never really recovered.

Tracklisting

1 Still on Fire (4:01)
2 Just Like the USA (4:03)
3 Head Is Happy (Heart's Insane) (4:14)
4 Back Door to Heaven (5:22)
5 All I Need Is Everything (5:50)
6 Backwards and Forwards (4:12)
7 Birth of the True (2:41)
8 Knife (9:04)

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Love (1987)

Roddy Frame dispensed with the previous members of Aztec Camera and turned to a group of American session musicians and high-powered producers (Russ Titelman, Tommy LiPuma) for his third full-length album, on which he also abandoned his singer/songwriter, folk-rock approach in favor of an American R&B style. It's a distinct step down from the ingenuity of his first couple of records, and was met with indifference in the U.S., which seemed to be its intended target. In the U.K., the album belatedly took off after its second single, "Somewhere In My Heart," went to #3, and became Aztec Camera's only Top Ten LP. (Other U.K. chart singles were "How Men Are" [#25] and "Working In A Goldmine" [#31].)

Tracklisting.

1 Deep and Wide and Tall (4:06)
2 How Men Are (3:41)
3 Everybody Is a Number One (3:30)
4 More Than a Law (4:43)
5 Somewhere in My Heart (4:02)
6 Working in a Goldmine (5:44)
7 One and One (4:14)
8 Paradise (4:34)
9 Killermont Street (3:20)

Download link:

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Stray (1990)

A welcome comeback after the flaccid dance-pop of 1987's insipid Love, Stray is among Roddy Frame's most assured and diverse collections of songs. Unlike previous Aztec Camera albums, there's not one unifying style to the disc, and the variety makes Stray one of Frame's better collections. From the assured rocking pop of the singles "The Crying Scene" (the closest thing Aztec Camera ever got to an American hit single) and "Good Morning Britain" (a rousing collaboration with Mick Jones of the Clash and Big Audio Dynamite) to the cool, Chet Baker-ish cocktail jazz of "Over My Head," Frame covers the waterfront, but it's the quartet of songs that constitutes the second half of the album that impress the most. These four songs, "How It Is," "The Gentle Kind," "Notting Hill Blues," and the tender acoustic closer "Song For A Friend," are a loosely connected cycle mingling folk, soul, and pop in varying proportions. Starting with a bitterly cynical denunciation of modern society, the four songs move through sadness and resignation to a hopeful, sweet closure. Shorn of the pretentiousness that mars some of Frame's earlier lyrics -- written, to be fair, while he was still in his mid-teens -- the lyrics on Stray are the first that stand up to Frame's remarkable melodic sense. The simple, low-key production by Frame and Eric Calvi also retreats from the unfortunate excesses of both Love and its misbegotten Mark Knopfler-produced predecessor, Knife. With the exception of Aztec Camera's 1983 debut High Land Hard Rain, this is Roddy Frame's best album.


Tracklisting

1 Stray (5:33)
2 Crying Scene (3:34)
3 Get Outa London (3:41)
4 Over My Head (5:53)
5 Good Morning Britain (4:02)
6 How It Is (4:00)
7 Gentle Kind (5:32)
8 Notting Hill Blues (6:41)
9 Song for a Friend (2:28)

Download link

http://rapidshare.com/files/4986506/Aztec_Camera__1990__stray.rar.html


Dreamland (1993)


Whoever got the idea of putting erstwhile lo-tech pop hero Roddy Frame in the studio with the legendarily hi-tech keyboardist/ composer/ producer Ryuichi Sakamoto ought to at least get credit for thinking outside the box. And if the experiment wasn't an unqualified success, well, that's what usually happens when you think outside the box. Dreamland is far from a failure; by this point in his career, Frame's pop craft is too instinctive to permit that. But Sakamoto does occasionally threaten to overwhelm the songs with his patented super-smooth production and studio fripperies (those strings! those backing vocals!), and in a few cases the songs themselves aren't structurally capable of supporting all that added weight. Several tracks, in particular the rather silly "Spanish Horses," will leave you thinking "Gosh, that was pretty. How did it go again?" And "Safe in Sorrow," a gorgeous pop/soul ballad, feels like it wants to go twice as fast as it does, but can't. All that said, there are some great moments here, including the aching "Let Your Love Decide" and the slightly creepy "Valium Summer"; fans of the Camera should like this album just fine.


Tracklisting

1 Birds (4:56)
2 Safe in Sorrow (4:56)
3 Black Lucia (4:00)
4 Let Your Love Decide (5:03)
5 Spanish Horses (4:34)
6 Dream Sweet Dreams (3:26)
7 Pianos and Clocks (4:53)
8 Sister Ann (5:13)
9 Vertigo (4:54)
10 Valium Summer (5:53)
11 Belle of the Ball (3:24)

Download link

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Live at Ronnie Scotts (Acoustic)


















Tracklisting

1 Birth of the True
2 Song for a Friend
3 Killermont Street
4 How Men Are
5 Sister Ann
6 Good Morning Britain
7 Mattress of Wire
8 Let Your Love Decide
9 Orchid Girl
10 Stray
11 Sunset
12 The Bugle Sound Again
13 Dolphins
14 Oblivious
15 Black Lucia

Download link

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RIQ3KLDE


Greetings.

Paul Haig - Rhythm of Life

Les Disques Du Crepuscule/Island, ILPS9742

Heaven Sent
Never Give Up (Party Party)
Adoration
Stolen Love
Don't Rush In
Blue For You
In The World
Justice
Work Together

Recorded at Sigma Sound Studios, New York and RAK Studios, London
Engineered by John Potoker and Phil Thornally
Mixed at RAK. Engineered by Phil Thornally
Produced by Alex Sadkin, except Heaven Sent and Blue For You co-produced
with Paul Haig

Lyrics - Paul Haig
Music - Paul Haig, except Adoration, Paul Haig and Jack Waldman
Blue For You and Don't Rush In, Paul Haig and James Locke
Sleeve concept, Paul Haig

Keyboards - Jack Walkdman, Bernie Worrall, Tom Bailey
Guitars - Paul Haig
Drum machine programming - Paul Haig, Jack Waldman
Percussion - Anton Fier, Tom Bailey, Mike Nocito, J S Subero
Vocals - Paul Haig
Backing Vocals - Tina Baker, Nikki Lauren, Karen Brown, Paul Haig

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Stay Close Live



A Bryan Ferry like music,i think its very-very good song!:)
from the album :
http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/7220791/a/Stay+Close.htm

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YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI from Yellow Magic Orchestra

Country :
Japan

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop

















SARAVAH! (1977)

Tracklist :

01 Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) 2.26
02 Saravah! 4.03
03 C'est si bon 3.12
04 La Rosa 5.04
05 Mood Indigo 2.51
06 Elastic Dummy 5.03
07 Sunset 4.04
08 Back Street Midnight Queen 4.15
09 Present 4.46

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=143462213fee35bcc5d0d3526cc6eebb 192 kbs


Between Sadistic Mika Band and YMO. Sakamoto arranges and co-produces. RS was nicknamed The Professor back then. Hosono plays bass. Currently Budget priced. Here we have an early (if not the first) appearance by all YMO members. A good example of late 70s studio pop. Not really related to their later Technopop sound.


















MURDERED BY THE MUSIC (1980)

Credits :
Drums - Haruomi Hosono/ Guitar - Kenji Omura/ Keyboards - Ryuichi Sakamoto/ Quasimutant Voices - Chris Mosdell

Tracklist :

01 School of Thought
02 Murdered by the Music
03 Kid-Nap, the Dreamer
04 I-Kasu!
05 Radioactivist
06 Numbers from a Calculated Conversation
07 Bijin-Kyoshi at the Swimming School
08 Blue Colour Worker
09 Stop in the name of Love
10 Mirrormanic
11 The Core of Eden

Link to download :
http://rapidshare.com/files/4194408/_1980__murdered_by_the_music.rar.html

A Technopop classic.Should appeal to early era YMO fans.

"The two 1982 albums are pleasant surprises, with playing and material that's at once aggressive and arty. Murdered by the Music (from 1980 but unreleased in the West for two years) is the more goofy and eclectic. The What, Me Worry? EP features three tracks from the LP of the same name — one with Japanese lyrics this time — plus another bright original and a sprightly cover of an old German tune."

