The Scrounger's ReportAug. 07, 1999What, you went CD shopping *AGAIN*??? Sheesh....Well.....yeah. I do that. When boredom hits, time to go CD hunting. Today was a mediocre day huntwise, but I didn't come away empty handed... First, an item for the trade pile: Twisted Sister - Love is For Suckers. 1987. Atlantic Records Their most commercial release, and IMO probably their best; very polished production-wise compared to their earlier efforts. These are becoming as scarce as hen's teeth. It is a cutout (spine drilled), but the CD itself is in excellent shape. Make me an offer, or check my trade list. Ok, on to the schtuff: Baddax - Walkin' the Wire. 1995. Convetz Records This was a gamble. It failed. The artwork had all the look of '80s-style hard rock, even down to the stylized logo and a bunch of white guys in long hair on the back cover. BLEAGH! Sucks dead moose balls. Jean Michel Jarre - Zoolook. 1984. Dreyfus (France). What can I say, I'm a Jarre freak. This type of New Age music I can listen to all day long... Yes - Talk. 1994. Victory Records. It was the "free" end of a "Buy 3, get 1 free" deal. I like the post-1970s Yes stuff... Poco - Deliverin'. 1971. Epic Records. Picked this up for a friend... Slaughter - Stick It Live. 1990. Chrysalis. I'd never gotten around to picking this up, so when I saw it for $3.95 I said "the heck with it"; also I've been seeing them less and less as of late, so better get while the getting is good. Soundtrack - American Anthem. 1986. Atlantic. For $1.95, why not? One of them there 1980s soundtracks that has some decent performers on it: John Parr, Mr. Mister, INXS, Stevie Nicks, Graham Nash, Andy Taylor (3 tracks), Chris Thompson, and a few instrumental tracks. Deliverance - Stay of Execution. 1992. Intense Records. Deliverance - Camelot in Smithereens. 1995. Intense Records. Some good CCM thrash/heavy metal. I'm getting closer to completing their discography. If anyone has originals of "Weapons of Our Warfare" or "What a Joke" for trade, please contact me offlist. Xentrix - Shattered Existence. 1989. Roadrunner Records. Pounced on this one, as I've never seen it before on CD. I already have "For Whose Advantage" and "Dilute to Taste". Any more or is this it? The last three discs are interesting because they are pretty unusual finds: Nik Kershaw - The Riddle. 1984. MCA (Germany). I'd not seen any of his stuff before, and to be honest, I was not expecting anything this poppy. It's not bad, and it has an AOR-ish aspect to some of the songs. Roger Hodgson - Hai Hai. 1987. A&M Records. I jumped at this one for $5.95. I believe it's long out of print here in the U.S. (still available as an import for $23+). As one would expect, it's very reminiscent of Supertramp stylistically, although it's a little "weird" at times. And lastly: We've all seen Yaz - Upstairs at Eric's. It's quintessential early-'80s artistic pop. I've been meaning to pick it up for years, but just never got around to it. Well, I ran across a "weird" version of it today that I'd never seen before, so I just had to pick it up. The artwork is *identical* to the one we've all seen before with one major exception: The band's name is not "Yaz", but "Yazoo". I did a doubletake when I saw the spine, and figured it was a parody, but evidently this is a very early pressing with the band's original name intact. It is a German pressing on Mute Records INT 846.803. Not sure if it has any collectible value, but it's neat nonetheless. Well that's it for today...not a great excursion, but not a completely crappy one either. Til next time, -Dan |
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