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Thursday, September 10

Brisbane Rocks...With Two Covers

THE SAINTS - ONE TWO THREE FOUR (1977)

Two-Disc Gatefold Edition

Monday, September 7

More Brisbane Rocks

THE SAINTS - THIS PERFECT DAY (1977)

12" Limited Edition

with the "robot" sticker

Friday, August 14

Rachael's All That

RACHAEL GORDON - ROCK 'N' ROLL GIRL (2006)

Originally posted in 2014 (January 14th)

full details here

Tuesday, July 14

Night Time Is The Right Time

NIGHTMAN - NO ESCAPE (1981)

Instead of including my own notes,

here's an accurate review made by a power pop fan on RYM

I read somewhere that this was Tommy Keene' s backing band at the very beginning of his career: indeed, these musicians backed Tommy Keene on his first solo album "Strange Alliance" which was recorded for Limp (Nightman's label) but ended up on Tommy Keene's own Avenue label.
Other than that, however, Nightman was a new wave power pop band in its own right and some of the songs on this rather elusive vinyl album are fairly good.
'Waiting' sounds a bit like Dwight Twilley while 'Headline' and 'Remember You' bear all the hallmarks of the new wave sound of the time (the very early 1980s).
One song the ska/reggae song 'Skanky' is terribly outdated and should have been put aside. Curiously, the best songs are found on the B side where 'Critical Line' and 'Working' are the catchiest numbers.