NEUROMANTIC (1981)

Credits:
Engineer - Steve Nye (from Penguin Cafe Orchestra) / Guitars - Kenji Omura , Phil Manzanera (from Roxy Music)/ Keyboards - Haruomi Hosono , Ryuichi Sakamoto , Tony Mansfield(from New Musik)/ Producer, Vocals, Drums, Keyboards - Yukihiro Takahashi/ Programming - Hideki Matsutake/ Saxophones - Andy Mackay


Tracklist :

01 Glass
02 Grand Espoir
03 Connection
04 New (Red) Roses
05 Extra-Ordinary
06 Drip Dry Eyes
07 Curtains
08 Charge
09 Something in the Air

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=acb119a944f205ece48221bbe002a647

A fine album . Should appeal to YMO fans though none of the YMO period solos tried to duplicate the more instrumental based YMO sound. There was a British music movement at the time called "New Romantic" which included stuff from for example Roxy Music, whom YT admired and OMD, a contemporary act. Possibly more an ironic connection with being neurotic, though I guess in its New Romantic attitude it, in coincidental hindsight (futuresight?) it might even have slight echos in William Gibson's novel Neuromancer, which was published some 3 years later. Recorded March-May 1981 with HH, RS, Omura, Tony Mansfieds, Manzanera, Andy Makay, Matsutake.
Recorded while Yukihiro Takahashi was in full swing drumming/singing with the Yellow Magic Orchestra, this album might as well have been called a YMO album because both Haruomi Hosono and Ryuichi Sakamoto play their instruments here. And naturally the mostly fast rhythms are very similar to those in YMO's music as well as the album's overall mood. But some other musicians make an appearance too, such as Phil Manzanera and Andy Mackay both taking a break from Roxy Music.Takahashi is in decent vocal form throughout where the usual echoes of David Bowie and Bryan Ferry from, again, Roxy Music are never far off. On the cover a few pictures of a rather pensive-looking Takahashi are printed but the music is actually rather cheerful. The first few tracks are alright if a bit interchangeable but starting with 'Drip Dry Eyes' (a compilation album favourite) they become excellent.

"I'm not one for using 25 dollar words...so I will just tell you that if you love synth, you will ADORE this album. I first heard the last song on the album, "Something In The Air" on CBC Radio 23 years ago (!!!) This song is NOT the one done by Thunderclap Newman or Tom Petty. It is ethereal and fabulous and man, I can't wait to get a copy of this album again!"

















WHAT? ME WORRY? (1982)

Credits:
Artwork By - Hajime Tachibana/ Backing Vocals - Tony Mansfield (tracks: B2, B5) , Zaine Griff (tracks: B1, B2) /Engineer - Julian Mendelsohn , Mitsuo Koike , Yoshifumi Iio/ Guitar - Bill Nelson , Kenji Omura (tracks: A1, B5) /Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Drums - Yukihiro Takahashi/ Mastered By - Hiroshi Yuasa/ Mixed By - Steve Nye /Saxophone - Mitsuru Sawamura (tracks: A1, B2, B4)/ Technician - Hideki Matsutake , Steve Rance

Tracklist :

01 What, Me Worry?
02 It's Gonna Work Out
03 Sayonara
04 This Strange Obsession (tune by Zaine Griff)
05 Flashback (with YMO)
06 The Real You
07 Disposable Love
08 My Highland Home in Thailand (with Bill Nelson)
09 All You've Got To Do
10 It's All Too Much (George Harrison cover)

Link to download :
http://rapidshare.com/files/4211609/Yukihiro_Takahashi_-_What_Me_Worry.rar.html

The tune Flashback includes all members of YMO. YT duets with Bill Nelson (plays throughout the album), Zane Grif and Ronny. This album will appeal to YMO fans. The style changes drastically from track to track. Not really a problem since it's very good.
One of the best Yukihiro Takahashi album during his Yellow Magic Orchestra period, it is certainly a varied one. Melody-wise most songs are strong and a few additional singers provide some welcome relief to Takahashi's "characteristic vocal style" (to put it politely), although he does sing with real passion throughout this album. The two short tracks are instrumentals with a Japanese feel, whereas the songs are clearly influenced by, or themselves influenced the early eighties British synthpop scene featuring the likes of the Human League etc.The English-lyric songs are all co-written by Peter Barakan who also helped out YMO in this respect. As usual the other two YMO members help out their friend here, but they only make an appearance on the wonderful 'Flashback', for which Ryuichi Sakamoto also provides the music. Other highlights include 'Sayonara' which has Japanese lyrics, 'This Strange Obsession' (written and partly performed by Zaine Griff), the melancholic 'Disposable Love' about the effects of a relationship breaking up and the fun 'All You've Got To Do'.'The Real You' continues the vocal style first heard on YMO's 1981 album ‘Technodelic’ with its multiple vocal layers sort of sliding over the accompaniment. The last track on the album is a cover of a George Harrison song from the surreal ‘Yellow Submarine’ soundtrack and anybody who knows the heavily psychedelic Beatles original will raise an eyebrow because here Takahashi manages to turn it into a nice upbeat pop-song, although some psychedelic elements like a Hammond organ sound and the well-known Beatles trick of inverted drum-sounds are retained.

















TOMORROW'S JUST ANOTHER DAY (1983)

Tracklist :

01 Ripple
02 My Bright Tomorrow
03 Kagerou
04 Rokugatsu no Tenshi
05 Maebure
06 Coincidence
07 This Island Earth (Bryan Ferry tune)
08 Are You Recieving Me? (Remix)
09 Good Time
10 The April Fools (Bacharach tune)

Link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7PVPNX6R 192 kbs

Lots of synths, but kind of like an average pop album. A bit dull. Suffers from lack of guests.

















TIME AND PLACE (1984) (Live album :16+20 Aug 1983)

Credits :
Keiichi Suzuki, Hajime Tachibana, Bill Nelson, Sandii and David Palmer

Tracklist :

01 My Bright Tomorrow
02 Kagerou
03 Drip Dry Eyes
04 Flashback
05 Maebure
06 Something in the Air
07 It's Gonna Work Out
08 The April Fools
09 Happiness Is Happening [bonus studio track from 1983]

Link to download :
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"Selecting those songs that best combine melody and muscle, Time and Place is a strong live set mostly interpreting Takahashi's previous repertoire but also adding some new things (plus a version of Bacharach/David's "The April Fools"). The band giving it all a unified feel is keyboardist Keiichi Suzuki, Bill Nelson, Hajime Tachibana (ex-Plastics) and drummer David Palmer. Interestingly, Takahashi doesn't drum — he sings, plays keyboards and guitar."

WILD AND MOODY (1984)

Tracklist :

01 Wild & Moody
02 Stranger Things Have Happened (by Steve Jansen)
03 Kill That Thermostat
04 Helpless
05 The Price to Pay
06 Bounds of Reason Bonds of Love
07 Walking to the Beat

Link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=R9KGBQII

A short album. With Sakamoto, Iva Davies (Icehouse) and Bill Nelson (Be Bop Deluxe). Takahashi is in very good form with excellent arrangements. One of my favorite post-YMO YT albums I've heard. Recorded Aug-Sep 1984 .
At barely thirty minutes more a maxi-single than a full-length album, this first post-YMO project by Yukihiro Takahashi is also a bit short on ideas. Its atmosphere is slightly lackluster – "moody" perhaps, but "wild" is a definite overstatement. Plenty of harsh industrial sounds and a few contributions from former YMO buddies Sakamoto (Fairlight) and Hosono (bass) as well as Bill Nelson on guitar/vocal can't conceal the fact that the musical material is a bit average. A significant pointer is perhaps the fact that all the song-lyrics come from writers other than Takahashi.On the plus side, Takahashi's voice has never sounded better, making it less of a potential irritation and the addition of a few female backing singers also help things along. The best song is perhaps the Neil Young cover 'Helpless' and the album closes strongly with 'Walking To The Beat', co-written with Iva Davies.

"Wild & Moody is an LP of pretty songs — mainly romantic, though a little lyrically offbeat — dressed (but not tarted up) in electro-dance clothing. Nothing awesome, but nearly all of it delightful."

















