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Hello and Welcome Back... A Very Rare Album From Sydney (Australia) Band 'Dropbears'
Released in 1984, 'Untitled' was the only album / LP realesed by Sydney band 'Dropbears' and spawned the single 'Proud'
The Version on offer is the Vinyl 12" in FLAC EX Format
TRACK-LIST
A1 Proud (3:02) A2 Straight And Narrow (3:16) A3 Dancing's Dead (3:55) B1 The Beginning (2:24) B2 Pretty Flowers (2:54) B3 West That I Want (7:25)
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Hello and Welcome Back.. This Album Soundz Moist with Hints of Lushness...
Released in 1981, 'Beauty and The Beat' was the 1st studio album by U.S band 'Go-Go's' with a young 'Belinda Carlisle' at the helm..
The album spawned 3 singles which included 'We Got The Beat', 'Our Lips Are Sealed'(not Alex the seal) & 'Automatic'
The album on offer is the CD Version in FLAC EX Format.. Sounding Mint
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Hello and Welcome Back... Wicked Album This with Lush Soundz
Released in 1980, 'Metro Music' is the 1st studio album from U.S band 'Martha and The Muffins' which seen the album flower 3 singles, those being 'Echo Beach', Saigon' & 'Paint my Number Heart'
The album on offer is the CD Version in FLAC EX Format...
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Concert date = 1983.. Part of U.S Festival 'New Wave' day and contains 15 tracks from U.K Band 'A Flock of Seagulls' Concert..
This album has been Re-Mastered and is available in FLAC EX Format, Exclusive to Electronic80s / Soundz Electronic..
TRACK-LIST
01. Space Age Love Song 02. D.N.A 03. Electrics 04. Messages 05. The Traveler 06. Telecommunication 07. Nightmares 08. The Fall 09. Transfer Affection 10. Over The Border 11. What Am I Supposed To Do 12. Man Made 13. You Can Run 14. Wishing (Photograph Of You) 15. I Ran (So Far Away)
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Released in 1982, 'A Flock Of Seagulls' was the first album by U.K band 'A Flock of Seagulls' which spawned a healthy 4 singles, those being 'I Ran', 'Telecommunication', 'Modern Love is Automatic' & 'Space Age Love Song'
The track "D.N.A." won a Grammy Award in 1983 for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
The album on offer is the Made in Germany First Issue CD in FLAC EX Format.. = No Remastering :)
TRACK-LIST
01 Modern Love Is Automatic 02 Messages 03 I Ran 04 Space Age Love Song 05 You Can Run 06 Telecommunication 07 Standing In The Doorway 08 Don't Ask Me 09 D.N.A. 10 Tokyo 11 Man Made
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Hello and Welcome Back.. Something a Bit Different...
Released in 1985, 'Bangs & Crashes' was a Compilation album by U.K band 'Go West' and contained mostly 12" / Remixes of tracks that were current at the time including 'We Close Our Eyes', 'Call Me' & 'Don't Look Down'
The album on offer is the First Issue Europe CD in FLAC EX Version..
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Hello and Welcome back... A Wise Man Once Said 'What Goes Up Must Come Down'
And from me, 1992, was just that...
The first part of 1992 started well... I was living in my own flat with my
super hot girlfriend at the time, I finally got rid of my POS (Piece of Shit) Hyundai (car) and
brought a real car..
But, by the end of 1992...
I would be homeless
Living in my car
Single
Have my flat broken into and trashed
Nearly beaten up
My grandfather had a heart attack and later died
But there was a light at the the end of this very dark tunnel and her name was Kathleen (more about her later)
So, the start of 1992 seen me trade in my death trap Hyundai (See 1991 here) and buy a real car.. well, that was the idea. (my mom was horrified)
I ended up buying a 5ltr V8 1985 VK Commodore... The ultimate 'hoon' car
This thing was a beast and was Veeeeery loud. (similar to pic below, just without the fancy wheels)
When getting up at 3am to go to work, i would 'rattle' the neighbors windows while getting beasty started.
I eventually had to roll the car down the hill where there was no houses / units and start up her up there...
It was a fun car to drive, but with one small problem...
This car chewed petrol like nothing else... I was tearing up around $30 a day
in fuel to get to work and back, and when you only get a small pay
packet (rent, food, bills, etc,etc) you really started to notice how
much i was paying out.
It was around this time that i was getting reports from various friends
that my car was seen doing the rounds but with a female driver... around
the time i was asleep it seems
It was also around this time that little things were starting eat away
at me... I was still struggling with pain from my accident, side effects from my medication, jealousy, arguments, ect, ect...Sadly, i was not in a good place mentally and i began to take it out on my girlfriend, i didn't beat her or anything, nothing like that...i was just in pain and not a nice person to be around at times...
Lets face it folks, we were going downhill...
Sadly, we broke up..
And so, started the downward spiral...
One day while i was at work, Jodie came and got her things. she still had her key and let herself in.
It was also the day that my unit was trashed and basically anything of value was stolen.
When i got home i asked my very nosy neighbor if he had heard / seen
anything but no he hadn't... mind you, this bloke could hear a pin drop
a mile away and would be inviting himself and his kids into my unit in 3 sec flat.
