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Conference marvin::uk_music

Title:	The UK Music Conference
Notice:	Welcome (back) to UK_MUSIC on node MARVIN.
Moderator:	RDGENG::CROOK

Created:	Mon Mar 28 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1381
Total number of notes:	39269

839.0. "The Records" by PSYLO::WILSON () Fri May 10 1991 18:21

    One of my favorite bands from the late 70's was The Records.
    
    "Shades in Bed" was an excellent debut album! It's still a
    favorite of mine. The band really had a good sense of the "hook"
    in the rock pop song. They sort of sounded like 1966 Beatles
    at times, what with layered harmonies and borderline distorted 
    guitar. 
    
    My favorite songs are "Up All Night", "Paint Her Face", "Starry Eyes",
    and "Teenorama."  
    
    I'm wondering what the line-up of songs was on "Shades in Bed"?   
    Are any ex-Records doing anything these days musically?

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
839.1	That's a start	HPSRAD::ARTHUR	50,000,000 Elvis fans can't be wrong!	`Fri May 10 1991 18:37`	2
	Hu Gower the Records' guitarist put out a sole EP in 1984 and then went on to work with David Johansen's band.
839.2	While you were lost in France...	YUPPY::OHAGANB	Hey Mr Songwriter...	`Mon May 13 1991 17:07`	15
	Y'know I was tempted to write a note on this band quite recently and was also listening to "Shades in Bed" last night; rather "World of the Strange"-ish don't you think. I just lurve this kind of stuff and back in deepest 1979 this lot and Cheap Trick ( around the time of Heaven Tonight ) were first teamers on the turntable. Apart from Huw Gower, the band included John Wicks(?) and Will Birch and another chappy I fail to remember. I've given the follow up to "Shades" a listen but it just pales in comparison. There's nothing like the brilliant opener "Girl" on it let alone "Starry Eyes" and "Affection Rejected". I think I saw this lot live before I got into the album, did'nt they support The Jam at the Rainbow in May 79? Barry.
839.3	CD comp.	PSYLO::WILSON		`Mon May 13 1991 19:01`	18
	re: last "World of the Strange"-ish Is this a band or the name of an album by ---? You're right, after Shades in Bed, the material just wasn't as good. What a shame. They had a killer formula! Their CD compilation on Virgin, "Smashes, Crashes, and Near Misses" is very good, including Starry Eyes and most of the songs from "Shades in Bed." Wes
839.4	But I diagress.	YUPPY::OHAGANB	Hey Mr Songwriter...	`Tue May 14 1991 11:41`	10
	Ho!Ho! I'll have to phrase myself differently next time. No, "World of the Strange"-ish is'nt anything musical, it's an act by a couple of British comedians (?) called Trevor and Simon; most of the act entails these two chaps doning Jason King-esque hairstyles and beards and generally commenting on coincidence and strange happenings. Great stuff. Barry.