POISSON D'AVRIL -Soundtrack (1985)

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Leftfield, Synth-pop

Credits:
Computer [Programming] - Takeshi Fujii , Yoshifumi Iio/ Engineer - Shinichi Tanaka , Yoshifumi Iio/ Guitar - Ryomei Shirai/ Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Drums - Yukihiro Takahashi/ Mixed By - Shinichi Tanaka , Yukihiro Takahashi /Piano - Koji Ueno/ Strings - Koji Ueno/ Vocals - Pierre Barouh

Tracklist :

01 Poisson D'Avril
02 Theme from Mari
03 Shohei's CM Song
04 Proud Toilet Attendant
05 Heart in a Hurry
06 Ordinary Day
07 Probably, South Pacific
08 Brand New Day
09 At Speak Easy Club
10 The Trouble with Shohei
11 Theme from Fujiko
12 Soap Opera
13 Poisson D'Avril (instrumental)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=ee473467618520e5eac131e6b0c02105 224 kbs

Light, pop-ish instrumentals plus 2 songs. Koji Ueno and Pierre Barouh appear. Takahashi acts in the movie.

"Poisson d'Avril (the French idiom meaning April Fools) is the soundtrack of a film starring Takahashi. (A large poster of "Yuki" is included.) He was apparently seized by the urge to become Burt Bacharach; a surprisingly large amount of it is movie music, in the style of "sophisticated" '60s romantic comedy."

ONCE A FOOL (1985)

Tracklist :

01 Harukanaru Omoi
02 Fuyu No Silhouette
03 Providence (Subarashiki Gensou)
04 Shigoto Wo Oeta Bokutachi Wa
05 One More Chance
06 Sailor
07 I Saw The Light
08 Konchu-ki
09 Nakitai Kimochi
10 Kyou No Sora

Link to download :

http://rapidshare.com/files/4219392/_1985__once_a_fool.rar.html

Sakamoto, Hosono and Kenji Omura play. Typical Takahashi, Nice but not very memorable as it's kind of middle of the road.

Yukihiro Takahashi and Steve Jansen: Stay Close (1986) EP

Tracklist :

01 Stay Close
02 Betsu-ni
03 Stay Close (Weirder World)- [instrumental]

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=c650146b0e005e5c4e03a0e05819d21b.

Many thanks for the original uploader!Ive just got it few minutes ago to mye-mail:)

lassical, Experimental

Credits:
Computer - Hiroaki Sugawara , Yasuo Kimoto /Keyboards - Takeshi Kobayashi/ Keyboards, Percussion - Yukihiro Takahashi/ Mixed By - Michio Nakakoshi , Shinichi Tanaka , Yoshifumi Iio
Notes:
Theme and Concept : Yohji YamamotoMusic & Produce : Yukihiro Takahashi for Yohji Yamamoto & Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme spring-summer 87, autumn-winter 87-88 collection in Paris. All songs composed & arranged by Yukihiro Takahashi

Tracklist :

01 Parfum De L'aube
02 Memoires D'un Homme
03 Memoires D'une Femme
04 Brise
05 Entracte
06 Parano-Mania
07 Voyage A Travers Le Futurproche
08 Les Filles Qui Arrivent De La Chine
OLD STEP
09 Professeur "Fate"
10 Bondissement
11 Errance

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=4832f8a797f861c9d4a3d1051d68a444 192 kbs

Instrumentals. Various pieces of fashion show music. Witty sophisticated listening.
I take it that this is music produced for a fashion show.The cd is credited as a collaboration between Yukihiro Takahashi and Yohji Yamammoto. On the back cover it says "For Yohji Yamamoto and Yohji Yamamoto Pour Homme spring- summer 87, autumn- winter 87-88 collection in Paris. The music is a combination of piano and computer. You can't dance to it but it seems to have a sense of humor about it. I'm not sure how else to describe it.

















EGO (1988)

Tracklist :

01 Tomorrow Never Knows
02 Look Of Love
03 Erotic
04 ASAIRO NO TAMEIK
05 Sea Change
06 Dance Of Life
07 Yes
08 Left Bank
09 Only The Heart Has Heard

Link to download :
http://www.badongo.com/file/1733576 192 kbs

This is a fantastic album including Hosono and Sakamoto. Other guests include Iva Davies of Icehouse, Kenji Omura and Ray Ohara. Solid electronic pop music. Leads right into 'Broadcast from Heaven.



















BROADCAST FROM HEAVEN (1990)

Tracklist :

01 TENGOKU KARA NO CHUKE
02 6.000.000.000 No Tengoku
03 Fait Accompli (by Steve Jansen)
04 4.30am NO YET
05 1% No Kankei
06 The Sensual Object Dance
07 SABISHISA NO SENNTAK
08 Forever Bursting into Flame
09 Rehabilitation
10 What the World Needs Now Is Love

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=5671ed2eca2654cc2195a261f2845bc8.

This and Ego are more interesting than the last several or next few post-la Penseé.

















A DAY IN THE NEXT LIFE (1991)

Tracklist :

01 Only Love Can Break Your Heart
02 Furueru Hoshi
03 Ai Wa Tsuyoi Stronger Than Iron
04 360 Degrees
05 Kuuki Suudake
06 Betsu-Ni (by Steve Jansen)
07 Everyday Life
08 X'mas In The Next Life
09 Kami O Wasurete Iwaeyo X'mas Time
10 Nightingale In Heaven

Link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=QKX4L6AJ 192 kbs

The cover for this one is nice. It has a transparent plastic insert with Takahashi's face and title, underneath is the cd booklet which can be folded several ways to give various backgrounds to the picture of Takahashi. It also includes his business card.Takahashi plays everything with guest appearances by Kenji Omura, Keichi Suzuki and Steve Jansen. This is another great cd.

















THE ADVENTURE OF GAKU -Soundtrack (1991)

Tracklist :

01 OPENING TITLE
02 PARADISE NAP
03 SUBSIDENCE BRIDGE
04 DRIFTING TWO
05 PRESENTIMENT
06 TORRENT
07 WONDERING TWO
08 THE THEME OF GAKU PART-1
09 ESCAPE
10 THE THEME OF GAKU PART-2
11 HIS LIGHT WITHIN
12 THE VOICE OF JEDI MASTER TURTLE
13 MEET AGAIN
14 THE THEME OF "THE ADVENTURE OF GAKU"
15 LIKE THE ENKA

link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1SE4ED82 192 kbs

"Produced by Yukihiro Takahashi". All synth and samples. Gaku seems to be a dog, thus making this cd a good companion to Sakamoto's Adventures of Chatran. Comes with a 68 page b&w booklet about the film. The theme is full of clockwork percussion which is interesting. Overall pretty fun.
















LIFE TIME, HAPPY TIME (1992)

Tracklist :

01 GENKI NARA URESHII NE
02 OTOKO NI OITE
03 SUTEKI NA HITO
04 Follow You Down
05 Good Days, Bad days
06 Fathers
07 Pursuit Of Happiness
08 Happy Children
09 Mis
10 SHIAWASE NI NAROUYO
11 KOUHUKU NO CHOSH

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=4a2037276ec05dcadc5012b4e9998ce2 192 kbs

This album also features arrangements that highlight acoustic instruments and an inner serenity that takahashi must have been feeling at that time. There is one absolutely killer techno-pop track included (Mis). Worth the whole cd for this track alone.
Steve Jansen appears


















IT'S A Y.T. WORLD -compilation (1996)

Tracklist :

01 Futari no kage ni -4.37
02 Flashback -4.54 (karaoki)
03 Disposable Love -4.28 (Japanese version)
04 Sayonara -5.31 (karaoki)
05 Ich bin der gluckligchste Mensch auf der Welt -3.59
06 Are You Recieving Me? -4.06 (single version)
07 And I Believe in You -4.29
08 Another Door -6.32
09 Walking to the Beat -4.06 (Australian single edit)
10 Poisson D'Avril -4.46 (single version)
11 Kimi ni Surprise! -4.04
12 School of Thought -3.53 (live)
13 Disposable Love -4.27 (live)
14 Sports Men -4.01 (live with Hosono)
15 Key -5.00 (live with Sakamoto and probably Hosono)
16 It's All Too Much -4.28 (live)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=711e2e4f3cbf2719d5fc49cb372dbea1 192 kbs


this rarities disc is included only as a special bonus disc in Yen Box Vol.1 (17 CD set of YEN releases)

















PORTRAIT WITH NO NAME (1996)

Tracklist :

01 HOLE IN MY SHOE
02 NAMO NAI RENAI
03 OISHII MIZU
04 OWARANAI TABI
05 FIELD GLASS
06 NAGAREBOSHI HITOTSU
07 DONNA IIKOTO
08 ASHINAGA OJISAN NI NAREZUNI
09 ANOKUMO HA, KYOU
10 I'LL BE HOME

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=b31bd7ccaf29e243e2bdd3e4dd6d0164 192 kbs















CINE TECHNO LOVE (1997)

Tracklist :

01 UN HOMME ET FEMME (Lai/Barduh)
02 MY GIRL (White/Robinson)
03 LA DOLCE VITA (Rota)
04 MELODY FAIR (Bee Gees)
05 "non-english title" (O'riodan/Hogan - the famous Cranberries song which was a hit for Faye Wong))
06 WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMEN (Wright/Lewis)
07 AUJOURD ' HUI C'EST TOI (Lai/Barduh)
08 LAST TANGO IN PARIS (Barbieri) .

