Tuesday 17 February 2015

The Best of Brought To Life - 158

1. THE POINTED STICKS - 'Love Or Money' - Demo - Canada - 1980
Remember those Pointed Sticks demos I was talking about? Well, here's one from that tape. Some of them are available on the Sudden Death CD 'Waiting For The Real Thing'.
2. THE SPIVS - 'Maybe It's Different' - Matchbox Classics 7" - UK - 1980
More high quality powerpop, this time from the excellent '8 From '80' comp. E.P.
3. LIP CREAM - 'Close To The Edge' - Selfish LP - Japan - 1988
Today's Lip Cream offering starts with the opening track from the album of the same name. Pace changes, cool intro, it's all there.
4. THE SIGNIFICANT ZEROS - 'Stiff Citizens' - Dingy Toons 7" - UK - 1981
The superior flipside of sole single 'Jungle'. From Edinburgh.
5. THE BEES - 'Leave Willie Alone' - Paw 7" - UK - 1980
Another sole single. Sort of an updated 'Little Willie' by The Sweet. And yes, they're both thinly disguised penile songs.
6. THE STARJETS - 'Schooldays' - Epic 7" - UK - 1979
One of their many singles of 1979.
7. REVULSION - 'Wrong Place, Wrong Time' - Radical Change 12" - UK - 1985
My favourite track from 'Ever Get The Feeling Of Utter Revulsion?'
8. THE TWEEZERS - 'You Got Me (With Your Tweezers)' - Self-Released 7" - USA - 1981
One from their 'Ernie Kaboyng' E.P.
9. THE POINTED STICKS - 'All I Could Take' - Demo - Canada - 1980
Another track from their 1980 demo.
10. LIP CREAM - 'Title In Japanese Characters (Track 4)' - Selfish LP - Japan - 1988
A second blaster from 'Close To The Edge'.
11. THE NU BEAMS - 'Sterile Swab' - Self-Released 7" - USA - 1981
The flipside of their second single 'One Step For What?'
12. THE VITAL DISORDERS - 'Wargames' - Vital Disorder 7" - UK - 1982
The flipside of second single 'Zombie'. Catalogue Number VD2. Chortle.
13. THE LIMPS - 'So Nice' - Matchbox Classics 7" - UK - 1980
A second track the excellent '8 From '80'. 
14. THE STARJETS - 'Shiraleo' - Epic 7" - UK - 1980
Their final single before they gave it up.
15. THE POINTED STICKS - 'Middle-Aged Teenagers' - Demo - Canada - 1980
A third track from their 1980 demo.
16. LIP CREAM - 'Honest' - Selfish LP - Japan - 1988
A third from 'Close To The Edge'.
17. RESTRICTED CODE - 'Seeing Much Better (With Your Eyes)' - Statik 12" - UK - 1980
One from the 'Second City Statik' comp. E.P. from Glasgow.
18. THE PEDESTRIANS - 'Walk It' - Matchbox Classics 7" - UK - 1980
Another goodie from '8 From '80'. 
19. THE STEREOTYPES - 'Calling All The Shots' - Art Theft 7" - UK - 1980
As far as I can tell, their only single.
20. THE STARJETS - 'Watch Out' - Epic 7" - UK - 1979
The flipside of 'Run With The Pack'.
21. THE POINTED STICKS - 'Apologies' - Demo - Canada - 1980
A fourth from their 1980 demo.
22. LIP CREAM - 'Don't Ask Why' - Selfish LP - Japan - 1988
A fourth from 'Close To The Edge'.
23. CULT HERO - 'I'm A Cult Hero' - Fiction 7" - UK - 1979
Sole single by this Cure offshoot band. One of those atonal tunes which somehow manages to sound pretty catchy.
24. THE BEES - 'Mr Gaynor' - Paw 7" - UK - 1980
The flipside of 'Leave Willie Alone'.
25. THE X-CERTS - 'Blue Movies' - Heartbeat 7" - UK - 1979
From the '4 Alternatives' comp. E.P.  Naughty naughty!
***BONUS TRACKS***
26. THE POINTED STICKS - 'Marching Song'
27. LIP CREAM - 'Fact'
28. THE STARJETS - 'Standby 19'
29. THE POINTED STICKS - 'How Could You?'
30. REVULSION - 'Resistance'
31. LIP CREAM - 'End Of You'
32. THE POINTED STICKS - 'All My Clocks Stopped'

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