20/20
Crib Death was a feature in BOMP! magazine exploring strange new tapes (demos). So, in November 1977 (issue #17), we could read this:
"Another son of Tulsa, singlehandy responsible for two gems here of maximal importance and infectuously slick pop!. Friend of the Twilleys (Phil Seymour played on these demos), Steve has pooled and skillfully utlized credible pop textures for a sound neither thin, recycled, nor compromised. "Giving It All" and "Under The Freeway" lend the tasty Twilley consciousness to superb teen anthems, avoiding the usual tiresome patterns and derivative melodic extensions. This tape is light years beyond anything submitted this time around and you'll be raeding more about this lad in the next BOMP!. He is Power Pop!"
The rest is history, Greg Shaw and BOMP released the first 20/20 single, then the band were signed to Portrait Records and released 2 stellar power pop albums, reissued in 1995 by Oglio Records. Read more about 20/20 on this excellent fanpage.
Special note: This is a CD 320 rip of the Oglio reissue which goes for ridiculous prices. You may have already seen this one on other blogs but this is is the first time the original artwork of both LP's has been included with the CD reissue scans. Also added are the BOMP! single and the 7" single from Look Out! with 2 songs unavailable on any 20/20 album. FYI, it was previously posted on this blog (see here)
Giving It All (Bomp 115)
Giving It All / Under The Freeway
20/20 (1979)
The Sky Is Falling / Yellow Pills / Cheri / Out Of This Time / Tell Me Why (Can't Understand You) / Tonight We Fly / Remember The Lightning / She's An Obsession / Leaving Your World Behind / Backyard Guys / Jet Lag / Action Now
Look Out! (1981)
Nuclear Boy / Out Of My Head / Strange Side Of Love / Alien / A Girl Like You / Life In The U.S.A. / The Night I Heard A Scream / Beat City / Mobile Unit 245 / American Dream
Strange Side Of Love (Portrait 24-02399)
Strange Side Of Love (single mix) / Child's Play / People Life
"Another son of Tulsa, singlehandy responsible for two gems here of maximal importance and infectuously slick pop!. Friend of the Twilleys (Phil Seymour played on these demos), Steve has pooled and skillfully utlized credible pop textures for a sound neither thin, recycled, nor compromised. "Giving It All" and "Under The Freeway" lend the tasty Twilley consciousness to superb teen anthems, avoiding the usual tiresome patterns and derivative melodic extensions. This tape is light years beyond anything submitted this time around and you'll be raeding more about this lad in the next BOMP!. He is Power Pop!"
The rest is history, Greg Shaw and BOMP released the first 20/20 single, then the band were signed to Portrait Records and released 2 stellar power pop albums, reissued in 1995 by Oglio Records. Read more about 20/20 on this excellent fanpage.
Special note: This is a CD 320 rip of the Oglio reissue which goes for ridiculous prices. You may have already seen this one on other blogs but this is is the first time the original artwork of both LP's has been included with the CD reissue scans. Also added are the BOMP! single and the 7" single from Look Out! with 2 songs unavailable on any 20/20 album. FYI, it was previously posted on this blog (see here)
Giving It All (Bomp 115)Giving It All / Under The Freeway
20/20 (1979)
The Sky Is Falling / Yellow Pills / Cheri / Out Of This Time / Tell Me Why (Can't Understand You) / Tonight We Fly / Remember The Lightning / She's An Obsession / Leaving Your World Behind / Backyard Guys / Jet Lag / Action Now
Look Out! (1981)
Nuclear Boy / Out Of My Head / Strange Side Of Love / Alien / A Girl Like You / Life In The U.S.A. / The Night I Heard A Scream / Beat City / Mobile Unit 245 / American Dream
Strange Side Of Love (Portrait 24-02399)Strange Side Of Love (single mix) / Child's Play / People Life
19 comments:
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Hello!
Been lookin' for these releases for a while. Thanks!!!
Angelo
Thanks for the Bomp single.Much appreciated.
Doug
thanks for this !
Thanks a lot Angelo for The nr1 powerpop blog on the net...much appreciated,Big Thanks for all your splendid uploads..its so nice to be able hearing all these pop jewels.
Keep up the good work Angelo.
Best Danny.
Great job! The best quality download for da mastere's best!!! Now i'm waiting for Plimosuls... Plus, as it's ridiculous prices. THANKS!!!
thanks very much, especially the singles!!
i have never heard their 3rd album, any chance please?
regards
ever tried to upload to www.mediafire.com ?
way better than rapidshare! i can't even figure out how to download from rapidshare because the thing with the cats is so confusing
OMG! YOU ARE THE BEST!!! THANK YOU SO, SO, MUCH!!!
I've been trying to get the song Beat City for months. I'm a typical "starving student" and cannot afford to buy a copy of 20/20/Look Out! that is O.O.P. (of course! every great record on my list is O.O.P.!) and is currently selling on Amazon for about 60 - 100 bucks!! You are doing a tremendous service to power pop fans everywhere. And you ripped them at 320 bps!!!! YOU RULE!!!
PS To the record companies: most people like myself WOULD buy the music to support the band if the d*mn thing were in print!!!
I bought this album the day after seeing 20/20 on Evening at the Improv. It will be great to be able to listen to it it the car. For some reason cars don't have turntables.
Jeez, I can't remember the last time I heard "Giving It All." And then you've ripped their first two albums from the o.o.p cd. You are a god trapped in a man's body.
Dr. Humpp
thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks! Grew up listening to these.
Thanks for posting these! I had the albums and they're lost in my sister's storage somewhere in San Diego. I saw them live several times in 1981 and '82. Fun band.
http://www.tumblr.com/blog/bodysurfur
Please re up s/t, been looking everywhere for it
Any chance of a re-up? Just running across 20/20 now even though I've been a fanboy of Peter Case's since forever. Plims topped this recent list of powerpop faves, and after a quick listen to the 20/20 track on the list (Tell Me Why), I'm dying to hear more. Help? :)
http://bestclassicbands.com/10-greatest-power-pop-songs-8-24-15/
Would love a re-up of this: "Giving It All / Under The Freeway". "Under the Freeway" is not so easy to find in the digital age. Thank you!
Could you please re-up in flac? This 20/20 CD is OOP and impossible to find.
Is possible re-up this link please. thank you
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