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=e7e630de209edcdd4bda028a447c7c1f 256 kbs

These are Takahashi produced, but not necessarily performed covers of film soundtracks in techno style.

















A SIGHT OF GHOST (1997)

Tracklist :

01 Run after You
02 A Sigh of Ghost
03 Inu ni naretara
04 A Smile
05 Trajicomedy
06 Set Sail

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=d45a31bc2443d193f86c4cd674bdbe7f 256 kbs

or:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8BAOK0NT 256 kbs

This EP has 6 songs and clocks in at 33 minutes. The cover is styled like an old National Geographic magazine. Has some lite electronica type beats, bits of rock guitar, not much more or less than you expect from him.
















A RAY OF HOPE (1998)

Tracklist :

01 I Need You (3:39)
02 A Ray Of Hope (4:22)
03 Te Wo Nobaseba - A Touch Of Love - (Album Version) (5:22)
04 Iron Man (4:55)
05 The Choice (5:14)
06 Taisetsu Na Hito - Voice Of The Earth II - (4:34)
07 Memory Without Consequence (5:01)
08 Inu Ni Naretara (5:17)
09 Boku Wa Matteiruyo (4:55)
10 Run After You (London Remix) (6:05)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=c269200b5edd0627a466ff167976e7d8 192 kbs

PULSE (1998) with STEVE JANSEN

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Ambient, Experimental

Tracklist :

01 Life's Like That
02 The Choice
03 Wave
04 Memory Without Consequences
05 A River Dry
06 Prayer Of Gold

Link to download :

http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=c571ac07918e4293c9e21ccd592db4fd.

Limited edition six track mini-album by percussionists Jansen (ex-Japan) & Takahashi (ex-Yellow Magic Orchestra), with guests vocalist Zoe Niblett (Locust) and guitarist AzizIbrahim (ex-Simply Red, Stone Roses, Ian Brown). The CD booklet has a removable lithographic cover. 1998 Medium Recordings

THE DEAREST FOOL (1999)

Tracklist :

01 Sekaijuu Ga I Love You -Everyone Says I Love You- (5:12)
02 Kaze Ni Tuzuku Michi (5:28)
03 For Men -Medicine On The Life- (5:00)
04 Nantonaku Beatnik De Iku Tsumori Datta (5:27)
05 Kyou No Eien (4:18)
06 '00 (6:11)
07 This Beginning (4:06)
08 Re Up (4:28)
09 Kakaru Omoi (4:32)
10 Post Re Up (0:40)

Link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=M0K0X9SK 192 kbs


















BLUE MOON BLUE (2006)

Credits:
Acoustic Guitar - Hirofumi Tokutake (tracks: 2, 12) /Artwork By - Marke Newton /Brass [Euphonium] - Tomohiko Gondo (tracks: 5, 6, 12)/ Computer [Programming] - Tomohiko Gondo/ Engineer - Tomohiko Gondo (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12) , Yoshifumi Iio (tracks: 7, 9) /Glockenspiel - Tomohiko Gondo (tracks: 1, 4, 5)/ Lead Vocals, Keyboards, Drums - Yukihiro Takahashi/ Mastered By - Tom Coyne /Melodica - Tomohiko Gondo (tracks: 2, 10) /Voice [Swedish] - Chiho Shibaoka (tracks: 1, 2, 9)

Tracklist :

01 Something New (4:51)
02 Blue Moon Blue (4:47)
Electronics [Electronic Bass] - Haruomi Hosono
03 A Star Is Born (4:45)
Lead Vocals - Her Space Holiday
04 In Cold Queue (4:48)
05 Lay My Love (5:18)
06 I Like The Wright Brothers, But No Airplanes (3:33)
07 Still Walking To The Beat (4:58)
08 Exit To Reality (3:29)
09 Slow Turning Of My Heart (4:46)
10 Where Are You Heading To? (4:11)
11 In This Life (5:04)
12 Eternally (4:25)

Link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IX56OOO9 320 kbs

http://www.keikaku.net/reviews/134 review for the album

Biography :
Yukihiro Takahashi (高橋幸宏 Takahashi Yukihiro, born June 6, 1952) is a Japanese musician, who is best known as the drummer and lead vocalist of the Yellow Magic Orchestra.
Yukihiro Takahashi first came to prominence as the drummer of The Sadistic Mika Band, and became known to western audiences after this band (led by Kazuhiko Katoh, formerly of The Folk Crusaders) toured and recorded in the United Kingdom. After the Sadistic Mika Band disbanded, some of the members (including Takahashi) formed another band called The Sadistics, who released several albums. Finally Takahashi recorded his first solo album Saravah in 1977. In 1978, Takahashi joined Ryuichi Sakamoto and Haruomi Hosono to form the Yellow Magic Orchestra.
After the Yellow Magic Orchestra disbanded in the mid 80s, Takahashi went solo and released a large number of solo albums, primarily intended for the Japanese market. Takahashi has collaborated extensively with other musicians, including Bill Nelson, Iva Davies of Icehouse, Keiichi Suzuki of the Moon Riders (often as a duo dubbed "The Beatniks," although Suzuki essentially functioned as a member of Takahashi's backing band during the Moon Riders' brief hiatus) and in particular Steve Jansen. Takahashi has released a single Stay Close and an EP Pulse as a duo with Jansen.
Takahashi participated in temporary reunions of both The Sadistic Mika Band (as the Sadistic Mica Band, missing the lead vocalist Mika who was replaced by Karen Kirishima), and The Yellow Magic Orchestra (as XYMO). Both of these reunions included tours of Japan, and an album of new material.
Currently Takahashi is a member of the duo Sketch Show, with Haruomi Hosono. Sketch Show has released two albums, one of which Loophole has been released in the UK.
His latest solo album Blue Moon Blue was released on 03/15/06 in Japan.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yukihiro_Takahashi)

"Takahashi's albums are far less programmatic and predictable than YMO's. He'll go from a reggae-style version of "Stop in the Name of Love" to a new-romantic soap opera to tongue-in-cheek pop powered by galloping synths to poignant soul-searching to a loopy update of Duane Eddy guitar instrumentals. He gives prominence to guitar (mostly played by YMO pal Kenji Omura, although Bill Nelson's e-bow graces much of What, Me Worry? and Phil Manzanera, bringing fellow Roxy Musician Andy Mackay along for the ride with sax and oboe, is on much of Neuromantic)."(http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=yukihiro_takahashi)

Discography (Solo Albums)

Saravah (1978)
Murdered by the Music (1980)
Neuromantic (1981)
What? Me Worry? (1982)
Tomorrow's Just Another Day (1983)
Time and Place (1984) (Live Album)
Wild and Moody (1984)
Poisson d'Avril (1985)
The Brand New Day (1985) (Best of)
Once a Fool (1985)
Only When I Laugh (1986)
La Pensee (1987)
Ego (1988)
Broadcast from Heaven (1990)
A Day in the Next Life (1991)
The Adventures of Gaku (1991)
Umi Sora Sango no Iitsutae (1992)
Life Time Happy Time (1992)
Heart of Hurt (1992) (Unplugged best of)
Ahiru no Uta ga Kikoete Kuru yo (1993)
Mr YT (1994)
I'm Not In Love (1995) (Best of)
Fate of Gold (1995)
Portrait with no Name (1996)
A Sigh of Ghost (1997)
Pulse:Pulse (with Steve Jansen) (1997)
A Ray of Hope (1998)
Yukihiro Takahashi Collection - Singles and More 1988-1996 (1998)
The Dearest Fool (1999)
BLUE MOON BLUE (2006)

More info :
http://artcontext.org/music/artskool/jem/yt.html here come the comments from

http://www.mryt.com/ the unofficial site

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~tp8m-mti/yukihiro/menu.html one more unofficial site

More from Takahashi (Sandii & the Sunsetz, Sadistics Mika Band, The Beatniks, Sketch Show...)

