BEN LIEBRAND / JEFF WAYNE - eve of the war ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... The Martians are here, Run for your lives.. Well not really but this is a dance mix of "War of the Worlds" done in 1989.

Abruptly the sound ceased.


EVE OF THE WAR  (Thanks to Alex Boldway for the video)

BAD BOYS BLUE - COME BACK AND STAY ( lost hit )

Hello and welcome back... A few posts back I mentioned about a tape that got cooked in my tapedeck after leaving it in the sun, one of the songs on this tape was Tracy Spencer, an amazing Italo disco song that I just love....
I have found another song from this tape....Must thank Radio Polskie - 80s & Italo disco for playing "Bad Boy Blue - Come Back and Stay".
All I could remember from this song was the flute sound (similar to the koo de tah band) and the "Oh Baby" in the middle of the song and that it was released around 1987.
Turns out, that in 2009 they re-released this song with a more punchy dance beat and synth riffs (how did i miss this? )... Was I asleep? ... This is an excellent song. Enjoy

Come Back and Stay  ( 1987 )


Come Back And Stay  ( 2009 )



Sadly the one of the original singers in 1987 ( Trevor Taylor ) died of a heart attack in 2008 in Germany

Also original backup singer in 2009 ( Andrew Thomas ) also died in Germany 

Only one original member of Bad Boy Blue remains ( John McInerney )

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R.I.P. GREG HAM / MEN AT WORK

Hello and welcome back...Greg Ham was one of the band members of "Men At Work", An Australian band famous for the song "Down Under".
Greg was the flute player but also played synths,sax and occasional vocals.
Men at Work was a band I grew up with with constant airplay on radio and also on "Countdown", a music show on Australian television
Greg died in his home in Melbourne... May his music live on forever. R.I.P.

DOWN UNDER
 

TIFFANY - think we're alone now (Classic 12 Inches)

Hello and welcome back...Brilliant song that I never get sick of listening to. This song came out in 1987 and went straight to no1 on the music charts.
Love how this 12" version seems to bring out the synths a bit more as the bass is pumping and even has the occasional cricket noise.... Now, I'm in heaven.











TIFFANY - think we're alone now

WANG CHUNG - Dance Hall Days ( Classic 12 Inches )

Hello and welcome back.... Love this version of "Wang Chung" - Dance hall days, It makes a good song sound even better (have you ever noticed that all the good songs don't seem to go long enough?)













WANG CHUNG - Dance Hall Days

SANDY MARTON - exotic & erotic (lost hit)

Hello and welcome back... looking like a cross between Fabio and George Michael (well, I think so), Sandy Marton sings this ditty about being exotic & erotic while playing a mean synth, meanwhile a women in lingerie is blowing kisses and stroking a puppy who looks like he wants to be somewhere else, all that in one video... What more could you ask for.

SANDY MARTON - exotic & erotic

HAPPY EASTER

HAPPY EASTER TO ALL MY READERS.

BILLY OCEAN - loverboy ( Classic 12 Inches )

Hello and welcome back... A new segment called Classic 12 Inches where good songs were given the 12 inch treatment and turned into something amazing.
This first song from Billy Ocean I owned on vinyl and it sounded incredible especially towards the middle and end, the effects sound like a car trying to start.. Brilliant.....CLICK HERE to download "Loverboy" and more from my Mixtape series

BILLY OCEAN - loverboy ( extended 12" version)