# 355 The Raves - Damned money

Side a: Damned money
Side b: Reggae
BEL 1981
Lone (?) single by this Roeselare(Flanders)/BEL based band. Very cool stomping punk on the a side and and a lame reggae/rock number. The titel song is a killer !

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# 354 Tearjerkers - Fool

Side a: Fool
Side b: Comic book heroes
IRL 1982
Final single by the last incarnation of the Tearjerkers. Only two original members (Nigel Hamilton , now on guitar + Brian Rawson) played here together with a female singer (Janine Mullawey). Both songs are originally penned by Tearjerkers and re-recorded for this single. Read more here and meet the band here.

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# 353 Run 229 - Soho

Side a: Soho
Side b: 1. Dance , 2. In this day and age
UK 1980
Fine Mod-Revival band with their lone (and sleeveless) release. Read everything here !

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# 352 La Femme - Chelsea kids

Side a: Chelsea kids
Side b: I wanna be your man
AUS 1979
Great first (of 5) release by this Melbourne based band. A very strong self penned number on the a side and a Beatles cover on the flip side. Read more here.



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# 351 The New Romans - Jenny

Side a: Jenny
Side b: Loving touch
USA 1980
Very fine US powerpop on this record. The band was from San Francisco and is well known from the "Rising Stars of San Francisco" (1981) compilation. These tracks here are much better than songs on the compilation. Cool !!

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# 350 V/A Opposite sides

Side a: 1.NO SUPPORT -Because , 2.No SUPPORT - Subway
Side b: 1.THE LIMPS - Hi fashion , 2.THE LIMPS - Circa 2
UK 1979
This is the first of two split singles the bands released together on the fine "Matchbox Classics" label. All songs are great D.I.Y. punk. This was the first release of the Matchbox label. Both bands had also one track on the very fine single compilation " 8 from the 80's - A Carlisle Compilation" who was released from the same label. Great !!!

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# 349 Twist and Shout ! - Bounce back

Side a: Bounce back
Side b: As it happens
UK 1979
Cool D.I.Y. powerpop from Worthing/UK. This was their first of two seven inches. The b side ist great.

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# 348 Flix - Hitch

Side a: Hitch
Side b: Beautiful lady
UK 1980
We have here a ok powerpoppy New Wave track on the a side and lame reggae number on the flip side. This was released on the Hurricane label who bring us also The Magnets. I haven't found infos about Flix.

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# 347 Orbits - Q: What ... Ans: Nothing ...

Side a: 1.Rear view mirror , 2.Brand new beat , 3.Slow motion , 4.Rockette
Side b: 1. 7 Digits , 2.Sensors , 3.Atomic love , 4.It's a surprise
USA 1981
Very fine powerpoppy new wave from this Boston/MA based 5 piece band. This is their lone 12" release. Maybe they had a single out with "Rear view mirror" on it. I like "Atomic love" very much but the other songs are good too. Really a cool record !

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# 346 X-Spand-X - Sight

Side a: 1.Sight , 2.Professional girls
Side b: 1.X-Ray spies , 2.Paper lover
USA 1982
Cool new wave-ish (power)poprock with a good female singer. The band were from Austin/TX. I think this is the one and only record they had released. This is really not a bad record.

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