Sheena Easton - Telephone

SHEENA EASTON - Best kept secret (1983) for Anvilscepe

Real Name:
Sheena Shirley Orr

Country :
Scottland

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop




















Tracklist :

01 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)
02 I Like the Fright
03 Almost over You
04 Devil in a Fast Car
05 Don't Leave Me This Way
06 Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
07 (She's in Love) With Her Radio
08 Just One Smile
09 Sweet Talk
10 Best Kept Man
11 Wish You Were Here Tonight
12 I Don't Need Your Word
13 We've Got Tonight

Bonus songs (Telefone mixes) :
01 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair mix) 6:09
02 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) club mix 6:12
03 Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) dub mix 4:18

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=7473b010f7041c86098df90e205dcc65 192 kbs

Bonus songs :
http://www.sendspace.com/file/p97v85


















Sheena's successes in 1983 (http://members.fortunecity.com/sheenanews/sewebbio.html) :

March
We've Got Tonight, a duet with Kenny Rogers, hits US #6 and goes to #1 on the US country charts.
We've Got Tonight makes UK #28.
October
Sheena stars in her own NBC-TV special "Sheena Easton...Act One."
Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair) makes US #9.
LP Best Kept Secret makes US #33 and UK #99.

"After the critically acclaimed, but commercially ignored "Madness, Money & Music," Sheena Easton decided to update her sound and image (see album cover) with 1983's "Best Kept Secret." Intent on pursuing dance music, she dumped long-time producer Christopher Neil in favor of Greg Mathieson (Donna Summer, Olivia Newton-John). The move worked surprisingly well, as first single "Telefone (Long Distance Love Affair)" made the Top 10 on both the pop and dance charts, and the album climbed to number 33 on the Billboard album chart. The rest of the set basically follows the same blueprint as "Telefone," upbeat dance tunes heavy on the synthesizers. There are two notable exceptions, however. As with most of Easton's albums, the stand-out tracks are the ballads. Included here are the exquisite "Almost Over You," (which also made the Top 40) and a superb cover of Dusty Springfield's "Just One Smile." The only misstep seems to have been the choice of "Devil In A Fast Car" as the third single over more radio-friendly cuts like "(She's In Love) With Her Radio," and "Best Kept Man." As a bonus, the reissue CD also includes Sheena's 1982 Top 10 duet with Kenny Rogers, "We've Got Tonight", which wasn't previously available on any of her albums. Definently one of Easton's best. Thanks, One Way Records!"

"This has to be one of Sheenas best albums.Less filler and more great tunes."

"sheenas voice and attitude make this an 80"s treasure. every track has a killer vocal and lyric."

More info :
http://www.sheenaeaston.com/ the official site

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheena_Easton bio

http://tinpan.fortunecity.com/humperdinck/119/index.html NEWS ARCHIVE/GALLERY/
PRESS ARCHIVE/FABULOUS/SHEENAWEB ARCHIVE

http://youtube.com/results?search_query=sheena+easton lot of video from Sheena

REPOSTED ALBUMS by REQ

omd - all mixed up (volume 1) (http://saltyka.blogspot.com/2006/09/some-omd.html)

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omd - all mixed up (volume 2)
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million dollar hotel (http://saltyka.blogspot.com/2006/06/u2-compilations-live-and-others-posted.html)
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music for pleasure (http://saltyka.blogspot.com/2006/06/music-for-pleasure-into-rain-1982-for.html)
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Enjoy !

Aztec Camera & Polyrock

Aztec Camera

Bio (From Allmusic.com) :

For most intents and purposes, Aztec Camera is Roddy Frame, a Scottish guitarist/vocalist/songwriter. Several other musicians have passed through the band over the years -- including founding members Campbell Owens (bass) and Dave Mulholland (drums) -- but the one constant has been Frame. Throughout his career, he has created a sophisticated, lush, and nearly jazzy acoustic-oriented guitar pop, relying on gentle melodies and clever wordplay inspired by Elvis Costello.

Aztec Camera released their debut album, High Land, Hard Rain, in 1983. Before its release, Owens and Mulholland had left the group, leaving Frame to assemble the record himself. Upon its release, the album won significant amounts of critical praise for its well-crafted, multi-layered pop. After releasing a stop-gap EP, Oblivious, the group's second full-length record, Knife, appeared in 1984. Produced by Mark Knopfler, the album was more polished and immediate than the debut, featuring horn arrangements and a slight R&B influence. Three years later, Roddy Frame returned with Love, which featured musical support from several studio musicians. Love was a synthesized stab at pop-R&B, resulting in his greatest commercial success -- the album launched four hit singles, including the Top Ten "Somewhere in My Heart."

Two years later, Aztec Camera returned to a more guitar-oriented sound with Stray. It wasn't as commercially successful as Love, yet it was a hit with fans who missed the chiming hooks of Frame's early work. Dreamland, released in 1993, followed the same pattern as Stray and achieved about the same amount of commercial and critical success.

Genre: Rock Style: Alternative pop.


High Land, Hard Rain (1983)


Review by Ned Raggett

Some performers never make a bigger splash than with their first record, a situation which the Ramones and De La Soul know all too well. If that's the case, though, said musicians had better make sure that debut is a doozy. Aztec Camera, or more specifically, Roddy Frame, falls squarely into this scenario, because while he has doggedly plugged away ever since with a series of what are, at times, not bad releases, High Land, Hard Rain remains the lovely touchstone of Frame's career. Very much the contemporaries of such well-scrubbed Scottish guitar-pop confectionaries as Orange Juice, but with the best gumption and star quality of them all, Aztec Camera led off the album with "Oblivious," a minimasterpiece of acoustic guitar hooks, lightly funky rhythms, and swooning backing vocals. If nothing tops that on High Land, Hard Rain, most of the remaining songs come very close, while they also carefully avoid coming across like a series of general soundalikes. Frame's wry way around words of love (as well as his slightly nasal singing) drew comparisons to Elvis Costello, but Frame sounds far less burdened by expectations and more freely fun. References from Keats to Joe Strummer crop up (not to mention an inspired steal from Iggy's "Lust for Life" on "Queen's Tattoos"), but never overwhelm Frame's ruminations on romance, which are both sweet and sour. Musically, his capable band backs him with gusto, from the solo-into-full-band showstopper "The Bugle Sounds Again" to the heartstopping guitar work on "Lost Outside the Tunnel." Whether listeners want to investigate further from here is up to them, but High Land, Hard Rain itself is a flat-out must-have.

Tracklisting:

Tracklisting

1 Oblivious 3:12
2 The Boy Wonders 3:15
3 Walk Out to Winter 3:25
4 The Bugle Sounds Again 2:58
5 We Could Send Letters 5:49
6 Pillar to Post 4:02
7 Release 3:41
8 Lost Outside the Tunnel 3:42
9 Back on Board 4:53
10 Down the Dip 2:23
11 Haywire 3:58
12 Orchid Girl 2:35
13 Queen's Tattoos 2:10


Download Link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/3134773/Aztec_Camera_-_High_Land__Hard_Rain__1983_.rar.html

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Polyrock

The New York-based new wave/synth pop band Polyrock formed in the late '70s with a lineup including vocalist Catherine Oblasney, guitarists Billy Robertson and Tommy Robertson, drummer Joseph Yannece, and keyboard player Lenny Aaron. The group signed with RCA by 1980, and delivered their eponymous debut album that same year. Two albums followed in 1981 (Changing Hearts and Electro-Romantic), but Polyrock was broken up by 1982. ROIR released the retrospective No Love Lost in 1986.

Genre: Rock
Styles: Synth pop, new wave.


Polyrock (1980)

Review.

