THIN WHITE ROPE - Moonhead

Sometimes you realize you lost something important. This was exactly my feeling listening to Thin White Rope music some weeks ago. At that point the question comes alone ... how  was  it possible ? Why  have you never condidered this band? The answer is that probably during  that period the scene was full of good music, good bands and it happened that you lost some of them.
Anyway we are lucky, good music has no time and I (or we) can give the right importance to this band now. Their music was really a mix of rock, blues, country, punk and wathever you want. Guy Kyser' s  voice appairs to me like a "polite" version of  Jeffrey Lee Pierce disturbing voice. You can accost Thin White Rope music to several others like Dream Syndicate, Television, Neil Young (?)  but at the end probably it make no sense. We can consider as a stand alone event in the californian (or world) music scenery of late '80.
Here some contributions to close the gap I had more than 20 years ago...

Moonhead = https://rapidshare.com/files/958953598/TWRmoon.zip

good references = http://www.ondarock.it/rockedintorni/thinwhiterope.htm

METRO - New Love (1979)

This is the second work of METRO. The first one  "metro", famous for the cover version of "criminal world" by David Bowie,  is available also as CD version (the original is from 1976). The second one " New Love" I think is available only on vynil  (original from 1979) and I' ve not found it on normal channels on the web.
Here is an experiment; mp3 tracks are recorded directly from Youtube (all tracks from the album are available there). Quality sure is not at the top but it is enough to know the old Peter Godwin's  group.
Peter is still active with the group called "nuevo" and on solo works.

listen to: https://rapidshare.com/files/1998643050/MNL.zip

GRAIG AMSTRONG - The space between us (1998)

Graig Amstrong switch from orchestra composer to synth and electronic music and specially as motion pictures soundtrack composer. He also collaborates with names  like Madonna, Massive Attack, U2  etc. In 1998 he produced this  work with jewels like "this love" (Elizabeth Frazer is always  wonderful ) and  "weather storm".

https://rapidshare.com/files/596668510/GATSBU.zip

STAN RIDGWAY - The Big Heat

Wall of Voodoo was an extraordinary experience so intence as short. Stan Ridgaway left the Wall of Voodoo  band and this was his first "solo" album (1985). Less rhythm compared to wall of voodoo sound but more poetry and melody. A great album that open the way to  Stan solo carrier with unforgettable ballads like "camouflage"

https://rapidshare.com/files/3819528328/the big heat.zip

SADE - Lovers Rock

I don't know why but I see some connections (probably emotional) from the previous post (ADELE) and this one.
Yes there are a lot of differencies; it was a different period  but at the end we are speaking about great voices, good music, and........this is enough (for me)!!!


https://rapidshare.com/files/2957174110/Sade - Lovers Rock _CHANNEL NEO_ _976467_.torrent

ADELE - great voices

Of course I have not to discover ADELE as new emergent talent of music but I want to post two songs from her new album "21" because they follow me in a recent  vacation.
It was just listening to this songs every day for a week that I appreciate the intensity of Adele interpretation. I think we have to include between "great voices " of this period.

- Set fire to the rain
- Someone like you

 listen to these!!!

IBIZA . Beach House (2009)

Summer is coming again (fortunately) so here is an Easy Listening post. This is good for a sunny weekend on the seaside or just for  dreaming a white beach with a wonderful sunset on the blue water....... Do you think it is too sweet?   Don't worry it was  only a moment and is gone!!!

ENJOY : http://www.mediafire.com/?z7cg2nkwqz7wxzj

WIRE - 154

This is really a milestone in the new wave music history. It is considered a connection between the punk-post punk and the '80 new wave period. What I think is that this album has no time. You can listen to this 30 years after and it seems still new.
I have a vynil copy of this album and is one of my favourite and I consider a precious piece of my collection.
I had the opportunity to see WIRE on stage only one year ago (see post dated  February 2011 on this blog) and despite they are not so young it was an exciting experience.

154 = http://www.mediafire.com/?d8j6q7pkc7jm6a3

THIEVERY CORPORATION

Honestly speaking until this week I never  heard about Thievery Corporation. It was moving around various blogs that I  listen to this band. Immediately I realized I like this sound and so I went deep and deep (listening) in this new experience.
It is really a mix of different styles, dub, chill, hi pop, acid jazz. Just like to shake Massive Attack with Soul II Soul, Jamaican, Brazilian, Indian, African ......really  multi-ethnic influences with an interesting result.

Here is a collection of six tracks from different works: enjoy
http://www.mediafire.com/?6xnu4d1tshc281z

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04bg9IC9N6w

ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN - Crocodiles

Echo & The Bunnymen  first LP "crocodiles" was on the scenes in 1980. Ian McCulloch group had never had the big success but their work were always of good quality with an original  dark and oniric  sound.
With changes in the components and with some experience as solists, Echo & The Bunnymen are still alive and the sound also with "recent" productions  (like "Siberia" 2006) have still the original charge.


http://www.mediafire.com/?17i6wj138a87mux