Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (1979)

What a fantastic song! An audio masterpiece. I remember it got some airplay, but there were two versions, the long one and the short one. You mostly heard the short version as radio wasn't accustomed to playing long songs. The short version was about 4:28 and the full song was about 5:46. When I first heard this song I found it remenescent of Driver Seat by Sniff N The Tears and thought it might have been a follow up from their 1978 song. But as the song progressed, the guitar work got more and more intricate. I was blown away. Undistorted, clean, flawless, and fast...It was incredible. Lindsey Buckingham is the only other musician with the talent to accomplish this type of guitar work. 1979 may be my favorite year from The Era Of Music, but there is no way to put it above the others.

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Department S - Going Left Right (1981)

Where the hell was this treasure hiding? Just found this today. Love this! What a fantastic song! Simple, melodic, full of hooks and depth. Straight out of London here is Department S@

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The Dead Boys - I Need Lunch (1977)

I did have a very small group of friends, three of them, that were also unaccepted in the high school cliques. I wasn't allowed to play sports, and wasn't about to smoke weed with the 'freaks'. But I did love music, and in the late 70s, our escape was Punk Rock. Mike had an extensive imported vinyl collection that opened my ears to things I would have never found on my own. I had him make me a tape of songs I liked and that tape became infamously known as "THE TAPE". My young younger brother and I LOVED that tape. We still do to this day. This song was on it.

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The Drones - Further Temptations (1977)

DISCOVERED

I don't know why this wasn't played in Cutter's basement. I never hear of this band or album. Although the cover looks very familiar,This has all the making of an AWESOME punk band from the late seventies. Instant rotation, this is the kind of music I grew up with in my late teens. Can't get enough of this stuff..and bonus... A cover!

BE MY BABY

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Delta 5 - Mind Your Own Business (1979)

DISCOVERED

This is only a single and that unfortunate. It very raw and that's what makes it great. Very typical of the late 70s Punk. This Female Fronted band from the UK is reminiscent of the B-52s.

NOW THAT YOU'RE GONE

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Demon - Night of the Demon (1981)

MEMORY

From my list data, this was identified as Heavy Metal, and one of Heavy Metal's labels was 'Satan's Music'. Looking at the band name, title and cover...How appropriate. This is really good, but this is actually Hard Rock and sounds very much like Axe. This missed it's target audience by about 2 years.  HOLY SHIT! This was on the tape!

ONE HELLUVA NIGHT

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Van Duren - Staring At The Ceiling (1978)

DISCOVERED

This was a pleasant find, a Power Pop release with many many great tracks on it. I could have chosen almost any track. But I liked this one the best

CHEMICAL FIRE

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D.O.A. - Disco Sucks (1979)

DISCOVERED

This 4 pack of songs never hit my Punk Rock radar, nor do I recall it at Cutter's Basement.

ROYAL POLICE

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Dire Straits - Communiqué (1979)

DISCOVERED

So after their phenomenal "Sultans Of Swing", I never listened to them until the "Money For Nothing". So I didn't know what to expect on this release. Well, it stinks, there is one song on it that captures that DIre Straits magic. And here it is..

LADY WRITER

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Paul Davis - Cool Night (1981)

MEMORY

I remember these hits on this were all over the radio. There isn't anything wrong with this album with the only exception it's 2 or 3 years past it's window. If this came out in 78 or even 79 this would have been huge. This album would have given Christopher Cross a run for his money. If your like your Rock soft or if you enjoy Pop, this album is very very good. There are some song that could rival the hits that came off of this release. There isn't a bad song on this.

COOL NIGHT

'65 LOVE AFFAIR

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The Dictators - Bloodbrothers (1978)

MEMORY

I remember this was almost always on in Cutter's basement. It was the perfect blend of Punk and Rock. I remember the Album cover resting on the stereo stand, the band outlined in silhouettes like a street gang. The Dictators, Blood Brothers... nearly what we were at Cutter's.

SLOW DEATH

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The Damned - The Black Album (1980)

MEMORY

HOLY SHIT!! I had Cutter make me a tape and he was happy to oblige, he love his music collection, 1000s of vinyl, alphabetically arranged, each in a plastic outer LP bag, that held each outer Sleeve and a rice paper inner liner, that separated the inner bagged LP. He knew what he had, and where it was, NOTHING LEFT HIS BASEMENT, aka his Bedroom , aka Cutters. So, I went through album after album after album, etc...going though song by song by song, and picking out what I wanted...and this...This was on THE TAPE, the fucking tape! My Brother and I LOVED that tape, to this day! The tape is long gone and has be repaired and re-repaired, so many times, and when I moved and got married, the tape was never to be found, ever again...Remembering a select few songs, and once in a while, he or I discover one that was on THE TAPE that we forgot... TODAY, I found another... And here it is

DRINKING ABOUT MY BABY

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Dynasty - Adventures in the Land of Music (1980)

DISCOVERED

Very similar to Earth Wind & Fire with more of a Disco vibe.

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The Diodes - Action/Reaction (1980)

DISCOVERED

There is nothing like hearing something for the first time that fills the gaps of a musical genre. This is one band I will definite listen to more of.

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The Dramatics - 10 1/2 (1980)

DISCOVERED

I had to include this, What a funky groove...70s Roller skating music! Some Hand Clapping - hah-  with a KILLER bass line through out. Sounds like Sly & The Family Stone  meet Parliament.

If You Feel Like You Wanna Dance, Dance

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