Polyrock could be pitched as Talking Heads under the tutelage of Philip Glass. Their music owes as much of a debt to Television and Brian Eno (specifically �Third Uncle�), but the Heads/Eno parallel seems to hold up the best. Yet by the time Polyrock arrived at the party (1980), the best hats were already taken, and somehow they got swept into the second wave of new wave artists like Suburban Lawns and Flying Lizards. Polyrock deserved better, but timing is everything in music. Led by brothers Billy and Tommy Robertson, this sextet made intelligent, agitated music that threw giddy melodies into the boiling stew of atonal angst and restless rhythms. Equally at home with instrumentals that sound like Peter Gunn on speed (�Bucket Rider�) and songs that suggest Ric Ocasek having a very bad day (�Romantic Me�), it�s still not a very big home. The eleven songs are driven by the same engine, loopy but never silly, as if in an alternate universe somewhere The B-52�s took themselves seriously. With all the name dropping I�m doing, you may be tempted to pick this up, and I sure wouldn�t stop you. Just a caveat: For me, Polyrock�s music has never come from musicians, and without a recognizable brand behind the band, this becomes principled and intelligent but ultimately faceless product. It�s not their fault, but if the band ever did any marketing (videos, radio singles, tours) it missed me, and I was paying attention to this sort of thing in 1980. Maybe it won�t trouble you this long after the fact, but I�ve always felt unsure about according them a high place in the heavens, maybe because sometimes the brightest stars aren�t the biggest, just the closest. If Philip Glass� tight organ patterns push some of your buttons, however, Polyrock might push all of them.

Tracklisting:

1 Romantic Me
2 Green for Go
3 This Song
4 Go West
5 Your Dragging Feet
6 No Love Lost
7 Body Me
8 Sound Alarm
9 Bucket Rider
10 Shut Your Face
11 #7

Produced by Philip Glass & Kurt Munkacsi

LENNY AARON -- keyboards
CURT COSENTINO -- bass machine, synthesizer
CATHERINE OBLASNEY -- vocals, percussion
BILLY ROBERTSON -- guitar, vocals
TOMMY ROBERTSON -- guitars, electronics, violin
JOSEPH YANNECE -- drums, percussion, backing vocals
Philip Glass -- piano, additional keyboards

Information taked from 'Progrography'
http://www.connollyco.com

Download link:

http://rapidshare.com/files/3134774/polyrock__1980_.rar.html

Greetings for all!

SPOONS

Country :
Canada

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
New Wave ,Synth-pop

Members :
Gordon Deppe (guitar, vocals)
Sandy Horne (bass, vocals)
"Sandy Horne was not only a striking visual presence on stage, she proved without a doubt that she is one of the best bass guitarists in Canada"(Lethbridge Meliorist)
Brett Wickens (keyboards)
Derrick Ross (drums)





















ARIAS & SYMPHONIES (1982)

Bass - Sandy Horne/ Drums, Percussion - Derrick Ross/ Engineer - Mike Jones /Engineer [Assistant] - Carey Gurden/ Robert DiGioia Guitar - Gordon Deppe/ Keyboards [Jupiter Iv, Sh-2000] - Rob Preuss/Photography - P.L. Noble /Producer, Mixed By - John Punter/ Vocals - Gordon Deppe , Sandy Horne/ Written By - Gordon Deppe , Rob Preuss (tracks: 3, 5, 8) , Sandy Horne (tracks: 2, 5, 8, 9)

Tracklist :

01 Trade Winds (2:15)
02 Smiling In Winter (4:05)
03 One In Ten Words (4:10)
04 No Electrons (5:12)
05 No More Growing Up (3:25)
06 Arias & Symphonies (4:47)
07 Nova Heart (5:46)
08 South American Vacation (4:12)
09 A Girl In Two Pieces (4:27)
10 Walk The Plank (4:26)
11 Blow Away (5:59)

Link to download:
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=936559322a97832d93663588ee45ffb4

"Finally reissued on CD, this classic synthpop album by this Canadian new romantic band is by far their best. ARIAS & SYMPHONIES sounds something like early Duran Duran of the same era (1981-82), but unlike Duran Duran, this album has been sorely lost to obscurity. At times, lead vocalist Gordon Deppe sounds uncannily like Julian Cope of then Teardrop Explodes. The musicianship from this youthful band (mostly in their teens at the time) is a stunning blend of tight guitar, bass, synthesizers and a whirlwind of synth drums. Above all, this album contains one of the greatest synthpop songs of the day, "Nova Heart", which managed to get some airplay back in the day. "Smiling in Winter", "No More Growing Up", "South American Vacation" and the title track are also outstanding."

"A gem of 'New Romantic' early 80s music: melodic, suave, clever songs. Vintage acoustic electronics (i.e. electronic but played rather than programmed). If you are interested in the fact that a Toronto band was pushing the envelope in 1982 or you like songs from this band you heard on a compilation CD (or MTV circa 1984), then this is a very reasonable value.
The last star was withheld because some of the songs tend to sound alike, and you need to appreciate this genre in order to fully enjoy this album."




















TALK BACK (1983)


Credits:
Artwork By [Concept] - Dale Heslip , P.L. Noble , Spoons Artwork By [Design] - Dale Heslip
Bass - Sandy Horne/ Drums - Derrick Ross /Engineer - Jason Corsaro/ Guitar, Written-By - Gordon Deppe /Keyboards, Piano - Rob Preuss / Mastered By - Bob Ludwig /Photography - P.L. Noble /Producer - Nile Rodgers (from Chic)/ Vocals - Gordon Deppe , Sandy Horne/ Written By [Music] - Gordon Deppe , Sandy Horne (tracks: 06, 07, 10)

Tracklist :

01 Talk Back (4:36)
Written By [Music] - Rob Preuss
02 Camera Shy (4:06)
03 My Favourite Page (3:58)
04 Don't Shoot The Messenger (3:16)
Written By [Music] - Rob Preuss
05 Time Stands Still (5:01)
06 Old Emotions (3:40)
07 Stop (3:08)
08 Out Of My Hands (3:46)
09 Quiet World (4:35)
10 The Rhythm (4:20)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=45ff4842b33178ba9348e05e23261906



















VERTIGO TANGO (1988)

Tracklist :

01 Sooner Or Later
02 When Time Turns Around
03 Shaking The Fear
04 Waterline
05 Vertigo Tango
06 Bed Of Nails
07 Opening Curtain
08 I`ve Been Here Before
09 Through The Hazy
10 Game Above Your Head

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=3df1d9411c3283bfcfa36da06085364a

"You may have only heard of The Spoons from hearing Nova Heart, one of the most popular new wave songs to be authored by Canadians in the 80's. They did come out with Romantic Traffic which got a lot of airplay, as well. The foundation of the band, high school sweethearts Gordon Deppe (vocals, guitars) and Sandy Horne (bass, vocals) saw changes in the band's line-up a few times, but Deppe's musical genius rings true in Vertigo Tango. The last album for the band before calling it quits in the mid-late 90's, Vertigo Tango is a polished album making virtually every song a veritable hit. The radio-friendly production certainly blended well with their masterful songwriting. The single "Waterline" was an important comeback hit in the late 80's; however, the other nine tracks didn't get much airplay, which was a shame, considering Deppe's songwriting abilities. The songs have a pop-oriented feel, which may or may not appeal to you, but they get under your skin. After a couple of listens, this was one of my favourite albums of 1988. This band had the opportunity of opening up for big headliner names in the early 80's, David Bowie, The Smiths, to mention just a couple. After several years on the retro circuit in the 90's, the now defunct band has seen a couple of reunions, namely in the Toronto area, from where they hail. Deppe joined other talented musicians to form Fluid, a three-member alt-rock album titled "5 Star Fall" in the late 90's. It's quite a departure from Vertigo Tango, which may or may not offer Spoons fans a musical snack. "

















COLLECTABLE SPOON (1994)


Notes:
Anthology of tracks selected from the band's three albums & one EP originally released between 1981-1983 on Ready Records.

Tracklist :

01 Trade Winds
02 Nova Heart
03 Arias & Symphonies
04 Smiling In Winter
05 Romantic Traffic
06 Tell No Lies
07 Talk Back
08 Old Emotions
09 The Rhythm
10 Red Light
Engineer - Daniel Lanois/Producer - Graeme Pole
11 Conventional Beliefs
Engineer - Daniel Lanois/Producer - Graeme Pole
12 One In Ten Words
13 Blow Away
14 Nova Heart (Extended Mix)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=034d87d64adbfc088724ba23229b26e5

" super CD, containing all of the early Spoons gems. I was lucky enough to catch them live in 1994, reunited and touring in support of this collection (Sandy Horne = wow!). The only quibble I have with "Collectible Spoons" is that it excludes material from their very good 1988 album, "Vertigo Tango". I would have liked to see "When Time Turns Around" and the superb "Waterline" included on the collection. I know those later songs didn't match the popularity of the Spoons' earlier work, but they still deserved to be present on this career retrospective. Notwithstanding that small flaw, "Collectible Spoons" is well worth the money for any serious fan of early-eighties music. It even includes what I believe is the best New Wave song of all time: "Nova Heart"."