It was also around that time that i saw my beloved Roland SH101 Synthesizer sitting on his kitchen table.
'Oh, i saw it when the door was left open so i grabbed it for Safe Keeping'... Hmmmm
A few days later, while i was still in a mess from losing my girlfriend
(i really did love her), i came home from work and found my neighbor
standing near my front door with a baseball bat, his mates was swinging
a chain and his other mate, a large knife..
Sure, i had beaten death twice before in a car accident but this took some friendly banter and jokes on my behalf to calm the situation down...
That was the last straw for me, i grabbed what little possessions i had left and left that place, never to return.
The next few weeks i spent sleeping in my car close to work.
I worked in a factory so if i missed a few showers, i didn't matter...
Thankfully a lovely lady that worked in the office where i worked, could
see i was not going well and offered a place to stay with her son...
The next few months was spent basically working, crying, sleeping, crying, working, crying, etc, etc (you get the picture)
This is where the second part of the Mixtape was made... It was not
uncommon to hear certain songs,(Thanks Bryan Adams / Bruce
Springsteen), me stopped on the side of the road, balling my eyes out,
wondering if i could get any worse.
And a few weeks later, my grandfather who i loved and looked up to,
suffered a heart-attack and passed away.
This was possibly the lowest point in my life.
It gets better, i promise :)
One day after finishing work, i bumped into a girl that i had met a few years earlier in 1990.
She was catching the same bus as i was after my accident (reduced hours
meant a later bus than normal) and we decided to catch up
Her name was Kathleen.
It was also around this time that i found a granny flat of my own where i
could let my emotions loose without the strange looks of nearby people.
This girl, Kathleen was my rock. She listened to me for hours on end and helped me sort my shit out... She became my best friend
Then around the start on 1993, Kathleen moved in with me into my dinky little flat
I was finally getting my shit together...Next step was to get rid of my gas guzzling Holden Commodore and brought, probably, my most fav car..
I brought a Honda Prelude (2nd gen).. This was an amazing car and i loved driving it.
It had everything a young man could possibly want... Sunroof, pop up
headlights, sleek, small rubber wing, decent engine and it looked really
nice (similar to the car below)
Sadly, there was just one problem... It stalled.
The engine had twin carburetors and i don't know if this was the cause
but it had a little gremlin that if you put your foot down quickly,
instead of taking off, you would stall... :(
I didn't care, i loved driving this car and i started to enjoy life again...
But it was something i learned to live with and knew not to take silly risks.. besides, it had pop up headlights... yay
I was now living in my little granny flat which was behind a house in Greenacre, NSW and it was dinky.
By the end of 1993, we were engaged to get married.
I waited till she was peeling onions for dinner and i asked her to marry me...
And she said YES..
Problem was, i wasn't sure if she was crying because of the marriage
proposal or the onions doing their thing.. but she seemed happy so i
don't think it was the onions.
This mixtape was a emotional rollercoaster, with several songs at the time bringing me to tears as emotions got a hold of me... blame it on the onions.. (Hey, i'm only human)
2022 Update = Im still married to Kathleen and have 4 kids.. I was told by a doctor that i couldn't have kids due to damage done to pelvis and other 'bits' in the bike accident but hey, never stop believing and yes, they're mine..My daughter is a splitting image of me (is that a good thing or bad thing?...hmmm)
TRACK-LIST
01. Shanice - I Love Your Smile
02. Sabrina Johnston - Peace
03. 2 Unlimited - Magic Friend
04. Utah Saints - Something Good
05. Naughty By Nature - O.P.P.
06. M DJ Mad - R.E.S.P.E.C.T
07. Euphoria - One In A Million
08. Amy Grant - Good For Me
09. Def Leppard - Have You Ever Wanted Someone So Bad
10. Kim Wilde - Love Is Holy
11. Bruce Springsteen - Human Touch
12. Bryan Adams - Thought I'd Died and Gone to Heaven
13. Jon Secada - Just Another Day
14. Mr Big - To Be With You
15. Rick Price - Not A Day Goes By
16. Diesel - Tip Of My Tongue
17. Toni Pearen - In Your Room
18. Guns N' Roses - November Rain (Video Version) (Bonus Track)
19. Golden Girls - Kinetic (Frank De Wulf Remix) (Bonus Track)
Hello and Welcome Back... A rarish Album from Aussie Band 'The Church'
Released in 1981, 'Of Skins & Heart' was the first studio album by Australian band 'The Church' which seen the album flower 3 singles, those being 'The Unguarded Moment', 'She Never Said' & 'Tear All The Way'
The album on offer is the U.S First Issue CD in FLAC EX Format...
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Hello and Welcome Back...Re-Recorded & Mastered from the Master Tapes, Delivered in FLAC EX
If there was a year that changed my Life, 1991 was that year...
Three things happened in 1991
1. Brought my first car
2. Left home
3. Moved in with my first real girlfriend
1. I finally brought my first car, it was a brand new 1991 Hyundai Excel Sprint, Aka.. Death Trap.
But it was my first car after relying on a mountain bike all my life.
