Cut Above The Rest

When Sam Cooke signed with RCA Records in 1960, he had already had several hits ("You Send Me," "What A Wonderful World," and "Only Sixteen" among them) on the small independent label Keen Records. He had paid attention to the business sides of things, too, and he signed with RCA because he was allowed to keep control of his song publishing…

Consulting theologians and Bible scholars during the 1990s, photographer, writer, graphic artist, and everyday mystic Lee Cantelon (aka Pennyhead) assembled a small book presenting the words of Jesus Christ (just Jesus' words, not the stuff surrounding them) in a fitting translation called The Words. He did it for the purpose of presenting those words to people who were not "religious" – people who were put off by organized religion or even offended by it…

The Plague saw Demon moving away from the Devilish themes of their previous two LPs into more socially and politically contentious areas. The introduction of keyboards resulted in a sophisticated and polished sound, and the band's finest songwriting to date. A glorious concept album of intelligent and highly innovative rock music.

A good ten years after the first archival album was published in the mid-1970s, jazz rocker Light Year, who was active in California, was somewhat surprisingly released in autumn 2020 by a second collection with historical recordings of the formation. "Hypernauts of the Absolute Elsewhere" was released like "Reveal The Fantastic" by Green Tree Records from Berlin.
The material to be found on "Hypernauts of the Absolute Elsewhere" is probably the rest of the demo material that the band recorded at the time (or another part - who knows what else is there somewhere; a live cut maybe?). The sound is very good, so it can be assumed that the recordings were made in a recording studio under thoroughly professional conditions…

Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark - Liberator (1993) {Virgin CDVF2715}
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Synth Pop / New Wave / Alternative Dance / New Romantic

This album really isn't as bad as you think. It may not be progressive or truly brilliant (i.e. Sugar Tax), but it's total no-brainer: eh, easy to like, easy to listen to. The overall feel of this album is upbeat and joyous. In fact, it's a little TOO happyhappyjoyjoy (almost like Erasure, which i'm not fond of.) If you are looking for a that melancholy synthpop vibe, you won't really find it here. However, this album IS worth your money b/c of the amazing, amazing track "Christine" which will bring you to your knees in tears. Absolutely stunning and i guarantee you will agree. Everyone who has heard "Christine" falls in love with the track.