"I never really appreciated the Spoons when they were at their peak of popularity in Toronto. I mean, really, Thrifty's Jeans? And that "Tell No Lies" track always drove me nuts. Of course, everything else they did was brilliant, and this compilation CD is really something special. Go buy it."

"Those minor key fluid synth lines, passionate lyrics and drum machine sounding drums are all here! Good solid riffs!"



















NOVA HEART (Vinyl, 12") (2004)

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Progressive House, House

Disc 1 :

01 Nova Heart (Lee Cabrera Vocal Mix)
02 Nova Heart (Redanka Unplugged Mix)
03 Nova Heart (Kinnder Mix)

Disc 2 :

01 Nova Heart (Redanka Plugged Mix)
02 Nova Heart (Lee Cabrera Dub Mix)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=6327a2aaa48e35d154b634bb33900772

Biography :
The Spoons. Pop group, formed in 1979 in Burlington, Ont, west of Toronto. Original members were Gordon Deppe (guitar, vocals), Sandy Horne (bass, vocals), Brett Wickens (keyboards) and Derrick Ross (drums). Wickens was replaced by Rob Preuss in 1981, and Preuss and Ross were replaced by Scott MacDonald and Steve Kendry respectively in 1986. The Spoons enjoyed early success with teenaged audiences on the basis of the debut LP Stick Figure Neighbourhood (Ready LR-012) in 1981 and the 12-inch single 'Nova Heart' in 1982, both of which were in the synthesizer-based 'electro-pop' style of the day.
Developing a tougher rock style in the course of the 1980s, The Spoons made little impact on record outside of Canada but maintained a national profile with such songs (and corresponding videos) as 'Arias & Symphonies' (from an LP of the same title, Ready LR-022) in 1982, 'Old Emotions' (from Talkback, Ready LR-039) in 1983, 'Tell No Lies' and 'Romantic Traffic' in 1984, 'Bridge Over Borders' (from an album of the same title, Anthem ANR-1-1050) in 1986, and 'When Time Turns Around' (from Vertigo Tango, Anthem ANR-1-1054) in 1988. Canadian sales of both Arias & Symphonies and Talkback exceeded 50,000 copies. The Spoons have toured extensively in Canada and occasionally - eg, in 1983 opening for Culture Club and in 1987 opening for Survivor and Human League - in the USA. The band was still active in 1990 when Deppe and MacDonald introduced Punch House, and Horne and Kendry formed Hurricane Jane. The Spoons toured and opened for acts such as Culture Club, The Police, and Survivor and were pioneers on the pop video scene.

About Sandy Horne:
Slowing down a bit to raise a family, Sandy has formed her own all-female "alternative classical" group called "Amaris", and last year she started working with James, wandering across the street to help him record his double-CD retrospective Mining For Gold. This year her musical input was a major part of the sound behind the folk legend James Gordon's new release "One Timeless Moment".Sandy adds bass, vocals, and hair to the proceedings, and sings a couple of her own songs in the process. James Gordon and Sandy Horne cover a lot of musical territory in their new duo, with original songs ranging from the historical to the hysterical. They have discovered that their combined experiences with touring and recording in the folk and rock genres...

Albums
Stick Figure Neighbourhood (1981)
Arias & Symphonies (1982)
Talkback (1983)
Listen to the City (1984) [O.S.T.]
Bridges Over Borders (1986)
Vertigo Tango (1988)
Collectible Spoons (1994, greatest hits)

DVD
"Spoons live in Concert [Toronto 1982 & Montreal 1984]" (Sept 12, 2006)

More info :
http://www.galaxie.ca/en/1/dj_fs.php?id=13 about Gordon Deppe

http://www.myspace.com/5starfall about the new band (5 Star Fall) of Gordon Deppe (Gordon Deppe - Lead vocals, guitars, amplification devices, pedals, batteries...)


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SEONA DANCING - More to lose (remixes & B - sides)

Real Name:
Ricky Gervais, Bill MacRae


Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop

Tracklist :

01 More To Lose (spiral tribe mix)
02 More To Lose (club mix)
03 More To Lose (nu wave unlimited version)
04 More To lose (original version)
05 More to Lose (edit version)
06 More To Lose (rainman mix)
07 More To Lose (7" version)
08 Bitter Heart (razormaid remix)
09 Tell Her (b -side)
10 You're On My Side (b -side)
11 Bitter Heart (sandman's bittersweet remix)
12 Bitter Heart (extended remixx)

Link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7BDE9O5K 192 kbs

Biography
Seona Dancing was a 1980s British pop group best known for providing Ricky Gervais with his first taste of fame.
The band was formed in 1982 by aspiring pop stars Bill Macrae and Ricky Gervais. They were signed to London Records. Their single "More to Lose", released in 1983, only made it to number 70 on the Billboard charts, follow up "Bitter Heart" reached number 79 in the UK charts, and the band quickly disbanded in 1984. A year later, in 1985, a DJ from 99.5 DWRT-FM in Manila in the Philippines started playing a song called "Fade" by Medium (also billed as "Medium" by Fade). It became a runaway hit, and the angsty theme song for many Filipino teenagers in the mid 1980s. Eventually, the identity of the song was revealed as "More to Lose" by Seona Dancing. Bill Macrae faded into obscurity, but years later Ricky Gervais found new fame as the co-writer and star of the hit BBC comedy The Office, and follow up Extras.
(Gervais managed Suede for a short time in their early days. Not thinking they would make it big, he dropped them.) (www.allmusic.com)

Discography
"More to Lose" b/w "You're On My Side" (7" and 12" singles)
"Bitter Heart" b/w "Tell Her" (7" and 12" singles)

More info :
http://seonadancing.com/ the only website dedicated to Seona Dancing

http://www.wernhamhogg.co.uk/gervais.html

ARCADIA for Kiki

Members :
Simon le Bon, Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor, better known as members of Duran Duran

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop























SO RED THE ROSE (1985)

Tracklist :

01 Election Day (5:29)
Featuring - Grace Jones
02 Keep Me In The Dark (4:31)
03 Goodbye Is Forever (3:49)
04 The Flame (4:23)
05 Missing (3:40)
06 Rose Arcana (0:51)
07 The Promise (7:30)
Backing Vocals - Sting/ Keyboards - Herbie Hancock
08 El Diablo (6:05)
09 Lady Ice (7:32)

Link to download :
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8PN7WFEI 224 kbs

"In the mid 1980s, Duran splintered off into two side projects...Power Station and Arcadia. What did it prove? Well we finally knew which members were fans of Chic and who were fans of Bryan Ferry/David Sylvian...but enough on that...
This album was an amazing accomplishment. Three members from what some called a bubblegum-pop group came together and forged an album of beauty with the helping hands of jazz musician Mark Isham, avant-guarde percussionist David Van Tiegam, David Gilmor and Sting...all added credibility to the project.
Here the music is textured...layered and beautiful. The funky grind of "Election Day", the bittersweet chugging melody of "Goodbye is Forever", the simple sweetness of "Missing", the sadness of Simon's voice and just pure poetry in "The Promise" and the crystalline beauty of the epic "Lady Ice".
This album was a great "teething-toy" for those would later listen to David Sylvian, Bryan Ferry, amd delve into jazz and avant-guarde music.
I encourage anyone interested in something better than pop music to buy this CD! You won't regret it!"

"In 1985, Duran Duran underwent a big change. John and Andy Taylor went off to form Power Station with Robert Palmer and Simon, Nick and Roger stayed to release an album under the name Arcadia. Nick and Simon have both been quoted saying that Arcadia is different from their previous albums with the full group and that it is nothing they could have released as Duran Duran not just because of individual differences but also because of the kind of pressure they were under and the risk of recreating the same type of stuff unless they branched out--- just as Power Station was something that stood alone as well. I say this cause lots of people focus on the cynical side of the break-up. I'm so glad Arcadia existed, despite what some say about it because the music is just excellent. I was glad Simon, Nick and John reformed the original band, but this was a great side project.
I think all of the songs on this album are perfect and I just love the way Duran Duran and Arcadia uses backup vocals. I don't know how to describe the songs so I'll say what the band said about them. Nick claimed that they got the name Arcadia from an inscription that was "mysterious, mystic" which they thought fit with the album. He claimed they were "European" sounding and a little bit "Hispanic" sounding. I'm sorry, I'm not good at describing songs, I just know if I like them or not. They also called the songs "atmospheric" as opposed to the other Duran Duran offspring Power Station which is more rock. I don't think you have to like Duran Duran to like this CD. They are two quite different styles though I believe DD constantly altered their styles throughout their career. But I think you would have to be willing to give it an honest shot."

