Saturday, January 24

BLUE ASH - THE ALTERNATE AROUND...AGAIN


















A few years before the official release of the Blue Ash demos, some tapes were changing hands through some unofficial channels. Most of them surfaced on the official Not Lame release "Around...Again" in full stereo and high quality. But a few of those demos weren't included on it (such as "Everywhere I Go" or the famous "A Million Miles Away" which was recorded by Stiv Bators on his Bomp album). So the overall sound quality of the songs featured here might vary from excellent to average, but the historic value is huge.

Also noteworthy is the reissue of the first and classic album "No More, No Less" available through Not Lame, Kool Kat or any other record store.

Special note: I got the demos a few months ago courtesy of a very impressive (trust me) power pop fan. I revamped the original "Around...Again" artwork in order to post them here on PPC.

Read the BLUE ASH BLOG for the complete Blue Ash story

Songs
1 Elementary Dr. Watson / Second-Story Man / It’s So Easy / Here I Go Round Again / She Isn’t There / I’m Insane About You / Make Sure You Give It Back / Everywhere I Go / A Million Miles Away / Never Surrender / Sweet Little F-16 / When You Rock / Lover Boy / Oh No Not Again / Baby Baby / Start All Over Again / You Really Get To Me

2 I’m Your Man / You Better Find Someone Else / Give Your Love Away / Pleasant Dreams / Magic Words / It Won’t Be Long Now / Mind Reader / Day And Night / Silver Horses / Rosie Brown / You Don’t What It’s Like / Rock On Rock And Roller / Halloween Girl / With You On My Mind / I’m A Bad Actor / When I Come Home / It Don’t Bother Me / If I Were Ever Minus You / She’s A Pleaser / Instantly I Knew That I Loved You / Northern Comforts / Make It Easy

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

thanks for your work.

greetings from spain :)

golden brown 77 said...

Thanks for this compilation of Blue Ash (great powerpop band).
Cheers

John said...

thanks you so much for this treasure that is truly the motherlode! really appreciate you posting these unheard tracks by this great band. johnbuck from PA

Anonymous said...

What is the password for this one???

Anonymous said...

What is the password???for this set.

Johnny Lebrel said...

great great great !!!!!!!!!!!!!

it´s is REALPOWERPOP like the Who!!!


manythanks!!!!

snakecharmer said...

has to be one of the top posts .....ever!
thanks

powerpopster said...

"...and remember password is the word."

jon said...

podrias poner el segundo disco de around que nos regalaste en navidad?hay covers de este ultimo?gracias por descubrir grandes gruposde powerpop.

k2 said...

Will always have a soft spot for Blue Ash, since their manager bought 25 copies of the fanzine I published. The hook? the review of the then-current first album, written as part of a series on Midwestern bands.

Anonymous said...

whats the password for opening this file ??

bjfreemac said...

Thanks for the great site. It has been fun rediscovering some of these bands and learning about others I knew nothing about. It is obvious that you are spending a lot of time doing this. I for one appreciate it.