Sunday, July 22

JO ALLEN AND THE SHAPES (1980)

During 1977 Alan Powell/Jo Allen formed the short lived touring band Kicks then teamed up with Mick Farren for 1977's "Screwed Up" EP and 1978's Vampires Stole My Lunch Money album. Also in 1978 he formed Tanz Der Youth with The Damned leader Brian James, released the single "I'm Sorry. At the end of the 1970's he emigrated to San Francisco and fronted his own new wave Jo Allen and the Shapes band, releasing the 1980 single "Cryin' Over You"/"Lowlife" and "Shimmy, Shimmy" on the "415 Music" compilation album.

Songs
Cryin' Over You / Lowlife / Shimmy, Shimmy

4 comments:

angelo said...

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side3 said...

Thanks so much for this! I just got a shiver up my spine listening to "Shimmy Shimmy" again after all these years!

Anonymous said...

all songs are absolutely great

mario said...

Hi,
The link don't work,thanks to repost a new one.it looks like another good one.