Lyrics :
http://www.durancollection.com/words/soredtherose.htm#ladyice
















HEAVEN'S EYES (1985) Bootleg Cd

Tracklist :

01 Election Day (Consensus Mix)
02 Election Day (Cryptic Cut No Voice Mix)
03 Election Day (Fact&Story Mix)
04 Goodbye is Forever (Extended Mix)
05 Goodbye is Forever (Dub Mix)
06 The Promise (Extended Remix)
07 Rose Arcana (Extended)
08 The Flame (Extended Remix)
09 Flame game (Yo Homebuy Remix)
10 Say The Word (Extended remix)
11 Say The Word (Extended Instrumental)

Link to download :
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HONGKONG SYNDIKAT - Never too much (1986)

Country:
Germany
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop

Members :
GERD PLEZ - Vocal,Synth (some lyrics of Falco)
BRUNO GRUENBERG - Vocal
HANS SCHMIDT THEISSEN - Keyb.,Sax (Bonfire)
GEORGE CROSTEWITZ - Guitar (Schatzi - Die Kult/Amex Love)
Ingrid and Marion Welser - background vocals,Lee White - bass, Charly Bacher - Trumpet

Notes:
produced by Gerd Plez & Hans Schmidt-Theißen
remixed by Charles Bacher & Hans Schmidt-Theißen

Tracklist :

01 Too Much (5:33)
02 Flash (5:04)
03 Conret & Clay (2:37)
04 Rock'N'Roll Has Got To Go (4:40)
05 Girls I Love (4:15)
06 Loosin' Winnin' (3:55)
07 Let's Come Together (4:25)
08 The Birds (5:02)

Link to download:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=LYPXZEOD 192 kbs

Hongkong Syndikat was a popular German synth-pop band with 3 well known chart songs : "Too Much", "Concret & Clay" and "Girls I Love".Their second album "Of Teutons Pas Japanese" appeared the following year without succes.

If you have Olympia and Des Teutons Pas Nippons ,post them please!!!

Albums :

OLYMPIA (1984)
NEVER TOO MUCH (1986)
DES TEUTONS PAS NIPPONS (1987)


More info:

http://www.plez.de/ Page of Gerd Plez



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RHEINGOLD

Real Name:
Bodo Staiger - Guitar,Vocal
Lothar Manteuffel- Text
Brigitte Kunze - Keyboards

Country :
Germany
City :
Düsseldorf
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop,N.D.W


























RHEINGOLD - Rheingold (1980)

Tracklist :

01 Rein (1:09)
02 Fluss (4:50)
03 Graffitis (3:44)
04 Himmelgeist (5:02)
05 Dreiklangsdimensionen (5:54)
06 Pirata (4:21)
07 International (3:53)
08 Rendezvous (4:01)
09 Rheingold Extra (4:21)
10 'Raus (1:30)

bonus tracks:
11 River (Englische Version) (4:52)
12 Triad Dimensions (Englische Version) (6:27)
13 Rheingold (Single) (4:09)
14 Staiger Walzer (Single B-Seite) (3:40)
15 Dreiklangsdimensionen (Single) (3:41)

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"Brilliant dance track from 1982 which has been remixed and rereleased. A hit then and still sounding good 20 years later."























R -'der Fan'-soundtrack(1982)

Tracklist :

01 Fan Fan Fanatisch (3:54)
02 Das Steht Dir Gut (4:36)
03 Augenblick (4:31)
04 F.A.N. (5:20)
05 Abfahrt (4:42)
06 Überblendung (2:21)
07 Stahlherz (11:30)
08 Fan Fan Fanatic (3:55)
09 Looks Good On You (4:35)
10 A Moment's Glance (4:30)
11 Stahlherz (Single) (4:20)
12 Das Steht Dir Gut (Alternative Version) (4:35)
13 Fluss ('82 Version) (4:51)
14 Dreiklangsdimensionen ('82 Version) (6:27)

Link to download :
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The second album released as a soundtrack for the scandal film- one of the few serious NDW films "Der Fan"(also on DVD appeared!). Bodo played the main roll beside Desirée.Musically the album similar to their first one,but in contrast to the debut album here the electronic portion in the music outweighs, particularly on the instrumental second side - "abfahrt" and "stahlherz" are absolutely typical for the German music of this time.The sound on the first side is less dark and minimalistic,as it was in their first album
There were two hits on it :"fan fan Fanatisch" and "da steht dir gut"( two more good NDW songs : "augenblick" and "Fan")




















DISTANZ (1984)

Tracklist :

01 Via Satellit (5:47)
02 Fantasie (5:34)
03 Nur Ein Wort (4:10)
04 Computerbeat (4:55)
05 Der Ton Macht Die Musik (1:26)
06 Distanz (4:28)
07 Strahlende Zukunft (9:00)
08 Digital (2:54)

Link to download :
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=6930a3f132430a6e9c7f39ecebf04c2b 192 kbs

After the second album,the most people lost sight of the band,who they connected with two songs :„Dreiklangsdimensionen“ und „Fan Fan Fanatisch“.The German hitmakers dominated the NDW with such bands like Relax, Spider Murphy Gang and other projects.Just few people knew that the band released their third Lp,that disappeared undeservedly, as we can realize by hearing it.However it couldn't reach the standard of the previous albums,because they didn't develop,but they became more superficial.Obviously Bodo and the other musicians tried to follow the sound of 1984.Looking back it seems to be a mistake.In spite of that it contains several real hits,especially the song „Nur ein Wort“ sung by Brigitte Kunze from Ideal,and „Computerbeat“. How ever the album wasn't a great succes.

" Distanz is according to my opinion the weakest of the three albums, but nevertheless good NDW music."

Biography :
Rheingold was a top synth-pop band in the german new wave era from 1980 to 1986.The leader of the band was Bodo Staiger,who played together with Marius Müller-Westernhagen in Harakiri for two years before founded Rheingold.Their goal was making simply good music. The name of the band comes from the opera of Richard Wagner -Das Rheingold. Today Bodo Staiger works as a producer and sound engineer. Lothar Manteuffel has his own publishing house.

Bodo Staiger produced the solo project of Wolgang Flür ( Kraftwerk) : Yamo - Time Pie (1997)

Lothar Manteuffel with Karl Bartos "have formed Elektric Music to experiment with new ways to make the computer sing." : Esperanto (1993) .Later Lother left this project.

RADIO HEART - Radio Heart (1987) for Pavelse

Country:
UK
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Synth-pop

Credits:
Engineer - Tim Summerhayes/ Producer - David Nicholson , Hugh Nicholson / Songwriter - Hugh Nicholson (tracks: 01 to 05, 07 to 09)

Tracklist :

01 Radio Heart (3:44)
Vocals [Featuring] - Gary Numan
02 Blue Nights (4:39)
03 Starlight Jingles (4:10)
04 Strange Thing (4:29)
Keyboards - Elton John/Percussion - Ray Cooper
05 All Across The Nation (4:00)
Vocals [Featuring] - Gary Numan
06 I'm Alone (4:09)
Percussion - Ray Cooper/Songwriter - David Nicholson
07 Mad About The Girl (3:49)
08 London Times (3:44)
Vocals [Featuring] - Gary Numan
09 The Victim (4:00)
Keyboards - Elton John/Percussion - Ray Cooper

Link to download:
http://www.filesend.net/download.php?f=76ae4b3c43a972efc75aedbf41893351

HUGH NICHOLSON has had a long and successful career as composer and recording artist with POETS, TRASH, MARMALADE, BLUE, GARY NUMAN and also in his own right as a solo artist.

"OK, so it's been over a decade since I've heard the EP -- to be honest, I'm not sure there was ever an actual album. What I do recall is Gary doing a standard pop tune, complete with a catchy chorus with a female vocal backing him up. So, my review is this: if you are a bigtime Numan collector, collect. If not, you're looking at paying a lot for this--- album? or EP. What a horrible critic I am, someone please post some more info on this."

More info :
http://www.numanisation.com/radioheart.html

http://www.mccartneyt.freeserve.co.uk/meblue.htm about Hugh Nicholson