The Hyundai was zippy, could pull a decent burnout (using the handbrake) and it had
heaps of room.
The problem was, that even know it cost me nearly $16,000, it was still bloody cheap.
Cheap plastic ruled on this car. It only had one mirror on the drivers side, so none
on the passenger side and the tyres were as shit as you could get...
One dark, wet night near Wollongong, NSW, I managed to skate my way across 4
lanes of highway and crapping the undies along the way...
Not good for
someone who just lived through a nasty car accident..
I was to replace this heap later in 1992 with a 5Ltr Holden Commodore (more on that in 1992).
My First Car..1991 Hyundai Excel Sprint
2. Left Home for the first time...
I had an itch, mostly to break free... I now had a car and wanted to get out and enjoy the world..
As fate would have it, my Nan & Grandad were having problems with a
unit they had rented in the outer suburbs of Campbelltown, a place
called Ambravale... so i decide i would take over, move out (to the
horror of my mother) and have a place to myself... I was to find out why my grandparents where having such a problem with this place...
A certain neighbor was giving them grief.. but it didn't worry me because
i was getting up at 3am and getting home around 6pm for work, i was never
home.. = Winning
3. The best part of my story...
I met my first real girlfriend, her name was Jodie...
She was
funny, beautiful and full of life, in fact, she kept me on my toes. I
often would ask myself 'Whats a stunning beautiful girl like this doing
with a nobody like me'...
Towards the end of 1991, she moved in with me in my dinky little flat...
It was such an amazing feeling, to come home from work and have my stunning girlfriend waiting for me.. Pure Magic.
We would go for drives for hours on end, go anywhere and often driving till sunrise..
Music played a big part of this experience, as the radio was playing while we drove here, there and everywhere.
Alot of the songs on this Mixtape,was when Jodie was by my side..
1991 for me, was Exciting, Scary, Magic, Fun and had amazing music. For once in my Life, Life was Good
TRACKLIST
01. Robbie Nevil - Just Like You 02. Belinda Carlisle - Do You Feel Like I Feel 03. James Reyne - Slave 04. Troy Numan - Love Gets Rough 05. Warrant - I Saw Red 06. Amy Grant - Every Heartbeat 07. Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Under The Bridge 08. Scorpions - Wind of Change 09. Metallica - Nothing Else Matters 10. Des'ree - Feel so High 11. Enya - Caribbean Blue 12. Euphoria - Love You Right (Club Mix) 13. Love Decade - So Real 14. Visionmasters (Ft Kylie Minogue) - Keep On Pumpin' It Up 15. Chantoozies - Love The One You're With 16. Arnee And The Terminators - I'll Be Back (Bonus Track) 17. Icehouse - Miss Divine (Bonus Track) 18. Ratcat - That Ain't Bad (Bonus Track) 19. Roxette - (Do You Get) Excited (Bonus Track) 20. Seiko - The Right Combination (Bonus Track)
Hello and Welcome Back... Super Rare Album that was all over the 80s (Well, in Australia)
Released in 1985, 'Point Blank' was the first and only album by Australian band 'Electric Pandas' and seen 3 singles flower from the album... Those being 'Big Girls', 'Missing Me', 'Lets Gamble' & 'Italian Boys'
The album on offer is the 1993 Australian CD Version in FLAC EX Version..
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Hello and Welcome Back.. The Album Featured in Ep1 (Season 1) of The Goldbergs..
Released in 1984, 'Wheels Are Turnin' is the 14th studio album by U.S band 'REO Speedwagon' and seen it flower 4 singles, those being 'Can't Fight This Feeling', 'I Do Wanna Know', 'One Lonely Night' & 'Live Every Moment'
The song 'Cant Fight This Feeling' was featured in the T.V series 'The Goldburgs' where the father buys the son, Barry, this album on audio tape for his birthday...
The album on offer is the European CD Version in FLAC EX Format
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Hello and Welcome Back.. A Rare Album with Some Lush Tunes...
Released in 1985, 'Some People' was the first album by U.K band 'Belouis Some' which spawned 4 singles, those being 'Some People', 'Imagination', 'Target Practice' & 'Jerusalem'
The album on offer is the First Issue CD Japan Made CD in FLAC EX Version...
TRACK-LIST
01 Some People 02 Stand Down 03 Imagination 04 Walk Away 05 Aware Of You 06 Target Practice 07 Have You Ever Been In Love 08 Tail Lights 09 Jerusalem
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Hello and Welcome Back... A Rare album With some Wicked Tunes..
Released in 1990, 'So Far' is a compilation album by Australian Synth band 'Real Life' and contains tracks from their 80s stint, mostly Dance Mixes..
Track 2 is the "Extended Version" Track 3 is the "Special Dance Mix Raunchy Version" Track 4 is the 7" version Track 5 is taken from "Down Comes The Hammer" LP (1986) Track 6 is "Radio mix" Track 7 is "Extended version" Track 8 is "Short Rock Mix" Track 9 is an Album Version Track 10 is an Album Version Track 12 is the "12" Dance Mix"
The Album on Offer is the1990 Australian CD in FLAC EX Format supplied by 'Stu Calvert' with Thanks
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