Self Control - Broken Up (1983)

New wave art pop from London. More on the band here. They also put out a couple great 7" records. Both Elastic and Falling are stand out tracks.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/g5erq0i9mqui18w/SC.rar

The Blank Tapes Volume 1 - (1979)

Four bands, four songs, four different approaches. I'm most keen on Junk Art doing a sort of lo-fi minimal-synth, great name too. Attempted Moustache attempt spacey post-punk. Geisha Girls have an intense glam-punk track. The Zorkie Twins try to power-pop you. Not a bad song to be found.

 http://www.mediafire.com/download/lb3x2zt9x691l01/BT-_Vol1.rar

Sad Among Strangers - Sparks Fly Upwards / A Better View of Baxtor / The Gongs (1980) Here Comes the Caesars / I Know Nothing of the Jungle (1980) It's So Good It's Incest / My Kind of Loser (1981)

Led by Lyndon Morgans, this UK band cranked out some great catchy tunes. Blending new wave/post punk and glam rock together, with vocals that remind me early Peter Gabriel. "Here Come the Caesars" for example is a killer track!
http://www.mediafire.com/download/12nt3jg76ljndkm/SAS.rar

The Insane Darrell Wayne No Disco Album (1979)

Fun compilation of LA bands connected by their fervent passion to stop disco by any means necessary, or just by writing a song about it. Compiled by KROQ disc jockey Darrell Wayne. There's plenty of weird new wave, some punk rock thumpers, a couple of rock 'n rollers, and avant-garde otherness to be heard. All in all it's a fun compilation of LA bands that... oh wait I already said that.

  http://www.mediafire.com/download/h5oqajp01ngi4ks/InsaneNoDisco.rar  

Kosmonautentraum - Rache! (1981)

Kosmonautentraum ZickZack NDW listen!
http://www.mediafire.com/download/cc7giqmbm3v869s/Kosmonautentraum.rar

Altar Ego - War / Altar Ego (198?)

Catchy post-punk from Australia. No date on the record, but this is most likely from '83.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/d925vorlacguteu/AE.rar

Here's a video they did for the song War.

Free 1984 Sect. One (1984)

Great 7" compilation that originally came with a booklet. Portion Control start things out with an odd electro dance tune. Rinf do a nice bit of noisy post punk. The highlight for me are the two dark minimal EBM type tracks from Die Form. So no record cover, but each band contributed some postcard sized art.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/e6pbdyk196hytcm/Free1984.rar

Martin O'Cuthbert - Songs for Square Pegs (1981)

Strange minimal synth tunes, the first three songs are especially great. He released a few 7" records back in the day. A collection of his early stuff called For Alien Ears can still be obtained from his website  http://www.martoc.demon.co.uk/order.htm (none of these songs are on it)

http://www.mediafire.com/download/jz34sbhd64ltpgv/Martin_O%27Cuthbert.rar

Ron Miller - Till the End / Sick and Tired (1986)

Making it's way from Salt Lake City, Utah, onto your computer chips. Is an old favorite of mine, courtesy of Ron Miller. The savage strange sounds of Sick and Tired are made all the more deranged by the effects processed vocals, bemoaning the tale of a war vet that's had to much to think. I remembered Sick and Tired as being the standout track, but after listening to this again lately Till the End has been fastened to my memories repeat button. Seriously can't get it out of my head. Not that I want to with Ron's warm croon and some of the best mystifying lyrics to demystify. 'just look inside of someone that you know so well. often called yourself, but then can you tell which one that is?' Punk business manager blogged Ron's earlier band Angle here.

Ron was kind enough to write a few words of explanation and description.
This was a result of experiments recorded somewhat surreptitiously at KUED studios after hours about 2 years before the record was pressed. The studio players were selected from my ultimate wish list of guys I wanted to work with in the SLC, UT area. The backing tracks were recorded in a few hours on one day. None of them had heard any of the music. They did a great job and special thanks to the producer, Eliot Case, for all his hard work and for making sure it got pressed. I slapped the cover together at the local Kinko's for all of $10. The photo is a self portrait taken on a photo-lithographic camera used to make plates for small printing presses. The use of acoustic guitar was largely associated with Yacht Rock or Folk and was considered somewhat radical at the time.

 http://www.mediafire.com/?sob25qn5snomlue

Death in the Shopping Malls - (Man on a) Tight-Rope / Purpose (1981)

Hard to find record from Boston, and even harder to find with the cover sleeve. So I got this picture off of Discogs. Released on the cheeky titled Modern Methadone Records. Which some may recognize is a send up of  the prolific Boston label Modern Method. Btw I put the two Modern Method, A Wicked Good Time! comps here. Purpose reminds me of Active Ingredients from NY in it's manic punk-wave art grind. (Man on a) Tight-Rope has a Voidoids feel to it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?qqgmnce5bkbl52b

Color the Reality (1982)

Excellent compilation of four LA bands. Excerpts from the performance Mysteries, is a synth heavy adventure with art afflicted industrial antics strewn about. Strong Silent Types sound of death-wave post-punk, kinda like 45 Grave without the hardcore trappings. Fred Cadaver is a standout track. Hesitations armed with Casio cheese and an upright bass. Entertain and amuse with melodious humor. Romans certainly the most well known band on here. Were kind of an art-punk super group. Having members from Monitor, Bpeople, The Deadbeats, many other LAFMS related bands. Can't speak to their later recordings, but on this the sound somewhat like an instrumental version of The Urinals. This record came with an insert, but I don't have it.

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